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Denny McLain

Game Log for 1972
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK Apr 18 W, 3-2 vs Royals Start 7.0 8 30 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 W (1-0) OAK Apr 26 L, 2-4 at Yankees Start 4.0 5 20 3 3 1 3 0 2 2.45 L (1-1) OAK Apr 30 L, 1-3 at Brewers Start 6.1 7 29 3 3 0 3 0 3 3.12 L (1-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK May 07 W, 7-5 vs Yankees Start 3.0 8 18 5 5 1 1 0 0 4.87 OAK May 12 L, 6-7 vs Red Sox Start 2.0 4 11 4 4 2 1 0 1 6.04 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 04 (2) T, 3-3 vs Cubs Start 1 7.0 9 29 3 3 1 0 0 3 5.52 ATL Jul 09 L, 4-7 vs Pirates Start 2.2 5 14 6 6 3 1 0 0 6.75 L (1-3) ATL Jul 12 L, 0-7 at Cardinals Middle 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 6.35 ATL Jul 16 L, 3-5 at Cubs Finish 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.23 ATL Jul 19 L, 3-8 at Pirates Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.06 ATL Jul 22 W, 8-7 vs Cardinals Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.89 W (2-3) ATL Jul 28 W, 4-3 vs Giants Finish 1 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.84 ATL Jul 31 W, 4-3 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 5 32 2 2 1 6 0 5 5.32 W (3-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 04 (2) L, 2-3 at Reds Start 7.0 5 27 3 3 0 2 0 5 5.12 L (3-4) ATL Aug 08 W, 8-4 vs Astros Start 2 9.0 7 35 4 4 1 1 0 1 4.95 W (4-4) ATL Aug 13 L, 4-9 vs Reds Start 1.1 3 9 4 4 0 2 0 0 5.43 L (4-5) ATL Aug 18 L, 3-4 at Expos Start 7.0 5 27 3 3 1 2 0 2 5.27 ATL Aug 27 L, 6-13 vs Mets Start 2.0 6 14 8 7 3 1 0 0 6.01 L (4-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 01 (1) L, 1-11 vs Phillies Finish 6.0 11 30 5 5 1 2 0 2 6.13 ATL Sep 12 L, 5-7 vs Reds Middle 0.0 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 6.37 L (4-7)

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   6   6.47   13  13   2   0   0   0   65.1   77   295   50   47  14   23   0   24    4-8   4.08 runs/start
Middle relief    0   1   9.00    2   0   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    11    3    2   1    1   0    1    0-2 
As closer        1   0   5.00    5   0   0   5   1   0    9.0   11    39    5    5   1    2   0    4    2-3 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              153   32   48   84   7   1   9   31   3   0   18   0   0   15   1  .314  .549  .386  .935
vs RHB              161   25   44   74   7   1   7   24   1   2    8   0   1   14   1  .273  .460  .308  .768

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             4   4   7.82   13   9   2   3   1   0   48.1   69   229   46   42  14   15   0   14    6-6   5.00 runs/start
Road             0   3   3.86    7   4   0   2   0   0   28.0   23   116   12   12   2   11   0   15    0-7   2.00 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              0   4  14.06    6   5   0   1   0   0   16.0   29    86   26   25   7    8   0    3    1-5   4.40 runs/start
Night            4   3   4.33   14   8   2   4   1   0   60.1   63   259   32   29   9   18   0   26    5-8   3.88 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   2   3.12    3   3   0   0   0   0   17.1   20    79    8    6   1    6   0    7    1-2   2.00 runs/start
May              0   0  16.20    2   2   0   0   0   0    5.0   12    29    9    9   3    2   0    1    1-1   6.50 runs/start
July             2   1   4.57    8   3   1   4   1   0   21.2   20    92   11   11   5    8   0   11    3-4   3.67 runs/start
August           1   3   7.18    5   5   1   0   0   0   26.1   26   112   22   21   5    8   0    8    1-4   4.60 runs/start
September        0   1  10.50    2   0   0   1   0   0    6.0   14    33    8    7   2    2   0    2    0-2 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   0   4.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    7    35    4    4   1    1   0    1    1-0   8.00 runs/start
Brewers          0   1   4.26    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.1    7    29    3    3   0    3   0    3    0-1   1.00 runs/start
Cardinals        1   0   0.00    2   0   0   1   0   0    3.0    1    11    0    0   0    1   0    1    1-1 
Cubs             0   0   3.52    2   1   1   1   0   0    7.2    9    31    3    3   1    0   0    3    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Dodgers          1   0   2.57    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    5    32    2    2   1    6   0    5    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Expos            0   0   3.86    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    5    27    3    3   1    2   0    2    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Giants           0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    0.1    0     1    0    0   0    0   0    0    1-0 
Mets             0   1  31.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.0    6    14    8    7   3    1   0    0    0-1   6.00 runs/start
Phillies         0   0   7.50    1   0   0   1   0   0    6.0   11    30    5    5   1    2   0    2    0-1 
Pirates          0   1  14.73    2   1   0   1   0   0    3.2    5    17    6    6   3    1   0    2    0-2   4.00 runs/start
Reds             0   3   9.72    3   2   0   0   0   0    8.1   11    39   10    9   1    4   0    5    0-3   3.00 runs/start
Red Sox          0   0  18.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    11    4    4   2    1   0    1    0-1   6.00 runs/start
Royals           1   0   0.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    8    30    2    0   0    0   0    2    1-0   3.00 runs/start
Yankees          0   1  10.29    2   2   0   0   0   0    7.0   13    38    8    8   2    4   0    2    1-1   4.50 runs/start

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