Denny McLain

Dennis Dale McLain

All-Star Player

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 29, 1944 in Chicago, IL
High School: Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1963
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Senators/Braves/Athletics 1963-1972
Final Game: September 12, 1972
Relatives: Son-In-Law of Lou Boudreau
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1963 19 DET AL 3 7 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .167 .800 .967 152 4 0 0 1 1 0 /1
1964 20 DET AL 20 42 37 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 15 .135 .158 .135 .293 -18 5 1 0 4 0 0 1
1965 21 DET AL 33 85 74 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 32 .054 .123 .054 .178 -48 4 0 0 4 1 0 1
1966 22 DET AL 38 103 93 10 17 2 0 0 5 1 0 5 39 .183 .224 .204 .429 23 19 3 0 5 0 0 1 AS,MVP-15
1967 23 DET AL 38 92 85 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 37 .118 .138 .118 .256 -25 10 3 0 5 0 0 1
1968 24 DET AL 44 128 111 7 18 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 37 .162 .170 .189 .359 8 21 1 0 16 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1969 25 DET AL 42 125 106 5 17 0 0 0 8 0 0 4 41 .160 .188 .160 .348 -4 17 2 0 13 2 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1970 26 DET AL 14 34 31 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .065 .065 .097 .161 -56 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
1971 27 WSA AL 33 71 58 0 6 1 1 0 7 0 0 4 22 .103 .161 .155 .316 -7 9 0 0 9 0 0 1
1972 28 TOT MLB 20 22 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .125 .222 .125 .347 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
1972 28 OAK AL 5 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 /1
1972 28 ATL NL 15 16 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 27 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
10 Seasons 285 709 616 32 82 5 2 1 31 1 0 25 244 .133 .166 .153 .318 -8 94 10 0 64 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 403 350 18 47 3 1 1 18 1 0 14 139 .133 .166 .153 .318 -8 53 6 0 36 2 0
DET (8 yrs) 232 616 542 32 74 4 1 1 24 1 0 19 215 .137 .165 .153 .318 -9 83 10 0 51 4 0
ATL (1 yr) 15 16 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 27 2 0 0 2 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 5 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
WSA (1 yr) 33 71 58 0 6 1 1 0 7 0 0 4 22 .103 .161 .155 .316 -7 9 0 0 9 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 270 693 604 32 80 5 2 1 31 1 0 23 240 .132 .163 .152 .316 -9 92 10 0 62 4 0
NL (1 yr) 15 16 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 27 2 0 0 2 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1963 19 DET AL 7 6 1 4.5 97 .000 .200 .259 .167 .325 .800 .399 .967 .725 152 .532 0.3 0.0 1.000 .600 .600 .0
1964 20 DET AL 42 37 1 0.7 98 .227 .135 .258 .158 .327 .135 .401 .293 .727 -18 .038 -6.0 -0.6 .182 .027 .000
1965 21 DET AL 85 75 1 0.4 93 .093 .054 .253 .123 .323 .054 .388 .178 .711 -48 .012 -14.7 -1.6 .143 .081 .000
1966 22 DET AL 103 84 4 1.3 92 .315 .183 .251 .224 .319 .204 .388 .429 .706 23 .115 -9.5 -1.0 .316 .086 .022 .0
1967 23 DET AL 92 83 1 0.3 87 .208 .118 .246 .138 .316 .118 .369 .256 .686 -25 .012 -13.6 -1.5 .154 .024 .000
1968 24 DET AL 128 110 4 1.0 82 .243 .162 .241 .170 .311 .189 .357 .359 .668 8 .088 -13.0 -1.5 .234 .036 .027
1969 25 DET AL 125 106 4 1.0 99 .254 .160 .260 .188 .338 .160 .392 .348 .730 -4 .069 -15.3 -1.6 .231 .038 .000
1970 26 DET AL 34 32 0 0.0 98 .111 .065 .259 .065 .333 .097 .395 .161 .729 -56 .000 -6.7 -0.7 .103 .032 .032
1971 27 WSA AL 71 61 2 0.9 87 .167 .103 .248 .161 .319 .155 .368 .316 .687 -7 .058 -8.2 -0.9 .250 .121 .052
1972 28 TOT MLB 22 18 1 1.5 94 .222 .125 .260 .222 .330 .125 .382 .347 .712 0 .145 -2.1 -0.2 .286 .125 .000
1972 28 OAK AL 6 6 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .241 .000 .309 .000 .348 .000 .657 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1972 28 ATL NL 16 12 1 2.3 99 .250 .167 .266 .286 .336 .167 .394 .452 .730 27 .254 -1.2 -0.1 .400 .167 .000
