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Denny McLain

Full name Dennis Dale McLain
Born March 29, 1944, Chicago, Illinois
First Game: September 21, 1963; Final Game: September 12, 1972
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 185
Son-in-law of Lou Boudreau
Named AL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1968)
Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1968)
Named AL Cy Young Award Winner by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1968 to 1969)
Named AL Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News (1968 to 1969)
Named pitcher on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1968)
Named right-handed pitcher on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1969)
Ejections: 1970 (1), 1971 (1). Total: 2
SABR Biography
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Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups

                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1963 DET A    Daily Splits    3     5    1    1   0   0   1    2    0   0    1   0   1   1   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .167  .800   0.0 1963 DET A
1964 DET A    Daily Splits   20    37    2    5   0   0   0    2    1   0   15   0   4   0   0   5   1    0   0  .135  .158  .135   0.0 1964 DET A
1965 DET A    Daily Splits   33    74    2    4   0   0   0    3    6   0   32   0   4   1   0   0   0    0   0  .054  .123  .054   0.0 1965 DET A
1966 DET A    Daily Splits   38    93   10   17   2   0   0    5    5   0   39   0   5   0   0   3   3    1   0  .183  .224  .204   0.0 1966 DET A
1967 DET A    Daily Splits   38    85    3   10   0   0   0    0    2   0   37   0   5   0   0   0   3    0   0  .118  .138  .118   0.0 1967 DET A
1968 DET A    Daily Splits   44   111    7   18   1   1   0    4    1   0   37   0  16   0   0   3   1    0   0  .162  .170  .189   0.0 1968 DET A
1969 DET A    Daily Splits   42   106    5   17   0   0   0    8    4   0   41   0  13   2   0   2   2    0   0  .160  .188  .160   0.0 1969 DET A
1970 DET A    Daily Splits   14    31    2    2   1   0   0    0    0   0   13   0   3   0   0   1   0    0   0  .065  .065  .097   0.0 1970 DET A
1971 WAS A    Daily Splits   33    58    0    6   1   1   0    7    4   0   22   0   9   0   0   1   0    0   0  .103  .161  .155   0.0 1971 WAS A
1972 OAK A    Daily Splits    5     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   2   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1972 OAK A
1972 ATL N    Daily Splits   15    12    0    2   0   0   0    0    2   0    4   0   2   0   0   1   0    0   0  .167  .286  .167   0.0 1972 ATL N
1972 Total                   20    16    0    2   0   0   0    0    2   0    7   0   4   0   0   1   0    0   0  .125  .222  .125   0.0 1972 Total
Total NL ( 1 Year )          15    12    0    2   0   0   0    0    2   0    4   0   2   0   0   1   0    0   0  .167  .286  .167   0.0 Total NL
Total AL (10 Years)         270   604   32   80   5   2   1   31   23   0  240   0  62   4   0  15  10    1   0  .132  .163  .152   0.0 Total AL
Total    (10 Years) Splits  285   616   32   82   5   2   1   31   25   0  244   0  64   4   0  16  10    1   0  .133  .166  .153   0.0 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1968 DET A    Daily Splits    3     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    4   0   1   0   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1968 DET A

             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1966 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1966 AL   
1968 AL                       1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1968 AL   
1969 AL                       1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1969 AL   
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team


