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b. December 13, 1935 · St. Louis Cardinals 1955–1962, Chicago Cubs 1963–1965, San Francisco Giants 1966–1968, New York Yankees 1968–1973, Kansas City Royals 1974–1975

Lindy McDaniel pitched in the majors for twenty-one seasons, from 1955 to 1975, which meant he faced Stan Musial early and George Brett late. He appeared in 987 games, only 74 of them as a starter.

St. Louis signed him off the University of Oklahoma campus as a bonus baby and put him straight on the roster at nineteen. He led the National League in saves in 1959 and 1960, made his one All-Star team in the latter year, and led again in 1963 with the Cubs.

Born in Hollis, Oklahoma in 1935, McDaniel finished 141-119 with 172 saves and 1,361 strikeouts. He was eighty-four at his death, on November 14, 2020.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	1960
The Sporting News Fireman of the Year	2	1960, 1963

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1955	STL	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.200
1956	STL	39	32	1	7	4	0	2	1	10	.219
1957	STL	31	74	7	19	5	1	5	0	24	.257
1958	STL	26	30	0	2	0	0	3	0	14	.067
1959	STL	62	29	2	1	0	0	0	3	16	.034
1960	STL	65	26	0	6	1	0	0	1	7	.231
1961	STL	55	17	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	.235
1962	STL	55	21	1	2	0	0	1	1	11	.095
1963	CHC	57	22	1	2	0	1	2	0	8	.091
1964	CHC	63	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	.125
1965	CHC	71	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000
1966	SFG	64	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	10	.091
1967	SFG	41	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	.091
1968	NYY/SFG	36	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000
1969	NYY	51	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000
1970	NYY	62	24	2	4	1	0	2	0	7	.167
1971	NYY	44	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111
1972	NYY	37	7	1	2	0	1	2	0	3	.286
1973	NYY	47	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1974	KCR	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1975	KCR	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	988	378	19	56	11	3	17	8	159	.148

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1955	STL	0	0	4	2	0	19.0	22	10	7	7	4.74
1956	STL	7	6	39	7	0	116.1	121	44	42	59	3.40
1957	STL	15	9	30	26	0	191.0	196	74	53	75	3.49
1958	STL	5	7	26	17	0	108.2	139	70	31	47	5.80
1959	STL	14	12	62	7	15	132.0	144	56	41	86	3.82
1960	STL	12	4	65	2	26	116.1	85	27	24	105	2.09
1961	STL	10	6	55	0	9	94.1	117	51	31	65	4.87
1962	STL	3	10	55	2	14	107.0	96	49	29	79	4.12
1963	CHC	13	7	57	0	22	88.0	82	28	27	75	2.86
1964	CHC	1	7	63	0	15	95.0	104	41	23	71	3.88
1965	CHC	5	6	71	0	2	128.2	115	37	47	92	2.59
1966	SFG	10	5	64	0	6	121.2	103	36	35	93	2.66
1967	SFG	2	6	41	3	3	72.2	69	30	24	48	3.72
1968	NYY/SFG	4	1	36	0	10	70.2	60	26	17	52	3.31
1969	NYY	5	6	51	0	5	83.2	84	33	23	60	3.55
1970	NYY	9	5	62	0	29	111.2	88	25	23	81	2.01
1971	NYY	5	10	44	0	4	69.2	82	39	24	39	5.04
1972	NYY	3	1	37	0	0	68.0	54	17	25	47	2.25
1973	NYY	12	6	47	3	10	160.1	148	51	49	93	2.86
1974	KCR	1	4	38	5	1	106.2	109	41	24	47	3.46
1975	KCR	5	1	40	0	1	78.0	81	36	24	40	4.15
Career	—	141	119	987	74	172	2139.1	2099	821	623	1361	3.45

On this day & linked events

1935

Born December 13, 1935

Hollis, OK, USA

2020

Died November 14, 2020

1955

Major-league debut: Lindy McDaniel

Lindy McDaniel made a major-league debut on September 2, 1955.

1960

Don Cardwell's No-Hitter

Don Cardwell threw a no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs against the St. Louis Cardinals on May 15, 1960, winning 4–0.

1975

Final major-league game: Lindy McDaniel

Lindy McDaniel played a final major-league game on September 27, 1975.

Image: New York Yankees / Dexter Press, public domain