How many strikeouts (pitching) did Ed Lynch have in 1987?
801987 Regular Season
Ed Lynch recorded 80 strikeouts (pitching) in the 1987 regular season, 131st in the MLB.
- Ed Lynch's best regular season for strikeouts (pitching) in 8 seasons on file.
- Up 22 from 58 in 1986.
- 9% of the Chicago Cubs' strikeouts (pitching) that regular season.
Best of 8 regular seasons, 1980 through 1987. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 |  NYM | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.12 | 19.1 | 9 | 5 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 1981 | NYM | 17 | 4 | 5 | 2.91 | 80.1 | 27 | 21 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1982 | NYM | 43 | 4 | 8 | 3.55 | 139.1 | 51 | 40 | 1.33 | 2 |
| 1983 | NYM | 30 | 10 | 10 | 4.28 | 174.2 | 44 | 41 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 1984 | NYM | 40 | 9 | 8 | 4.50 | 124.0 | 62 | 24 | 1.56 | 2 |
| 1985 | NYM | 31 | 10 | 8 | 3.44 | 191.0 | 65 | 27 | 1.13 | 0 |
| 1986 |  NYM/CHC | 24 | 7 | 5 | 3.73 | 101.1 | 58 | 23 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHC | 58 | 2 | 9 | 5.38 | 110.1 | 80 | 48 | 1.61 | 4 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV