Lindy McDaniel

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: December 13, 1935 in Hollis, OK us

Died: November 14, 2020 in Carrollton, TX

High School: Arnett HS (Hollis, OK)

School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Debut: September 2, 1955 (Age 19-263d, 8,900th in MLB history)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1975 (Age 39-288d)
vs. TEX 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Lyndall Dale McDaniel

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Relatives: Brother of Von McDaniel

2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.2

W

141

L

119

ERA

3.45

G

987

GS

SV

174

IP

2139.1

SO

1361

WHIP

1.272

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1955	19	STL	NL	0	0		4.74	4	2	2	0	0	0	19.0	22	10	10	4	7	1	7	0	0	0	84	87	5.47	1.526	10.4	1.9	3.3	3.3	1.00
1956	20	STL	NL	7	6	.538	3.40	39	7	10	1	0	0	116.1	121	60	44	7	42	7	59	0	0	8	499	110	3.22	1.401	9.4	0.5	3.2	4.6	1.40
1957	21	STL	NL	15	9	.625	3.49	30	26	1	10	1	0	191.0	196	87	74	13	53	4	75	3	0	9	804	114	3.44	1.304	9.2	0.6	2.5	3.5	1.42
1958	22	STL-min	AAA	4	1	.800	3.64	6	6		3	0		42.0	44	18	17	3	6	0	18	0	0	0				1.190	9.4	0.6	1.3	3.9	3.00	OMA AA
1958	22	STL	NL	5	7	.417	5.80	26	17	6	2	1	0	108.2	139	76	70	17	31	2	47	2	1	3	492	72	4.55	1.564	11.5	1.4	2.6	3.9	1.52
1959	23	STL	NL	14	12	.538	3.82	62	7	47	1	0	16	132.0	144	61	56	11	41	8	86	1	0	10	562	111	3.28	1.402	9.8	0.8	2.8	5.9	2.10
1960	24	STL	NL	12	4	.750	2.09	65	2	47	1	0	27	116.1	85	28	27	8	24	3	105	1	1	7	448	195	2.26	0.937	6.6	0.6	1.9	8.1	4.38	AS,AS,CYA-3,MVP-5
1961	25	STL	NL	10	6	.625	4.87	55	0	39	0	0	9	94.1	117	57	51	11	31	11	65	2	1	8	424	91	3.76	1.569	11.2	1.0	3.0	6.2	2.10
1962	26	STL	NL	3	10	.231	4.12	55	2	36	0	0	14	107.0	96	53	49	12	29	8	79	1	0	6	443	105	3.44	1.168	8.1	1.0	2.4	6.6	2.72
1963	27	CHC	NL	13	7	.650	2.86	57	0	48	0	0	22	88.0	82	32	28	9	27	5	75	0	1	9	364	123	3.02	1.239	8.4	0.9	2.8	7.7	2.78
1964	28	CHC	NL	1	7	.125	3.88	63	0	40	0	0	16	95.0	104	43	41	4	23	4	71	1	0	10	409	96	2.42	1.337	9.9	0.4	2.2	6.7	3.09
1965	29	CHC	NL	5	6	.455	2.59	71	0	26	0	0	2	128.2	115	45	37	12	47	20	92	0	0	7	538	143	3.40	1.259	8.0	0.8	3.3	6.4	1.96
1966	30	SFG	NL	10	5	.667	2.66	64	0	32	0	0	6	121.2	103	48	36	5	35	9	93	0	0	2	495	140	2.42	1.134	7.6	0.4	2.6	6.9	2.66
1967	31	SFG	NL	2	6	.250	3.72	41	3	9	0	0	2	72.2	69	34	30	5	24	10	48	2	1	1	309	91	3.19	1.280	8.5	0.6	3.0	5.9	2.00
