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John Denny played 13 major-league seasons (1974-1986) as a P (325). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 10 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 23 | SLN | 26 | 44 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .227 | .455 | 31 |
| 1976 | 24 | SLN | 30 | 67 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 | .224 | .489 | 44 |
| 1977 | 25 | SLN | 26 | 51 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .098 | .230 | -35 |
| 1978 | 26 | SLN | 33 | 73 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .178 | .465 | 34 |
| 1979 | 27 | SLN | 31 | 70 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .129 | .325 | -9 |
| 1982 | 30 | PHI | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .542 | 62 |
| 1983 | 31 | PHI | 36 | 77 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | .169 | .372 | 7 |
| 1984 | 32 | PHI | 22 | 47 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .191 | .396 | 16 |
| 1985 | 33 | PHI | 33 | 81 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | .123 | .301 | -12 |
| 1986 | 34 | CIN | 27 | 54 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | .222 | .485 | 40 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 22 | SLN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| 1975 | 23 | SLN | 25 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 136 | 72 | 51 | 3.97 | 91 |
| 1976 | 24 | SLN | 30 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 207 | 74 | 74 | 2.52 | 139 |
| 1977 | 25 | SLN | 26 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 149.2 | 60 | 62 | 4.51 | 87 |
| 1978 | 26 | SLN | 33 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 234 | 103 | 74 | 2.96 | 121 |
| 1979 | 27 | SLN | 31 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 206 | 99 | 100 | 4.85 | 77 |
| 1980 | 28 | CLE | 16 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 108.2 | 59 | 47 | 4.39 | 92 |
| 1981 | 29 | CLE | 19 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 145.2 | 94 | 66 | 3.15 | 116 |
| 1982 | 30 | CLE | 21 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 138.1 | 94 | 73 | 5.01 | 81 |
| 1982 | 30 | PHI | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22.1 | 19 | 10 | 4.03 | 89 |
| 1983 | 31 | PHI | 36 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 242.2 | 139 | 53 | 2.37 | 153 |
| 1984 | 32 | PHI | 22 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 154.1 | 94 | 29 | 2.45 | 147 |
| 1985 | 33 | PHI | 33 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 230.2 | 123 | 83 | 3.82 | 94 |
| 1986 | 34 | CIN | 27 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 171.1 | 115 | 56 | 4.20 | 88 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | P | 25 | 24 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 2 |
| 1976 | P | 30 | 30 | 24 | 34 | 4 | 3 |
| 1977 | P | 26 | 26 | 9 | 37 | 3 | 3 |
| 1978 | P | 33 | 33 | 17 | 73 | 4 | 8 |
| 1979 | P | 31 | 31 | 16 | 36 | 2 | 4 |
| 1980 | P | 16 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| 1981 | P | 19 | 19 | 14 | 40 | 3 | 7 |
| 1982 | P | 25 | 25 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 3 |
| 1983 | P | 36 | 36 | 16 | 42 | 8 | 6 |
| 1984 | P | 22 | 22 | 20 | 36 | 1 | 2 |
| 1985 | P | 33 | 33 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 4 |
| 1986 | P | 27 | 27 | 16 | 40 | 2 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
John Denny won: Cy Young Award 1983 (NL), TSN All-Star 1983 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1983.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Cy Young Award (winner) | NL | 1 | 103 / 120 | 20 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 13 | 24 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.