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: 9-5 / in Starts: 9-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	214	72	Jul 1	DET		NYY	W,6-5	GS-6		99	5.1	8	5	5	0	2	3	0	8.44	9.20	24	4	10	0	0	8	34			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.379	1.26	-0.32%	-2.69	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d2
2	215	76	Jul 5	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(0-1)	3	7.0	7	2	2	6	6	0	0	5.11	5.96	34	5	10	1	0	7	55			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.22	0.044	2.67	0.06%	1.28	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
3	216	81	Jul 9	DET		BOS	W,7-3	GS-6		3	6.0	4	3	2	1	4	1	1	4.42	5.47	24	5	11	2	0	2	57			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.35	-0.111	2.01	-0.10%	-0.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
4	217	85	Jul 12(2)	DET		BAL	L,3-13	GS-6	L(0-2)	2	5.1	8	7	7	1	3	2	0	6.08	5.81	25	6	7	0	0	8	26			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	.78	-0.437	2.30	-0.77%	-3.69	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d3
5	218	87	Jul 17	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.0	10	3	2	0	4	2	0	5.28	5.67	32	6	12	1	3	10	51			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.114	2.03	-0.11%	-0.10	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out tie
6	219	92	Jul 21	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS-8	W(1-2)	3	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	1	4.78	5.45	28	6	11	3	0	6	59			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.216	2.06	0.28%	0.97	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a3
7	220	97	Jul 25	DET		CHW	W,9-4	GS-8	W(2-2)	3	7.0	7	3	3	2	4	2	0	4.63	5.55	29	4	12	1	1	7	53			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.072	.92	0.08%	-0.70	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a6
8	221	102	Jul 31	DET		MIN	W,10-9	GS-6		5	5.0	8	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.89	5.54	23	2	11	5	0	8	35			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.120	1.43	-0.10%	-0.63	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a1
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
9	222	106	Aug 4	DET		WSA	L,1-4	GS-8	L(2-3)	3	8.0	9	4	4	4	5	2	0	4.84	5.62	36	10	9	0	2	8	49			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.094	.49	-0.04%	-0.25	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
10	223	111	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-6		3	6.0	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.95	5.37	29	9	15	8	0	1	38			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.78	-0.131	.34	-0.03%	-0.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
11	224	116	Aug 13	DET	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS-6	L(2-4)	4	6.0	8	3	3	2	5	1	0	4.91	5.26	27	5	8	1	2	7	47			0	1	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.117	.18	-0.01%	-0.22	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
12	225	120	Aug 17	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	GS-5		3	4.2	2	3	1	3	2	0	0	4.72	5.17	20	5	8	0	0	2	51			2	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.185	.17	-0.01%	-1.32	1b start tie	5b -23 2 out d2
13	226	124	Aug 22	DET		MIL	W,5-2	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	8	2	0	4.43	5.12	37	6	13	0	3	7	70			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.223	.05	0.01%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	227	128	Aug 26	DET		CAL	L,3-6	GS-8	L(3-5)	3	8.0	7	6	6	2	3	2	1	4.63	5.22	34	6	15	0	4	7	45			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.197	.02	0.00%	-2.25	1t start tie	8t 3 out d6
							9-5		W-L:3-5	3.3	91.1	100	51	47	28	52	19	3	4.63	5.22	402	0.52		10%	6%	88	48		---%	7	1	0	366	14	1	0	2	4	2	.95	-1.330	1.11	-1.08%	-8.54

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