Lindy McDaniel

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 195 lb

BornDecember 13, 1935 · Hollis, OK, USA

MLB debutSeptember 2, 1955

Final gameSeptember 27, 1975

Seasons21 (1955–1975)

St. Louis Cardinals 1955–1962; Chicago Cubs 1963–1965; San Francisco Giants 1966–1967; New York Yankees 1968; San Francisco Giants 1968; New York Yankees 1969–1973; Kansas City Royals 1974–1975

Percentile snapshot

1957 season — qualified pitchers

12.7

25.5

72.7

63.6

54.5

SHO

7.3

196

52.7

69.1

74.5

10.9

87.3

191.0

32.7

ERA

3.49

54.5

WHIP

1.304

43.6

K/9

3.53

10.9

FIP

3.49

65.5

FIP-

88.6

72.7

ERA+

113.1

65.5

sWAR

3.3

65.5

of 56 qualified 1957 pitchers (min 154 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

108.7

68.9

sWAR

28.4

96.2

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1955	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	-4.4	6.4	.182	0.0
1956	39	33	32	1	7	4	0	2	1	10	.219	.242	.344	.586	50.7	55.4	.260	1.8
1957	31	77	74	7	19	5	1	5	0	24	.257	.257	.365	.622	58.1	63.8	.273	3.3
1958	26	32	30	0	2	0	0	3	0	14	.067	.067	.067	.133	-93.4	-65.0	.061	-1.4
1959	62	35	29	2	1	0	0	0	3	16	.034	.125	.034	.159	-65.8	-55.7	.098	1.6
1960	65	27	26	0	6	1	0	0	1	7	.231	.259	.269	.528	35.2	40.8	.245	3.9
1961	55	20	17	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	.235	.235	.235	.471	11.9	21.5	.214	0.4
1962	55	24	21	1	2	0	0	1	1	11	.095	.174	.095	.269	-34.6	-27.8	.144	1.1
1963	57	23	22	1	2	0	1	2	0	8	.091	.091	.227	.318	-35.5	-13.6	.137	1.5
1964	63	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	.125	.125	.125	.250	-48.6	-30.4	.114	0.6
1965	71	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	-71.6	-66.1	.082	2.9
1966	64	26	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	10	.091	.091	.091	.182	-69.5	-49.3	.083	2.5
1967	41	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	-65.9	-47.1	.085	0.3
1968	36	17	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	-136.8	-100.0	.000	0.1
1969	51	11	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.111	.000	.111	-67.6	-65.7	.084	0.7
1970	62	25	24	2	4	1	0	2	0	7	.167	.167	.208	.375	-7.5	5.7	.170	3.1
1971	44	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	-60.1	-36.4	.104	-0.8
1972	37	8	7	1	2	0	1	2	0	3	.286	.286	.714	1.000	202.5	195.8	.445	1.5
1973	47	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124.1	-100.0	.000	3.1
1974	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5
1975	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1955	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	10	7	7	4	19.0	4.74	1.526	3.32	5.41	132.5	86.3	0.0
1956	39	7	7	6	0	1	0	121	44	42	59	7	116.3	3.40	1.401	4.56	3.08	81.4	111.2	1.8
1957	30	26	15	9	0	10	1	196	74	53	75	13	191.0	3.49	1.304	3.53	3.49	88.6	113.1	3.3
1958	26	17	5	7	0	2	1	139	70	31	47	17	108.7	5.80	1.564	3.89	4.59	112.4	70.4	-1.4
1959	62	7	14	12	15	1	0	144	56	41	86	11	132.0	3.82	1.402	5.86	3.36	80.9	108.8	1.6
1960	65	2	12	4	26	1	0	85	27	24	105	8	116.3	2.09	.937	8.12	2.38	59.3	192.3	3.9
1961	55	0	10	6	9	0	0	117	51	31	65	11	94.3	4.87	1.569	6.20	3.85	89.1	88.9	0.4
1962	55	2	3	10	14	0	0	96	49	29	79	12	107.0	4.12	1.168	6.64	3.54	83.7	102.7	1.1
1963	57	0	13	7	22	0	0	82	28	27	75	9	88.0	2.86	1.239	7.67	3.04	87.9	120.9	1.5
1964	63	0	1	7	15	0	0	104	41	23	71	4	95.0	3.88	1.337	6.73	2.56	69.7	94.6	0.6
1965	71	0	5	6	2	0	0	115	37	47	92	12	128.7	2.59	1.259	6.44	3.51	95.8	141.6	2.9
1966	64	0	10	5	6	0	0	103	36	35	93	5	121.7	2.66	1.134	6.88	2.54	69.7	136.9	2.5
1967	41	3	2	6	3	0	0	69	30	24	48	5	72.7	3.72	1.280	5.94	3.30	99.9	89.0	0.3
1968	36	0	4	1	10	0	0	60	26	17	52	7	70.7	3.31	1.090	6.62	2.89	99.2	87.9	0.1
1969	51	0	5	6	5	0	0	84	33	23	60	4	83.7	3.55	1.279	6.45	2.37	68.4	97.8	0.7
1970	62	0	9	5	29	0	0	88	25	23	81	7	111.7	2.01	.994	6.53	2.41	68.1	175.7	3.1
1971	44	0	5	10	4	0	0	82	39	24	39	12	69.7	5.04	1.522	5.04	4.51	131.2	68.2	-0.8
1972	37	0	3	1	0	0	0	54	17	25	47	4	68.0	2.25	1.162	6.22	2.76	92.5	132.4	1.5
1973	47	3	12	6	10	1	0	148	51	49	93	11	160.3	2.86	1.229	5.22	3.25	88.2	128.7	3.1
1974	38	5	1	4	1	2	0	109	41	24	47	6	106.7	3.46	1.247	3.97	3.10	81.7	109.6	1.5
1975	40	0	5	1	1	0	0	81	36	24	40	3	78.0	4.15	1.346	4.62	2.95	76.7	92.7	0.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

988

412

378

RBI

159

.1481

OBP

.1680

SLG

.2011

OPS

.3691

Pitching

G (P)

987

17th-most career G (P)

141

308th-most career W

119

340th-most career L

172

76th-most career SV

SHO

2,139

379th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,361

302nd-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

623

ERA

3.454

408th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.2724

438th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

5.73

435th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1957-07-21	STL @ PIT Gameday	6	1	4	1	0	2	5
1957-05-04	STL @ LAD Gameday	4	1	1	0	1	1	4
1963-06-06	SF @ CHC Gameday	1	1	1	0	1	1	4
1972-09-28	NYY @ DET Gameday	1	1	1	0	1	1	4
1957-06-14	STL @ LAD Gameday	4	0	2	0	0	0	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1973-07-10	NYY @ CWS Gameday	8.0	3	2	1	4	11	0
1957-06-05	STL @ PIT Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	0	8	0
1965-05-23	LAD @ CHC Gameday	5.0	3	0	0	2	8	0
1957-07-04	STL @ CHC Gameday	7.0	8	5	5	2	6	1
1968-08-23	DET @ NYY Gameday	7.0	0	0	0	0	6	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.