Denny McLain
[edit] Biography
Born on March 29, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, Denny McLain (Dennis Dale McLain) played for the Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Oakland Athletics and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 10 year career. McLain broke into the bigs on September 21, 1963 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.05 ERA in 100 innings pitched in 1964, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Denny McLain's best season was 1968, when he posted a 1.96 ERA, won 31 games and struck out 280 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1963
| DET
| A
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 4.29
| 22
| 12
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 20
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1964
| DET
| A
| 19
| 16
| 4
| 5
| 4.05
| 70
| 48
| 45
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 100
| 84
| 16
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| 33
| 29
| 16
| 6
| 2.61
| 192
| 73
| 64
| 13
| 4
| 1
| 220.1
| 174
| 25
| 62
| 1
| 3
| 2
|
| 1966
| DET
| A
| 38
| 38
| 20
| 14
| 3.92
| 192
| 120
| 115
| 14
| 4
| 0
| 264.1
| 205
| 42
| 104
| 3
| 6
| 3
|
| 1967
| DET
| A
| 37
| 37
| 17
| 16
| 3.79
| 161
| 110
| 99
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 235
| 209
| 35
| 73
| 3
| 4
| 3
|
| 1968
| DET
| A
| 41
| 41
| 31
| 6
| 1.96
| 280
| 86
| 73
| 28
| 6
| 0
| 336
| 241
| 31
| 63
| 2
| 3
| 6
|
| 1969
| DET
| A
| 42
| 41
| 24
| 9
| 2.80
| 181
| 105
| 101
| 23
| 9
| 0
| 325
| 288
| 25
| 67
| 7
| 5
| 4
|
| 1970
| DET
| A
| 14
| 14
| 3
| 5
| 4.63
| 52
| 51
| 47
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 91.1
| 100
| 19
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1971
| WAS
| A
| 33
| 32
| 10
| 22
| 4.28
| 103
| 115
| 103
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 216.2
| 233
| 31
| 72
| 8
| 4
| 3
|
| 1972
| OAK
| A
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 6.04
| 8
| 17
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22.1
| 32
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| ATL
| N
| 15
| 8
| 3
| 5
| 6.50
| 21
| 41
| 39
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 54
| 60
| 12
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1972
| Total
|
| 20
| 13
| 4
| 7
| 6.37
| 29
| 58
| 54
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 76.1
| 92
| 16
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 15
| 8
| 3
| 5
| 6.50
| 21
| 41
| 39
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 54
| 60
| 12
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 265
| 256
| 128
| 86
| 3.30
| 1261
| 737
| 672
| 103
| 29
| 1
| 1832
| 1586
| 230
| 530
| 24
| 26
| 25
|
| Total
|
|
| 280
| 264
| 131
| 91
| 3.39
| 1282
| 778
| 711
| 105
| 29
| 2
| 1886
| 1646
| 242
| 548
| 24
| 27
| 26
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1963
| DET
| A
| P
| 3
| 3
| 21
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| .750
|
| 1964
| DET
| A
| P
| 19
| 16
| 100
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .909
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| P
| 33
| 29
| 220.1
| 17
| 30
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 5
| 0
| .979
|
| 1966
| DET
| A
| P
| 38
| 38
| 264.1
| 14
| 34
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1967
| DET
| A
| P
| 37
| 37
| 235
| 21
| 22
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 8
| 0
| .896
|
| 1968
| DET
| A
| P
| 41
| 41
| 336
| 36
| 40
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 19
| 5
| 1
| .987
|
| 1969
| DET
| A
| P
| 42
| 41
| 325
| 26
| 24
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 9
| 0
| .962
|
| 1970
| DET
| A
| P
| 14
| 14
| 91.1
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1971
| WAS
| A
| P
| 33
| 32
| 216.2
| 27
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 9
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1972
| OAK
| A
| P
| 5
| 5
| 22.1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1972
| ATL
| N
| P
| 15
| 8
| 54
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| .875
|
| 1972
| Total
|
| P
| 20
| 13
| 76.1
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| .923
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 280
| 264
| 1886
| 154
| 212
| 13
| 15
| 1
| 10
| 96
| 45
| 5
| .966
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1963
| DET
| A
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 2
| .200
| .167
| .800
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| DET
| A
| 20
| 37
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .135
| .158
| .135
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| 33
| 74
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 3
| .054
| .123
| .054
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 32
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| DET
| A
| 38
| 93
| 10
| 17
| 0
| 5
| .183
| .224
| .204
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 39
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1967
| DET
| A
| 38
| 85
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| .118
| .138
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 37
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1968
| DET
| A
| 44
| 111
| 7
| 18
| 0
| 4
| .162
| .170
| .189
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 37
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1969
| DET
| A
| 42
| 106
| 5
| 17
| 0
| 8
| .160
| .188
| .160
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 41
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1970
| DET
| A
| 14
| 31
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .065
| .065
| .097
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| WAS
| A
| 33
| 58
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 7
| .103
| .161
| .155
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 22
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| OAK
| A
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| ATL
| N
| 15
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .286
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| Total
|
| 20
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .222
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 15
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .286
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 270
| 604
| 32
| 80
| 1
| 31
| .132
| .163
| .152
| 5
| 2
| 23
| 240
| 0
| 62
| 1
| 0
| 10
|
| Total
|
|
| 285
| 616
| 32
| 82
| 1
| 31
| .133
| .166
| .153
| 5
| 2
| 25
| 244
| 0
| 64
| 1
| 0
| 10
|
[edit] 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).
- 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).
- 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).
[edit] Trivia
- McLain is the last pitcher to win 30 games in one season. He did it in 1968 for the Detroit Tigers.
- He is the son-in-law of Lou Boudreau.
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