Red Lynn
[edit] Biography
Born on December 27, 1913 in Kenney, Texas, Red Lynn (Japhet Monroe Lynn) played for the New York Giants, Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 3 year career. Lynn broke into the bigs on April 25, 1939 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.88 ERA in 58 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3.08
| 22
| 21
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 49.2
| 44
| 3
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8.64
| 3
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.1
| 11
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1939
| Total
|
| 30
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 3.88
| 25
| 29
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 58
| 55
| 5
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1940
| NY
| N
| 33
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 3.83
| 25
| 21
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 42.1
| 40
| 3
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| 22
| 7
| 5
| 4
| 4.06
| 35
| 41
| 38
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 84.1
| 80
| 4
| 37
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 81
| 7
| 10
| 7
| 3.73
| 82
| 83
| 73
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 176.1
| 164
| 10
| 82
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8.64
| 3
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.1
| 11
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 85
| 7
| 10
| 8
| 3.95
| 85
| 91
| 81
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 184.2
| 175
| 12
| 85
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1939
| NY
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| Total
|
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1940
| NY
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 29
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 26
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| Total
|
| 30
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1940
| NY
| N
| 33
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| 22
| 29
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .207
| .233
| .241
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 81
| 39
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .154
| .175
| .179
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 85
| 41
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .146
| .167
| .171
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 4, 1938).
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to New York Giants (May 9, 1939).
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