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Denny McLain
Dennis Dale McLain

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 21, 1963
  vs. CHW 9.0 IP, 7 H, 8 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, W
Final Game September 12, 1972
Born March 29, 1944 in Chicago, IL

Son-In-Law of Lou Boudreau

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1963 19 DET AL   2   1   3   3   2   0   0  0   21.0   20   12   10   2   16   22   0   1    96   0   1  4.29  3.74   87 1.714
 1964 20 DET AL   4   5  19  16   3   0   0  0  100.0   84   48   45  16   37   70   1   0   416   0   0  4.05  3.66   90 1.210
 1965 21 DET AL  16   6  33  29  13   4   2  1  220.3  174   73   64  25   62  192   2   3   881   1   2  2.61  3.49  134 1.071
 1966 22 DET AL  20  14  38  38  14   4   0  0  264.3  205  120  115  42  104  192   3   6  1080   3   0  3.92  3.50   89 1.169 MVP-15,AS
 1967 23 DET AL  17  16  37  37  10   3   0  0  235.0  209  110   99  35   73  161   3   4   976   3   0  3.79  3.26   86 1.200
 1968 24 DET AL  31   6  41  41  28   6   0  0  336.0  241   86   73  31   63  280   6   3  1288   2   0  1.96  3.01  154 0.905 MVP-1,CYA-1,AS
 1969 25 DET AL  24   9  42  41  23   9   0  0  325.0  288  105  101  25   67  181   4   5  1304   7   2  2.80  3.77  135 1.092 MVP-6,CYA-1,AS
 1970 26 DET AL   3   5  14  14   1   0   0  0   91.3  100   51   47  19   28   52   3   0   402   0   1  4.63  3.76   81 1.401
 1971 27 WSA AL  10  22  33  32   9   3   1  0  216.7  233  115  103  31   72  103   3   4   931   8   1  4.28  3.29   77 1.408
 1972 28 TOT      4   7  20  13   2   0   5  1   76.3   92   58   54  16   26   29   1   1   345   0   2  6.37  3.52   55 1.546
         OAK AL   1   2   5   5   0   0   0  0   22.3   32   17   15   4    8    8   0   0   108   0   0  6.04  2.85   47 1.791
         ATL NL   3   5  15   8   2   0   5  1   54.0   60   41   39  12   18   21   1   1   237   0   2  6.50  3.80   58 1.444
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .590 131  91 280 264 105  29   8  2 1886.0 1646  778  711 242  548 1282  26  27  7719  24   9  3.39  3.43  101 1.163
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16  11  35  33  13   3   1  0  235.7  205   97   88  30   68  160   3   3   964   3   1  3.39  3.43  101 1.163
 Career High     31  22  42  41  28   9   5  1  336.0  288  120  115  42  104  280   6   6  1304   8   2  1.96  3.77  154 0.905

