Denny McLain
Dennis Dale McLain
All-Star Player
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
Final Game: September 12, 1972
Relatives: Son-In-Law of Lou Boudreau
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 DET AL 19 P 3 3 21.0 8 0 6 2 2 .750 2.57 2.00 .962 1.97 0.80
1964 DET AL 20 P 19 16 100.0 11 4 6 1 0 .909 0.90 0.53 .964 1.90 0.72
1965 DET AL 21 P 33 29 220.1 48 17 30 1 1 .979 1.92 1.42 .950 2.04 0.75
1966 DET AL 22 P 38 38 264.1 48 14 34 0 2 1.000 1.63 1.26 .950 1.99 0.75 AS,MVP-15
1967 DET AL 23 P 37 37 235.0 48 21 22 5 4 .896 1.65 1.16 .960 1.96 0.74
1968 DET AL 24 P 41 41 336.0 77 36 40 1 3 .987 2.04 1.85 .956 1.89 0.73 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1969 DET AL 25 P 42 41 325.0 52 26 24 2 1 .962 1.38 1.19 .950 1.88 0.69 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1970 DET AL 26 P 14 14 91.1 21 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.07 1.50 .948 1.86 0.67
1971 WSA AL 27 P 33 32 216.2 53 27 26 0 1 1.000 2.20 1.61 .957 1.98 0.77
1972 TOT MLB 28 P 20 13 76.1 13 2 10 1 0 .923 1.41 0.60 .946 1.80 0.74
1972 OAK AL 28 P 5 5 22.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.01 1.00 .940 1.85 0.76
1972 ATL NL 28 P 15 8 54.0 8 2 5 1 0 .875 1.17 0.47 .950 1.78 0.73
10 Seasons P 280 264 1886.0 379 154 212 13 15 .966 1.75 1.31 .954 1.94 0.73
10 Seasons TOT 280 264 1886.0 379 154 212 13 15 .966 1.75 1.31 .920 1.94 0.73

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 DET AL 19 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 DET AL 20 20 16 20 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 DET AL 21 33 29 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 DET AL 22 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 DET AL 23 38 37 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 DET AL 24 44 41 44 44 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1969 DET AL 25 42 41 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 DET AL 26 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 WSA AL 27 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 ATL NL 28 15 8 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 OAK AL 28 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 285 264 285 285 280 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1963 DET AL 19 101 62% 15% 4 100% 1 0 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0
1964 DET AL 20 418 74% 18% 9 67% 0 3 0 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 DET AL 21 905 72% 20% 32 100% 0 18 4 13 29 21 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1966 DET AL 22 1093 73% 20% 34 100% 0 13 2 10 34 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 6 100%
1967 DET AL 23 1005 76% 21% 26 81% 1 18 0 15 21 13 3 5 0 2 3 3 4 2 4 0 6 83%
1968 DET AL 24 1318 74% 23% 49 96% 2 34 1 27 44 34 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 5 100%
1969 DET AL 25 1344 81% 23% 30 93% 2 26 3 18 23 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 100%
1970 DET AL 26 412 80% 18% 16 81% 0 7 1 6 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 67%
1971 WSA AL 27 962 82% 21% 33 97% 0 27 4 20 26 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 100%
1972 ATL NL 28 246 84% 24% 6 100% 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1972 OAK AL 28 108 85% 23% 6 83% 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 7912 77% 21% 245 93% 6 146 15 111 213 166 15 13 0 5 8 5 15 6 12 3 44 95%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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