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: 22-16 / in Starts: 22-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 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	56	2	Apr 14(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	6	2	2	6	2	1	0	2.25	5.93	35	5	16	4	0	6	58			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.067	4.15	0.10%	1.30	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
2	57	8	Apr 19(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	7.2	5	4	4	2	9	0	0	3.45	3.51	30	6	8	0	0	5	60			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	1	0	1	.69	0.299	1.81	0.47%	0.53	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a3
3	58	13	Apr 25	DET		MIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-0)	5	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.19	3.00	31	8	12	1	0	4	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	0.581	3.42	0.96%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
4	59	16	Apr 30	DET		BAL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-1)	4	7.0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	2.56	4.23	27	7	11	1	0	3	59			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.066	2.21	-0.12%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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	60	20	May 6	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-1)	5	9.0	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1.99	4.05	32	13	12	1	0	1	84			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.692	3.08	0.90%	3.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
6	61	24	May 13	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GS-8	W(5-1)	6	7.0	6	2	2	5	8	1	0	2.08	4.09	30	6	5	1	0	6	60			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.048	3.13	0.08%	-0.34	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out a3
7	62	27	May 17	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	2	2	2	5	8	0	0	2.06	3.82	33	9	9	1	0	2	78			0	1	0	27	1	0	1	0	1	0	.85	0.179	2.31	0.29%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	63	31	May 21	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	W(7-1)	3	8.1	4	5	5	6	4	3	0	2.49	4.42	34	7	13	2	0	4	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.074	2.99	-0.15%	-1.37	1b start a 1	9b --- 1 out a2
9	64	35	May 25	DET		CLE	L,2-13	GS-3	L(7-2)	3	2.2	5	5	5	2	2	2	0	3.06	4.76	15	2	4	1	1	5	28			0	0	0	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	.53	-0.349	2.33	-0.92%	-4.23	1t start tie	3t -23 2 out d5
10	65	40	May 30	DET	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	1	2	2	5	7	0	0	2.93	4.51	31	7	11	1	0	1	79			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.138	2.49	0.21%	1.78	1b start a 2	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
11	66	45	Jun 4	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(8-3)	4	6.1	6	4	4	4	5	1	0	3.14	4.54	28	10	4	0	2	5	46			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.41	-0.204	4.78	-0.41%	-0.94	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d2
12	67	49	Jun 8	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS-10		3	10.0	7	4	2	1	9	3	0	3.00	4.59	38	9	12	1	5	7	74			0	1	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.13	0.007	4.21	0.02%	0.46	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
13	68	53	Jun 12(1)	DET		NYY	W,7-5	GS-9	W(9-3)	3	8.0	7	5	5	0	7	2	0	3.21	4.54	30	4	12	1	0	7	55			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.62	0.150	2.36	0.34%	-1.43	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a2
14	69	58	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	W(10-3)	3	9.0	9	4	3	4	5	2	0	3.19	4.64	39	7	14	0	0	9	56			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	2	0	1	.29	0.096	.98	0.19%	0.33	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a12
15	70	62	Jun 21	DET	@	WSA	W,5-2	CG	W(11-3)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	10	0	0	3.10	4.39	35	6	11	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	1	0	.81	0.227	3.24	0.55%	1.86	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
16	71	67	Jun 25	DET		MIN	W,1-0	GS-7		3	7.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.93	4.20	28	4	10	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.422	6.12	1.13%	3.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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
17	72	72	Jul 1(1)	DET		KCA	W,8-5	GS-8	W(12-3)	5	7.2	8	5	5	5	4	2	0	3.10	4.35	35	6	12	2	0	8	42			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.068	4.43	-0.15%	-1.99	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out a3
18	73	78	Jul 5	DET		CAL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(12-4)	3	6.0	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.22	4.34	25	3	11	1	0	7	44			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.138	2.22	-0.20%	-1.32	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
