What years did Dave McNally play?

Dave McNally played in Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1975.

Was Dave McNally a pitcher?

Yes. Dave McNally pitched in the major leagues, recording 184 wins and 1512 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Dave McNally hit?

Dave McNally hit 9 career home runs with 97 hits.

What was Dave McNally's career batting average?

Dave McNally batted .133 over his career, with 97 hits in 731 at bats.

How many RBI did Dave McNally have?

Dave McNally drove in 43 runs in his career.

What was Dave McNally's career ERA?

Dave McNally finished with a 3.24 career ERA, going 184-119 with 1,512 strikeouts.

Dave McNally

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1962-1975)

Dave McNally was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1975 for the Baltimore Orioles and the Montreal Expos, a span of 14 seasons. Across 424 career appearances, he went 184-119 with a 3.24 ERA and 1,512 strikeouts. He also batted .133 with 9 home runs. Dave McNally was a 3-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 1727.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 184–119

ERA 3.24

WHIP 1.21

SO 1,512

Pitcher PIV 1727.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 185 lb
Born: 10/31/1942 in Billings, MT, USA
Died: 12/1/2002 in Billings, MT, USA
MLB Debut: 1962-09-26
Last Game: 1975-06-08
Awards: 3× All-Star

Full name: David Arthur McNally

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Career Pitching Statistics

Dave McNally — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
184	119	424	396	120	33	2	2730.0	2,488	982	230	826	1,512	3.24	1727.0

Career ERA 3.24 vs. league average 3.55 across their career seasons — 8.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Dave McNally Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1962	BAL	AL	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	3	4	0.00	3.96 (+100%)	0.0
1963	BAL	AL	7	8	29	20	2	0	1	125.2	133	64	55	78	4.58	3.46 (-33%)	-446.4
1964	BAL	AL	9	11	30	23	5	3	0	159.1	157	65	51	88	3.67	3.58 (-3%)	-1088.9
1965	BAL	AL	11	6	35	29	6	2	0	198.2	163	63	73	116	2.85	3.50 (+18%)	-124.6
1966	BAL	AL	13	6	34	33	5	1	0	213.0	212	75	64	158	3.17	3.52 (+10%)	828.6
1967	BAL	AL	7	7	24	22	3	1	0	119.0	134	60	39	70	4.54	3.30 (-37%)	-1525.9
1968	BAL	AL	22	10	35	35	18	5	0	273.0	175	59	55	202	1.95	2.98 (+35%)	1583.3
1969	BAL	AL	20	7	41	40	11	4	0	268.2	232	96	84	166	3.22	3.61 (+11%)	2339.4
1970	BAL	AL	24	9	40	40	16	1	0	296.0	277	106	78	185	3.22	3.89 (+17%)	2844.6
1971	BAL	AL	21	5	30	30	11	1	0	224.1	188	72	58	91	2.89	3.47 (+17%)	-2268.1
1972	BAL	AL	13	17	36	36	12	6	0	241.0	220	79	68	120	2.95	3.26 (+10%)	1140.4
1973	BAL	AL	17	17	38	38	17	4	0	266.0	247	95	81	87	3.21	3.75 (+14%)	579.4
1974	BAL	AL	16	10	39	37	13	4	1	259.0	260	103	81	111	3.58	3.63 (+1%)	-507.1
1975	MON	NL	3	6	12	12	0	0	0	77.1	88	45	36	36	5.24	3.71 (-41%)	-1627.7
Career · 14 seasons			184	119	424	396	120	33	2	2,730.0	2,488	982	826	1,512	3.24	—	1,727

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Dave McNally — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
425	731	49	97	23	0	9	43	0	58	340	.133	.196	.201	.397	-3,922

Career AVG .133 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 46.9% below league average.

Career OBP .196 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — 38.0% below league average.

Career SLG .201 vs. league average .370 across their career seasons — 45.7% below league average.

