Denny McLain

PITCHER · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1963–1972 BORN: CHICAGO, USA

Cy Young ×2 MVP 1968 All-Star ×3

Career

131 W · 3.39 ERA · 1282 K

1886.0 IP · 1.16 WHIP · 280 G

1972 Season

1-2 · 6.04 ERA

22.1 IP · 8 K · 1.79 WHIP

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Denny McLain was a pitcher in MLB. Across 280 career appearances, with a 3.39 ERA and 1282 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1963	DET	2	1	4.29	3	3	0	21.0	20	10	16	22	1.71
1964	DET	4	5	4.05	19	16	0	100.0	84	45	37	70	1.21
1965	DET	16	6	2.61	33	29	1	220.1	174	64	62	192	1.07
1966	DET	20	14	3.92	38	38	0	264.1	205	115	104	192	1.17
1967	DET	17	16	3.79	37	37	0	235.0	209	99	73	161	1.20
1968	DET	31	6	1.96	41	41	0	336.0	241	73	63	280	0.90
1969	DET	24	9	2.80	42	41	0	325.0	288	101	67	181	1.09
1970	DET	3	5	4.63	14	14	0	91.1	100	47	28	52	1.40
1971	WS2	10	22	4.28	33	32	0	216.2	233	103	72	103	1.41
1972	ATL	3	5	6.50	15	8	1	54.0	60	39	18	21	1.44
1972	OAK	1	2	6.04	5	5	0	22.1	32	15	8	8	1.79
Career Totals	—	131	91	3.39	280	264	2	1886.0	1646	711	548	1282	1.16

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1963	DET	3	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	.200	.167	.800	.967
1964	DET	20	37	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	15	.135	.158	.135	.293
1965	DET	33	74	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	6	32	.054	.123	.054	.178
1966	DET	38	93	10	17	2	0	0	5	1	5	39	.183	.224	.204	.429
1967	DET	38	85	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	37	.118	.138	.118	.256
1968	DET	44	111	7	18	1	1	0	4	0	1	37	.162	.170	.189	.359
1969	DET	42	106	5	17	0	0	0	8	0	4	41	.160	.188	.160	.348
1970	DET	14	31	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	.065	.065	.097	.161
1971	WS2	33	58	0	6	1	1	0	7	0	4	22	.103	.161	.155	.316
1972	ATL	15	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.167	.286	.167	.452
1972	OAK	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career Totals	—	285	616	32	82	5	2	1	31	1	25	244	.133	.166	.153	.318

Awards & Achievements

Cy Young Award (2): 1968, 1969
Most Valuable Player (1): 1968
TSN All-Star (2): 1968, 1969
TSN Major League Player of the Year (1): 1968
TSN Pitcher of the Year (2): 1968, 1969

All-Star Selections

1966, 1968, 1969

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.