19	74	82	Jul 9	DET	@	MIN	W,8-1	CG	W(13-4)	3	9.0	2	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.09	4.29	28	8	13	0	0	2	82			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.28	0.137	.50	0.15%	3.17	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
20	75	86	Jul 16	DET		BAL	L,2-8	GS-2	L(13-5)	6	1.1	6	6	6	1	0	0	0	3.42	4.29	11	5	2	0	0	3	17			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	-0.401	5.89	-1.26%	-4.74	1t start tie	2t -2- 1 out d4
21	76	90	Jul 20	DET	@	BAL	L,7-10	GS-5	L(13-6)	3	4.0	10	8	8	2	5	2	0	3.80	4.39	23	3	3	0	1	10	13			1	0	0	21	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.808	2.80	-1.10%	-6.29	1b start a 3	5b --- 0 out d1
22	77	94	Jul 24(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS-7	L(13-7)	3	7.0	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	3.80	4.36	26	3	14	2	0	6	56			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.50	-0.112	.32	-0.04%	0.03	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
23	78	98	Jul 28	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-6	L(13-8)	3	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.77	4.28	24	6	7	0	0	5	56			0	0	1	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.15	-0.062	.71	-0.02%	0.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
24	79	103	Aug 2	DET		CHW	W,5-0	SHO	W(14-8)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.58	4.19	33	7	17	0	0	4	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.315	.19	0.06%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
25	80	107	Aug 6	DET		BOS	L,2-8	GS-4	L(14-9)	3	3.1	6	4	3	1	1	1	0	3.66	4.24	16	3	5	0	0	6	34			0	1	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.260	.48	-0.10%	-3.12	1t start tie	4t --3 1 out d4
26	81	112	Aug 10	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	GS-8		3	8.0	7	2	2	1	9	1	0	3.60	4.16	32	6	9	1	3	7	68			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.064	1.34	0.03%	1.43	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
27	82	115	Aug 14(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	GS-3	L(14-10)	3	2.2	5	5	5	4	0	2	0	3.79	4.33	15	3	3	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	-0.339	.49	-0.09%	-3.66	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d4
28	83	121	Aug 20	DET		BAL	L,3-8	GS-5	L(14-11)	5	4.0	5	7	6	1	3	2	1	3.99	4.43	20	3	7	1	3	5	28			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.276	.11	-0.03%	-5.13	1t start tie	5t --3 0 out d6
29	84	125	Aug 25	DET		CHW	W,8-0	SHO	W(15-11)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	0	3.81	4.29	31	8	10	1	0	2	90			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.154	.03	0.01%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
30	85	129	Aug 29	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	W(16-11)	3	9.0	8	3	3	9	11	1	0	3.78	4.30	43	5	10	1	6	8	61			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.165	.12	0.01%	0.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Sep/Oct				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
31	86	134	Sep 2(1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	W(17-11)	3	9.0	4	2	2	7	3	2	1	3.71	4.43	39	10	14	1	0	4	67			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	0.380	.13	0.02%	1.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
32	87	140	Sep 6	DET		WSA	W,8-2	CG	W(18-11)	3	9.0	11	2	2	0	6	0	0	3.64	4.30	38	10	11	1	0	11	63			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.258	.03	0.01%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
33	88	143	Sep 10	DET	@	KCA	L,0-5	GS-6	L(18-12)	3	6.0	3	2	2	5	7	1	0	3.62	4.32	25	4	6	0	0	3	60			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.025	.01	0.00%	0.52	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
34	89	146	Sep 14	DET		MIN	W,3-2	CG	W(19-12)	3	9.0	4	2	2	1	9	2	0	3.56	4.30	32	6	12	1	0	4	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.411	.03	0.01%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
35	90	150	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,5-6	GS-5		3	5.0	7	5	5	1	4	1	0	3.67	4.29	23	6	5	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.290	.01	0.00%	-2.77	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
36	91	154	Sep 23	DET	@	MIN	L,4-12	GS-3	L(19-13)	4	2.2	7	8	8	2	1	2	0	3.92	4.39	17	6	1	0	0	7	11			0	0	1	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.354	.00	0.00%	-5.09	1b start tie	3b 1-3 2 out d6
37	92	157	Sep 26	DET	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(20-13)	2	8.0	4	1	1	3	6	1	0	3.83	4.38	30	9	8	0	0	4	73			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.303	.00	0.00%	2.36	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
38	93	161	Oct 1	DET		KCA	L,2-5	GS-4	L(20-14)	4	3.2	7	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.92	4.38	18	5	1	0	0	7	34			0	1	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.307	.00	0.00%	-2.55	1t start tie	4t --3 2 out d2
							22-16		W-L:20-14	3.6	264.1	205	120	115	104	192	42	3	3.92	4.38	1080	0.68		5%	4%	201	56		---%	2	5	2	956	30	8	3	21	5	7	.95	0.960	1.84	0.94%	-3.05

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