Catfish Hunter vs Denny McLain

Catfish Hunter Denny McLain

Catfish Hunter and Denny McLain compared on their MLB careers: Catfish Hunter played 15 seasons, 1965 to 1979, Denny McLain 10 seasons, 1963 to 1972. Catfish Hunter has 224 wins to Denny McLain's 131. Catfish Hunter won 5 titles, Denny McLain won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Catfish Hunter and Denny McLain career totals

500	GP	280
224	W	131
166	L	91
3.3	ERA	3.4
3449.1	IP	1,886
2,012	K	1,282
954	BB	548
1.1	WHIP	1.2
1	SV	2

How do they compare in the postseason?

Catfish Hunter and Denny McLain postseason

22	GP	3
0	R	0
114	H	18

Where each stands all time

Catfish Hunter and Denny McLain all-time places

92nd (2,012)	Strikeouts (pitching)	—
68th (224)	Wins (pitching)	—

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Catfish Hunter: 5 championships; AL Cy Young
Denny McLain: 2 championships; AL Cy Young ×2, AL MVP

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Catfish Hunter and Denny McLain season by season

1st	1965	8	8	4.26	1963	2	1	4.29
2nd	1966	9	11	4.02	1964	4	5	4.05
3rd	1967	13	17	2.81	1965	16	6	2.61
4th	1968	13	13	3.35	1966	20	14	3.92
5th	1969	12	15	3.35	1967	17	16	3.79
6th	1970	18	14	3.81	1968	31	6	1.96
7th	1971	21	11	2.96	1969	24	9	2.80
8th	1972	21	7	2.04	1970	3	5	4.63
9th	1973	21	5	3.34	1971	10	22	4.28
10th	1974	25	12	2.49	1972	4	7	6.37
11th	1975	23	14	2.58	—	—	—	—
12th	1976	17	15	3.53	—	—	—	—
13th	1977	9	9	4.71	—	—	—	—
14th	1978	12	6	3.58	—	—	—	—
15th	1979	2	9	5.31	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA