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Denny McLain

Game Log for 1971
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record WAS Apr 09 W, 5-4 vs Yankees Start 1 10.0 11 41 4 4 1 2 0 5 3.60 W (1-0) WAS Apr 13 L, 3-5 vs Red Sox Start 5.0 7 22 5 4 2 0 0 3 4.80 L (1-1) WAS Apr 18 (1) W, 4-0 at Indians Start 2 1 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 3 0 6 3.00 W (2-1) WAS Apr 23 L, 0-4 vs Brewers Start 5.2 4 24 4 4 0 2 1 5 3.64 L (2-2) WAS Apr 27 W, 2-0 vs Twins Start 3 2 9.0 6 32 0 0 0 1 0 8 2.79 W (3-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record WAS May 01 L, 3-5 vs White Sox Start 7.0 9 33 5 4 1 3 1 4 3.15 L (3-3) WAS May 05 L, 3-4 at Brewers Start 6.1 5 27 4 4 1 4 0 4 3.46 L (3-4) WAS May 09 L, 5-6 at Twins Start 4 9.2 13 44 6 6 1 0 2 7 3.79 L (3-5) WAS May 14 W, 3-2 vs Tigers Start 5 9.0 8 38 2 1 0 3 0 7 3.44 W (4-5) WAS May 18 L, 3-7 vs Indians Start 6.0 9 26 7 7 2 2 0 2 3.99 L (4-6) WAS May 23 (1) L, 0-5 at Tigers Start 7.0 7 27 4 4 2 0 0 5 4.09 L (4-7) WAS May 28 L, 0-5 vs Royals Start 7.0 6 30 4 3 1 2 1 4 4.07 L (4-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record WAS Jun 02 L, 1-2 vs Angels Start 6 7.1 8 32 2 2 0 4 0 2 3.95 L (4-9) WAS Jun 06 L, 1-8 vs A's Start 5.0 8 25 5 3 1 2 0 2 4.02 L (4-10) WAS Jun 11 L, 2-4 at Angels Start 6.0 9 31 4 3 1 2 1 4 4.05 L (4-11) WAS Jun 16 L, 1-5 at A's Start 3.0 5 14 5 5 5 0 0 5 4.34 L (4-12) WAS Jun 21 L, 2-7 vs Orioles Start 8.0 16 41 7 7 0 1 1 3 4.58 L (4-13) WAS Jun 26 L, 0-4 at Yankees Start 5.0 7 24 3 3 1 2 1 2 4.61 L (4-14) WAS Jun 30 W, 2-1 vs Yankees Start 7 9.0 6 33 1 1 1 2 0 0 4.37 W (5-14) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record WAS Jul 05 W, 15-6 at Indians Start 2.0 2 9 3 2 1 1 0 0 4.43 WAS Jul 10 L, 2-4 vs Tigers Start 5.0 5 23 4 3 2 3 0 0 4.47 L (5-15) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record WAS Aug 03 W, 4-2 at Tigers Start 8.0 6 32 2 2 0 2 0 2 4.35 W (6-15) WAS Aug 08 L, 2-6 vs Indians Start 6.2 7 30 4 3 0 4 0 2 4.34 L (6-16) WAS Aug 13 W, 4-0 vs Angels Start 8 3 9.0 10 39 0 0 0 2 0 2 4.10 W (7-16) WAS Aug 20 (1) W, 6-3 at Royals Start 9 9.0 10 36 3 3 0 2 0 4 4.04 W (8-16) WAS Aug 25 W, 5-4 at Angels Start 5.0 5 20 4 4 2 0 0 2 4.13 W (9-16) WAS Aug 29 (2) L, 0-9 at A's Start 5.0 6 23 2 2 0 1 0 0 4.12 L (9-17) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record WAS Sep 04 L, 2-6 vs Orioles Start 4.0 7 21 5 4 1 1 0 1 4.22 L (9-18) WAS Sep 09 L, 2-4 at Orioles Start 6.0 7 27 3 3 2 3 0 1 4.23 L (9-19) WAS Sep 14 (2) W, 8-6 at Indians Finish 4.0 3 17 1 1 0 2 0 3 4.19 W (10-19) WAS Sep 15 L, 2-4 at Tigers Start 6.0 6 27 4 4 2 4 0 4 4.24 L (10-20) WAS Sep 20 L, 1-3 vs Indians Start 8.0 5 29 3 2 1 1 0 1 4.17 L (10-21) WAS Sep 25 L, 3-6 at Red Sox Start 5.0 7 23 5 5 0 3 0 3 4.28 L (10-22)

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       9  22   4.32   32  32   9   0   0   3  212.2  230   914  114  102  31   62   8  100   10-22  2.75 runs/start
As closer        1   0   2.25    1   0   0   1   0   0    4.0    3    17    1    1   0    2   0    3    1-0 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              402   55  110  180  24   2  14   52   7   5   30   8   0   48  10  .274  .448  .333  .780
vs RHB              426   57  123  191  13   2  17   54   8   4   34   0   3   55  12  .289  .448  .340  .789

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             5  12   3.88   17  17   6   0   0   2  120.2  132   519   62   52  13   35   4   51    5-12  2.12 runs/start
Road             5  10   4.78   16  15   3   1   0   1   96.0  101   412   53   51  18   29   4   52    6-10  3.47 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              1   7   4.64    9   9   2   0   0   1   54.1   60   236   32   28   6   16   3   27    2-7   3.33 runs/start
Night            9  15   4.16   24  23   7   1   0   2  162.1  173   695   83   75  25   48   5   76    9-15  2.52 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   2   2.79    5   5   3   0   0   2   38.2   31   150   13   12   3    8   1   27    3-2   2.80 runs/start
May              1   6   5.02    7   7   2   0   0   0   52.0   57   225   32   29   8   14   4   33    1-6   2.43 runs/start
June             1   6   4.98    7   7   2   0   0   0   43.1   59   200   27   24   9   13   3   18    1-6   1.29 runs/start
July             0   1   6.43    2   2   0   0   0   0    7.0    7    32    7    5   3    4   0    0    1-1   8.50 runs/start
August           4   2   2.95    6   6   2   0   0   1   42.2   44   180   15   14   2   11   0   12    4-2   3.50 runs/start
September        1   5   5.18    6   5   0   1   0   0   33.0   35   144   21   19   6   14   0   13    1-5   2.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           2   2   2.96    4   4   2   0   0   1   27.1   32   122   10    9   3    8   1   10    2-2   3.00 runs/start
A's              0   3   6.92    3   3   0   0   0   0   13.0   19    62   12   10   6    3   0    7    0-3   0.67 runs/start
Brewers          0   2   6.00    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.0    9    51    8    8   1    6   1    9    0-2   1.50 runs/start
Indians          2   3   3.79    6   5   1   1   0   1   35.2   29   142   18   15   4   13   0   14    3-3   5.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   3   7.00    3   3   0   0   0   0   18.0   30    89   15   14   3    5   1    5    0-3   2.00 runs/start
Red Sox          0   2   8.10    2   2   0   0   0   0   10.0   14    45   10    9   2    3   0    6    0-2   3.00 runs/start
Royals           1   1   3.38    2   2   1   0   0   0   16.0   16    66    7    6   1    4   1    8    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Tigers           2   3   3.60    5   5   1   0   0   0   35.0   32   147   16   14   6   12   0   18    2-3   2.20 runs/start
Twins            1   1   2.89    2   2   2   0   0   1   18.2   19    76    6    6   1    1   2   15    1-1   3.50 runs/start
White Sox        0   1   5.14    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    9    33    5    4   1    3   1    4    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Yankees          2   1   3.00    3   3   2   0   0   0   24.0   24    98    8    8   3    6   1    7    2-1   2.33 runs/start

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