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: 26-16 / in Starts: 26-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	172	1	Apr 8	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.00	3.18	30	12	9	1	2	3	77			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	.73	0.182	1.17	0.18%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	173	4	Apr 12	DET		NYY	L,0-4	CG	L(1-1)	3	9.0	12	4	4	2	5	0	0	3.00	2.62	40	12	12	0	6	9	50			2	1	0	36	3	0	0	0	1	0	.66	-0.070	1.07	-0.07%	0.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
3	174	7	Apr 16	DET	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.67	2.92	37	5	16	3	1	9	64			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.261	1.19	0.23%	2.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
4	175	10	Apr 20(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS-7	L(2-2)	3	7.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.65	2.54	27	10	7	0	2	5	62			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	.85	0.029	1.62	0.03%	1.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
5	176	13	Apr 23	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(2-3)	2	9.1	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	2.70	2.92	35	7	20	1	6	5	65			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.061	2.74	0.08%	1.10	1b start tie	10b 1-- 1 out d1
6	177	17	Apr 27	DET		BOS	W,7-3	GS-9	W(3-3)	3	8.0	11	3	3	2	6	1	0	2.81	3.00	36	14	11	5	0	3	52			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	.70	0.298	1.07	0.27%	0.83	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a5
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
7	178	21	May 1	DET		BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-3)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.39	2.77	31	7	14	3	3	3	86			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.547	1.61	0.54%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	179	24	May 4	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	9-10		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.34	2.74	4	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.243	3.21	0.19%	0.91	9b 12- 2 out tie	10b 3 out tie
9	180	25	May 6	DET		KCR	L,6-7	GS-9		1	8.2	8	6	6	2	4	1	0	2.82	2.86	34	11	10	2	1	7	46			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	.85	0.159	.77	0.09%	-0.14	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
10	181	28	May 11	DET		MIN	W,3-2	GS-8	W(5-3)	4	7.2	9	2	1	0	4	1	0	2.65	2.89	33	10	10	0	3	9	59			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	0	0	2	1.43	0.239	1.19	0.12%	1.50	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a1
11	182	32	May 17	DET	@	MIN	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-3)	5	9.0	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.38	2.80	33	5	15	4	3	8	74			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.62	0.271	.59	0.15%	4.25	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
12	183	35	May 22	DET	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS-6	L(6-4)	4	6.0	8	7	7	2	3	1	0	2.90	2.92	27	9	5	1	0	8	29			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	1	0	.66	-0.340	.70	-0.22%	-4.11	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
13	184	38	May 25	DET		CAL	W,10-0	GS-7	W(7-4)	2	7.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.70	2.90	25	3	13	0	0	2	74			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.226	.65	0.13%	3.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out a10
14	185	41	May 29	DET	@	OAK	W,8-4	CG	W(8-4)	3	9.0	7	4	3	5	12	0	1	2.72	2.81	41	6	10	1	0	7	66			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.088	.89	0.05%	-0.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
15	186	45	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(8-5)	3	6.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	0	2.82	2.74	25	8	6	0	0	8	47			0	0	0	24	3	1	0	1	1	0	.77	-0.160	.82	-0.10%	-0.44	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
16	187	49	Jun 7	DET		OAK	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-5)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.61	2.70	30	13	10	1	0	3	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.540	.76	0.24%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
17	188	52	Jun 11	DET		SEP	W,4-3	GS-9		3	9.0	10	2	2	4	6	1	0	2.57	2.79	40	8	12	1	4	10	61			4	1	0	35	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.71	0.359	1.26	0.16%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
18	189	55	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.54	2.74	35	10	12	1	0	6	70			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	0.430	1.08	0.22%	1.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
19	190	60	Jun 20	DET		WSA	L,2-7	GS-9		3	9.0	8	2	2	3	7	1	0	2.50	2.78	37	11	9	0	0	7	67			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.386	1.07	0.17%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
20	191	65	Jun 24	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	1	0	2.42	2.84	36	9	12	3	0	7	71			2	0	0	32	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.62	0.584	.87	0.19%	3.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	192	69	Jun 28	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS-6		3	5.1	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.50	2.83	21	6	9	1	0	6	44			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.012	.82	-0.01%	0.26	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out a2
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
