Fred Lynn stats

Last played for the San Diego Padres, 1990

Left Fielder

Age 74 · 6' 1"

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Fred Lynn played 17 MLB seasons, 1974 to 1990.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
1,969
AB
6,925
R
1,063
H
1,960
HR
306
RBI
1,111
SB
72
AVG
.283

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1974BOS15435182100.419
1975BOS1455281031752110510.331
1976BOS13250776159106514.314
1977BOS1294978112918762.260
1978BOS1505417516122823.298
1979BOS147531116177391222.333
1980BOS11041567125126112.301
1981LAA7625628565311.219
1982LAA1384728914121867.299
1983LAA1174375611922742.272
1984LAA1425178414023792.271
1985BAL1244485911823687.263
1986BAL1123976711423672.287
1987BAL1113964910023603.253
1988BAL/DET114391469625562.246
1989DET117353448511461.241
1990SD9019618476232.240

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
15
AB
54
R
8
H
22
HR
2
RBI
13
SB
0
AVG
.407

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
7,923
TB
3,352
XBH
737
HBP
30
IBB
77
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1974BOS513061200
1975BOS6052997531000
1976BOS566237501200
1977BOS564222523200
1978BOS6272665811100
1979BOS622338824400
1980BOS478199470300
1981LAA30281143400
1982LAA545244603400
1983LAA5002114521000
1984LAA600245552800
1985BAL508201361600
1986BAL456198372100
1987BAL438193471600
1988BAL/DET432187401100
1989DET406131231100
1990SD22370101200

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
46.7
RC
1,256.2
RC/27
6.60
ISOP
.201
SECA
.327
BB/K
0.77
AB/HR
22.6
GO/FO
0.00

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1974BOS0.713.614.1.2790.4121.50
1975BOS7.1118.88.7.2350.40.725.10
1976BOS4.289.86.6.1540.30.750.70
1977BOS1.276.85.4.1870.30.827.60
1978BOS4.11047.1.1940.31.524.60
1979BOS8.6138.210.3.3030.51.013.60
1980BOS4.582.27.5.1780.31.534.60
1981LAA0.029.73.9.0980.20.951.20
1982LAA4.592.47.1.2180.30.822.50
1983LAA1.377.66.4.2110.30.719.90
1984LAA3.5946.6.2030.40.822.50
1985BAL1.672.25.8.1850.30.519.50
1986BAL2.575.87.1.2120.30.917.30
1987BAL0.861.95.5.2350.30.517.20
1988BAL/DET2.458.95.2.2330.30.415.60
1989DET0.647.24.7.1300.30.732.10
1990SD-0.924.64.3.1170.20.532.70

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
74 yearsFeb 3, 1952
Height
6' 1"
Debut
1974
Birthplace
Chicago, IL
College
USC
AL MVP
1975
AL Rookie of the Year
1975
AL Gold Glove
4x

What were Fred Lynn's career stats?

Fred Lynn played 17 seasons for the Red Sox, the Angels, the Orioles, the Tigers and the Padres. He was a career .283 hitter with 1,960 hits, 306 home runs and 1,111 RBI. His best season was 1974: a .419 batting average, 2 home runs and 10 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

17 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1974 to 1990

Fred Lynn led MLB in OPS (1979); finished top 10 in a stat 7 times.

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 160th in home runs (306)
  • 192nd in rbi (1,111)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

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