Ed Lynch
Edward Francis Lynch
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: February 25, 1956 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Columbus (Miami, FL)
School: University of South Carolina
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 22nd round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1980
Final Game: October 1, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1980 24 NYM NL 1 1 .500 5.12 5 4 0 0 0 0 19.1 24 12 11 0 5 0 9 1 0 0 86 69 1.500 11.2 0.0 2.3 4.2 1.80
1981 25 NYM NL 4 5 .444 2.91 17 13 0 0 0 0 80.1 79 32 26 6 21 2 27 1 1 3 336 119 1.245 8.9 0.7 2.4 3.0 1.29
1982 26 NYM NL 4 8 .333 3.55 43 12 11 0 0 2 139.1 145 57 55 6 40 4 51 1 3 2 585 103 1.328 9.4 0.4 2.6 3.3 1.28
1983 27 NYM NL 10 10 .500 4.28 30 27 1 1 0 0 174.2 208 94 83 17 41 10 44 3 2 3 749 85 1.426 10.7 0.9 2.1 2.3 1.07
1984 28 NYM NL 9 8 .529 4.50 40 13 14 0 0 2 124.0 169 77 62 14 24 3 62 4 0 1 556 79 1.556 12.3 1.0 1.7 4.5 2.58
1985 29 NYM NL 10 8 .556 3.44 31 29 1 6 1 0 191.0 188 76 73 19 27 1 65 1 0 0 777 101 1.126 8.9 0.9 1.3 3.1 2.41
1986 30 TOT NL 7 5 .583 3.73 24 13 3 1 1 0 101.1 107 48 42 10 23 6 58 1 0 0 416 108 1.283 9.5 0.9 2.0 5.2 2.52
1986 30 NYM NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1.200 10.8 0.0 0.0 5.4
1986 30 CHC NL 7 5 .583 3.79 23 13 3 1 1 0 99.2 105 48 42 10 23 6 57 1 0 0 409 106 1.284 9.5 0.9 2.1 5.1 2.48
1987 31 CHC NL 2 9 .182 5.38 58 8 19 0 0 4 110.1 130 74 66 17 48 7 80 2 0 1 498 79 1.613 10.6 1.4 3.9 6.5 1.67
8 Seasons 47 54 .465 4.00 248 119 49 8 2 8 940.1 1050 470 418 89 229 33 396 14 6 10 4003 92 1.360 10.0 0.9 2.2 3.8 1.73
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .465 4.00 46 22 9 1 0 1 174 195 87 77 16 42 6 73 3 1 2 742 92 1.360 10.0 0.9 2.2 3.8 1.73
NYM (7 yrs) 38 40 .487 3.82 167 98 27 7 1 4 730.1 815 348 310 62 158 20 259 11 6 9 3096 93 1.332 10.0 0.8 1.9 3.2 1.64
CHC (2 yrs) 9 14 .391 4.63 81 21 22 1 1 4 210.0 235 122 108 27 71 13 137 3 0 1 907 89 1.457 10.1 1.2 3.0 5.9 1.93

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 24 NYM NL 5 86 79 12 24 6 3 0 0 0 5 9 .304 .349 .456 .805 .338 36 1 1 0 1 0
1981 25 NYM NL 17 336 311 32 79 15 3 6 9 4 21 27 .254 .302 .379 .682 .262 118 8 1 2 1 2
1982 26 NYM NL 43 585 531 57 145 22 7 6 4 4 40 51 .273 .323 .375 .698 .291 199 9 1 9 4 4
1983 27 NYM NL 30 749 689 94 208 32 11 17 6 6 41 44 .302 .341 .454 .795 .301 313 18 3 9 7 10
1984 28 NYM NL 40 556 521 77 169 34 6 14 2 6 24 62 .324 .356 .493 .849 .344 257 16 4 2 5 3
1985 29 NYM NL 31 777 735 76 188 33 5 19 4 4 27 65 .256 .281 .392 .673 .258 288 7 1 9 5 1
1986 30 TOT NL 24 416 384 48 107 15 0 10 2 7 23 58 .279 .319 .396 .715 .304 152 9 1 5 3 6
1986 30 CHC NL 23 409 377 48 105 15 0 10 2 7 23 57 .279 .319 .398 .717 .304 150 9 1 5 3 6
1986 30 NYM NL 1 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0
1987 31 CHC NL 58 498 441 74 130 20 7 17 4 6 48 80 .295 .366 .488 .853 .328 215 9 2 6 1 7
8 Seasons 248 4003 3691 470 1050 177 42 89 31 37 229 396 .284 .326 .428 .754 .297 1578 77 14 42 27 33
162 Game Avg. 46 742 684 87 195 33 8 16 6 7 42 73 .284 .326 .428 .754 .297 292 14 3 8 5 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1980 24 NYM NL 5 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 2 50% 50 75 29 4 2 0 2 2.9 3.7 4.5