1968	32	TOT	MLB	4	1	.800	3.31	36	0	27	0	0	10	70.2	60	26	26	7	17	3	52	1	0	2	285	89	2.97	1.090	7.6	0.9	2.2	6.6	3.06
1968	32	SFG	NL	0	0		7.45	12	0	8	0	0	0	19.1	30	16	16	2	5	0	9	0	0	2	90	41	3.57	1.810	14.0	0.9	2.3	4.2	1.80
1968	32	NYY	AL	4	1	.800	1.75	24	0	19	0	0	10	51.1	30	10	10	5	12	3	43	1	0	0	195	165	2.74	0.818	5.3	0.9	2.1	7.5	3.58
1969	33	NYY	AL	5	6	.455	3.55	51	0	31	0	0	5	83.2	84	37	33	4	23	6	60	0	0	3	356	99	2.52	1.279	9.0	0.4	2.5	6.5	2.61
1970	34	NYY	AL	9	5	.643	2.01	62	0	51	0	0	29	111.2	88	29	25	7	23	5	81	0	0	3	436	176	2.62	0.994	7.1	0.6	1.9	6.5	3.52	MVP-21
1971	35	NYY	AL	5	10	.333	5.04	44	0	28	0	0	4	69.2	82	41	39	12	24	6	39	0	0	5	310	65	4.60	1.522	10.6	1.6	3.1	5.0	1.63
1972	36	NYY	AL	3	1	.750	2.25	37	0	25	0	0	0	68.0	54	23	17	4	25	5	47	0	0	3	279	132	2.88	1.162	7.1	0.5	3.3	6.2	1.88
1973	37	NYY	AL	12	6	.667	2.86	47	3	32	1	0	10	160.1	148	54	51	11	49	9	93	1	0	8	658	129	3.23	1.229	8.3	0.6	2.8	5.2	1.90
1974	38	KCR	AL	1	4	.200	3.46	38	5	19	2	0	1	106.2	109	50	41	6	24	5	47	0	0	1	443	110	3.10	1.247	9.2	0.5	2.0	4.0	1.96
1975	39	KCR	AL	5	1	.833	4.15	40	0	21	0	0	1	78.0	81	40	36	3	24	5	40	0	0	7	333	94	2.98	1.346	9.3	0.3	2.8	4.6	1.67
21 Yrs				141	119	.542	3.45	987	74	577	18	2	174	2139.1	2099	934	821	172	623	136	1361	15	5	112	8971	110	3.19	1.272	8.8	0.7	2.6	5.7	2.18
162 Game Avg.				9	8	.542	3.45	63	5	37	1	0	11	137	135	60	53	11	40	9	87	1	0	7	575	110	3.19	1.272	8.8	0.7	2.6	5.7	2.18
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
STL (8 yrs)				66	54	.550	3.88	336	63	188	15	2	66	884.2	920	432	381	83	258	44	523	10	3	51	3756	106	3.45	1.332	9.4	0.8	2.6	5.3	2.03
NYY (6 yrs)				38	29	.567	2.89	265	3	186	1	0	58	544.2	486	194	175	43	156	34	363	2	0	22	2234	118	3.08	1.179	8.0	0.7	2.6	6.0	2.33
CHC (3 yrs)				19	20	.487	3.06	191	0	114	0	0	40	311.2	301	120	106	25	97	29	238	1	1	26	1311	120	2.99	1.277	8.7	0.7	2.8	6.9	2.45
SFG (3 yrs)				12	11	.522	3.45	117	3	49	0	0	8	213.2	202	98	82	12	64	19	150	2	1	5	894	103	2.79	1.245	8.5	0.5	2.7	6.3	2.34
KCR (2 yrs)				6	5	.545	3.75	78	5	40	2	0	2	184.2	190	90	77	9	48	10	87	0	0	8	776	103	3.05	1.289	9.3	0.4	2.3	4.2	1.81

NL (14 yrs)				97	85	.533	3.63	644	66	351	15	2	114	1410.0	1423	650	569	120	419	92	911	13	5	82	5961	108	3.25	1.306	9.1	0.8	2.7	5.8	2.17
AL (8 yrs)				44	34	.564	3.11	343	8	226	3	0	60	729.1	676	284	252	52	204	44	450	2	0	30	3010	113	3.08	1.207	8.3	0.6	2.5	5.6	2.21

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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