Lindy McDaniel stats

Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 1975

Pitcher

Age 90

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Lindy McDaniel played 21 MLB seasons, 1955 to 1975.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
987
W
141
L
119
ERA
3.45
IP
2,139.1
K
1,361
BB
623
WHIP
1.27

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1955STL4004.7419.0771.53
1956STL39763.40116.159421.40
1957STL301593.49191.075531.30
1958STL26575.80108.247311.56
1959STL6214123.82132.086411.40
1960STL651242.09116.1105240.94
1961STL551064.8794.165311.57
1962STL553104.12107.079291.17
1963CHC571372.8688.075271.24
1964CHC63173.8895.071231.34
1965CHC71562.59128.292471.26
1966SF641052.66121.293351.13
1967SF41263.7272.248241.28
1968SF/NYY36413.3170.252171.09
1969NYY51563.5583.260231.28
1970NYY62952.01111.281230.99
1971NYY445105.0469.239241.52
1972NYY37312.2568.047251.16
1973NYY471262.86160.193491.23
1974KC38143.46106.247241.25
1975KC40514.1578.040241.35

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

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
18
SHO
2
K/9
5.7
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1955STL0003.30000
1956STL0104.60000
1957STL01013.50000
1958STL0213.90000
1959STL0105.90000
1960STL0108.10000
1961STL0006.20000
1962STL0006.60000
1963CHC0007.70000
1964CHC0006.70000
1965CHC0006.40000
1966SF0006.90000
1967SF0005.90000
1968SF/NYY0006.60000
1969NYY0006.50000
1970NYY0006.50000
1971NYY0005.00000
1972NYY0006.20000
1973NYY0105.20000
1974KC0204.00000
1975KC0004.60000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
90 yearsDec 13, 1935
Debut
1955

What were Lindy McDaniel's career stats?

Lindy McDaniel played 21 seasons for the Cardinals, the Cubs, the Giants, the Yankees and the Royals. He had 141 wins and 1,361 strikeouts with a 3.45 ERA over 2,139.1 innings. His best season was 1957: 15 wins, a 3.49 ERA and 75 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

21 seasons, 1955 to 1975

Lindy McDaniel led MLB in WHIP (1970); finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.

All-time career rank

  • 296th in wins (pitching) (141)
  • 75th in saves (172)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

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