Denny McLain had a 31-6 record with an ERA of 1.96 and 280 strikeouts in 41 appearances in 1968. He won his first Cy Young award, his first MVP award and his first World Series.
DET| NAME | DATE | SEASON | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. McLain | 9/28/1968 | 1968 | vs | 1 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2 | | D. McLain | 9/23/1968 | 1968 | @ | L | 1 | 1.29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | D. McLain | 9/19/1968 | 1968 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | D. McLain | 9/14/1968 | 1968 | vs | W | 1 | 4.00 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | D. McLain | 9/10/1968 | 1968 | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | D. McLain | 9/6/1968 | 1968 | vs | W | 1 | 3.00 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | D. McLain | 9/1/1968 | 1968 | vs | W | 1 | 3.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | D. McLain | 8/28/1968 | 1968 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | D. McLain | 8/24/1968 | 1968 | @ | L | 1 | 2.57 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | D. McLain | 8/20/1968 | 1968 | vs | L | 1 | 3.18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | D. McLain | 8/16/1968 | 1968 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | D. McLain | 8/12/1968 | 1968 | @ | W | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | D. McLain | 8/8/1968 | 1968 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | D. McLain | 8/4/1968 | 1968 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | D. McLain | 7/31/1968 | 1968 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | D. McLain | 7/27/1968 | 1968 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | D. McLain | 7/23/1968 | 1968 | @ | W | 1 | 5.14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 18 | | D. McLain | 7/20/1968 | 1968 | vs | L | 1 | 10.38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | D. McLain | 7/16/1968 | 1968 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | D. McLain | 7/12/1968 | 1968 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | D. McLain | 7/7/1968 | 1968 | vs | W | 1 | 4.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | D. McLain | 7/3/1968 | 1968 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
| 23 | | D. McLain | 6/29/1968 | 1968 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | D. McLain | 6/24/1968 | 1968 | @ | W | 1 | 3.00 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | D. McLain | 6/20/1968 | 1968 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Total | 41 | 1.96 | 280 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 336.0 | 241 | 73 | 86 | 31 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1,288 | 3 | ||||||||
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