1981 25 NYM NL 17 13 4 4 5 0 0 7 6 .538 1 3 0 0 6 46% 53 70 28 15 2 0 5 3.4 3.0 5.4
1982 26 NYM NL 43 12 3 5 4 1 1 5 7 .417 0 1 0 0 6 50% 48 75 27 18 7 1 4 3.6 2.7 6.5
1983 27 NYM NL 30 27 9 10 8 2 2 15 12 .556 1 6 1 0 14 52% 45 68 15 19 7 4 9 4.4 4.4 6.1
1984 28 NYM NL 40 13 4 8 1 1 1 5 8 .385 0 1 0 0 4 31% 42 68 23 8 1 1 7 3.6 3.5 5.0
1985 29 NYM NL 31 29 10 8 11 3 1 13 16 .448 4 3 6 1 16 55% 53 78 23 5 2 1 8 4.1 4.2 6.5
1986 30 TOT NL 24 13 4 4 5 1 1 5 8 .385 1 3 1 1 7 54% 82 23 16 6 1 4 4.4 4.5 6.2
1986 30 CHC NL 23 13 4 4 5 1 1 5 8 .385 1 3 1 1 7 54% 49 82 23 16 6 1 4 4.4 4.5 6.2
1987 31 CHC NL 58 8 2 4 2 1 0 4 4 .500 0 1 0 0 1 13% 39 67 23 18 5 3 4 3.2 2.6 4.6
8 Seasons 247 119 37 44 38 9 6 56 63 .471 7 19 8 2 56 47% 48 82 15 103 32 11 43 3.9 3.8 5.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1980 24 NYM NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.929 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1981 25 NYM NL 17 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0.936 0 4 0 0 1 3 3 1 2 2 3 0 7.5
1982 26 NYM NL 43 31 11 1 3 3 2 1 67% 5 2 20 10 50% 7 0.915 8 6 17 9 2 20 10 21 20 3 21 2 5.9
1983 27 NYM NL 30 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0.993 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 1 10.7
1984 28 NYM NL 40 27 14 5 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 8 4 50% 7 0.773 1 7 18 6 1 20 5 22 24 0 24 3 6.6
1985 29 NYM NL 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.883 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1986 30 TOT NL 24 11 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 40% 1.144 5 4 1 3 3 5 2 9 8 0 8 1 5.5
1986 30 NYM NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 1.027 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0
1986 30 CHC NL 23 10 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0% 8 1.146 4 4 1 3 2 5 1 9 7 0 7 1 5.6
1987 31 CHC NL 58 50 19 0 5 6 4 2 67% 13 7 43 13 30% 7 0.849 14 9 24 15 6 29 22 28 31 14 32 10 4.4
8 Seasons 248 129 49 10 10 12 8 4 67% 23 11 81 33 41% 0.921 28 32 64 33 13 83 43 86 90 19 93 17 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1980 24 NYM NL 86 48% 0.0% 10.5% 5.8% 10.5% 38% 0.69 83% 14 1 7%
1981 25 NYM NL 336 51% 1.8% 8.0% 6.3% 7.1% 30% 1.25 83% 48 8 17%
1982 26 NYM NL 585 51% 1.0% 8.7% 6.8% 6.0% 24% 0.99 82% 111 9 8%
1983 27 NYM NL 749 52% 2.3% 5.9% 5.5% 8.0% 29% 0.93 85% 139 18 13%
1984 28 NYM NL 556 52% 2.5% 11.2% 4.3% 9.7% 32% 0.81 81% 113 16 14%
1985 29 NYM NL 777 49% 2.5% 8.4% 3.5% 7.3% 30% 0.77 84% 118 7 6%
1986 30 TOT NL 416 56% 2.4% 13.9% 5.5% 6.0% 23% 0.98 77% 77 9 12%
1986 30 NYM NL 7 43% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.33 86% 2 0 0%
1986 30 CHC NL 409 56% 2.4% 13.9% 5.6% 6.1% 24% 1.00 77% 75 9 12%
1987 31 CHC NL 498 48% 3.4% 16.1% 9.6% 8.8% 34% 0.91 69% 100 9 9%
8 Seasons 4003 51% 2.2% 9.9% 5.7% 7.7% 29% 0.91 81% 720 77 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1980 24 NYM NL 86 24 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 25 NYM NL 336 79 6 0 5 4 2 1 5 16 11 1 69% 8 3 0 103 9 4 69% 7 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 7 0
