Fred Lynn

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 185 lb

BornFebruary 3, 1952 · Chicago, IL, USA

MLB debutSeptember 5, 1974

Final gameOctober 3, 1990

Seasons17 (1974–1990)

Boston Red Sox 1974–1980; California Angels 1981–1984; Baltimore Orioles 1985–1988; Detroit Tigers 1988–1989; San Diego Padres 1990

Percentile snapshot

1985 season — qualified batters

124

2.2

508

3.7

448

5.9

14.7

118

13.2

1.5

8.1

RBI

42.6

55.1

100

18.4

44.1

62.5

.263

OBP

.339

52.2

SLG

.449

69.1

OPS

.787

wRC+

114.7

65.4

OPS+

116.5

wOBA

.346

58.8

sWAR

2.9

58.8

of 137 qualified 1985 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

130.0

90.4

OPS+

129.6

90.2

sWAR

56.4

99.2

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1974	15	51	43	5	18	2	2	2	10	6	6	0	0	.419	.490	.698	1.188	231.8	230.8	.518	0.9
1975	145	605	528	103	175	47	7	21	105	62	90	10	5	.331	.401	.566	.967	163.2	162.6	.430	6.8
1976	132	566	507	76	159	32	8	10	65	48	67	14	9	.314	.367	.467	.835	135.7	133.1	.384	4.6
1977	129	564	497	81	129	29	5	18	76	51	63	2	3	.260	.327	.447	.774	99.8	100.5	.343	2.1
1978	150	627	541	75	161	33	3	22	82	75	50	3	6	.298	.380	.492	.872	136.4	135.3	.389	5.1
1979	147	622	531	116	177	42	1	39	122	82	79	2	2	.333	.423	.637	1.059	177.8	176.8	.459	8.4
1980	110	478	415	67	125	32	3	12	61	58	39	12	0	.301	.383	.480	.862	134.5	131.3	.388	3.8
1981	76	302	256	28	56	8	1	5	31	38	42	1	2	.219	.322	.316	.639	87.2	85.9	.302	0.7
1982	138	545	472	89	141	38	1	21	86	58	72	7	8	.299	.374	.517	.891	143.8	143.3	.391	5.0
1983	117	500	437	56	119	20	3	22	74	55	83	2	2	.272	.352	.483	.835	125.9	129.2	.364	3.4
1984	142	600	517	84	140	28	4	23	79	77	97	2	2	.271	.366	.474	.840	133.5	132.3	.374	4.0
1985	124	508	448	59	118	12	1	23	68	53	100	7	3	.263	.339	.449	.787	114.7	116.5	.346	2.9
1986	112	456	397	67	114	13	1	23	67	53	59	2	2	.287	.371	.499	.869	137.2	135.6	.384	3.8
1987	111	438	396	49	100	24	0	23	60	39	72	3	7	.253	.320	.487	.807	108.3	111.8	.344	2.0
1988	114	432	391	46	96	14	1	25	56	33	82	2	2	.246	.302	.478	.780	115.1	117.4	.344	2.2
1989	117	406	353	44	85	11	1	11	46	47	71	1	1	.241	.328	.371	.699	101.2	98.6	.325	0.6
1990	90	223	196	18	47	3	1	6	23	22	44	2	0	.240	.315	.357	.672	85.1	84.9	.309	0.1

Career totals

1,969

286th-most career G

7,923

305th-most career PA

6,925

323rd-most career AB

1,063

302nd-most career R

1,960

316th-most career H

388

234th-most career 2B

306

155th-most career HR

RBI

1,111

218th-most career RBI

857

210th-most career BB

1,116

298th-most career SO

.2830

OBP

.3605

460th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4840

200th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8445

226th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1975-06-18	BOS @ DET Gameday	6	4	5	0	1	3	10	0	16
1980-05-13	MIN @ BOS Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	1	4	0	10
1979-08-14	MIN @ BOS Gameday	4	3	3	1	0	2	6	0	10
1986-07-04	BAL @ MIN Gameday	4	3	3	1	0	2	5	2	10
1984-08-02	MIN @ LAA Gameday	4	3	4	0	1	1	4	0	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

4× Gold Glove1× Most Valuable Player1× Rookie of the Year1× ALCS MVP1× All-Star Game MVP9× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.