Denny McLain

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: March 29, 1944 in Chicago, IL us

High School: Mount Carmel HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: September 21, 1963 (Age 19-176d, 12,173rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 9.0 IP, 7 H, 8 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 12, 1972 (Age 28-167d)
vs. CIN 0.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Dennis Dale McLain

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Relatives: Son-In-Law of Lou Boudreau

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.3

131

ERA

3.39

280

264

1886.0

1282

WHIP

1.163

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Team Record in Appearances: 33-8 / in Starts: 33-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	131	2	Apr 11	DET		BOS	W,4-3	GS-7		99	7.0	6	3	3	3	6	2	0	3.86	5.67	30	8	7	3	0	6	56			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.053	1.69	-0.06%	-0.26	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
2	132	6	Apr 17	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	6	2	2	2	9	0	0	3.21	3.17	29	5	7	2	2	6	64			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.044	3.15	-0.07%	0.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	133	10	Apr 21(2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	8	1	0	2.74	2.86	34	11	7	0	0	7	72			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.342	2.34	0.65%	1.59	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	134	13	Apr 27	DET	@	NYY	W,7-0	SHO	W(2-0)	5	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.97	2.54	33	8	13	0	0	4	81			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.231	2.04	0.45%	3.25	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	135	18	May 1	DET		MIN	W,3-2	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	6	2	2	0	9	2	0	1.98	2.70	33	5	13	0	0	6	76			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.227	4.64	0.50%	1.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	136	22	May 5	DET		CAL	W,5-2	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	0	1.98	2.43	33	5	13	1	7	7	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.33	0.231	3.80	0.40%	1.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	137	26	May 10	DET	@	WSA	W,12-1	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	7	1	0	1.83	2.40	32	5	13	1	6	7	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.12	-0.015	.42	-0.03%	2.28	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a11
8	138	30	May 15	DET		BAL	L,8-10	GS-2	L(5-1)	4	2.0	4	4	4	1	0	2	0	2.36	2.88	10	1	4	1	0	4	31			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.341	3.74	-0.89%	-3.22	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
9	139	35	May 20	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(6-1)	4	10.0	7	3	3	0	7	1	0	2.41	2.79	36	12	10	1	0	7	73			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.237	4.13	0.65%	1.03	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
10	140	39	May 25	DET	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	W(7-1)	4	9.0	6	1	0	1	8	0	0	2.14	2.59	34	9	10	2	0	6	80			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.555	6.30	1.42%	2.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
11	141	43	May 29	DET	@	CAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	13	0	1	1.92	2.34	31	5	7	0	3	4	91			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.415	4.52	1.04%	3.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	142	47	Jun 2(1)	DET		NYY	L,3-4	GS-8		3	8.0	9	3	3	1	4	2	0	2.04	2.56	32	11	9	1	0	7	55			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.107	5.75	-0.32%	0.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
13	143	52	Jun 5	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-6	W(9-1)	2	6.0	5	4	3	0	1	0	0	2.18	2.53	24	9	10	1	0	4	49			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.245	3.20	-0.76%	-1.56	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
14	144	56	Jun 9	DET		CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	L(9-2)	3	8.0	3	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.19	2.57	27	10	10	0	3	3	72			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.032	4.66	0.13%	1.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
15	145	60	Jun 13	DET		MIN	W,3-1	CG	W(10-2)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	1	2.10	2.50	35	9	12	4	0	6	76			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.349	6.79	1.18%	2.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	146	64	Jun 16(2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	GS-7	W(11-2)	2	7.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.06	2.46	24	8	6	1	0	3	70			1	0	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.140	4.69	0.47%	1.79	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
17	147	67	Jun 20	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	W(12-2)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	10	0	1	1.99	2.38	34	8	12	5	0	1	85			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.71	0.305	4.12	1.06%	2.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
18	148	72	Jun 24	DET	@	CLE	W,14-3	CG	W(13-2)	3	9.0	9	3	3	0	8	0	0	2.05	2.27	36	10	9	0	2	9	65			0	0	0	35	3	1	0	0	1	0	.41	-0.029	2.82	-0.12%	0.39	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a11