10 Seasons 709 612 19 0.8 91 .216 .133 .251 .166 .322 .153 .380 .318 .702 -8 .056 -88.8 -9.7 .221 .062 .019 1.0
162 Game Avg. 403 348 11 0.8 91 .216 .133 .251 .166 .322 .153 .380 .318 .702 -8 .056 -88.8 -9.7 .221 .062 .019 1
DET (8 yrs) 616 533 16 0.8 91 .221 .137 .251 .165 .323 .153 .381 .318 .703 -9 .053 -78.5 -8.6 .215 .054 .017 1.0
ATL (1 yr) 16 12 1 2.3 99 .250 .167 .266 .286 .336 .167 .394 .452 .730 27 .254 -1.2 -0.1 .400 .167 .000
OAK (1 yr) 6 6 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .241 .000 .309 .000 .348 .000 .657 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
WSA (1 yr) 71 61 2 0.9 87 .167 .103 .248 .161 .319 .155 .368 .316 .687 -7 .058 -8.2 -0.9 .250 .121 .052
AL (10 yrs) 693 600 18 0.8 91 .215 .132 .251 .163 .322 .152 .379 .316 .701 -9 .052 -87.7 -9.6 .217 .060 .020 1.0
NL (1 yr) 16 12 1 2.3 99 .250 .167 .266 .286 .336 .167 .394 .452 .730 27 .254 -1.2 -0.1 .400 .167 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 24 DET AL WS STL W 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 1 0 0
1 WS 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 DET AL 22 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1963 19 DET AL 7 14.3% 14.3% 0.0% 14.3% 100% 5.0 5.0 2.5 4.00 57%
1964 20 DET AL 42 0.0% 35.7% 2.4% 0.0% 0% 15.00 2.5 18.5 2.00 52%
1965 21 DET AL 85 0.0% 37.7% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 5.33 2.3 24.7 1.53 51%
1966 22 DET AL 103 0.0% 37.9% 4.9% 1.9% 12% 7.80 2.4 18.6 1.87 52%
1967 23 DET AL 92 0.0% 40.2% 2.2% 0.0% 0% 18.50 2.3 3.18 52%
1968 24 DET AL 128 0.0% 28.9% 0.8% 1.6% 11% 37.00 3.0 27.8 2.60 58%
1969 25 DET AL 125 0.0% 32.8% 3.2% 0.0% 0% 10.25 2.6 13.3 1.91 54%
1970 26 DET AL 34 0.0% 38.2% 0.0% 2.9% 50% 2.4 2.00 53%
1971 27 WSA AL 71 0.0% 31.0% 5.6% 2.8% 33% 5.50 2.6 8.3 2.33 51%
1972 28 TOT MLB 22 0.0% 31.8% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 3.50 2.3 2.33 41%
1972 28 OAK AL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 2.00 17%
1972 28 ATL NL 16 0.0% 25.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 2.00 3.0 2.50 50%
10 Seasons 709 0.1% 34.4% 3.5% 1.1% 10% 9.76 2.5 616.0 19.9 2.18 53%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1963 19 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 20 DET AL 4 0 33% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
1965 21 DET AL 0 0 20% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 DET AL 1 0 46% 38 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 27% 4 4 0 2 1 1 5 3 2
1967 23 DET AL 0 0 25% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11% 7 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
1968 24 DET AL 3 0 37% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 38% 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 3
1969 25 DET AL 1 0 24% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29% 4 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
1970 26 DET AL 1 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 27 WSA AL 1 0 0% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 28 TOT MLB 1 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1972 28 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 28 ATL NL 1 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10 Seasons 12 0 29% 166 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 29% 26 22 4 5 4 1 14 5 8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1963 19 DET AL 7 0% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1964 20 DET AL 42 43% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 11 1 9% 8 2 25% 25 2 8% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1965 21 DET AL 85 29% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 17 0 0% 17 5 29% 53 4 8% 7 3 43% 1 1 100% 0
1966 22 DET AL 103 24% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 24 3 13% 22 3 14% 64 5 8% 8 3 38% 4 2 50% 0
