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Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Pitching Comparison

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	141	134	.513	3.17	425	346	39	103	23	14	2492.1	1948	999	879	164	1312	74	2453	59	7	140	10587	3471	112	3.06	1.308	7.0	0.6	4.7	8.9
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	131	91	.590	3.39	280	264	8	105	29	2	1886.0	1646	778	711	242	548	24	1282	26	9	27	7719	2288	101	3.72	1.163	7.9	1.2	2.6	6.1

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	1	2	.333	3.24	3	3	0	1	0	0	16.2	18	8	6	1	4	0	13	0	0	0	73	24			1.320	9.7	0.5	2.2	7.0

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Value

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	43.1	21.7
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	20.5	4.7

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Totals Against

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	3471	9059	1454	290	40	60	87	40.82	19	207	107	49	.215	.317	.310	.627	83	.095	.275	900	2810	494	3319	3471
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	2288	7026	1111	249	44	96	45	68.09	5	115	76	43	.234	.290	.386	.676	98	.151	.253	803	2709	535	2220	2288

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	24	68	14	1	2	2	0	100.00	0	1	1	0	.265	.306	.382	.688		.118	.315	8	26	4	22	24

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Starting & Relieving

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	206	60	58.4	77	20	26	3	82.4	39	79
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	160	61	56.7	13	3	23	0	100.0	8	16

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	1	33	52.3						0	0

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Ratios

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	23.2	12.4	10.8
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	16.6	7.1	9.5

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	17.8	5.5	12.3

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Pitch Summary

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Sam McDowell	2	3	.400	2.56	8	7	0	1	0	0	45.2	32	18	13	2	37	3	50	2	0	5	209	1.511	6.3	0.4	7.3	9.9
2	Denny McLain	3	3	.500	5.77	8	7	1	1	1	0	43.2	46	28	28	8	18	1	36	0	0	1	189	1.466	9.5	1.6	3.7	7.4

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Game Logs

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Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Sam McDowell	CLE	1971-09-14 (2)	17-20, L	3.1	1	3	2	1	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	19	8	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0				-0.1	-2.65	0	0	2.08
2	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-09-14 (2)	17-GF(20), W	4.0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	17	5	15	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				0.4	0.88	0	0	1.94
3	Sam McDowell	CLE	1971-05-18	GS-7, W	6.0	1	2	1	1	0	10	2	6	0	0	1	30	13	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	60			0.0	0.05			1.34
4	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-05-18	GS-6, L	6.0	9	7	7	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	26	11	23	6	1	0	0	1	0	16	2	0	1	3	26			-0.4	-4.59			1.00
5	Sam McDowell	CLE	1971-04-18 (1)	GS-6, L	5.2	5	4	3	1	0	9	0	3	0	0	2	31	15	21	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	1	0	1	39			-0.2	-1.92			0.97
6	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-04-18 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	31	6	28	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	84			0.4	4.24			0.82
7	Sam McDowell	CLE	1968-04-17	GS-9	9.0	7	2	1	1	0	2	0	11	0	0	1	36	10	33	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	76			0.0	1.52			1.76
8	Denny McLain	DET	1968-04-17	GS-7	7.0	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	29	8	27	4	2	0	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	64			0.0	0.74			1.26
9	Sam McDowell	CLE	1967-05-09	GS-5, L	5.0	6	4	4	0	2	3	0	4	1	0	0	25	10	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	40			-0.3	-1.91			1.25
10	Denny McLain	DET	1967-05-09	GS-7, W	6.2	7	3	3	0	2	4	0	7	0	0	0	30	11	26	4	1	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	3	51			0.0	-0.52			1.25
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Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1964	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1966	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1967	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1968	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1971	7	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	2	0	0	0	0
	Totals	14	11	1	0	0	0	1	1	7	.091	.167	.091	.258	2	0	0	0	0

