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Denny McLain

Game Log for 1970
Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jul 01 W, 6-5 vs Yankees Start 5.1 8 24 5 5 3 0 0 2 8.44 DET Jul 05 L, 0-2 at Orioles Start 7.0 7 34 2 2 0 6 0 6 5.11 L (0-1) DET Jul 09 W, 7-3 vs Red Sox Start 6.0 4 24 3 2 1 1 0 4 4.42 DET Jul 12 (2) L, 3-13 vs Orioles Start 5.1 8 25 7 7 2 1 0 3 6.08 L (0-2) DET Jul 17 W, 4-3 at White Sox Start 7.0 10 32 3 2 2 0 0 4 5.28 DET Jul 21 W, 5-2 at Twins Start 7.0 6 28 2 2 1 1 0 3 4.78 W (1-2) DET Jul 25 W, 9-4 vs White Sox Start 7.0 7 29 3 3 2 2 0 4 4.63 W (2-2) DET Jul 31 W, 10-9 vs Twins Start 5.0 8 23 4 4 1 1 0 1 4.89 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Aug 04 L, 1-4 vs Senators Start 8.0 9 36 4 4 2 4 0 5 4.84 L (2-3) DET Aug 08 W, 6-5 at Red Sox Start 6.0 9 29 4 4 0 2 0 2 4.95 DET Aug 13 L, 2-3 at Brewers Start 6.0 8 27 3 3 1 2 0 5 4.91 L (2-4) DET Aug 17 W, 5-3 at A's Start 4.2 2 20 3 1 0 3 0 2 4.72 DET Aug 22 W, 5-2 vs Brewers Start 1 9.0 7 37 2 2 2 3 0 8 4.43 W (3-4) DET Aug 26 L, 3-6 vs Angels Start 8.0 7 34 6 6 2 2 0 3 4.63 L (3-5)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       3   5   4.63   14  14   1   0   0   0   91.1  100   402   51   47  19   28   0   52    9-5   4.71 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              158   26   48   93   6   0  13   25   4   0   10   0   2   14   1  .304  .589  .349  .937
vs RHB              208   22   52   80   8   1   6   20   3   1   18   0   1   38   1  .250  .385  .310  .695

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             2   3   5.53    8   8   1   0   0   0   53.2   58   232   34   33  15   14   0   30    5-3   5.50 runs/start
Road             1   2   3.35    6   6   0   0   0   0   37.2   42   170   17   14   4   14   0   22    4-2   3.67 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              2   2   4.94    4   4   1   0   0   0   27.1   30   118   15   15   7    8   0   20    2-2   4.75 runs/start
Night            1   3   4.50   10  10   0   0   0   0   64.0   70   284   36   32  12   20   0   32    7-3   4.70 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
July             2   2   4.89    8   8   0   0   0   0   49.2   58   219   29   27  12   12   0   27    6-2   5.50 runs/start
August           1   3   4.32    6   6   1   0   0   0   41.2   42   183   22   20   7   16   0   25    3-3   3.67 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   1   6.75    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.0    7    34    6    6   2    2   0    3    0-1   3.00 runs/start
A's              0   0   1.93    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.2    2    20    3    1   0    3   0    2    1-0   5.00 runs/start
Brewers          1   1   3.00    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.0   15    64    5    5   3    5   0   13    1-1   3.50 runs/start
Orioles          0   2   6.57    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.1   15    59    9    9   2    7   0    9    0-2   1.50 runs/start
Red Sox          0   0   4.50    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.0   13    53    7    6   1    3   0    6    2-0   6.50 runs/start
Senators         0   1   4.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.0    9    36    4    4   2    4   0    5    0-1   1.00 runs/start
Twins            1   0   4.50    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.0   14    51    6    6   2    2   0    4    2-0   7.50 runs/start
White Sox        1   0   3.21    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   17    61    6    5   4    2   0    8    2-0   6.50 runs/start
Yankees          0   0   8.44    1   1   0   0   0   0    5.1    8    24    5    5   3    0   0    2    1-0   6.00 runs/start

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