                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1963 DET A    Daily Splits    3   3   2   0   0   0   21     20    96   2   12   10   16   0   22   0   1   1   0   1   1   1   1   1   2   1   4.29  4.33  -0.1 1963 DET A
1964 DET A    Daily Splits   19  16   3   0   0   0  100     84   416  16   48   45   37   0   70   4   1   0   1   0  16   1   6   2   4   5   4.05  5.19  -0.6 1964 DET A
1965 DET A    Daily Splits   33  29  13   4   2   1  220.1  174   881  25   73   64   62   1  192   9   1   3   2   2  23   6  15   7  16   6   2.61  4.66   1.6 1965 DET A
1966 DET A    Daily Splits   38  38  14   4   0   0  264.1  205  1080  42  120  115  104   3  192  12   5   6   3   0  30   8  21  10  20  14   3.92  4.34  -1.0 1966 DET A
1967 DET A    Daily Splits   37  37  10   3   0   0  235    209   976  35  110   99   73   3  161  11   7   4   3   0  34   7  11  15  17  16   3.79  3.59  -2.3 1967 DET A
1968 DET A    Daily Splits   41  41  28   6   0   0  336    241  1288  31   86   73   63   2  280  10   3   3   6   0  38   5  19   9  31   6   1.96  5.05   4.4 1968 DET A
1969 DET A    Daily Splits   42  41  23   9   0   0  325    288  1304  25  105  101   67   7  181  11   7   5   4   2  42   9  16   9  24   9   2.80  4.22   3.3 1969 DET A
1970 DET A    Daily Splits   14  14   1   0   0   0   91.1  100   402  19   51   47   28   0   52   1   4   0   3   1  14   1   2   3   3   5   4.63  4.71  -0.8 1970 DET A
1971 WAS A    Daily Splits   33  32   9   3   1   0  216.2  233   931  31  115  103   72   8  103  16  12   4   3   1  37   4  22  13  10  22   4.28  2.75  -3.0 1971 WAS A
1972 OAK A    Daily Splits    5   5   0   0   0   0   22.1   32   108   4   17   15    8   0    8   1   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   2   1   2   6.04  3.80  -1.1 1972 OAK A
1972 ATL N    Daily Splits   15   8   2   0   5   1   54     60   237  12   41   39   18   0   21   1   2   1   1   2   8   2   2   3   3   5   6.50  4.25  -1.9 1972 ATL N
1972 Total                   20  13   2   0   5   1   76.1   92   345  16   58   54   26   0   29   2   2   1   1   2  14   2   2   5   4   7   6.37  4.08  -3.0 1972 Total
Total NL ( 1 Year )          15   8   2   0   5   1   54     60   237  12   41   39   18   0   21   1   2   1   1   2   8   2   2   3   3   5   6.50  4.25  -1.9 Total NL
Total AL (10 Years)         265 256 103  29   3   1 1832   1586  7482 230  737  672  530  24 1261  75  41  26  25   7 241  42 113  71 128  86   3.30  4.23   0.4 Total AL
Total    (10 Years) Splits  280 264 105  29   8   2 1886   1646  7719 242  778  711  548  24 1282  76  43  27  26   9 249  44 115  74 131  91   3.39  4.23  -1.5 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team

                World Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1968 DET A    Daily Splits    3   3   1   0   0   0   16.2   18    73   1    8    6    4   0   13   1   0   0   0   0   1   2   1   2   1   2   3.24  4.67 1968 DET A

               All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1966 AL       Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    3      0     9   0    0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00  1.00 1966 AL   
1968 AL       Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    2      1     9   0    0    0    2   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00     - 1968 AL   
1969 AL       Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1      1     6   1    1    1    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9.00     - 1969 AL   
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits    3   1   0   0   0   0    6      2    24   1    1    1    4   0    6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1.50  1.00 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team


                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1963 DET A Daily Splits   P    3    3    2    21       0    6    2    2   0    0    0    0    2  .750
1964 DET A Daily Splits   P   19   16    3   100       4    6    1    0   0    1    0    1    0  .909
1965 DET A Daily Splits   P   33   29   13   220.1    17   30    1    1   0    2    9    5    0  .979
1966 DET A Daily Splits   P   38   38   14   264.1    14   34    0    2   0    1    2    5    2 1.000
1967 DET A Daily Splits   P   37   37   10   235      21   22    5    4   0    1   16    8    0  .896
1968 DET A Daily Splits   P   41   41   28   336      36   40    1    3   1    1   19    5    1  .987
1969 DET A Daily Splits   P   42   41   23   325      26   24    2    1   0    0   24    9    0  .962
1970 DET A Daily Splits   P   14   14    1    91.1     7   14    0    1   0    1    7    1    0 1.000
1971 WAS A Daily Splits   P   33   32    9   216.2    27   26    0    1   0    3   15    9    0 1.000
1972 OAK A Daily Splits   P    5    5    0    22.1     0    5    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1972 ATL N Daily Splits   P   15    8    2    54       2    5    1    0   0    0    4    2    0  .875
1972 Total                P   20   13    2    76.1     2   10    1    0   0    0    4    2    0  .923
Total (10 Years) Splits   P  280  264  105  1886     154  212   13   15   1   10   96   45    5  .966
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1968 DET A Daily Splits   P    3    3    1    16.2     0    3    1    0   0    0    2    0    0  .750

             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1966 AL    Daily Splits   P    1    1    0     3       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1968 AL    Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0    0    1    0    0     -
1969 AL    Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Total ( 3 Years) Splits   P    3    1    0     6       0    1    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG


Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8-17-1970     BOX  DET A  Russ Goetz          Balk call
 4-23-1971     BOX  WAS A  Art Frantz          Balls and strikes


Transaction Information

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).

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