22	193	73	Jul 2	DET		BOS	W,7-0	SHO	W(12-5)	3	9.0	8	0	0	1	5	0	1	2.37	2.79	35	11	17	6	3	0	75			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.339	.26	0.10%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
23	194	77	Jul 6	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	W(13-5)	3	9.0	10	4	4	3	8	2	0	2.45	2.88	39	8	11	1	4	9	56			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.194	1.47	0.12%	0.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	195	81	Jul 10	DET		CLE	L,5-7	GS-7		3	6.0	6	5	5	1	4	1	0	2.61	2.91	25	6	8	0	0	6	43			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.23	-0.303	.52	-0.08%	-1.48	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out d1
25	196	90	Jul 18	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-5)	7	9.0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.50	2.87	32	7	16	0	0	7	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	0.485	.19	0.05%	4.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
26	197	95	Jul 25	DET		KCR	W,3-0	SHO	W(15-5)	6	9.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.39	2.79	35	9	11	0	0	6	82			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.29	0.518	.57	0.14%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	198	99	Jul 29(2)	DET	@	MIN	L,5-11	GS-5	L(15-6)	3	4.1	11	9	9	2	3	1	0	2.72	2.85	26	5	5	0	0	11	6			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	.82	-0.319	.22	-0.05%	-5.52	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d6
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	199	102	Aug 1	DET		CHW	W,8-0	SHO	W(16-6)	2	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.61	2.82	34	8	13	0	0	6	78			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.296	.06	0.02%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
29	200	106	Aug 5	DET		MIN	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	11	3	2	2	4	1	0	2.61	2.86	33	5	11	4	0	11	47			0	1	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	0.006	.16	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
30	201	111	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS-7	W(17-6)	3	7.0	10	4	4	1	5	1	0	2.68	2.87	31	6	9	1	0	10	45			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.138	.11	-0.01%	-0.63	1b start a 2	7b 3 out tie
31	202	115	Aug 13	DET		CAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(18-6)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.59	2.85	34	10	13	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.438	.06	0.02%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	203	118	Aug 17	DET	@	OAK	W,9-4	CG	W(19-6)	3	9.0	12	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.64	2.90	39	9	14	1	0	12	47			1	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.088	.02	0.00%	-0.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
33	204	122	Aug 22	DET	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	W(20-6)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.58	2.91	34	5	17	2	0	7	72			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.379	.03	0.01%	2.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
34	205	125	Aug 26(1)	DET		OAK	L,6-8	GS-3		3	2.1	7	5	5	0	0	0	1	2.73	2.92	15	3	4	1	0	7	23			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.283	.02	0.00%	-3.46	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d4
35	206	130	Aug 30	DET		SEP	W,4-3	CG	W(21-6)	3	9.0	5	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.74	2.92	34	11	12	2	4	5	65			1	1	0	29	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.25	0.315	.07	0.01%	1.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
36	207	135	Sep 3	DET	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	W(22-6)	3	9.0	6	2	2	4	6	2	0	2.71	3.00	37	5	16	2	3	6	69			2	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.391	.04	0.01%	2.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
37	208	139	Sep 7	DET		BAL	L,5-6	GS-7		3	7.0	5	4	4	1	5	2	0	2.77	3.05	27	4	12	1	0	5	55			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-0.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
38	209	143	Sep 11	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-6	L(22-7)	3	6.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	0	2.84	3.03	24	7	7	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-1.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
39	210	147	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(23-7)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.75	3.00	28	11	12	2	0	2	86			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.559	.00	0.00%	3.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
40	211	151	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	L(23-8)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	5	2	0	2.76	3.05	36	10	11	2	0	8	62			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.84	0.062	.00	0.00%	1.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
41	212	154	Sep 24(1)	DET		WSA	L,4-8	GS-3	L(23-9)	4	3.0	5	5	4	1	1	1	1	2.85	3.10	17	3	6	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.360	.00	0.00%	-3.57	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
42	213	158	Sep 27	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(24-9)	2	9.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.80	3.05	32	8	10	1	0	6	77			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.55	0.627	.00	0.00%	3.34	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
							26-16		W-L:24-9	3.2	325.0	288	105	101	67	181	25	4	2.80	3.05	1304	0.72		7%	6%	265	60	2	0%	24	9	0	1215	42	9	7	16	7	9	1.04	7.220	.67	2.99%	51.73

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