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Lindy
McDaniel		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 220
 
Born: December 13, 1935 in Usa, OK, HOLLIS
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 19 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
1956 20 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
1957 21 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1958 22 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1959 23 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 6
1960 24 NYA AL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1961 25 NYA AL $ 350,000 6 4 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1962 26 NYA AL $ 350,000 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1963 27 NYA AL $ 350,000 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1965 29 LAD NL $ 400,000 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1966 30 SDP NL   6 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1967 31 BOS AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1968 32 BOS AL $ 350,000 6 4 4 4 3 4 3 7 7 7
1969 33 BOS AL $ 300,000 6 3 4 3 3 4 3 7 7 7
1970 34 BOS AL $ 350,000 6 3 3 3 3 4 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 3 3 3 3 4 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 19 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 20 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 21 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 24 NYA AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 25 NYA AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 26 NYA AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 27 NYA AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 29 LAD NL $ 400,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 30 SDP NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 31 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 32 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 33 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 34 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1955 19 NYA AL 5 4 .556 9 9 0 0 0 61.3 60 32 7 16 32 4.70 .252 .299 .399 .698 3.6
    AAA   9 5 .643 23 23 0 0 0 160.7 196 60 16 43 139 3.36 .295 .338 .415 .753  
1956 20 NYA AL 6 10 .375 22 22 0 0 0 138.3 162 76 9 40 89 4.94 .295 .339 .407 .746 4.8
1957 21 NYA AL 14 6 .700 54 26 4 2 2 219.0 220 81 13 60 113 3.33 .259 .308 .368 .676 19.3
1958 22 NYA AL 4 5 .444 40 10 1 0 0 100.0 111 43 12 38 61 3.87 .282 .343 .430 .773 5.8
    AAA   0 2 .000 6 6 0 0 0 34.7 47 20 4 21 43 5.19 .318 .402 .480 .882  
1959 23 NYA AL 0 2 .000 17 0 0 0 0 23.7 31 17 3 12 16 6.47 .320 .391 .505 .896 0.0
    AAA   4 2 .667 52 0 0 0 5 63.3 62 33 10 32 59 4.69 .258 .346 .421 .766  
1960 24 AA   4 3 .571 88 0 0 0 8 68.7 51 17 2 27 75 2.23 .212 .291 .278 .569  
1961 25 AA   4 3 .571 51 0 0 0 3 33.3 26 11 3 9 39 2.97 .213 .267 .352 .620  
1962 26 AA   3 3 .500 78 0 0 0 9 61.3 68 21 6 23 65 3.08 .285 .347 .410 .757  
1963 27 NYA AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 3.7 2 0 0 3 0 0.00 .167 .333 .417 .750 1.0
    AAA   4 1 .800 29 0 0 0 3 24.3 20 5 0 6 19 1.85 .230 .280 .264 .544  
1964 28 AAA   10 11 .476 27 27 4 2 0 178.0 193 74 26 77 130 3.74 .273 .345 .438 .783  
1965 29 LAD NL 3 12 .200 70 2 0 0 3 102.0 106 68 19 66 45 6.00 .269 .373 .454 .827 0.0
1966 30 SDP NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 4.3 4 1 0 3 1 2.08 .235 .350 .235 .585 0.6
    AA   1 1 .500 93 0 0 0 4 101.7 93 31 2 43 93 2.74 .251 .329 .305 .633  
1967 31 AAA   4 10 .286 18 18 1 1 0 123.3 111 51 11 74 81 3.72 .240 .345 .370 .715  
    AA   1 3 .250 6 6 1 0 0 44.0 40 15 1 24 31 3.07 .252 .350 .327 .677  
1968 32 AAA   4 7 .364 17 17 0 0 0 96.0 97 43 13 51 72 4.03 .263 .352 .420 .772  
1969 33 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 0 13.7 14 8 1 12 8 5.27 .269 .406 .385 .791 0.2
1970 34 AAA   5 2 .714 37 0 0 0 1 57.3 53 21 5 33 25 3.30 .243 .343 .349 .691  
9 Years Sim 34 39 .466 231 69 5 2 6 666.0 710 326 64 250 365 4.41 .273 .335 .406 .742 35.3
8 Years AAA 40 40 .500 209 91 5 3 9 737.6 779 307 85 337 568 3.75 .269 .345 .408 .754  
5 Years AA 13 13 .500 316 6 1 0 24 309.0 278 95 14 126 303 2.77 .246 .321 .330 .651  
13 Years Minors 53 53 .500 525 97 6 3 33 1046.6 1057 402 99 463 871 3.46 .262 .339 .386 .725  
Season Average 3 4 .429 25 7 0 0 0 74.0 78 36 7 27 40 4.41 .273 .335 .406 .742  
Career Highs 14 12 1.000 70 26 4 2 3 219.0 220 81 19 66 113 6.47 .320 .406 .505 .896  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   382 180 30 122 230   .250 .305 .365 .670
vs LH   328 146 34 128 135   .306 .380 .466 .846
Home 19 16 .543 123 33 2 1 3 348.0 363 169 37 126 186 4.37 .268 .330 .413 .743
Away 15 23 .395 108 36 3 1 3 318.0 347 157 27 124 179 4.44 .279 .344 .399 .743
Mar/Apr 4 14 .222 51 20 1 1 1 172.6 202 105 26 65 90 5.47 .292 .353 .468 .821
May 13 8 .619 46 21 2 1 1 179.0 179 79 11 60 96 3.97 .259 .319 .364 .682
June 8 6 .571 33 13 0 0 0 116.0 139 61 9 40 75 4.73 .295 .350 .410 .760
