Lindy McDaniel career saves

• Best season on file: 29 in 1970.
• Most recent: 1 in 1975.

Sum of 21 regular seasons, 1955 through 1975. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.

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Lindy McDaniel career saves, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	BB↓iBB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
1955	STL	4	0	0	4.74	19.0	7	7	1.53	0
1956	STL	39	7	6	3.40	116.1	59	42	1.40	0
1957	STL	30	15	9	3.49	191.0	75	53	1.30	0
1958	STL	26	5	7	5.80	108.2	47	31	1.56	0
1959	STL	62	14	12	3.82	132.0	86	41	1.40	15
1960	STL	65	12	4	2.09	116.1	105	24	0.94	26
1961	STL	55	10	6	4.87	94.1	65	31	1.57	9
1962	STL	55	3	10	4.12	107.0	79	29	1.17	14
1963	CHC	57	13	7	2.86	88.0	75	27	1.24	22
1964	CHC	63	1	7	3.88	95.0	71	23	1.34	15
1965	CHC	71	5	6	2.59	128.2	92	47	1.26	2
1966	SF	64	10	5	2.66	121.2	93	35	1.13	6
1967	SF	41	2	6	3.72	72.2	48	24	1.28	3
1968	SF/NYY	36	4	1	3.31	70.2	52	17	1.09	10
1969	NYY	51	5	6	3.55	83.2	60	23	1.28	5
1970	NYY	62	9	5	2.01	111.2	81	23	0.99	29
1971	NYY	44	5	10	5.04	69.2	39	24	1.52	4
1972	NYY	37	3	1	2.25	68.0	47	25	1.16	0
1973	NYY	47	12	6	2.86	160.1	93	49	1.23	10
1974	KC	38	1	4	3.46	106.2	47	24	1.25	1
1975	KC	40	5	1	4.15	78.0	40	24	1.35	1

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV