Denny McLain stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1963
- AL Cy Young
- 2x
- AL MVP
- 1968
Bio
- Debut
- 1963
- AL Cy Young
- 2x
- AL MVP
- 1968
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 280
- W
- 131
- L
- 91
- ERA
- 3.39
- IP
- 1886.0
- K
- 1,282
- BB
- 548
- WHIP
- 1.16
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | DET | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4.29 | 21.0 | 22 | 16 | 1.71 |
| 1964 | DET | 19 | 4 | 5 | 4.05 | 100.0 | 70 | 37 | 1.21 |
| 1965 | DET | 33 | 16 | 6 | 2.61 | 220.1 | 192 | 62 | 1.07 |
| 1966 | DET | 38 | 20 | 14 | 3.92 | 264.1 | 192 | 104 | 1.17 |
| 1967 | DET | 37 | 17 | 16 | 3.79 | 235.0 | 161 | 73 | 1.20 |
| 1968 | DET | 41 | 31 | 6 | 1.96 | 336.0 | 280 | 63 | 0.90 |
| 1969 | DET | 42 | 24 | 9 | 2.80 | 325.0 | 181 | 67 | 1.09 |
| 1970 | DET | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4.63 | 91.1 | 52 | 28 | 1.40 |
| 1971 | TEX | 33 | 10 | 22 | 4.28 | 216.2 | 103 | 72 | 1.41 |
| 1972 |  ATH/ATL | 20 | 4 | 7 | 6.37 | 76.1 | 29 | 26 | 1.55 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 1
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 3.38
- IP
- 16.0
- K
- 13
- BB
- 4
- WHIP
- 1.38
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 105
- SHO
- 29
- K/9
- 6.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | DET | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | DET | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | DET | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | DET | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | DET | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | DET | 0 | 28 | 6 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | DET | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | TEX | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | ATH/ATL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Denny McLain's career stats?
Denny McLain played 10 seasons for the Tigers and the Rangers. He had 131 wins and 1,282 strikeouts with a 3.39 ERA over 1,886.0 innings. His best season was 1968: 31 wins, a 1.96 ERA and 280 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 1 postseason, 1963 to 1972
Denny McLain led MLB in wins (1968); finished top 10 in a stat 7 times.
Championships ×2
- 1968 World Series with the Detroit Tigers
- 1972 World Series with the Athletics
Awards
- AL Cy Young ×2: 1968, 1969
- AL MVP: 1968
Season top 10 finishes
- Wins: 1966 (6th), 1967 (7th), 1968 (1st), 1969 (2nd)
- ERA: 1968 (7th)
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 1968 (2nd)
- WHIP: 1968 (4th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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