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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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1963 19 DET AL 2 1 .667 4.29 3 3 0 2 0 0 21.0 20 12 10 2 16 0 22 0 1 1 96 87 1.714 8.6 0.9 6.9 9.4 1.38
1964 20 DET AL 4 5 .444 4.05 19 16 0 3 0 0 100.0 84 48 45 16 37 0 70 1 0 0 416 90 1.210 7.6 1.4 3.3 6.3 1.89
1965 21 DET AL 16 6 .727 2.61 33 29 2 13 4 1 220.1 174 73 64 25 62 1 192 2 2 3 881 134 1.071 7.1 1.0 2.5 7.8 3.10
1966 22 DET AL 20 14 .588 3.92 38 38 0 14 4 0 264.1 205 120 115 42 104 3 192 3 0 6 1080 89 1.169 7.0 1.4 3.5 6.5 1.85 AS,MVP-15
1967 23 DET AL 17 16 .515 3.79 37 37 0 10 3 0 235.0 209 110 99 35 73 3 161 3 0 4 976 86 1.200 8.0 1.3 2.8 6.2 2.21
1968 24 DET AL 31 6 .838 1.96 41 41 0 28 6 0 336.0 241 86 73 31 63 2 280 6 0 3 1288 154 0.905 6.5 0.8 1.7 7.5 4.44 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1969 25 DET AL 24 9 .727 2.80 42 41 0 23 9 0 325.0 288 105 101 25 67 7 181 4 2 5 1304 135 1.092 8.0 0.7 1.9 5.0 2.70 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1970 26 DET AL 3 5 .375 4.63 14 14 0 1 0 0 91.1 100 51 47 19 28 0 52 3 1 0 402 81 1.401 9.9 1.9 2.8 5.1 1.86
1971 27 WSA AL 10 22 .313 4.28 33 32 1 9 3 0 216.2 233 115 103 31 72 8 103 3 1 4 931 77 1.408 9.7 1.3 3.0 4.3 1.43
1972 28 TOT MLB 4 7 .364 6.37 20 13 5 2 0 1 76.1 92 58 54 16 26 0 29 1 2 1 345 55 1.546 10.8 1.9 3.1 3.4 1.12
1972 28 OAK AL 1 2 .333 6.04 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.1 32 17 15 4 8 0 8 0 0 0 108 47 1.791 12.9 1.6 3.2 3.2 1.00
1972 28 ATL NL 3 5 .375 6.50 15 8 5 2 0 1 54.0 60 41 39 12 18 0 21 1 2 1 237 58 1.444 10.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 1.17
10 Seasons 131 91 .590 3.39 280 264 8 105 29 2 1886.0 1646 778 711 242 548 24 1282 26 9 27 7719 101 1.163 7.9 1.2 2.6 6.1 2.34
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .590 3.39 35 33 1 13 4 0 236 206 97 89 30 69 3 160 3 1 3 965 101 1.163 7.9 1.2 2.6 6.1 2.34
DET (8 yrs) 117 62 .654 3.13 227 219 2 94 26 1 1593.0 1321 605 554 195 450 16 1150 22 6 22 6443 110 1.112 7.5 1.1 2.5 6.5 2.56
ATL (1 yr) 3 5 .375 6.50 15 8 5 2 0 1 54.0 60 41 39 12 18 0 21 1 2 1 237 58 1.444 10.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 1.17
OAK (1 yr) 1 2 .333 6.04 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.1 32 17 15 4 8 0 8 0 0 0 108 47 1.791 12.9 1.6 3.2 3.2 1.00
WSA (1 yr) 10 22 .313 4.28 33 32 1 9 3 0 216.2 233 115 103 31 72 8 103 3 1 4 931 77 1.408 9.7 1.3 3.0 4.3 1.43
AL (10 yrs) 128 86 .598 3.30 265 256 3 103 29 1 1832.0 1586 737 672 230 530 24 1261 25 7 26 7482 104 1.155 7.8 1.1 2.6 6.2 2.38
NL (1 yr) 3 5 .375 6.50 15 8 5 2 0 1 54.0 60 41 39 12 18 0 21 1 2 1 237 58 1.444 10.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 1.17