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 19 DET AL   3    5    1    1   0  0   1    2   0  0   0   1  .200  .167  .800  152    4   1   1   0   0   0
 1964 20 DET AL  20   37    2    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  15  .135  .158  .135  -18    5   4   0   0   0   1
 1965 21 DET AL  33   74    2    4   0  0   0    3   0  0   6  32  .054  .123  .054  -48    4   4   1   0   0   0
 1966 22 DET AL  38   93   10   17   2  0   0    5   1  0   5  39  .183  .224  .204   23   19   5   0   0   0   3 MVP-15,AS
 1967 23 DET AL  38   85    3   10   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  37  .118  .138  .118  -25   10   5   0   0   0   3
 1968 24 DET AL  44  111    7   18   1  1   0    4   0  0   1  37  .162  .170  .189    8   21  16   0   0   0   1 MVP-1,AS
 1969 25 DET AL  42  106    5   17   0  0   0    8   0  0   4  41  .160  .188  .160   -4   17  13   2   0   0   2 MVP-6,AS
 1970 26 DET AL  14   31    2    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0  13  .065  .065  .097  -56    3   3   0   0   0   0
 1971 27 WSA AL  33   58    0    6   1  1   0    7   0  0   4  22  .103  .161  .155   -7    9   9   0   0   0   0
 1972 28 TOT     20   16    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   7  .125  .222  .125    0    2   4   0   0   0   0
         OAK AL   5    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
         ATL NL  15   12    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   4  .167  .286  .167   27    2   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     285  616   32   82   5  2   1   31   1  0  25 244  .133  .166  .153   -8   94  64   4   0   0  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        350   18   47   3  1   1   18   1  0  14 139  .133  .166  .153   -8   53  36   2   0   0   6
 Career High     44  111   10   18   2  1   1    8   1  0   6  41                          21  16   2   0   0   3
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 19 DET AL    7    6    1   4.5    97| .200  .259| .167  .325| .800  .399| .967  .725| 152  .532   0.3   0.0   0%
 1964 20 DET AL   42   37    1   0.7    98| .135  .258| .158  .327| .135  .401| .293  .727| -18  .038  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1965 21 DET AL   85   75    1   0.4    93| .054  .253| .123  .323| .054  .388| .177  .711| -48  .012 -14.7  -1.6   0%
 1966 22 DET AL  103   84    4   1.3    92| .183  .251| .224  .319| .204  .388| .428  .706|  23  .115  -9.5  -1.0 100%
 1967 23 DET AL   92   83    1   0.3    87| .118  .246| .138  .316| .118  .369| .256  .686| -25  .012 -13.6  -1.5   0%
 1968 24 DET AL  128  110    4   1.0    82| .162  .241| .170  .311| .189  .357| .359  .668|   8  .088 -13.0  -1.5   0%
 1969 25 DET AL  125  106    4   1.0    99| .160  .260| .188  .337| .160  .392| .348  .730|  -4  .069 -15.3  -1.6   0%
 1970 26 DET AL   34   32    0   0.0    98| .065  .259| .065  .333| .097  .395| .162  .729| -56  .000  -6.7  -0.7   0%
 1971 27 WSA AL   71   61    2   0.9    87| .103  .248| .161  .319| .155  .368| .316  .687|  -7  .058  -8.2  -0.9   0%
 1972 28 TOT      22   18    1   1.5    94| .125  .260| .222  .330| .125  .382| .347  .712|   0  .145  -2.1  -0.2   0%
         OAK AL    6    6    0   0.0    79| .000  .241| .000  .309| .000  .348| .000  .657|-100  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         ATL NL   16   12    1   2.3    99| .167  .266| .286  .336| .167  .394| .453  .730|  27  .254  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      709  612   19   0.8    91| .133  .251| .166  .322| .153  .380| .319  .702|  -8  .056 -88.8  -9.6 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1963 19 DET AL P 3 0 6 2 2 .750 .952 2.00 0.80 2.57 1.97 3 21.0 1964 20 DET AL P 19 4 6 1 0 .909 .962 0.53 0.72 0.90 1.90 16 100.0 1965 21 DET AL P 33 17 30 1 1 .979 .951 1.42 0.75 1.92 2.04 29 220.3 1966 22 DET AL P 38 14 34 0 2 1.000 .952 1.26 0.75 1.63 1.99 38 264.3 AS 1967 23 DET AL P 37 21 22 5 4 .896 .958 1.16 0.74 1.65 1.96 37 235.0 1968 24 DET AL P 41 36 40 1 3 .987 .957 1.85 0.73 2.04 1.89 41 336.0 AS 1969 25 DET AL P 42 26 24 2 1 .962 .951 1.19 0.69 1.38 1.88 41 325.0 AS 1970 26 DET AL P 14 7 14 0 1 1.000 .950 1.50 0.67 2.07 1.86 14 91.3 1971 27 WSA AL P 33 27 26 0 1 1.000 .958 1.61 0.77 2.20 1.98 32 216.7 1972 28 TOT P 20 2 10 1 0 .923 .945 0.60 0.74 1.42 1.80 13 76.3 OAK AL P 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 1.00 0.76 2.02 1.86 5 22.3 ATL NL P 15 2 5 1 0 .875 .946 0.47 0.73 1.17 1.78 8 54.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1963 19 DET AL P 3 0 6 2 2 .750 .952 2.00 0.80 2.57 1.97 3 21.0 1964 20 DET AL P 19 4 6 1 0 .909 .962 0.53 0.72 0.90 1.90 16 100.0 1965 21 DET AL P 33 17 30 1 1 .979 .951 1.42 0.75 1.92 2.04 29 220.3 1966 22 DET AL P 38 14 34 0 2 1.000 .952 1.26 0.75 1.63 1.99 38 264.3 1967 23 DET AL P 37 21 22 5 4 .896 .958 1.16 0.74 1.65 1.96 37 235.0 1968 24 DET AL P 41 36 40 1 3 .987 .957 1.85 0.73 2.04 1.89 41 336.0 1969 25 DET AL P 42 26 24 2 1 .962 .951 1.19 0.69 1.38 1.88 41 325.0 1970 26 DET AL P 14 7 14 0 1 1.000 .950 1.50 0.67 2.07 1.86 14 91.3 1971 27 WSA AL P 33 27 26 0 1 1.000 .958 1.61 0.77 2.20 1.98 32 216.7 1972 28 TOT P 20 2 10 1 0 .923 .945 0.60 0.74 1.42 1.80 13 76.3 OAK AL P 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 1.00 0.76 2.02 1.86 5 22.3 ATL NL P 15 2 5 1 0 .875 .946 0.47 0.73 1.17 1.78 8 54.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 280 154 212 13 15 .966 .954 1.31 0.73 1.75 1.94 264 1886.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 280 154 212 13 15 .966 .954 1.31 0.73 1.75 1.94 264 1886
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1968   WS    DET STL     W   3   3   3.24  1  2  0  1  16.2  18   6   4  13 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1968   WS    DET STL     W   3   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1966   DET AL   *  0  0  0   3     0   0   0   0   3  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1968   DET AL      0  0  0   2     1   0   0   2   1  0   0  0   1  0  0  0  0 
 1969   DET AL      0  0  0   1     1   1   1   2   2  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 3/3      1  0  0  0   6     2   1   1   4   6  1   0  0   1  0  0  0  0   1.50 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1966   DET AL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1968   DET AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1969   DET AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1966 (P)
1968 *
1969 *

