Lynn McGlothen
Boston Red Sox 1972–1973; St. Louis Cardinals 1974–1976; San Francisco Giants 1977; Chicago Cubs 1978; San Francisco Giants 1978; Chicago Cubs 1979–1980; Chicago White Sox 1981; Chicago Cubs 1981; New York Yankees 1982
Percentile snapshot
1980 season — qualified pitchers
of 89 qualified 1980 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 22 | 58 | 53 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .200 | .245 | .445 | 12.5 | 29.4 | .207 | 1.2 |
| 1973 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.9 |
| 1974 | 31 | 88 | 83 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .200 | .193 | .393 | 2.9 | 11.4 | .189 | 4.8 |
| 1975 | 35 | 90 | 80 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .088 | .088 | .088 | .175 | -76.9 | -51.8 | .083 | 1.2 |
| 1976 | 33 | 81 | 71 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .216 | .254 | .470 | 21.8 | 33.1 | .218 | 1.3 |
| 1977 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .150 | .158 | .308 | -25.8 | -16.7 | .148 | -0.9 |
| 1978 | 54 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .235 | .250 | .485 | 24.4 | 30.5 | .233 | 1.6 |
| 1979 | 42 | 76 | 71 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .236 | .268 | .504 | 22.2 | 32.1 | .233 | 2.2 |
| 1980 | 41 | 63 | 51 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .255 | .275 | .529 | 39.6 | 43.1 | .253 | 0.0 |
| 1981 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .250 | -57.8 | -31.8 | .112 | -0.2 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 135 | 55 | 59 | 112 | 9 | 145.0 | 3.41 | 1.338 | 6.95 | 2.90 | 90.1 | 94.2 | 1.2 |
| 1973 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 23.0 | 8.22 | 2.043 | 6.26 | 5.75 | 143.7 | 48.7 | -0.9 |
| 1974 | 31 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 212 | 71 | 89 | 142 | 12 | 237.3 | 2.69 | 1.268 | 5.38 | 3.20 | 89.3 | 133.0 | 4.8 |
| 1975 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 231 | 104 | 97 | 146 | 21 | 239.0 | 3.92 | 1.372 | 5.50 | 3.81 | 101.8 | 95.4 | 1.2 |
| 1976 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 209 | 89 | 68 | 106 | 10 | 205.0 | 3.91 | 1.351 | 4.65 | 3.30 | 93.7 | 90.2 | 1.3 |
| 1977 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 50 | 52 | 42 | 9 | 80.0 | 5.63 | 1.825 | 4.73 | 5.13 | 132.0 | 69.1 | -0.9 |
| 1978 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 34 | 43 | 69 | 7 | 92.7 | 3.30 | 1.457 | 6.70 | 3.51 | 89.8 | 117.6 | 1.6 |
| 1979 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 236 | 97 | 55 | 147 | 27 | 212.0 | 4.12 | 1.373 | 6.24 | 3.78 | 93.1 | 98.7 | 2.2 |
| 1980 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 211 | 97 | 64 | 119 | 24 | 182.3 | 4.79 | 1.508 | 5.87 | 4.22 | 109.0 | 80.8 | 0.0 |
| 1981 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 39 | 35 | 38 | 1 | 76.3 | 4.60 | 1.572 | 4.48 | 3.26 | 89.6 | 79.1 | -0.2 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5.0 | 10.80 | 2.200 | 3.60 | 5.69 | 142.2 | 37.0 | -0.3 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-05-10 | SF @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1974-06-16 | STL @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1976-09-09 | WSH @ STL Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1972-08-03 | NYY @ BOS Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1979-08-20 | LAD @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975-04-29 | STL @ PIT Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1975-08-19 | CIN @ STL Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1976-08-22 | ATL @ STL Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979-08-25 | CHC @ SF Gameday | 6.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 1974-05-07 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
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
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.