Bio
- Debut
- 1955
Bio
- Debut
- 1955
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 987
- W
- 141
- L
- 119
- ERA
- 3.45
- IP
- 2139.1
- 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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | STL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.74 | 19.0 | 7 | 7 | 1.53 |
| 1956 | STL | 39 | 7 | 6 | 3.40 | 116.1 | 59 | 42 | 1.40 |
| 1957 | STL | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3.49 | 191.0 | 75 | 53 | 1.30 |
| 1958 | STL | 26 | 5 | 7 | 5.80 | 108.2 | 47 | 31 | 1.56 |
| 1959 | STL | 62 | 14 | 12 | 3.82 | 132.0 | 86 | 41 | 1.40 |
| 1960 | STL | 65 | 12 | 4 | 2.09 | 116.1 | 105 | 24 | 0.94 |
| 1961 | STL | 55 | 10 | 6 | 4.87 | 94.1 | 65 | 31 | 1.57 |
| 1962 | STL | 55 | 3 | 10 | 4.12 | 107.0 | 79 | 29 | 1.17 |
| 1963 | CHC | 57 | 13 | 7 | 2.86 | 88.0 | 75 | 27 | 1.24 |
| 1964 | CHC | 63 | 1 | 7 | 3.88 | 95.0 | 71 | 23 | 1.34 |
| 1965 | CHC | 71 | 5 | 6 | 2.59 | 128.2 | 92 | 47 | 1.26 |
| 1966 | SF | 64 | 10 | 5 | 2.66 | 121.2 | 93 | 35 | 1.13 |
| 1967 | SF | 41 | 2 | 6 | 3.72 | 72.2 | 48 | 24 | 1.28 |
| 1968 |  SF/NYY | 36 | 4 | 1 | 3.31 | 70.2 | 52 | 17 | 1.09 |
| 1969 | NYY | 51 | 5 | 6 | 3.55 | 83.2 | 60 | 23 | 1.28 |
| 1970 | NYY | 62 | 9 | 5 | 2.01 | 111.2 | 81 | 23 | 0.99 |
| 1971 | NYY | 44 | 5 | 10 | 5.04 | 69.2 | 39 | 24 | 1.52 |
| 1972 | NYY | 37 | 3 | 1 | 2.25 | 68.0 | 47 | 25 | 1.16 |
| 1973 | NYY | 47 | 12 | 6 | 2.86 | 160.1 | 93 | 49 | 1.23 |
| 1974 | KC | 38 | 1 | 4 | 3.46 | 106.2 | 47 | 24 | 1.25 |
| 1975 | KC | 40 | 5 | 1 | 4.15 | 78.0 | 40 | 24 | 1.35 |
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) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | STL | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | STL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | SF/NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | NYY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | KC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 8,943 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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