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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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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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB 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 85 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 8 499 111 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 9 804 113 1.304 9.2 0.6 2.5 3.5 1.42
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 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 15 132.0 144 61 56 11 41 8 86 1 0 10 562 111 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 26 116.1 85 28 27 8 24 3 105 1 1 7 448 196 0.937 6.6 0.6 1.9 8.1 4.38 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 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 6 443 104 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 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 15 95.0 104 43 41 4 23 4 71 1 0 10 409 96 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 7 538 142 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 2 495 139 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 3 72.2 69 34 30 5 24 10 48 2 1 1 309 90 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 87 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 40 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 0 195 163 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 98 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 3 436 175 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 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 3 279 131 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 8 658 128 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 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 93 1.346 9.3 0.3 2.8 4.6 1.67
21 Seasons 141 119 .542 3.45 987 74 577 18 2 172 2139.1 2099 934 821 172 623 136 1361 15 5 112 8971 109 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 7 575 109 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
STL (8 yrs) 66 54 .550 3.88 336 63 188 15 2 64 884.2 920 432 381 83 258 44 523 10 3 51 3756 106 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 117 1.179 8.0 0.7 2.6 6.0 2.33
SFG (3 yrs) 12 11 .522 3.45 117 3 49 0 0 9 213.2 202 98 82 12 64 19 150 2 1 5 894 102 1.245 8.5 0.5 2.7 6.3 2.34
CHC (3 yrs) 19 20 .487 3.06 191 0 114 0 0 39 311.2 301 120 106 25 97 29 238 1 1 26 1311 119 1.277 8.7 0.7 2.8 6.9 2.45
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 8 776 102 1.289 9.3 0.4 2.3 4.2 1.81
NL (14 yrs) 97 85 .533 3.63 644 66 351 15 2 112 1410.0 1423 650 569 120 419 92 911 13 5 82 5961 108 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 1.207 8.3 0.6 2.5 5.6 2.21

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1955 19 STL NL 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1956 20 STL NL 39 33 32 1 7 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .219 .242 .344 .586 56 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
1957 21 STL NL 31 77 74 7 19 5 0 1 5 0 0 0 24 .257 .257 .365 .622 64 27 2 0 3 0 0 1
1958 22 STL NL 26 32 30 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 .067 .067 .067 .133 -65 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1959 23 STL NL 62 35 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 .034 .125 .034 .159 -56 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
1960 24 STL NL 65 27 26 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .231 .259 .269 .528 41 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-5
1961 25 STL NL 55 20 17 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .235 .235 .235 .471 21 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1962 26 STL NL 55 24 21 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .095 .174 .095 .269 -28 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
1963 27 CHC NL 57 23 22 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 .091 .091 .227 .318 -14 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
1964 28 CHC NL 63 17 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .125 .125 .125 .250 -30 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1965 29 CHC NL 71 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .111 .000 .111 -66 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 30 SFG NL 64 26 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
1967 31 SFG NL 41 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -48 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 32 TOT MLB 36 17 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1968 32 SFG NL 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 32 NYY AL 24 15 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1969 33 NYY AL 51 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .111 .000 .111 -66 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1970 34 NYY AL 62 25 24 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .167 .167 .208 .375 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 MVP-21
1971 35 NYY AL 44 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -35 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 36 NYY AL 37 8 7 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .714 1.000 195 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 37 NYY AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 39 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 Seasons 865 412 378 19 56 11 0 3 17 0 0 8 159 .148 .168 .201 .369 -0 76 4 1 25 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 77 71 4 10 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 30 .148 .168 .201 .369 -0 14 1 0 5 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
STL (8 yrs) 337 253 234 12 42 10 0 1 11 0 0 6 90 .179 .203 .235 .438 15 55 4 1 12 0 0
NYY (6 yrs) 219 71 63 5 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 31 .111 .125 .175 .300 -13 11 0 0 7 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 117 39 35 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 .086 .086 .086 .171 -52 3 0 0 4 0 0
CHC (3 yrs) 191 49 46 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 21 .087 .106 .152 .259 -29 7 0 0 2 0 0
KCR (2 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (14 yrs) 645 341 315 14 49 10 0 2 13 0 0 7 128 .156 .176 .206 .383 2 65 4 1 18 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 220 71 63 5 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 31 .111 .125 .175 .300 -13 11 0 0 7 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1960-1
1960-2 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1960-NL-5-28%
1970-AL-21-2%
0.30 Career Shares (587th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1960-ML--3--6%
0.06 Career Shares (190th)

Wins s c a p y
1957 NL--15--7th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1957 NL--.625--6th
1960 NL--.750--1st
1961 NL--.625--5th
1963 NL--.650--10th
1973 AL--.667--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1959 NL--62--3rd
1960 NL--65--2nd
1961 NL--55--7th
1962 NL--55--10th
1963 NL--57--4th
1964 NL--63--4th
1965 NL--71--3rd
1966 NL--64--5th
1970 AL--62--9th
Career--987--14th

Saves s c a p y
1959 NL--15--1st
1960 NL--26--1st
1961 NL--9--7th
1962 NL--14--4th
1963 NL--22--1st
1964 NL--15--4th
1970 AL--29--2nd
Career--172--55th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1361--226th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career--2.185--178th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL--.613--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1956 NL--8--3rd
1957 NL--9--2nd
1959 NL--10--1st
1961 NL--8--10th
1963 NL--9--9th
1964 NL--10--8th
Career--112--58th

Games Finished s c a p y
1959 NL--47--3rd
1960 NL--47--3rd
1961 NL--39--3rd
1962 NL--36--6th
1963 NL--48--1st
1964 NL--40--5th
1970 AL--51--3rd
1971 AL--28--10th
1973 AL--32--10th
Career--577--17th

Oldest s c a p y
1972 AL--born 1935-12-13--9th
1973 AL--born 1935-12-13--9th
1974 AL--born 1935-12-13--8th
1975 AL--born 1935-12-13--5th

Youngest s c a p y
1955 NL--born 1935-12-13--4th
1956 NL--born 1935-12-13--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 9 (169), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 34 (482), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 42 (305), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 19, 1955: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

October 17, 1962: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Larry Jackson and Jimmie Schaffer to the Chicago Cubs for George Altman, Don Cardwell and Moe Thacker.

December 2, 1965: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Don Landrum to the San Francisco Giants for Bill Hands and Randy Hundley.

July 12, 1968: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the New York Yankees for Bill Monbouquette.

December 7, 1973: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Kansas City Royals for Lou Piniella and Ken Wright.

January 3, 1977: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

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