Denny McLain
Born: March 29, 1944, Chicago, ILHeight: 6'1" Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1963 Detroit AL 19 2 1 4.29 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 21.0 20 96 12 10 2 16 0 0 22 1964 Detroit AL 20 4 5 4.05 19 16 3 3 0 0 0 100.0 84 416 48 45 16 37 0 1 70 1965 Detroit AL 21 16 6 2.61 33 29 13 2 2 1 4 220.1 174 881 73 64 25 61 1 2 192 1966 Detroit AL 22 20 14 3.92 38 38 14 0 0 0 4 264.1 205 1080 120 115 42 101 3 3 192 1967 Detroit AL 23 17 16 3.79 37 37 10 0 0 0 3 235.0 209 976 110 99 35 70 3 3 161 1968 Detroit AL 24 31 6 1.96 41 41 28 0 0 0 6 336.0 241 1288 86 73 31 61 2 6 280 1969 Detroit AL 25 24 9 2.80 42 41 23 1 0 0 9 325.0 288 1304 105 101 25 60 7 4 181 1970 Detroit AL 26 3 5 4.63 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 91.1 100 402 51 47 19 28 0 3 52 1971 Washington AL 27 10 22 4.28 33 32 9 0 1 0 3 216.2 233 931 115 103 31 64 8 3 103 1972 Oakland AL 28 1 2 6.04 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 22.1 32 108 17 15 4 8 0 0 8 1972 Atlanta NL 28 3 5 6.50 15 8 2 2 5 1 0 54.0 60 237 41 39 12 18 0 1 21 TOTALS 131 91 3.39 280 264 105 8 8 2 29 1886.0 1646 7719 778 711 242 524 24 26 1282
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1963 Detroit AL 3 79 12 20 29 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 16 0 0 22 1 .253 .367 .375 1964 Detroit AL 19 373 48 84 150 16 1 16 4 1 0 1 37 0 1 70 6 .225 .402 .296 1965 Detroit AL 33 807 73 174 284 23 6 25 9 1 9 5 61 1 2 192 15 .216 .352 .273 1966 Detroit AL 38 956 120 205 377 30 8 42 12 5 2 5 101 3 3 192 21 .214 .394 .292 1967 Detroit AL 37 882 110 209 362 34 7 35 11 7 16 8 70 3 3 161 11 .237 .410 .295 1968 Detroit AL 41 1206 86 241 382 38 5 31 10 3 19 5 61 2 6 280 19 .200 .317 .243 1969 Detroit AL 42 1215 105 288 423 42 9 25 11 7 24 9 60 7 4 181 16 .237 .348 .278 1970 Detroit AL 14 366 51 100 173 14 1 19 1 4 7 1 28 0 3 52 2 .273 .473 .327 1971 Washington AL 33 828 115 233 371 37 4 31 16 12 15 9 64 8 3 103 22 .281 .448 .337 1972 Oakland AL 5 99 17 32 50 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 .323 .505 .374 1972 Atlanta NL 15 215 41 60 108 8 2 12 1 2 4 2 18 0 1 21 2 .279 .502 .335
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1963 Detroit AL 19 3 5 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .800 .167 1964 Detroit AL 20 20 37 2 5 5 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 1 .135 .135 .158 1965 Detroit AL 21 33 74 2 4 4 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 32 0 .054 .054 .123 1966 Detroit AL 22 38 93 10 17 19 2 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 39 3 .183 .204 .224 1967 Detroit AL 23 38 85 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 37 3 .118 .118 .138 1968 Detroit AL 24 44 111 7 18 21 1 1 0 4 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 37 1 .162 .189 .170 1969 Detroit AL 25 42 106 5 17 17 0 0 0 8 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 41 2 .160 .160 .188 1970 Detroit AL 26 14 31 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 .065 .097 .065 1971 Washington AL 27 33 58 0 6 9 1 1 0 7 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 22 0 .103 .155 .161 1972 Oakland AL 28 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .000 .000 1972 Atlanta NL 28 15 12 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 .167 .167 .286 TOTALS 285 616 32 82 94 5 2 1 31 64 4 1 0 25 0 0 244 10 .133 .153 .166
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1963 Detroit AL P 21.0 3 3 0 6 2 2 .750 2.57 0 0 2 1964 Detroit AL P 100.0 16 19 4 6 1 0 .909 0.90 0 1 0 1965 Detroit AL P 220.1 29 33 17 30 1 1 .979 1.92 9 5 0 1966 Detroit AL P 264.1 38 38 14 34 0 2 1.000 1.63 2 5 2 1967 Detroit AL P 235.0 37 37 21 22 5 4 .896 1.65 16 8 0 1968 Detroit AL P 336.0 41 41 36 40 1 3 .987 2.04 19 5 1 1969 Detroit AL P 325.0 41 42 26 24 2 1 .962 1.38 24 9 0 1970 Detroit AL P 91.1 14 14 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.07 7 1 0 1971 Washington AL P 216.2 32 33 27 26 0 1 1.000 2.20 15 9 0 1972 Oakland AL P 22.1 5 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 0 1972 Atlanta NL P 54.0 8 15 2 5 1 0 .875 1.17 4 2 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1962).
- Claimed on first-year waivers by Detroit Tigers from Chicago White Sox (April 8, 1963).
- Placed on suspended list by Detroit Tigers (February 19, 1970)
- Activated by Detroit Tigers (July 1, 1970)
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Don Wert, Norm McRae and Elliott Maddox to Washington Senators in exchange for Ed Brinkman, Aurelio Rodriguez, Joe Coleman and Jim Hannan (October 9, 1970).
- Placed on disabled list by Washington Senators (July 11, 1971)
- Activated by Washington Senators (August 3, 1971)
- Traded by Texas Rangers to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Jim Panther and Don Stanhouse (March 4, 1972).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Orlando Cepeda (June 29, 1972).
- Released by Atlanta Braves (March 26, 1973).
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