Denny McLain career saves
2Career Regular Season
Denny McLain has recorded 2 saves over 10 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 1 in 1965.
- Most recent: 1 in 1972.
Sum of 10 regular seasons, 1963 through 1972. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |  DET | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4.29 | 21.0 | 22 | 16 | 1.71 | 0 |
| 1964 | DET | 19 | 4 | 5 | 4.05 | 100.0 | 70 | 37 | 1.21 | 0 |
| 1965 | DET | 33 | 16 | 6 | 2.61 | 220.1 | 192 | 62 | 1.07 | 1 |
| 1966 | DET | 38 | 20 | 14 | 3.92 | 264.1 | 192 | 104 | 1.17 | 0 |
| 1967 | DET | 37 | 17 | 16 | 3.79 | 235.0 | 161 | 73 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1968 | DET | 41 | 31 | 6 | 1.96 | 336.0 | 280 | 63 | 0.90 | 0 |
| 1969 | DET | 42 | 24 | 9 | 2.80 | 325.0 | 181 | 67 | 1.09 | 0 |
| 1970 | DET | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4.63 | 91.1 | 52 | 28 | 1.40 | 0 |
| 1971 |  TEX | 33 | 10 | 22 | 4.28 | 216.2 | 103 | 72 | 1.41 | 0 |
| 1972 |  ATH/ATL | 20 | 4 | 7 | 6.37 | 76.1 | 29 | 26 | 1.55 | 1 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV