Jack Lynch

John H. Lynch

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 5, 1857 in New York, NY
School: Fordham University (New York, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1881
Teams (by GP): Metropolitans/Bisons/Gladiators 1881-1890

Final Game: April 19, 1890
Died: April 20, 1923 in Bronx, NY
Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1879	22	WSH	N/A					45							273	212	76															WSH · NA
1880	23	WSH	N/A	20	6	.769	1.14	32	30		26	4		260.0	197	103	33		33	108						0.885	6.8		1.1	3.7	3.27	WSH · NA
1881	24	BUF	NL	10	9	.526	3.59	20	19	1	17	0	0	165.2	203	112	66	2	29	32		1	10	713	77	1.400	11.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.10

1883	26	NYP	AA	13	15	.464	4.09	29	29	0	29	1	0	255.0	263	161	116	6	25	119			11	1079	86	1.129	9.3	0.2	0.9	4.2	4.76
1884	27	NYP	AA	37	15	.712	2.67	55	53	2	53	5	0	496.0	420	225	147	10	42	292	10	0	30	2002	117	0.931	7.6	0.2	0.8	5.3	6.95
1885	28	NYP	AA	23	21	.523	3.61	44	43	1	43	1	0	379.0	410	243	152	17	42	177	3	0	33	1606	78	1.193	9.7	0.4	1.0	4.2	4.21
1886	29	NYP	AA	20	30	.400	3.95	51	50	1	50	1	0	432.2	485	307	190	10	116	193	12	0	40	1918	86	1.389	10.1	0.2	2.4	4.0	1.66
1887	30	NYP	AA	7	14	.333	5.10	21	21	0	21	0	0	187.0	245	158	106	8	36	45	4	0	13	843	83	1.503	11.8	0.4	1.7	2.2	1.25

1888	31	LOW	N/A	0	3	.000	4.74	3	3		2	0		19.0	27	20	10		2	13	2		2			1.526	12.8		0.9	6.2	6.50	LOW · NENL
1890	33	BRG	AA	0	1	.000	12.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	22	18	12	1	5	1	0	0	1	54	34	3.000	22.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	0.20
7 Yrs				110	105	.512	3.69	221	216	5	214	8	0	1924.1	2048	1224	789	54	295	859	29	1	138	8215	88	1.218	9.6	0.3	1.4	4.0	2.91
162 Game Avg.				17	16	.512	3.69	34	34	1	33	1	0	299	319	190	123	8	46	134		0	21	1278	88	1.218	9.6	0.3	1.4	4.0	2.91

NYP (5 yrs)				100	95	.513	3.66	200	196	4	196	8	0	1749.2	1823	1094	711	51	261	826	29	0	127	7448	90	1.191	9.4	0.3	1.3	4.2	3.16
BUF (1 yr)				10	9	.526	3.59	20	19	1	17	0	0	165.2	203	112	66	2	29	32		1	10	713	77	1.400	11.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.10
BRG (1 yr)				0	1	.000	12.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	22	18	12	1	5	1	0	0	1	54	34	3.000	22.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	0.20

AA (6 yrs)				100	96	.510	3.70	201	197	4	197	8	0	1758.2	1845	1112	723	52	266	827	29	0	128	7502	89	1.200	9.4	0.3	1.4	4.2	3.11
NL (1 yr)				10	9	.526	3.59	20	19	1	17	0	0	165.2	203	112	66	2	29	32		1	10	713	77	1.400	11.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.10

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1881	24	BUF	NL	165.2	20	19	112	6.08	5.07	-0.44	0.00	99.0	5.46	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	0.3	-1	.453	.494	$

1883	26	NYP	AA	255.0	29	29	161	5.68	5.81	0.22	0.00	106.0	5.92	9	0.8		-0.3	1.7	18	.528	.505	$
1884	27	NYP	AA	496.0	55	53	225	4.08	5.10	0.63	0.00	96.0	4.30	30	2.9	1.0	-0.6	4.8	35	.552	.518	$
1885	28	NYP	AA	379.0	44	43	243	5.77	5.57	-0.22	0.00	87.0	5.04	-30	-2.6	1.0	-0.5	-1.4	-13	.441	.484	$
1886	29	NYP	AA	432.2	51	50	307	6.39	5.83	0.04	0.00	99.0	5.74	-24	-2.0	1.0	-0.5	-0.5	-3	.461	.488	$
1887	30	NYP	AA	187.0	21	21	158	7.60	6.74	-0.60	0.00	99.0	7.26	-4	-0.3		-0.2	0.4	7	.485	.498	$

1890	33	BRG	AA	9.0	1	1	18	18.00	5.66	-0.25	0.00	102.0	6.03	-12	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-11	.062	.497	$
7 Seasons				1924.1	221	216	1224	5.72	5.61	0.06	0.00	96.8	5.38	-41	-2.6	1.0	-2.3	4.9	32	.488	.498	$

NYP (5 yrs)				1749.2	200	196	1094	5.63	5.66	0.11	0.00	96.6	5.37	-19	-1.2	1.0	-2.2	5.0	45	.494	.498	$
BUF (1 yr)				165.2	20	19	112	6.08	5.07	-0.44	0.00	99.0	5.46	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	0.3	-1	.453	.494	$
BRG (1 yr)				9.0	1	1	18	18.00	5.66	-0.25	0.00	102.0	6.03	-12	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-11	.062	.497	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1881	24	10	9	.526	3.59	20	19	1	17	0	165.2	203	112	66	2	29	32		1	10	713	77	1.400	11.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.10	77
1882	25	10	9	.526	3.59	20	19	1	17	0	165.2	203	112	66	2	29	32		1	10	713	77	1.400	11.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.10	77
1883	26	23	24	.489	3.89	49	48	1	46	1	420.2	466	273	182	8	54	151		1	21	1792	82	1.236	10.0	0.2	1.2	3.2	2.80	82
1884	27	60	39	.606	3.23	104	101	3	99	6	916.2	886	498	329	18	96	443	10	1	51	3794	98	1.071	8.7	0.2	0.9	4.3	4.61	98
1885	28	83	60	.580	3.34	148	144	4	142	7	1295.2	1296	741	481	35	138	620	13	1	84	5400	92	1.107	9.0	0.2	1.0	4.3	4.49	92
1886	29	103	90	.534	3.49	199	194	5	192	8	1728.1	1781	1048	671	45	254	813	25	1	124	7318	90	1.177	9.3	0.2	1.3	4.2	3.20	90
1887	30	110	104	.514	3.65	220	215	5	213	8	1915.1	2026	1206	777	53	290	858	29	1	137	8161	89	1.209	9.5	0.2	1.4	4.0	2.96	89
1888	31	110	104	.514	3.65	220	215	5	213	8	1915.1	2026	1206	777	53	290	858	29	1	137	8161	89	1.209	9.5	0.2	1.4	4.0	2.96	89
1889	32	110	104	.514	3.65	220	215	5	213	8	1915.1	2026	1206	777	53	290	858	29	1	137	8161	89	1.209	9.5	0.2	1.4	4.0	2.96	89
1890	33	110	105	.512	3.69	221	216	5	214	8	1924.1	2048	1224	789	54	295	859	29	1	138	8215	88	1.218	9.6	0.3	1.4	4.0	2.91	88

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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
1881	24	22	13	.629	3.13	319.0	366	123	111	4	52	62	0	1.310	10.3	1.5	1.7	1.19	0.1	20

1883	26	35	16	.686	2.72	460.0	370	154	139	8	35	215	0	0.880	7.2	0.7	4.2	6.14	0.2	29
1884	27	70	22	.761	2.25	833.0	633	231	208	15	63	491	15	0.836	6.8	0.7	5.3	7.79	0.2	55
1885	28	38	25	.603	3.26	568.0	576	229	206	24	59	265	4	1.118	9.1	0.9	4.2	4.49	0.4	44
1886	29	38	21	.644	2.93	534.0	500	193	174	10	120	238	12	1.161	8.4	2.0	4.0	1.98	0.2	51
1887	30	16	10	.615	3.18	238.0	236	93	84	8	35	57	4	1.139	8.9	1.3	2.2	1.63	0.3	21

1890	33	0	1	.000	8.36	14.0	26	14	13	1	6	2	0	2.286	16.7	3.9	1.3	0.33	0.6	1
7 Yrs		219	108	.670	2.84	2966.0	2707	1037	935	70	370	1330	35	1.037	8.2		4.0	3.59	0.2	221

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1883 AA 1.7 (7th) 1884 AA 4.8 (9th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1884 AA 2.67 (9th)	Wins s c a p y 1884 AA 37 (2nd) 1885 AA 23 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1881 NL .526 (8th) 1884 AA .712 (5th)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1883 AA 1.129 (7th) 1884 AA 0.931 (3rd) Career 1.218 (181st)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1883 AA 9.282 (8th) 1884 AA 7.621 (7th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1881 NL 1.576 (10th) 1883 AA 0.882 (3rd) 1884 AA 0.762 (3rd) 1885 AA 0.997 (1st) 1886 AA 2.413 (7th) 1887 AA 1.733 (3rd) Career 1.380 (19th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1883 AA 4.200 (3rd) 1884 AA 5.298 (8th) 1885 AA 4.203 (6th)
Games Played s c a p y 1884 AA 55 (6th) 1885 AA 44 (8th) 1886 AA 51 (6th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1884 AA 496.0 (4th) 1885 AA 379.0 (8th) 1886 AA 432.7 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1883 AA 119 (9th) 1884 AA 292 (7th) 1885 AA 177 (7th) 1886 AA 193 (6th)	Games Started s c a p y 1884 AA 53 (6th) 1885 AA 43 (8th) 1886 AA 50 (6th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1884 AA 53 (6th) 1885 AA 43 (8th) 1886 AA 50 (6th) Career 214 (117th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1883 AA 1 (8th) 1884 AA 5 (4th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1883 AA 6 (7th) 1884 AA 10 (5th) 1885 AA 17 (1st) 1886 AA 10 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 1884 AA 420 (8th) 1885 AA 410 (6th) 1886 AA 485 (2nd)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1883 AA 4.760 (2nd) 1884 AA 6.952 (1st) 1885 AA 4.214 (2nd) 1886 AA 1.664 (9th) 1887 AA 1.250 (5th) Career 2.912 (49th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1881 NL 0.109 (10th) Career 0.253 (234th)	Losses s c a p y 1885 AA 21 (4th) 1886 AA 30 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1883 AA 116 (8th) 1884 AA 147 (9th) 1885 AA 152 (2nd) 1886 AA 190 (3rd)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1884 AA 30 (9th) 1885 AA 33 (4th) 1886 AA 40 (5th) Career 138 (45th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1886 AA 12 (9th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1884 AA 2,002 (5th) 1885 AA 1,606 (8th) 1886 AA 1,918 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1884 AA 2 (5th) 1886 AA 1 (9th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1884 AA 32 (6th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1884 AA 3.0 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 73 (342), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 35 (385), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Dizzy Trout (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Eddie Plank (957) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doug Drabek (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Gullickson (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Monbouquette (949) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Purkey (937) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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