July 2 2 .500 29 2 0 0 0 41.3 43 20 4 21 27 4.36 .270 .356 .434 .790
August 3 3 .500 39 5 1 0 3 79.7 68 27 7 36 39 3.05 .236 .321 .351 .672
Sep/Oct 4 6 .400 33 8 1 0 1 77.3 79 34 7 28 38 3.96 .262 .325 .395 .721
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1955 19 NYA AL 9 21 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .095 .136 .095 .232 -0.3 0.0
1956 20 NYA AL 22 47 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 .064 .102 .064 .166 -1.7 0.0
1957 21 NYA AL 54 64 5 15 5 0 0 4 0 1 0 26 .234 .234 .313 .547 3.9 0.0
1958 22 NYA AL 40 22 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .045 .087 .045 .132 -1.1 0.0
1959 23 NYA AL 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1965 29 LAD NL 70 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3 0.0
6 Years Sim 212 165 8 22 5 0 0 8 0 1 3 70 .133 .154 .164 .317 0.4 0.0
162 Game Average 126 6 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 53 .133 .154 .164 .317 0.3  
Career Highs 70 64 5 15 5 0 0 4 0 1 1 26 .234 .234 .313 .547 3.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   90 4 10 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 40 .111 .149 .122 .271 -1.8
vs LH   75 4 12 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 30 .160 .160 .213 .373 0.8
Home 115 79 4 9 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 32 .114 .136 .139 .275 -1.8
Away 97 86 4 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 38 .151 .170 .186 .357 0.8
RISP   40 0 3 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 20 .075 .098 .100 .198 -1.5
Close/Late   11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .182 .250 .182 .432 0.1
Mar/Apr 50 44 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 .091 .091 .091 .182 -1.8
May 34 50 4 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 17 .160 .176 .200 .376 0.4
June 22 35 3 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .229 .250 .314 .564 2.4
July 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 35 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .063 .118 .063 .180 -0.6
Sep/Oct 8 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 .056 .105 .056 .161 -1.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1955 19 NYA AL P 9 9 61.3 6 11 0 0 1.000 2.49    
1956 20 NYA AL P 22 22 138.3 6 27 1 1 .971 2.15    
1957 21 NYA AL P 54 26 219.0 17 36 0 1 1.000 2.18    
1958 22 NYA AL P 40 10 100.0 3 26 2 0 .935 2.61    
1959 23 NYA AL P 17 0 23.7 0 11 1 0 .917 4.18    
1963 27 NYA AL P 4 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1965 29 LAD NL P 70 2 102.0 6 30 2 1 .947 3.18    
1966 30 SDP NL P 3 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16    
1969 33 BOS AL P 12 0 13.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32    
Career Totals   231 69 666.0 42 141 6 3 .968 2.47    
Career Highs   70 26 219.0 17 36 2 1 1.000 4.18    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1966 30 SDP NL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 0.3 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 0.3 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1957-9-3.33
 Winning Pct
1957-4-.700
 Games Pitched
1965-8-70
 Shutouts
1957-4-2
 Walks per 9IP
1957-4-2.5
 OSLG
1957-10-.368
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Jose Guzman (970)
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  6. Don Cardwell (968)
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  8. Rex Cecil (967)
  9. Roger Wolff (966)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1955
Traded from Boston (N) to New York (A) on 3/3/1955 (Going to NYA: P Lindy Mcdaniel. Going to BSN: 1B Bill Glynn)
Earned first career win on 5/4/1955
Had first career hit on 5/9/1955, off Leo Kiely (TAM)
Injured on 7/8/1956 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6-7 weeks
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/24/1961 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/1/1964 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Released by New York (A) on 10/29/1964
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/7/1965 to a 1-year deal worth $400,000 per year
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $400,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Los Angeles to San Diego on 7/1/1966 (Going to LAD: LF Bob Bowman, C Dick Bertell. Going to SDP: P Lindy Mcdaniel)
Released by San Diego on 10/22/1966
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1967 to a minor league deal
Injured on 6/3/1967 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 3-4 weeks
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/11/1968 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/18/1968 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 7/28/1968 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
10/22/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (A)
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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