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1964	1964-09-07	DET	CLE	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout Looking
2	1966	1966-05-25	DET	CLE	down 4-0	b2	1-3	1		Strikeout Looking
3	1966	1966-09-18	DET	CLE	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
4	1967	1967-05-09	DET	CLE	ahead 0-1	t2	---	1		Strikeout
5	1967	1967-05-09	DET	CLE	tied 1-1	t4	---	1		Strikeout
6	1968	1968-04-17	DET	CLE	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
7	1968	1968-04-17	DET	CLE	tied 0-0	b5	1--	1		Single to 1B; R. Oyler to 3B
8	1971	1971-04-18 (1)	WSA	CLE	tied 0-0	t2	-2-	2		Groundout: P-1B
9	1971	1971-04-18 (1)	WSA	CLE	ahead 0-1	t4	123	1		Reached on E3/Sacrifice Bunt; T. Harrah to 2B; P. Casanova to 3B; E. Maddox Scores
10	1971	1971-04-18 (1)	WSA	CLE	ahead 0-3	t6	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
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Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1964	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1966	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1967	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1968	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1971	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	14	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.077	.143	.077	.220	0	0	0	0	0

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1964	1964-09-07	CLE	DET	down 1-0	b3	1--	1		Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
2	1964	1964-09-07	CLE	DET	ahead 1-5	b4	---	1		Walk
3	1966	1966-05-25	CLE	DET	ahead 0-4	t2	---	1		Strikeout
4	1966	1966-09-18	CLE	DET	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Flyball: 3B
5	1966	1966-09-18	CLE	DET	ahead 1-3	t5	---	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted
6	1967	1967-05-09	CLE	DET	tied 1-1	b2	1--	2		Strikeout
7	1968	1968-04-17	CLE	DET	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
8	1968	1968-04-17	CLE	DET	tied 0-0	t5	-2-	1		Strikeout Looking
9	1968	1968-04-17	CLE	DET	ahead 1-2	t7	---	0		Strikeout
10	1971	1971-04-18 (1)	CLE	WSA	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Popfly: 2B
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Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Comparison

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	774	34	119	7	2	2	36	0	1	16	306	.154	.171	.176	.347	-2	136	6	1	56	4	0
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	616	32	82	5	2	1	31	1	0	25	244	.133	.166	.153	.318	-8	94	10	0	64	4	0

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Value

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-1.3	-1.3	-1.1	-0.3	-101	2	-5	0
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-1.2	-1.2	-1.0	-0.2	-85	1	-2	0

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Sabermetric

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	11	136	148	722	26	.249	68	-107	-11.5	.022	2.5	0.00	1
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	8	107	119	612	19	.216	62	-90	-9.6	.019	2.5	100.00	1

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	0	0	0	8	0	.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Win Probability

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-9.9	-10.2	-0.2	-99.26	-10.2	-104.97	0.95
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-7.2	-8.5	0.3	-81.86	-9.0	-87.11	0.88

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Batting

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Sam McDowell	8	18	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.063	.118	.063	.180	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Denny McLain	8	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	0	0	2	0	0

Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Game Logs

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Sam McDowell vs. Denny McLain: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Sam McDowell	CLE	1971-09-14 (2)		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.033	0.00	0.00%	-0.10			P
2	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-09-14 (2)		4	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	-0.132	0.00	0.00%	-0.56			P
3	Sam McDowell	CLE	1971-05-18	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.019	0.56	-0.01%	-0.29			P
4	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-05-18	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.027	0.91	-0.01%	-0.09			P
5	Sam McDowell	CLE	1971-04-18 (1)	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	-0.034	0.96	-0.03%	-0.32			P
6	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-04-18 (1)	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.038	1.81	0.04%	0.14			P
7	Sam McDowell	CLE	1968-04-17	*	10	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.090	2.89	-0.13%	-0.69			P
8	Denny McLain	DET	1968-04-17	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.023	3.59	0.03%	-0.14			P
9	Sam McDowell	CLE	1967-05-09	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.85	-0.023	1.33	-0.02%	-0.20			P
10	Denny McLain	DET	1967-05-09	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.75	-0.052	2.56	-0.11%	-0.59			P
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Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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