McNally is the only pitcher in major league history to hit a grand slam in a World Series (Game 3, 1970, a 9–3 victory). The bat (lent to him by teammate Curt Motton) and ball are in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.\n', '

He is also part of World Series history for his (and his pitching mates\') performance in 1966, which the Orioles swept the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers. In the fourth game, McNally and Don Drysdale matched four-hitters; one of Baltimore\'s hits was Frank Robinson\'s fourth-inning home run for a 1–0 Oriole victory. McNally\'s shutout capped a World Series in which Baltimore pitchers set a Fall Classic record by pitching 33⅓ consecutive shutout innings, beginning with Moe Drabowsky\'s 6⅔ scoreless innings in relief of McNally (Drabowsky entered the game in the third inning and issued a bases-loaded walk that scored Lou Johnson—the Dodgers\' second and last run of this Series) in Game One, followed by shutouts from Jim Palmer and Wally Bunker. The trio had pitched one shutout total during the regular season—that by McNally on August 6 against the Washington Senators.\n', '

McNally won more than 20 games for four consecutive seasons (1968–1971) and was one of four 20-game winners for the 1971 Orioles (Pat Dobson, Jim Palmer, and Mike Cuellar were the other three). He was the only pitcher other than Roger Clemens to win 12 decisions in a row 3 times, including 17 consecutive at one time. In 1968 he 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 0.852. After winning the last two decisions of the 1968 season, he opened 1969 with a 15–0 record; his first loss of the season came in early August, and he ended the regular season at 20–7.\n', '

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