Ed Lynch
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[edit] Biography
Born on February 25, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York, Ed Lynch (Edward Francis Lynch) played for the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 8 year career. Lynch broke into the bigs on August 31, 1980 with the New York Mets, and put up a 2.91 ERA in 80.1 innings pitched in 1981, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ed Lynch's best season was 1985, when he posted a 3.44 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 65 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | NY | N | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5.12 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.1 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1981 | NY | N | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2.91 | 27 | 32 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.1 | 79 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 1982 | NY | N | 43 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3.55 | 51 | 57 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 139.1 | 145 | 6 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1983 | NY | N | 30 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 4.28 | 44 | 94 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2 | 208 | 17 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| 1984 | NY | N | 40 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4.50 | 62 | 77 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 169 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1985 | NY | N | 31 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 3.44 | 65 | 76 | 73 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 191 | 188 | 19 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1986 | NY | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHI | N | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3.79 | 57 | 48 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 99.2 | 105 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 1986 | TOT | N | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3.73 | 58 | 48 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 101.1 | 107 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 1987 | CHI | N | 58 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 5.38 | 80 | 74 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 110.1 | 130 | 17 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 248 | 119 | 47 | 54 | 4.00 | 396 | 470 | 418 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 940.1 | 1050 | 89 | 229 | 33 | 10 | 14 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | NY | N | P | 5 | 4 | 19.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1981 | NY | N | P | 17 | 13 | 80.1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .941 |
| 1982 | NY | N | P | 43 | 12 | 139.1 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1983 | NY | N | P | 30 | 27 | 174.2 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1984 | NY | N | P | 40 | 13 | 124 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .957 |
| 1985 | NY | N | P | 31 | 29 | 191 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .935 |
| 1986 | NY | N | P | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1986 | CHI | N | P | 23 | 13 | 99.2 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1986 | TOT | N | P | 24 | 13 | 101.1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1987 | CHI | N | P | 58 | 8 | 110.1 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 248 | 119 | 940.1 | 64 | 110 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 37 | 0 | .978 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | NY | N | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | NY | N | 17 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .269 | .190 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | NY | N | 43 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .029 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | NY | N | 30 | 52 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .154 | .170 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | NY | N | 40 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1985 | NY | N | 31 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .127 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1986 | NY | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHI | N | 23 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .033 | .094 | .033 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | TOT | N | 24 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .033 | .094 | .033 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHI | N | 58 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 248 | 237 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 6 | .114 | .153 | .122 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 112 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Texas Rangers in the 22nd round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
- Traded by Texas Rangers to New York Mets (September 18, 1979) as part of trade in which New York Mets traded Willie Montanez to Texas Rangers in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 12, 1979); New York Mets received Mike Jorgensen (October 23, 1979).
- Traded by New York Mets to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Dave Lenderman and Dave Liddell (June 30, 1986).
- Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).
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