Lindy McDaniel
Lyndall Dale McDaniel
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 13, 1935 in Hollis, OK
High School: Arnett (Hollis, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1955
Final Game: September 27, 1975
Relatives: Brother of Von McDaniel
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 STL NL 19 P 4 2 19.0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.84 1.50 .950 2.04 0.82
1956 STL NL 20 P 39 7 116.1 36 9 24 3 0 .917 2.55 0.85 .967 2.05 0.83
1957 STL NL 21 P 30 26 191.0 46 12 33 1 3 .978 2.12 1.50 .961 2.06 0.82
1958 STL NL 22 P 26 17 108.2 31 4 26 1 3 .968 2.48 1.15 .955 1.97 0.77
1959 STL NL 23 P 62 7 132.0 41 7 31 3 3 .927 2.59 0.61 .956 1.99 0.82
1960 STL NL 24 P 65 2 116.1 26 5 21 0 2 1.000 2.01 0.40 .962 2.09 0.87 AS,CYA-3,MVP-5
1961 STL NL 25 P 55 0 94.1 27 5 22 0 1 1.000 2.58 0.49 .956 2.18 0.88
1962 STL NL 26 P 55 2 107.0 36 10 25 1 2 .972 2.94 0.64 .947 2.07 0.82
1963 CHC NL 27 P 57 0 88.0 20 3 16 1 0 .950 1.94 0.33 .950 2.06 0.84
1964 CHC NL 28 P 63 0 95.0 22 3 18 1 1 .955 1.99 0.33 .955 2.14 0.84
1965 CHC NL 29 P 71 0 129.0 35 5 30 0 1 1.000 2.44 0.49 .954 2.08 0.81
1966 SFG NL 30 P 64 0 121.2 32 8 24 0 0 1.000 2.37 0.50 .944 1.96 0.74
1967 SFG NL 31 P 41 3 72.2 24 5 19 0 1 1.000 2.97 0.59 .958 2.01 0.78
1968 TOT MLB 32 P 36 0 70.2 31 10 20 1 0 .968 3.82 0.83 .955 1.92 0.77
1968 SFG NL 32 P 12 0 19.1 7 0 6 1 0 .857 2.79 0.50 .957 2.00 0.85
1968 NYY AL 32 P 24 0 51.1 24 10 14 0 0 1.000 4.21 1.00 .954 1.89 0.73
1969 NYY AL 33 P 51 0 83.2 26 3 21 2 0 .923 2.58 0.47 .954 1.88 0.69
1970 NYY AL 34 P 62 0 112.0 29 7 19 3 2 .897 2.09 0.42 .955 1.86 0.67 MVP-21
1971 NYY AL 35 P 44 0 69.2 16 2 14 0 0 1.000 2.07 0.36 .956 1.98 0.77
1972 NYY AL 36 P 37 0 68.0 20 5 14 1 2 .950 2.51 0.51 .950 1.87 0.75
1973 NYY AL 37 P 47 3 160.1 45 9 35 1 7 .978 2.47 0.94 .949 1.86 0.86
1974 KCR AL 38 P 38 5 106.2 30 8 21 1 0 .967 2.45 0.76 .947 1.81 0.83
1975 KCR AL 39 P 40 0 78.0 17 4 11 2 0 .882 1.73 0.38 .941 1.87 0.85
21 Seasons P 987 74 2140.0 596 127 447 22 28 .963 2.41 0.58 .954 1.99 0.80
21 Seasons TOT 987 74 2140.0 596 127 447 22 28 .963 2.41 0.58 .917 1.99 0.80
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 STL NL 19 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 STL NL 20 39 7 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 STL NL 21 31 26 31 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 STL NL 22 26 17 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 STL NL 23 62 7 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 STL NL 24 65 2 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 STL NL 25 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 STL NL 26 55 2 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHC NL 27 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 28 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 29 71 0 71 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 SFG NL 30 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 SFG NL 31 41 3 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 NYY AL 32 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 SFG NL 32 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 NYY AL 33 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 NYY AL 34 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 NYY AL 35 44 0 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NYY AL 36 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 NYY AL 37 47 0 1 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 KCR AL 38 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 KCR AL 39 40 0 1 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Seasons 988 66 865 988 987 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1956 STL NL 20 515 80% 33% 30 83% 1 10 1 8 25 19 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 100%
1957 STL NL 21 822 84% 36% 38 95% 0 12 1 9 37 28 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 2 100%
1958 STL NL 22 501 84% 34% 31 87% 0 4 1 3 27 20 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 2 100%
1959 STL NL 23 584 78% 33% 34 91% 0 7 1 4 32 23 4 3 0 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 4 75%
1960 STL NL 24 464 72% 27% 22 95% 2 5 1 1 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 100%
1961 STL NL 25 443 78% 29% 25 96% 0 5 2 2 21 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1962 STL NL 26 460 76% 30% 28 82% 1 10 0 7 24 19 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 5 80%
1963 CHC NL 27 386 74% 30% 19 84% 0 4 1 3 16 13 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1964 CHC NL 28 429 78% 28% 20 95% 0 3 0 3 19 14 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1965 CHC NL 29 563 75% 32% 36 97% 0 5 1 4 35 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 100%
1966 SFG NL 30 514 75% 29% 25 92% 0 8 0 6 23 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 100%
1967 SFG NL 31 320 77% 30% 18 100% 0 5 1 3 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1968 NYY AL 32 196 71% 34% 18 94% 0 10 0 7 15 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1968 SFG NL 32 96 85% 27% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 NYY AL 33 368 77% 36% 26 81% 1 2 0 2 21 19 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 67%
1970 NYY AL 34 446 77% 32% 25 84% 0 7 1 5 20 18 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 5 60%
1971 NYY AL 35 318 80% 31% 18 89% 1 2 0 2 16 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60%
1972 NYY AL 36 289 75% 34% 17 88% 0 4 0 4 15 11 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1973 NYY AL 37 682 79% 29% 34 100% 0 9 2 5 34 24 4 1 0 0 1 0 7 3 5 2 4 100%
1974 KCR AL 38 459 84% 37% 27 74% 1 8 0 6 20 16 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 43%
1975 KCR AL 39 348 82% 27% 13 85% 0 3 0 3 11 10 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 100%
20 Seasons 9203 78% 32% 509 90% 7 123 13 87 456 357 37 22 2 13 7 16 29 13 22 7 90 86%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 84%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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