1982 26 NYM NL 585 145 6 0 16 3 3 1 5 42 21 5 50% 3 2 0 219 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1983 27 NYM NL 749 208 17 1 15 7 10 11 6 42 24 0 57% 6 3 1 265 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1984 28 NYM NL 556 169 14 0 12 5 9 7 7 34 19 4 56% 9 1 1 230 2 6 25% 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1985 29 NYM NL 777 188 19 0 1 7 12 8 11 15 12 0 80% 5 0 0 274 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0
1986 30 TOT NL 416 107 10 0 6 5 5 7 3 21 10 4 48% 6 0 2 141 2 7 22% 2 7 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 0
1986 30 NYM NL 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 30 CHC NL 409 105 10 0 5 5 5 7 3 20 9 4 45% 6 0 2 138 2 7 22% 2 7 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 0
1987 31 CHC NL 498 130 17 2 16 11 6 8 9 35 21 3 60% 7 1 1 206 4 6 40% 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
8 Seasons 4003 1050 89 3 72 42 47 43 46 208 120 17 58% 44 10 5 1469 31 37 46% 29 33 1 2 1 2 6 1 62 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1980 24 1 1 .500 5.12 5 4 0 0 0 0 19.1 24 12 11 0 5 0 9 1 0 0 86 69 1.500 11.2 0.0 2.3 4.2 1.80 69
1981 25 5 6 .455 3.34 22 17 0 0 0 0 99.2 103 44 37 6 26 2 36 2 1 3 422 104 1.294 9.3 0.5 2.3 3.3 1.38 104
1982 26 9 14 .391 3.46 65 29 11 0 0 2 239.0 248 101 92 12 66 6 87 3 4 5 1007 103 1.314 9.3 0.5 2.5 3.3 1.32 103
1983 27 19 24 .442 3.81 95 56 12 1 0 2 413.2 456 195 175 29 107 16 131 6 6 8 1756 95 1.361 9.9 0.6 2.3 2.9 1.22 95
1984 28 28 32 .467 3.97 135 69 26 1 0 4 537.2 625 272 237 43 131 19 193 10 6 9 2312 90 1.406 10.5 0.7 2.2 3.2 1.47 90
1985 29 38 40 .487 3.83 166 98 27 7 1 4 728.2 813 348 310 62 158 20 258 11 6 9 3089 93 1.333 10.0 0.8 2.0 3.2 1.63 93
1986 30 45 45 .500 3.82 190 111 30 8 2 4 830.0 920 396 352 72 181 26 316 12 6 9 3505 95 1.327 10.0 0.8 2.0 3.4 1.75 95
1987 31 47 54 .465 4.00 248 119 49 8 2 8 940.1 1050 470 418 89 229 33 396 14 6 10 4003 92 1.360 10.0 0.9 2.2 3.8 1.73 92

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1980 24 1 1 .500 6.00 18.0 25 13 12 0 5 8 1 1.667 12.5 2.5 4.0 1.60 0.0 5
1981 25 7 5 .583 3.52 115.0 129 50 45 10 34 39 2 1.417 10.1 2.7 3.1 1.15 0.8 17
1982 26 7 7 .500 4.05 131.0 149 66 59 6 41 48 1 1.450 10.2 2.8 3.3 1.17 0.4 43
1983 27 7 11 .389 4.91 163.0 215 99 89 18 42 41 3 1.577 11.9 2.3 2.3 0.98 1.0 30
1984 28 4 8 .333 5.23 117.0 177 76 68 15 25 58 4 1.726 13.6 1.9 4.5 2.32 1.2 40
1985 29 10 10 .500 4.05 182.0 200 91 82 20 29 62 1 1.258 9.9 1.4 3.1 2.14 1.0 31
1986 30 5 5 .500 3.84 96.0 105 46 41 10 23 55 1 1.333 9.8 2.2 5.2 2.39 0.9 24
1987 31 4 7 .364 5.21 107.0 127 69 62 17 47 78 2 1.626 10.7 4.0 6.6 1.66 1.4 58
8 Seasons 45 54 .455 4.44 929.0 1127 510 458 96 246 389 15 1.478 10.9 3.8 1.58 0.9 248

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1985 NL--1.126--10th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 NL--2.113--6th
1985 NL--1.272--3rd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1985 NL--2.407--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL--4--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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