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Denny McLain
Dennis Dale McLain

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

MLB Debut September 21, 1963
Final Game September 12, 1972
Born March 29, 1944 in Chicago, IL (age 80)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1963 19 DEA AL   1   0 1.000   5   2   0   1   0   0   12.0   12    56    7    3   2   13   0   0    7   1  0  2.25  
 1964 20 DEA AL   3   3  .500  18   6   3   7   1   1   65.1   56   269   24   24  12   18   2   0   56   0  0  3.31  
 1965 21 DEA AL  16  13  .552  41  34   2   6   0   1  223.1  175   919   99   90  34   75   5   8  186   3  3  3.63  CY-5
 1966 22 DEA AL  23  12  .657  44  41  10   2   1   3  281.1  246  1165  113  104  31   88   1   4  204   3  0  3.33  CY-2
 1967 23 DEA AL   9  11  .450  33  31   5   2   1   3  213.0  181   861   94   89  32   68   5   7  136   3  0  3.76  
 1968 24 DEA AL  22  10  .688  40  40  19   0   0   4  322.0  226  1230   92   82  27   51   1  14  225   6  1  2.29  CY-1
 1969 25 DEA AL  18  18  .500  41  40  21   1   0   3  332.1  315  1366  130  119  33   65   0  11  178  10  2  3.22  
 1970 26 DEA AL   4   7  .364  30   8   1   9   1   1   81.2  100   378   49   49  13   43   0   0   45   0  1  5.40  
 1971 27 ATN NL   7  11  .389  30  30   4   0   0   1  197.2  223   863  106   90  21   64   4   4  102   2  1  4.10  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
  9 Seasons     103  85  .548 282 232  65  28   4  17 1728.2 1534  7107  714  650 205  485  18  48 1139  28  8  3.38
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With DEA      96  74  .565 252 202  61  28   4  16 1531.0 1311  6244  608  560 184  421  14  44 1037  26  7  3.29
   With ATN       7  11  .389  30  30   4   0   0   1  197.2  223   863  106   90  21   64   4   4  102   2  1  4.10
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     131  91  .590 280 264 105   8   2  29 1886.0 1646  7719  778  711 242  548  24  26 1282  27  9  3.39
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1963 19 DEA AL  38    9   7.1   1  5.50    2   1   0  .500   0    0    0  .000    1    2  .333   85   
 1964 20 DEA AL  41   28   3.9   1  4.33   19   3   0  .158   1    4    3  .750    0    1  .000  -24   
 1965 21 DEA AL  50   93   3.8   0  4.56   72   8   0  .111   0    8    8 1.000    3    1  .750   16   
 1966 22 DEA AL  47  114   3.6   1  4.63   91  19   0  .209   0   10   10 1.000    2    4  .333  -39   
 1967 23 DEA AL  50   95   4.1   1  3.94   65   3   0  .046   1    3    1  .333   21    9  .700  -52   
 1968 24 DEA AL  46   85   2.4   0  4.38  110  10   0  .091   0    8    8 1.000    5    6  .455  -39   
 1969 25 DEA AL  50  132   3.6   0  3.90  108  24   0  .222   1    9    8  .889    7    4  .636    0   
 1970 26 DEA AL  43   59   6.5   4  4.38   16   1   0  .062   0    2    0  .000    1    1  .500    4   
 1971 27 ATN NL  45  111   5.0   0  4.20   62   5   0  .081   0    7    7 1.000    4    4  .500  -34   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
  9 Seasons          731   3.8   8        545  74   0  .136   3   51   45  .882   44   32  .579  -22   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 21.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 60.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1965 WS    DEA CIN   L    2  3.86   1-0   0  1   9.1   6   4   8   7
 1968 WS    DEA SLN   W    2  0.00   2-0   0  2  18.0   9   0   0  16
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1963  DEA   88-74   Steve Dewing, Alan Boodman
 1964  DEA   97-66   Steve Dewing
 1965  DEA   96-67   Steve Dewing
 1966  DEA   90-72   Steve Dewing
 1967  DEA   92-70   Steve Dewing
 1968  DEA   99-63   Alan Boodman
 1969  DEA   81-81   Alan Boodman
 1970  DEA   69-93   Alan Boodman
 1971  ATN   89-73   Brandon Colvin

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