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: 6-13 / in Starts: 4-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 3

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	261	3	Apr 18	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.0	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.83	30	8	12	1	0	8	59			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.166	2.04	-0.16%	-0.37	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a1
2	262	8	Apr 26	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-4	L(1-1)	7	4.0	5	3	3	3	2	1	0	2.45	3.67	20	3	7	0	0	5	39			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.188	1.73	-0.18%	-1.50	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
3	263	11	Apr 30	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-2)	3	6.1	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.12	3.38	29	7	9	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.241	1.60	-0.24%	-0.79	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d2
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
4	264	14	May 7	OAK		NYY	W,7-5	GS-3		6	3.0	8	5	5	1	0	1	0	4.87	4.02	18	6	3	0	0	8	22			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.359	1.17	-0.35%	-3.90	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
5	265	18	May 12	OAK		BOS	L,6-7	GS-2		4	2.0	4	4	4	1	1	2	0	6.04	5.09	11	2	5	3	0	2	32			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.391	1.35	-0.43%	-3.27	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
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
				Player went from Oakland Athletics to Atlanta Braves
6	266	72	Jul 4(2)	ATL		CHC	T,3-3	CG(8)		52	7.0	9	3	3	0	3	1	0	5.52	4.68	29	12	11	4	1	3	50			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.36	-0.312	.49	-0.07%	-1.05	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out tie
7	267	79	Jul 9	ATL		PIT	L,4-7	GS-3	L(1-3)	4	2.2	5	6	6	1	0	3	0	6.75	5.81	14	5	3	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.349	.26	-0.07%	-4.69	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d6
8	268	81	Jul 12	ATL	@	STL	L,0-7	5-6		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.35	5.63	8	3	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.009	.03	0.00%	0.86	5b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d5
9	269	85	Jul 16	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.23	5.57	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.31	-0.008	.06	0.00%	0.16	8b 1-3 1 out d2	8b end d 3
10	270	88	Jul 19	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.06	5.37	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
11	271	91	Jul 22	ATL		STL	W,8-7	10-GF(10)	W(2-3)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.89	5.29	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.131	.12	0.01%	0.47	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
12	272	93	Jul 28	ATL		SFG	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.84	5.26	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.42	0.137	.42	0.01%	0.42	9t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
13	273	97	Jul 31	ATL		LAD	W,4-3	GS-7	W(3-3)	2	7.0	5	2	2	6	5	1	0	5.32	5.29	32	6	10	3	0	5	58			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.053	.17	0.01%	1.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
14	274	103	Aug 4(2)	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-4)	3	7.0	5	3	3	2	5	0	0	5.12	4.81	27	5	10	0	5	5	58			2	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.153	.04	-0.01%	-0.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
15	275	107	Aug 8	ATL		HOU	W,8-4	CG	W(4-4)	3	9.0	7	4	4	1	1	1	1	4.95	4.73	35	7	18	1	3	7	57			1	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.27	0.138	.00	0.00%	0.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	276	112	Aug 13	ATL		CIN	L,4-9	GS-2	L(4-5)	4	1.1	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	5.43	4.78	9	3	1	0	1	3	30			1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.245	.02	0.00%	-2.56	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d3
17	277	117	Aug 18	ATL	@	MON	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	0	5.27	4.76	27	6	12	0	0	5	55			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
18	278	125	Aug 27	ATL		NYM	L,6-13	GS-3	L(4-6)	8	2.0	6	8	7	1	0	3	0	6.01	5.29	14	4	3	0	2	6	13			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	.56	-0.397	.00	0.00%	-6.67	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d7
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
19	279	128	Sep 1(1)	ATL		PHI	L,1-11	4-GF		4	6.0	11	5	5	2	2	1	0	6.13	5.25	30	6	9	0	0	11		2	2	0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-3.20	4t 12- 0 out d3	9t end d10
20	280	139	Sep 12	ATL		CIN	L,5-7	9-9	L(4-7)	10	0.0	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	6.37	5.43	3	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.430	.00	0.00%	-2.34	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 1-3 0 out d1
							6-13		W-L:4-7,Sv:1	3.9	76.1	92	58	54	26	29	16	1	6.37	5.43	345	0.72		6%	6%	84	42	6	50%	4	2	0	314	14	2	0	2	2	5	.83	-2.827	.58	-1.48%	-26.55

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