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Lance Lynn

Michael Lance Lynn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: May 12, 1987 in Indianapolis, IN
High School: Brownsburg HS (Brownsburg, IN)
School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (39th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 2011 (Age 24)
Team: Cardinals 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$513k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.119, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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
2011 24 STL NL 1 1 .500 3.12 18 2 2 0 0 1 34.2 25 12 12 3 11 1 40 1 0 1 136 120 1.038 6.5 0.8 2.9 10.4 3.64
2012 25 STL NL 18 7 .720 3.78 35 29 2 0 0 0 176.0 168 76 74 16 64 3 180 10 0 3 744 100 1.318 8.6 0.8 3.3 9.2 2.81 AS
2013 26 STL NL 6 1 .857 2.88 8 8 0 0 0 0 50.0 33 16 16 3 21 0 54 4 0 1 204 130 1.080 5.9 0.5 3.8 9.7 2.57
3 Yrs 25 9 .735 3.52 61 39 4 0 0 1 260.2 226 104 102 22 96 4 274 15 0 5 1084 107 1.235 7.8 0.8 3.3 9.5 2.85
162 Game Avg. 17 6 .735 3.52 41 27 3 0 0 1 177 154 71 69 15 65 3 186 10 0 3 737 107 1.235 7.8 0.8 3.3 9.5 2.85

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2011 24 STL NL 34.2 18 2 12 3.12 4.14 -0.15 -0.17 94.5 3.89 3 0.3 1.2 -0.0 0.6 6 .517 .502
2012 25 STL NL 176.0 35 29 76 3.89 4.23 -0.01 0.14 98.7 4.33 7 0.8 1.3 -0.1 2.2 23 .522 .505 $482,000 AS
2013 26 STL NL 50.0 8 8 16 2.88 4.25 -0.22 0.16 97.4 4.51 8 1.0 -0.1 1.4 13 .625 .506 $513,000
3 Seasons 260.2 61 39 104 3.59 4.22 -0.07 0.10 97.9 4.30 18 2.1 1.3 -0.2 4.1 42 .534 .504 $995,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2011 24 STL NL NLCS W MIL 1 0 1.000 0.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 18 0.938 5.1 0.0 3.4 1.7 0.50
2011 24 STL NL WS W TEX 1 0 1.000 6.35 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 7 4 4 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 26 1.765 11.1 3.2 4.8 6.4 1.33
2012 25 STL NL NLWC W ATL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 25 STL NL NLDS W WSN 1 1 .500 8.10 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 3 3 3 2 0 6 0 0 0 16 1.800 10.8 8.1 5.4 16.2 3.00
2012 25 STL NL NLCS L SFG 0 1 .000 4.91 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.1 9 8 4 0 4 0 9 0 0 0 36 1.773 11.0 0.0 4.9 11.0 2.25
2 Yrs (5 Series) 3 2 .600 4.50 16 2 2 0 0 0 22.0 23 15 11 5 11 2 20 0 0 0 97 1.545 9.4 2.0 4.5 8.2 1.82
1 NLWC 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 NLDS 1 1 .500 8.10 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 3 3 3 2 0 6 0 0 0 16 1.800 10.8 8.1 5.4 16.2 3.00
2 NLCS 1 1 .500 2.84 7 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 12 8 4 0 6 1 10 0 0 0 54 1.421 8.5 0.0 4.3 7.1 1.67
1 WS 1 0 1.000 6.35 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 7 4 4 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 26 1.765 11.1 3.2 4.8 6.4 1.33

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2011 24 STL NL 18 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -38 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 25 STL NL 35 63 50 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 36 .060 .094 .060 .154 -56 3 0 0 10 1 0 1 AS
2013 26 STL NL 8 20 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .071 .133 .071 .205 -41 1 0 0 5 0 0 /1
3 Yrs 61 88 68 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 47 .059 .110 .059 .168 -52 4 0 0 15 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 234 181 13 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 125 .059 .110 .059 .168 -52 11 0 0 40 3 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2011 24 STL NL 18 5 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 1
2012 25 STL NL 35 63 -11 -0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $482,000 1 AS
2013 26 STL NL 8 20 -3 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .493 .500 -0.1 -0.0 0 $513,000 /1
3 Seasons 61 88 -15 -0 0 0 13 -3 -0.3 3 -0 -0.3 .495 .499 -0.3 0.0 -0 $995,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 24 STL NL NLCS MIL W 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 24 STL NL WS TEX W 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 25 STL NL NLWC ATL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 25 STL NL NLDS WSN W 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2012 25 STL NL NLCS SFG L 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (5 Series) 16 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 1 0 1 0 0
1 NLWC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLCS 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2011 STL NL 24 P 18 2 0 34.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -12 1.04 0.22 .955 1.79 1.79 2 1 33% 28% 0
2012 STL NL 25 P 35 29 0 176.0 22 5 16 1 1 .955 1 1 1.07 0.60 .950 1.77 1.75 9 9 50% 27% 1 AS
2013 STL NL 26 P 8 8 0 50.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.90 0.63 .968 1.73 1.70 1 0 0% 28% 0
3 Seasons P 61 39 0 260.2 31 10 20 1 1 .968 -1 0 1.04 0.49 .954 1.76 1.75 12 10 45% 27% 1
3 Seasons TOT 61 39 0 260.2 31 10 20 1 1 .968 -1 -4 1.04 0.49 .954 1.76 1.75 12 10 45% 27% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2012

Wins s c a p y
2012 NL  18 (4th)
2013 NL  6 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2012 NL  .720 (7th)
2013 NL  .857 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2013 NL  5.940 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 NL  9.205 (3rd)
2013 NL  9.720 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2013 NL  54 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
2013 NL  8 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2013 NL  21 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2013 NL  0.540 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 NL  10 (5th)
2013 NL  4 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2012 NL  10 (6th)
2013 NL  5 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2013 NL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 21 (1058), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1500th), 2.4 career WAR/2.4 7yr-peak WAR/2.4 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Wade Miley (968)
  6. Alex Cobb (967)
  7. Hal Smith (964)
  8. Randy Martz (963)
  9. Chuck Smith (963)
  10. Daisy Davis (963)
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  3. Pat Darcy (975)
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  5. Yu Darvish (974)
  6. Earl Whitehill (974)
  7. John Burkett (973)
  8. Charles Hudson (971)
  9. Bill Walker (970)
  10. Ivy Andrews (969)
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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
201225St. Louis Cardinals$482,000contracts
201326St. Louis Cardinals$513,000
2013 StatusPre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2015, Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$995,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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