1967 23 DET AL 92 32% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 26 3 12% 27 3 11% 56 0 0% 5 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1968 24 DET AL 128 37% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 100% 25 1 4% 25 8 32% 71 4 6% 4 2 50% 6 3 50% 0
1969 25 DET AL 125 35% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 13 87% 21 2 10% 24 9 38% 86 8 9% 7 5 71% 4 1 25% 0
1970 26 DET AL 34 24% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0 0% 9 2 22% 27 1 4% 5 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1971 27 WSA AL 71 38% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 100% 14 0 0% 18 6 33% 49 7 14% 3 2 67% 4 2 50% 0
1972 28 TOT MLB 22 45% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 5 0 0% 5 1 20% 17 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1972 28 OAK AL 6 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1972 28 ATL NL 16 44% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 14 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
10 Seasons 709 33% 82 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 1 0 1 0 0 72 64 89% 149 10 7% 158 40 25% 454 32 7% 42 16 38% 28 12 43% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1963 19 3 7 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .167 .800 .967 152 4 0 0 1 1 0
1964 20 23 49 42 3 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 16 .143 .159 .214 .373 2 9 1 0 5 1 0
1965 21 56 134 116 5 10 0 0 1 7 0 0 7 48 .086 .136 .112 .248 -29 13 1 0 9 2 0
1966 22 94 237 209 15 27 2 0 1 12 1 0 12 87 .129 .175 .153 .328 -6 32 4 0 14 2 0
1967 23 132 329 294 18 37 2 0 1 12 1 0 14 124 .126 .165 .143 .307 -11 42 7 0 19 2 0
1968 24 176 457 405 25 55 3 1 1 16 1 0 15 161 .136 .166 .156 .321 -7 63 8 0 35 2 0
1969 25 218 582 511 30 72 3 1 1 24 1 0 19 202 .141 .170 .157 .327 -6 80 10 0 48 4 0
1970 26 232 616 542 32 74 4 1 1 24 1 0 19 215 .137 .165 .153 .318 -9 83 10 0 51 4 0
1971 27 265 687 600 32 80 5 2 1 31 1 0 23 237 .133 .164 .153 .318 -9 92 10 0 60 4 0
1972 28 285 709 616 32 82 5 2 1 31 1 0 25 244 .133 .166 .153 .318 -8 94 10 0 64 4 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1963 19 3 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 3
1964 20 20 39 38 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 15 .158 .179 .158 .337 1 20
1965 21 33 86 76 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 9 32 .079 .174 .079 .253 1 33
1966 22 38 101 95 12 19 2 0 0 6 1 6 39 .200 .248 .221 .469 5 38
1967 23 38 85 83 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 37 .096 .118 .096 .214 1 38
1968 24 44 116 115 8 22 1 1 0 5 0 1 37 .191 .198 .217 .416 5 44
1969 25 42 114 108 5 19 0 0 0 8 0 4 41 .176 .202 .176 .378 4 42
1970 26 14 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
1971 27 33 67 61 0 9 2 2 0 10 0 6 22 .148 .224 .246 .470 3 33
1972 28 21 21 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 20
10 Seasons 286 666 630 32 92 5 3 0 37 1 32 244 .146 .186 .163 .350 22 285
162 Game Avg. 162 377 357 18 52 3 2 0 21 1 18 138 .146 .186 .163 .350 12 285

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1978 BBWAA ( 0.3%)
1979 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1985 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

All-Star Games
1966 (P)
1968 *
1969 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1968 AL Cy Young
1968 ML Major League Player of the Year
1968 AL MVP
1968 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1969 AL Cy Young
1969 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1966 AL (15, 4%)
1968 AL (1, 100%)
1969 AL (6, 25%)
1 MVP
1.29 Career Shares (169th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1968 AL (1, 100%)
1969 AL (1, 42%)
2 Cy Youngs
1.42 Career Shares (30th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1968 AL  16 (1st)
1969 AL  13 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1963 AL  born 1944-03-29 (4th)
1964 AL  born 1944-03-29 (9th)

             

Similarity Scores

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