Denny McLain

McLain broke into the major leagues in 1963. His first good season came in 1965, when he posted a 2.61 ERA and a 16-6 record. He would remain one of the top pitchers in Major League Baseball until 1969. His 1968 season was a remarkable one, as he went 31-6, was an all-star, won the Cy Young Award, won the American League Most Valuable Player Award, and was on the World Series-winning Detroit Tigers. McLain's World Series was not stellar, as he lost games 1 and 4 to Bob Gibson[?] and the Saint Louis Cardinals, but won the crucial Game 6, with the Tigers trailing 3 games to 2.

McLain's baseball career was short-circuited by associations with gamblers; he was suspended for most of the 1970 season for this behavior, and left the majors in 1972 at the age of 28. His post-baseball career has included imprisonment for drug trafficking and embezzlement.

McLain was a three-time all-star and won the Cy Young Award twice in his career (1968, and 1969, when he shared the award with Mike Cuellar[?]). His lifetime record includes a record of 131-91, an ERA of 3.39 and 1282 strikeouts in 1886 innings pitched.