The only 30-game winner in more than 75 years; to touring The country as a popular musician playing on national TV; to later be-Coming a media star Denny McLain has Lived a bizarre and remarkable life. I Told You I Wasn't Perfect by Denny McLain with Eli Zaret allows the former All-Star pitcher to share his cautionary tale with generations of baseball fans - older ones who witnessed his downfall and younger ones who can learn from McLain's multitude of mistakes. In 1968, McLain set the baseball world on fire by being the first pitcher to win at least 30 games since Dizzy Dean 34 years earlier. Always brash, always interesting, always with a story to tell - McLain was arguably the best and worst of many things in his life, but there's no denying that he has been thoroughly mesmerizing at one job: being Denny McLain 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Kevin Costner's character in the motion picture The Upside of Anger was partly based on McLain. A pop star on the organ.