62 Facts About Dave McNally

David Arthur McNally was an American professional baseball player.

Dave McNally played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1962 through 1975, most notably as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won four American League pennants and two World Series championships between 1966 and 1971.

Dave McNally was one of four 20-game winners for the 1971 Orioles.

Dave McNally was signed by the Orioles out of high school in 1960 and made his major league debut two years later, throwing a shutout in his first game in the major leagues.

Dave McNally was bothered by a calcium deposit in his elbow in 1967; the injury limited his playing time in the second half of the season.

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Dave McNally was named the Comeback Player of the Year in 1968 as he finished second in the American League with 22 wins.

Dave McNally was selected to the All-Star Game for the first time in 1969, finishing the season with 20 wins.

Dave McNally threw 11 shutout innings to beat the Minnesota Twins in Game 2 of the first AL Championship Series, then faced the New York Mets twice in the World Series.

Dave McNally hit a home run against Jerry Koosman in one of the games, but the Orioles were defeated in five games.

Dave McNally hit a grand slam in Game 3 of the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds, becoming a World Series victor for the second time as the Orioles won the World Series in five games.

Dave McNally missed six weeks with an injury in 1971 but still pitched enough to be one of four Orioles to win 20 games that season.

Dave McNally beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 1 of the World Series, lost Game 5, and won Game 6 in relief, but the Orioles were defeated in seven games.

Dave McNally finished the year with his first losing record since 1964, though this was partly due to the Orioles scoring fewer runs than they had the previous year.

Dave McNally returned to his hometown Billings and worked as a car dealer until his death from cancer in 2002.

Dave McNally was born on October 31,1942, in Billings, Montana.

Dave McNally attended Billings Central Catholic High School, but since the school did not field a baseball team, his baseball experience in his young adult years came with the Billings Royals, an American Legion team.

The Royals were in the midst of winning 14 straight state championships when Dave McNally played with them, and the team reached the Legion World Series in two of his years with them.

Dave McNally later quipped that, had he known how many young pitching prospects the Orioles had, he would have signed with the Dodgers instead.

Dave McNally struggled against the competition, losing three of his four starts and posting a 6.

At Fox Cities, Dave McNally still had a losing record but his ERA dropped to 4.

Dave McNally tied with Wilbur Wood and Sonny Siebert for second in the league with 15 wins, ranked second with 195 strikeouts, tied John Pregenzer for eighth with 196 innings pitched, tied Bill Hands and Pregenzer for third with four shutouts, and had a 3.

Dave McNally worked on the problem and had it corrected before the season started.

Dave McNally quit smoking midseason and gained about twenty pounds, which he credited to his improvement, though after the season he would resume smoking again.

Dave McNally was throwing a shutout against the Angels in the first game of a doubleheader on April 16,1967, but he allowed two runs in the eighth inning.

Dave McNally finished the season among the AL leaders with 22 wins, a 1.

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Dave McNally broke Barney Pelty's franchise season record of walks plus hits per innings pitched that had been set in 1906, establishing the new franchise record of 0.

At the plate, Dave McNally hit three home runs during the 1968 season; he would hit at least one each of the following seasons until the AL adopted the designated hitter rule in 1973.

Dave McNally finished fifth in AL Most Valuable Player voting and was named Baltimore's MVP.

Dave McNally was named to the All-Star Game for the first time in his career.

Dave McNally finished 13th in AL MVP voting and ranked fourth in AL Cy Young Award voting.

Dave McNally threw nine shutout innings in Game 2, limiting the Twins to three hits, but the Orioles were unable to score, and the game continued.

Dave McNally's shutout is the longest by a pitcher in the postseason, and Will Leitch of MLB.

Dave McNally hit a two-run home run against Jerry Koosman in Game 5 and left the game after seven innings with the score tied at three.

Dave McNally made the All-Star team for the second year in a row, picked by Weaver, who was managing the team.

Dave McNally ranked seventh with 185 strikeouts, tied with four others for the lead with 40 starts, and ranked fourth with 296 innings pitched.

Dave McNally helped his own cause, depositing a pitch from Granger in the left field seats and becoming the only pitcher in major league history to hit a grand slam in a World Series.

The bat Dave McNally hit the grand slam with is at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Dave McNally was one of four 20-game winners for the 1971 Orioles.

Dave McNally led the Orioles with 21 wins, tying with Catfish Hunter for fourth in the AL; his 2.

Dave McNally finished 4th in AL Cy Young Award voting and 11th in AL MVP balloting.

Dave McNally again started Game 1, prompting Pirates' manager Danny Murtaugh to bench Richie Hebner and Al Oliver in favor of Jose Pagan and Gene Clines.

Dave McNally was selected to his third All-Star team in 1972, though he lost the game for the AL in the 10th inning when Joe Morgan drove in a run with a single.

Consequently, Dave McNally finished with a losing record for the first time since 1964, and his 17 losses tied with four other pitchers for third in the AL.

Dave McNally did manage to tie Tiant and Roger Nelson for fourth in the AL with six shutouts.

Dave McNally started the 1973 season with a shutout of the Brewers on April 6.

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On June 15,1974, Dave McNally pitched 11 innings, holding the White Sox to three runs and getting the win when Boog Powell hit a game-winning home run in the bottom of the 11th.

Dave McNally had four shutouts, tying with five other pitchers for sixth in the league.

Dave McNally is known for his role in the historic 1975 Seitz decision which led to the downfall of Major League Baseball's reserve clause, ushering in the current era of free agency.

Dave McNally retired in June 1975, and he had no intention of actually claiming free agency.

Miller thought of Dave McNally, Helyar wrote, as "insurance" in the event that Messersmith decided to sign a new contract.

Miller explained that while Messersmith was the primary test case, as he was still in the prime of his career in 1975, he wanted Dave McNally to add his name to the grievance because he was under the assumption that Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley would end up signing Messersmith to a contract before the grievance could be decided under binding arbitration.

Dave McNally, who had been a Major League Baseball Players Association player rep during his time with the Orioles, was working as a Ford dealer in Billings, when Miller contacted him about joining the Messersmith grievance.

Dave McNally agreed, which meant that even if the Dodgers signed Messersmith to a contract, the grievance would go forward.

Dave McNally threw the three basic pitches: a fastball, a curveball, and a slider.

Dave McNally tried throwing it in a bullpen session in 1968, impressed catcher Etchebarren with it, and added it to his repertoire for the rest of his career.

Dave McNally loved to set you up with a change, fool you with that tremendous curve and then throw that fastball by you.

However, Dave McNally enjoyed a great deal of success against Howard's Senators, whom he defeated 13 times in a row before they moved to Texas after the 1971 season.

Just before the family moved, in late June 1975, Dave McNally checked in to Sinai Hospital in Baltimore with a case of chronic hiccups that had irritated him for nine days.

Dave McNally had purchased a car dealership in 1973 which Jim was running.

Dave McNally is fourth in games pitched with 412 and second to Palmer in games started, with 384.

Dave McNally is among the Orioles' single-season records in many other categories, as well.

In 1978, Dave McNally was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame.