How Denny McLain's Total Average Compares to Similar Players

Denny McLain posted a career Total Average of .221, well below the league average of .678 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Total Average season came in 1963, posting 1.0, well above the league average of .616 that year. The lowest point came in 1970 at .103, well below the league average of .651 that year. The Total Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .103 in 1970 to .250 in 1971 and .286 in 1972. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Total Average profile — ranging from .103 to 1.0 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Denny McLain Lifetime Total Average

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Denny McLain Total Average Per Season

Denny McLain's Total Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Denny McLain Total Average per season line chart

Denny McLain Total Average by Team

Denny McLain's career Total Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Denny McLain career Total Average by team bar chart

Denny McLain Total Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Denny McLain's career Total Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Denny McLain Total Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Denny McLain Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Denny McLain's seasonal Total Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Denny McLain Total Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Denny McLain Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Denny McLain's MLB career with Total Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Denny McLain Total Average season-by-season breakdown table