Awards
1968-AL-CYA
1968-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1968-AL-MVP
1968-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1969-AL-CYA-Tie
1969-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1966-AL-15-0.04
1968-AL-1-1.00
1969-AL-6-0.25
Car-165-1.29 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1968-AL-1-1.00
1969-AL-1-0.42
2 Cy Youngs
Car-26-1.42 shares

Sac. Hits
1968 AL-16-1
1969 AL-13-1

ERA
1965 AL-2.61-7
1968 AL-1.96-4
1969 AL-2.80-7

Wins
1965 AL-16-5
1966 AL-20-2
1967 AL-17-5
1968 AL-31-1
1969 AL-24-1

Won-Loss %
1965 AL-.727-2
1968 AL-.838-1
1969 AL-.727-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1965 AL-1.071-4
1968 AL-.905-3
1969 AL-1.092-6
Car-1.163-75

Hits Allowed/9IP
1965 AL-7.11-6
1966 AL-6.98-4
1968 AL-6.46-5
Car-7.85-76

Bases on Balls/9IP
1968 AL-1.69-2
1969 AL-1.86-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1965 AL-7.84-4
1966 AL-6.54-9
1968 AL-7.50-5

Innings
1966 AL-264.3-2
1968 AL-336.0-1
1969 AL-325.0-1

Strikeouts
1965 AL-192-3
1966 AL-192-6
1968 AL-280-2
1969 AL-181-7

Games Started
1966 AL-38-2
1967 AL-37-5
1968 AL-41-1
1969 AL-41-1

Comp. Games
1965 AL-13-4
1966 AL-14-2
1968 AL-28-1
1969 AL-23-2

Shutouts
1965 AL-4-2
1966 AL-4-4
1968 AL-6-2
1969 AL-9-1

Home Runs Allow.
1965 AL-25-5
1966 AL-42-1
1967 AL-35-1
1968 AL-31-1
1969 AL-25-9
1971 AL-31-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1966 AL-104-3

Hits Allowed
1966 AL-205-8
1967 AL-209-6
1968 AL-241-2
1969 AL-288-1

SO to Walk
1965 AL-3.10-6
1968 AL-4.44-1
1969 AL-2.70-3

Losses
1966 AL-14-4
1967 AL-16-6
1971 AL-22-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1966 AL-115-1
1967 AL-99-2
1969 AL-101-3
1971 AL-103-4

Batters Faced
1966 AL-1080-2
1968 AL-1288-1
1969 AL-1304-1

Adjusted ERA+
1965 AL-134-5
1968 AL-154-4
1969 AL-135-6

Youngest Player
1963 AL-19-4
1964 AL-20-9

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 22 (78) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 92 (235) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 26.0 (188) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 92.5 (111) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1962 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

April 8, 1963: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Chicago White Sox as first-year waiver pick.

October 9, 1970: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Elliott Maddox, Norm McRae, and Don Wert to the Washington Senators for Ed Brinkman, Aurelio Rodriguez, Joe Coleman, and Jim Hannan.

March 4, 1972: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Jim Panther and Don Stanhouse.

June 29, 1972: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Atlanta Braves for Orlando Cepeda.

March 26, 1973: Released by the Atlanta Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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