Denny McLain vs Fergie Jenkins

Denny McLainFergie Jenkins

Denny McLain and Fergie Jenkins compared on their MLB careers: Denny McLain played 10 seasons, 1963 to 1972, Fergie Jenkins 19 seasons, 1965 to 1983. Denny McLain has 131 wins to Fergie Jenkins's 284. Denny McLain won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Denny McLain and Fergie Jenkins career totals
280GP664
131W284
91L226
3.4ERA3.3
1,886IP4500.2
1,282K3,192
548BB997
1.2WHIP1.1
2SV7

Where each stands all time

Denny McLain and Fergie Jenkins all-time places
—Strikeouts (pitching)14th (3,192)
—Wins (pitching)28th (284)

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

  • Denny McLain: 2 championships; AL Cy Young ×2, AL MVP
  • Fergie Jenkins: 0 championships; none on file

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.

Denny McLain and Fergie Jenkins season by season
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.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.
1st1963214.291965212.19
2nd1964454.051966683.32
3rd19651662.61196720132.80
4th196620143.92196820152.63
5th196717163.79196921153.21
6th19683161.96197022163.39
7th19692492.80197124132.77
8th1970354.63197220123.20
9th197110224.28197314163.89
10th1972476.37197425122.82
11th————197517183.93
12th————197612113.27
13th————197710103.68
14th————19781883.04
15th————197916144.07
16th————198012123.77
17th————1981584.50
18th————198214153.15
19th————1983694.30

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA