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Monday, November 16, 2020
From 1955 to 1975, McDaniel compiled a 141-119 record with 174 saves and a 3.45 career ERA for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals.
But the devoted Christian, who served in full-time ministry after his playing days, always considered what happened off the field as more important.
“Faith is the anchor that’s going to help us in every other aspect of our life,” McDaniel told The Christian Chronicle earlier this year. “So we must put God first, and we must become familiar with the Bible.”
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1. Rally Posted: November 16, 2020 at 10:45 AM (#5988933)He was also a Cub, right in the middle of their 39-year playoff and 108-year World Series championship droughts.
The Pirates tried to acquire him in '74 for their pennant run, but couldn't swing a deal for him from the Royals.
you're close
"Born on December 13, 1935, Lyndall Dale McDaniel earned the nickname Lindy at 4 years old in a nod to the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh."
parents were Newell and Ada Mae, so Lyndall probably seemed like a normal moniker to those Oklahomans.
btw Lindy once picked up a win and a loss in a doubleheader and was the first reliever to get a Cy Young Award vote.
"When McDaniel retired, he trailed only Hoyt Wilhelm in career appearances, relief victories, and relief appearances."
"McDaniel made only 22 errors in his career, and set the NL record (since broken) for most consecutive games by a pitcher without an error, 225."
He also seemed ancient because, as I became obsessed with baseball statistics, I found he was a star closer as far back as the late 1950s, which seemed like a completely different era.
For some reason when I was a kid in the '70s, 1959 was a million years ago, whereas nowadays 2007 doesn't seem so different from 2020. I think a big part of it was people really did look and dress quite a bit differently between 1959 and 1973 (including baseball players), music was radically different, TV shows were in B&W vs. color. I can't think of any similar contrast between 2020 and 2007.
by the early 1970s, the old players with crewcuts looked like dinosaurs to this long-haired tween.
"his potential [as a rookie in 1955] was glimpsed by the league’s senior umpire of 40 years, Babe Pinelli, who offered that “[McDaniel] showed me one of the best curves I’ve ever seen.”
also
"After the [1965] season the Cubs looked to fill numerous needs, one of which was at catcher. The Cubs had long coveted San Francisco catching prospect Randy Hundley. Notwithstanding new manager Leo Durocher’s comment in November that the Cubs could not “afford to part with him,” McDaniel became part of the price paid to acquire Hundley. Perhaps no two players were happier than two Giants, future Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Willie McCovey.
When Mays first encountered Jim Bunning in the 1957 All-Star Game, he reached for McDaniel as an apt comparison of how tough he was to hit against by stating, that Lindy “made us hit the ball on the ground.” Six years later McCovey echoed his teammate, saying, “I’d prefer to face a number of [left-handers] rather than … Lindy McDaniel.”
Lindy lost the 1st game of the doubleheader and won the 2nd. Cubs' Elmer Singleton won game 1 and lost game 2. Each team scored 17 runs (10-9 and 8-7) so kind of a draw.
Last pitcher to go more than 10 innings was 30 years ago, Dave Stewart threw 11 innings of a complete game, 1-0 shutout over the Mariners.
I think that was the game where Matt Cain went nine innings in that same game, and both guys finished 9 innings with fewer than 100 pitches.
I think it's possible we may see a starter go 10 innings again. There's no way that we see two starters combine for 19 innings on fewer than 200 combined pitches.
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