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1968 24 DET AL WS W STL 1 2 .333 3.24 3 3 0 1 0 0 16.2 18 8 6 1 4 0 13 0 0 0 73 1.320 9.7 0.5 2.2 7.0 3.25
1 WS 1 2 .333 3.24 3 3 0 1 0 0 16.2 18 8 6 1 4 0 13 0 0 0 73 1.320 9.7 0.5 2.2 7.0 3.25

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

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

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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 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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1965 AL  2.614 (7th)
1968 AL  1.955 (4th)
1969 AL  2.797 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1965 AL  16 (5th)
1966 AL  20 (2nd)
1967 AL  17 (5th)
1968 AL  31 (1st)
1969 AL  24 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1965 AL  .727 (2nd)
1966 AL  .588 (10th)
1968 AL  .838 (1st)
1969 AL  .727 (5th)
Career  .590 (145th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1965 AL  1.071 (4th)
1968 AL  .905 (3rd)
1969 AL  1.092 (6th)
Career  1.163 (76th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 AL  7.107 (6th)
1966 AL  6.980 (4th)
1968 AL  6.455 (5th)
Career  7.855 (77th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 AL  1.688 (2nd)
1969 AL  1.855 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 AL  7.843 (4th)
1966 AL  6.537 (9th)
1968 AL  7.500 (5th)
Career  6.118 (202nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1966 AL  264.3 (2nd)
1968 AL  336.0 (1st)
1969 AL  325.0 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1965 AL  192 (3rd)
1966 AL  192 (6th)
1968 AL  280 (2nd)
1969 AL  181 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1966 AL  38 (2nd)
1967 AL  37 (5th)
1968 AL  41 (1st)
1969 AL  41 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1965 AL  13 (4th)
1966 AL  14 (2nd)
1968 AL  28 (1st)
1969 AL  23 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1965 AL  4 (2nd)
1966 AL  4 (4th)
1968 AL  6 (2nd)
1969 AL  9 (1st)
Career  29 (124th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1965 AL  25 (5th)
1966 AL  42 (1st)
1967 AL  35 (1st)
1968 AL  31 (1st)
1969 AL  25 (9th)
1971 AL  31 (3rd)
Career  242 (111th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1966 AL  104 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1966 AL  205 (8th)
1967 AL  209 (6th)
1968 AL  241 (2nd)
1969 AL  288 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1965 AL  3.097 (6th)
1968 AL  4.444 (1st)
1969 AL  2.702 (3rd)
Career  2.339 (125th)

Losses s c a p y
1966 AL  14 (4th)
1967 AL  16 (6th)
1971 AL  22 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1966 AL  115 (1st)
1967 AL  99 (2nd)
1969 AL  101 (3rd)
1971 AL  103 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1966 AL  1080 (2nd)
1968 AL  1288 (1st)
1969 AL  1304 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1965 AL  134 (5th)
1968 AL  154 (4th)
1969 AL  135 (6th)

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)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 22 (79), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 95 (224), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 92 (112), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 26 (189), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Ramon Martinez (933)
  6. Mort Cooper (930)
  7. Jim Maloney (930)
  8. C.C. Sabathia (929)
  9. Freddy Garcia (928)
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  7. Dizzy Dean (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Milt Pappas (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1962 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

April 8, 1963: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Chicago White Sox as first-year waiver pick.

October 9, 1970: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Elliott Maddox, Norm McRae and Don Wert to the Washington Senators for Ed Brinkman, Joe Coleman, Jim Hannan and Aurelio Rodriguez.

March 4, 1972: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Jim Panther and Don Stanhouse.

June 29, 1972: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Atlanta Braves for Orlando Cepeda.

March 26, 1973: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

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