Career OPS .397 vs. league average .687 across their career seasons — 42.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Dave McNally Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1962	BAL	AL	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1963	BAL	AL	29	38	1	2	0	0	1	4	18	.053	—	—	—	—	0.0
1964	BAL	AL	30	51	4	7	2	0	1	4	29	.137	.250 (-45%)	.312 (-36%)	.377 (-53%)	.690 (-45%)	-352.1
1965	BAL	AL	35	65	1	6	1	0	1	2	33	.092	.245 (-62%)	.310 (-62%)	.371 (-71%)	.682 (-67%)	-655.5
1966	BAL	AL	34	77	6	15	5	0	3	2	27	.195	.248 (-22%)	.309 (-30%)	.376 (-31%)	.685 (-31%)	-370.5
1967	BAL	AL	24	38	1	6	1	0	2	1	11	.158	—	—	—	—	0.0
1968	BAL	AL	35	86	10	11	1	3	10	9	46	.128	.236 (-46%)	.298 (-30%)	.340 (-28%)	.638 (-29%)	-365.9
1969	BAL	AL	41	94	4	8	2	1	5	8	39	.085	.248 (-66%)	.320 (-51%)	.369 (-63%)	.689 (-57%)	-829.7
1970	BAL	AL	41	105	14	14	6	1	6	15	53	.133	.253 (-47%)	.325 (-26%)	.385 (-43%)	.711 (-35%)	-576.5
1971	BAL	AL	30	74	3	12	3	2	7	3	35	.162	.249 (-35%)	.316 (-39%)	.365 (-22%)	.682 (-30%)	-354.2
1972	BAL	AL	36	79	4	12	2	2	6	3	38	.152	.243 (-38%)	.310 (-41%)	.353 (-28%)	.664 (-34%)	-418.2
1973	BAL	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	BAL	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	MON	NL	12	21	1	4	0	0	1	7	9	.190	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			425	731	49	97	23	9	43	58	340	.133	—	—	—	—	-3,922

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Dave McNally — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
14	27	3	4	1	0	2	7	0	11	.148

Playoff Batting by Year

Dave McNally — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	AVG
1974	ALCS	BAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	ALCS	BAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1971	ALCS	BAL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1971	WS	BAL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
1970	ALCS	BAL	1	5	1	2	1	0	1	1	.400
1970	WS	BAL	1	4	1	1	0	1	4	2	.250
1969	ALCS	BAL	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1969	WS	BAL	2	5	1	1	0	1	2	2	.200
1966	WS	BAL	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Dave McNally — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
7	4	14	12	0	90.1	65	25	34	65	2.49

Playoff Pitching by Year

Dave McNally — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1974	ALCS	BAL	0	1	1	1	5.2	6	1	2	2	1.59
1973	ALCS	BAL	0	1	1	1	7.2	7	5	2	7	5.87
1971	ALCS	BAL	1	0	1	1	7.0	7	3	1	5	3.86
1971	WS	BAL	2	1	4	2	13.2	10	3	5	12	1.98
1970	ALCS	BAL	1	0	1	1	9.0	6	3	5	5	3.00
1970	WS	BAL	1	0	1	1	9.0	9	3	2	5	3.00
1969	ALCS	BAL	1	0	1	1	11.0	3	0	5	11	0.00
1969	WS	BAL	0	1	2	2	16.0	11	5	5	13	2.81
1966	WS	BAL	1	0	2	2	11.1	6	2	7	5	1.59

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Dave McNally — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	205	338	25	53	6	26	.157
Away	220	393	24	44	3	17	.112

Pitching — Home / Away

Dave McNally — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	205	1384.1	1241	476	388	792	3.09
Away	219	1345.2	1247	506	438	721	3.38

Last 10 Games — Batting

Dave McNally — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
1975-06-08	WSN	SDP	L	2	0	0	0	0	0
1975-06-01	WSN	SFG	L	1	0	1	0	0	0
1975-05-25	WSN	HOU	L	2	1	1	1	1	1
1975-05-18	WSN	CIN	L	1	0	0	0	1	0
1975-05-13	WSN	ATL	L	1	0	0	0	1	1
1975-05-07	WSN	CHC	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
1975-05-02	WSN	NYN	L	0	0	0	0	2	0
1975-04-27	WSN	NYN	L	2	0	0	0	0	2
1975-04-22	WSN	PIT	W	3	0	0	0	0	2
1975-04-17	WSN	PIT	W	4	0	1	0	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Dave McNally — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1975-06-08	WSN	SDP	L	6.0	6	5	4	2	4	1
1975-06-01	WSN	SFG	—	5.0	5	3	3	3	1	0
1975-05-25	WSN	HOU	—	7.0	11	5	5	4	3	0
1975-05-18	WSN	CIN	L	6.0	6	4	4	4	2	2
1975-05-13	WSN	ATL	L	4.1	6	7	7	3	4	0
1975-05-07	WSN	CHC	L	4.1	7	4	4	1	3	2
1975-05-02	WSN	NYN	L	7.0	8	2	2	3	5	0
1975-04-27	WSN	NYN	L	6.2	8	7	5	3	3	0
1975-04-22	WSN	PIT	W	8.1	7	3	3	5	3	1
1975-04-17	WSN	PIT	W	8.2	9	4	4	5	5	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dave McNally — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	424	396	97	417	21	37

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dave McNally — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1962	BAL	P	1	1	0	2	0	0
1963	BAL	P	29	20	6	16	0	0
1964	BAL	P	30	23	5	26	1	6
1965	BAL	P	35	29	6	38	2	3
1966	BAL	P	34	33	7	36	0	2
1967	BAL	P	24	22	3	11	1	2
1968	BAL	P	35	35	6	28	1	1
1969	BAL	P	41	40	6	28	1	2
1970	BAL	P	40	40	10	37	1	4
1971	BAL	P	30	30	10	39	1	1
1972	BAL	P	36	36	9	43	3	5
1973	BAL	P	38	38	13	51	2	4
1974	BAL	P	39	37	13	50	5	7
1975	MON	P	12	12	3	12	3	0

Career Games by Position

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Dave McNally Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	424

Awards & Honors

Dave McNally — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1968	TSN All-Star	P

Award Voting History

Dave McNally — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1971	Cy Young Award	AL	4th	8.0	120	0
1971	Most Valuable Player	AL	11th	26.0	336	0
1970	Cy Young Award	AL	2nd	47.0	120	5
1970	Most Valuable Player	AL	16th	22.0	336	0
1969	Cy Young Award	AL	4th	1.0	24	1
1969	Most Valuable Player	AL	13th	25.0	336	0
1968	Most Valuable Player	AL	5th	78.0	280	0

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Dave McNally: the record in brief

September 26, 1962 and June 8, 1975 bracket Dave McNally's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. McNally played for the Baltimore Orioles (1962 to 1974) and the Montreal Expos (1975). Born on October 31, 1942, in Billings, MT, USA, McNally is listed as a pitcher and hit right-handed while throwing left-handed. The bio gives 5-foot-11 and 185 pounds. McNally died on December 1, 2002, in Billings, MT, USA. The bio lists the given name David Arthur.

McNally's career pitching line is 184 wins, 119 losses and a 3.24 ERA over 424 appearances. Also on McNally's record: 1,512 strikeouts, 120 complete games, and 33 shutouts. Against a 3.55 league ERA for the same years, McNally was 8.8% better. No season topped the 24 wins of 1970. The strikeout high was 202 in 1968. In 1968, one of the busiest seasons, McNally posted a 1.95 ERA; the league figure that year was 2.98.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dave McNally

What years did Dave McNally play?: Dave McNally played in Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1975.
Was Dave McNally a pitcher?: Yes. Dave McNally pitched in the major leagues, recording 184 wins and 1512 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Dave McNally hit?: Dave McNally hit 9 career home runs with 97 hits.
What was Dave McNally's career batting average?: Dave McNally batted .133 over his career, with 97 hits in 731 at bats.
How many RBI did Dave McNally have?: Dave McNally drove in 43 runs in his career.
What was Dave McNally's career ERA?: Dave McNally finished with a 3.24 career ERA, going 184-119 with 1,512 strikeouts.