Back on November 14th, former Yankee Lindy McDaniel passed away at the age 84. He was a reliever with the team from 1968-73 and had some fairly successful seasons, even getting MVP votes in 1970.
While McDaniel was pretty good in that time, the Yankee teams he played for were not. The highest finish the Yankees had in that time was a second place finish in the AL East in 1970. You might think second place isn’t that bad, but they finished 15 games back of the first-place Orioles.
When you look at his Yankees’ career, you can’t point to big playoff moments, or him saving the day in a tight pennant race.