19	149	75	Jun 29	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(14-2)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.05	2.33	36	9	12	0	0	8	66			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.085	4.04	0.26%	1.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	150	79	Jul 3	DET		CAL	W,5-2	CG	W(15-2)	3	9.0	4	2	1	2	10	1	0	1.99	2.33	34	6	12	1	3	4	81			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	0.199	5.68	0.57%	1.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	151	83	Jul 7(1)	DET		OAK	W,5-4	CG	W(16-2)	3	9.0	5	4	4	1	9	2	0	2.09	2.40	32	10	7	0	0	5	69			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.134	4.57	0.35%	-0.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
22	152	86	Jul 12	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	W(17-2)	4	9.0	3	1	0	4	5	0	0	1.99	2.41	33	9	12	4	0	3	80			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.316	3.28	0.76%	2.63	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
23	153	90	Jul 16	DET	@	OAK	W,4-0	SHO	W(18-2)	3	9.0	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	1.89	2.32	33	10	7	2	0	8	79			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.280	3.58	0.84%	3.21	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
24	154	94	Jul 20	DET		BAL	L,3-5	GS-5	L(18-3)	3	4.1	6	5	5	3	4	2	1	2.08	2.48	21	2	5	0	1	6	32			1	1	0	16	0	1	0	1	1	0	.97	-0.256	5.25	-0.83%	-3.25	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d5
25	155	97	Jul 23	DET	@	WSA	W,6-4	GS-7	W(19-3)	2	7.0	8	4	4	4	7	1	1	2.19	2.54	33	7	6	0	1	8	48			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.47	-0.370	8.39	-1.27%	-1.45	1b start a 3	7b 3 out d1
26	156	101	Jul 27	DET	@	BAL	W,9-0	SHO	W(20-3)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.10	2.50	32	5	15	0	5	3	86			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.279	3.23	1.12%	3.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
27	157	105	Jul 31	DET		WSA	W,4-0	SHO	W(21-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	0	2.01	2.43	32	7	11	1	3	4	87			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.341	3.87	1.01%	3.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	158	109	Aug 4	DET	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	W(22-3)	3	9.0	5	1	0	4	4	0	0	1.93	2.44	35	10	12	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.57	0.606	7.27	1.68%	2.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
29	159	113	Aug 8	DET		CLE	W,13-1	CG	W(23-3)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	1	1.90	2.47	36	10	14	1	2	6	70			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	.48	0.156	1.88	0.37%	2.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
30	160	118	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(24-3)	3	9.0	5	3	3	1	5	2	0	1.94	2.55	33	8	14	1	4	5	69			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	0.291	3.19	0.55%	0.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
31	161	121	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(25-3)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	9	0	0	1.87	2.48	33	10	8	3	0	5	81			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.419	3.37	0.75%	3.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
32	162	125	Aug 20(2)	DET		CHW	L,2-10	GS-6	L(25-4)	3	5.2	9	9	2	2	3	1	0	1.90	2.53	30	4	12	0	0	9	30			1	0	0	27	3	0	1	0	0	2	.75	-0.399	1.84	-0.59%	-6.73	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d7
33	163	130	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-7	L(25-5)	3	7.0	5	2	2	0	6	1	0	1.91	2.53	25	10	6	0	0	3	65			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.058	1.33	-0.07%	0.53	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
34	164	135	Aug 28	DET		CAL	W,6-1	CG	W(26-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	11	1	0	1.88	2.51	34	5	10	0	1	6	80			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.317	3.89	0.93%	2.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	165	139	Sep 1	DET		BAL	W,7-3	CG	W(27-5)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	9	1	0	1.92	2.51	33	6	9	4	0	7	68			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.012	4.01	0.04%	0.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
36	166	144	Sep 6	DET		MIN	W,8-3	CG	W(28-5)	4	9.0	9	3	3	1	12	1	0	1.95	2.48	36	6	8	1	0	9	68			2	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	.84	0.125	.48	0.04%	0.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
37	167	148	Sep 10	DET	@	CAL	W,7-2	CG	W(29-5)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	12	2	0	1.95	2.50	36	5	9	0	3	9	72			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.181	.17	0.04%	1.25	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
38	168	151	Sep 14	DET		OAK	W,5-4	CG	W(30-5)	3	9.0	6	4	4	1	10	2	0	2.01	2.52	33	7	9	2	0	6	68			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.245	.02	0.00%	-0.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
39	169	155	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(31-5)	4	9.0	8	2	2	3	7	1	0	2.01	2.54	38	9	12	0	0	7	67			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.180	.00	0.00%	1.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
40	170	159	Sep 23	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(31-6)	3	7.0	5	2	1	5	4	0	0	2.00	2.56	30	11	5	0	0	5	60			2	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.89	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
41	171	163	Sep 28	DET		WSA	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.96	2.53	23	10	7	1	1	2	77			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.397	.00	0.00%	2.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
							33-8		W-L:31-6	3.3	336.0	241	86	73	63	280	31	6	1.96	2.53	1288	0.80		6%	7%	230	69		---%	19	5	1	1206	38	5	2	19	3	9	.90	5.241	3.37	12.24%	43.73

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