Lindy McDaniel
1955–1975 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, NLS, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
988G
.148AVG
.168OBP
.201SLG
More career statistics
56H
3HR
17RBI
0SB
141–119W–L
2,139.1IP
1,361K
3.45ERA
74GS
172SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 159 | 164 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,967 | 8,961 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,418 | 6,420 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,361 | 1,362 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 988 | 412 | 378 | 19 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | .148 | .168 | .201 | .369 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,139.3 | 987 | 74 | 18 | 141 | 119 | 172 | 2,099 | 934 | 821 | 172 | 623 | 1,361 | 0 | 0 | 3.45 | 1.272 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1957-07-16 to 1957-08-16
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1961-09-14 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1959-08-06 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 13 innings pitched | 1973-08-04 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 476 | 174 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 64 | .175 | .184 | .237 |
| Away | 512 | 238 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 100 | .128 | .134 | .174 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 102 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .061 | .100 | .061 |
| May | 164 | 91 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 41 | .140 | .154 | .198 |
| June | 177 | 76 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 26 | .141 | .158 | .197 |
| July | 196 | 74 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 | .108 | .108 | .138 |
| August | 181 | 75 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | .147 | .147 | .191 |
| September | 161 | 53 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | .288 | .283 | .404 |
| October | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 88 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | .189 | .190 | .243 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 80 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .182 | .200 | .273 |
| cincinnati-reds | 79 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .167 | .212 | .233 |
| milwaukee-braves | 72 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .146 | .143 | .171 |
| chicago-cubs | 63 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | .146 | .140 | .188 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 62 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .167 | .207 | .167 |
| san-francisco-giants | 56 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | .100 | .094 | .200 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 40 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .062 | .062 | .062 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | 19 | 7 |
| 1956 | St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 32 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .219 | 116 | 59 |
| 1957 | St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | 74 | 19 | 1 | 5 | – | .257 | 191 | 75 |
| 1958 | St. Louis Cardinals | 26 | 30 | 2 | – | 3 | – | .067 | 108 | 47 |
| 1959 | St. Louis Cardinals | 62 | 29 | 1 | – | – | – | .034 | 132 | 87 |
| 1960 | St. Louis Cardinals | 65 | 26 | 6 | – | – | – | .231 | 116 | 105 |
| 1961 | St. Louis Cardinals | 55 | 17 | 4 | – | – | – | .235 | 94 | 65 |
| 1962 | St. Louis Cardinals | 55 | 21 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .095 | 107 | 79 |
| 1963 |  Chicago Cubs | 57 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | .091 | 88 | 75 |
| 1964 | Chicago Cubs | 63 | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | .125 | 95 | 71 |
| 1965 | Chicago Cubs | 71 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 129 | 92 |
| 1966 |  San Francisco Giants | 64 | 22 | 2 | – | – | – | .091 | 121 | 93 |
| 1967 | San Francisco Giants | 41 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | .091 | 72 | 48 |
| 1968 | New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants | 36 | 15 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 70 | 52 |
| 1969 |  New York Yankees | 51 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 83 | 60 |
| 1970 | New York Yankees | 62 | 24 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .167 | 112 | 81 |
| 1971 | New York Yankees | 44 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | .111 | 69 | 39 |
| 1972 | New York Yankees | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | .286 | 68 | 47 |
| 1973 | New York Yankees | 47 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 160 | 93 |
| 1974 |  Kansas City Royals | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 106 | 47 |
| 1975 | Kansas City Royals | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 78 | 40 |