Ed Lynch

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 230lb (198cm, 104kg)

Born: February 25, 1956 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 22nd round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC).

High School: Christopher Columbus HS (Miami, FL)

School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

Debut: August 31, 1980 (Age 24-188d, 14,351st in major league history)
vs. SFG 1.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1987 (Age 31-218d)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Full Name: Edward Francis Lynch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.5

ERA

4.00

248

119

940.1

396

WHIP

1.360

Summary of 89 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 9 tying, 20 go ahead

2 Tms
NYM	62
CHC	27

Platoon
vs LHB	47
vs RHB	42

Home/Road
Away	46
Home	43

Outs
0	43
1	25
2	21

12 Opps
PHI	17
SFG	14
MON	11
PIT	6
STL	6
LAD	6
CIN	6
CHC	6
SDP	5
HOU	5
ATL	4
NYM	3

65 Batters
Jack Clark	4
Mike Schmidt	4
Gary Carter	3
Dave Parker	3
Ozzie Virgil	3
Tim Wallach	2
Chili Davis	2
Vance Law	2
Greg Brock	2
Jeff Stone	2
Dale Murphy	2
Glenn Wilson	2
Dan Driessen	2
Al Oliver	2
Juan Samuel	2
Mike Scioscia	2
Darrell Evans	2
Mel Hall	1
Tom Herr	1
Howard Johnson	1
Jeffrey Leonard	1
Ron Cey	1
Barry Larkin	1
Andre Dawson	1
Milt Thompson	1
Bo Díaz	1
John Russell	1
Lee Mazzilli	1
Vida Blue	1
Andy Van Slyke	1
Randy Kutcher	1
Paul O'Neill	1
Graig Nettles	1
Jody Davis	1
Jay Johnstone	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Mike Marshall	1
Carmelo Martínez	1
Terry Kennedy	1
Bill Doran	1
Von Hayes	1
George Hendrick	1
Joel Youngblood	1
Terry Francona	1
Tim Flannery	1
Keith Hernandez	1
Tony Gwynn	1
José Cruz	1
Jerry Mumphrey	1
Rob Wilfong	1
Tim Raines	1
Mike Easler	1
Lonnie Smith	1
Dave Bergman	1
Jason Thompson	1
Tony Peña	1
Art Howe	1
Mike Jorgensen	1
Darrell Porter	1
Doug Frobel	1
Franklin Stubbs	1
Chris James	1
Craig Reynolds	1
Leon Durham	1
Bill Madlock	1

12 Parks
Shea Stad (NYC)	29
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	20
VeteransStad (PHI)	11
3Com Park (SFO)	7
Qualcomm St (SAN)	4
Stade Olymp. (MON)	4
Busch Stad (STL)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1

Where Hit
7	28
9	17
8	5
78	2
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	49
2·HR gms	14
3·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	56
1--	15
-2-	4
1-3	4
123	3
--3	3
12-	2
-23	2

136 Runs
RISP	18
0 on	56
1 on	22
2 on	8
3 on	3
Any on	33

Inning
1	6
2	9
3	12
4	10
5	17
6	18
7	3
8	10
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	27
4-6	45
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	2
+2	12
+1	13
Tied	17
-1	10
-2	12
-3	5
-4..	11

Ahead	34
Tied	17
Behind	38

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	14
C	14
RF	13
3B	13
CF	11
LF	11
2B	7
SS	3
PH	2
P	1

OrderPos
4th	21
3rd	17
7th	12
5th	12
6th	10
1st	7
2nd	5
9th	3
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	41
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1981-05-18	Jack Clark	SFG		NYM	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	1981-05-18	Jack Clark	SFG		NYM	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	1	3	9	11%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	3	1981-05-18	Darrell Evans	SFG		NYM	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	1	4	5	6%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1981-08-12	Bobby Bonds	CHC		NYM	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	8	11%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1981-09-08	Jason Thompson	PIT		NYM	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	1	4	3	12%	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1981-10-03	Gary Carter	MON	@	NYM	behind 1-3	t 6	2	---	1	4	2	11%	26%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1982-05-02 (1)	Chili Davis	SFG		NYM	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	11%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	2	2	1982-05-02 (1)	Darrell Evans	SFG		NYM	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	5	10%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	3	1	1982-06-22	Al Oliver	MON	@	NYM	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	---	1	4	3	8%	81%		Home Run
10	10	4	1	1982-08-25	Art Howe	HOU		NYM	ahead 2-0	b 6	1	1-3	3	7	5	8%	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; P. Garner Scores; A. Ashby Scores
11	11	5	1	1982-09-11	George Hendrick	STL		NYM	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	1-3	3	4	9	10%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Oberkfell Scores; K. Hernandez Scores
12	12	6	1	1982-10-03	Mike Schmidt	PHI		NYM	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	1--	2	4	5	17%	89%		Home Run; P. Rose Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1983-04-29	Dale Murphy	ATL	@	NYM	behind 3-6	t 9	0	1--	2	4	7	9%	15%		Home Run (CF-RF); C. Washington Scores
14	14	2	1	1983-05-16	Lee Mazzilli	PIT		NYM	behind 0-4	b 3	0	---	1	1	8	7%	22%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	3	1	1983-05-24	Jack Clark	SFG	@	NYM	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	9	11%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	4	1	1983-06-09	Jay Johnstone	CHC		NYM	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	1	5	7	11%	85%		Home Run
17	17	5	1	1983-06-19	Al Oliver	MON		NYM	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---	1	4	3	11%	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	6	1	1983-06-23	Andy Van Slyke	STL	@	NYM	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	1--	2	3	3	14%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Braun Scores
19	19	7	1	1983-07-25	Mike Jorgensen	ATL	@	NYM	tied 1-1	t 7	0	---	1	9	PH	21%	71%		Home Run (Deep CF)
20	20	8	1	1983-08-14	Mel Hall	CHC	@	NYM	behind 0-5	t 5	0	---	1	6	8	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	9	1	1983-08-20	Dave Bergman	SFG		NYM	behind 1-7	b 8	1	---	1	9	PH	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	10	1	1983-08-26	Joel Youngblood	SFG	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-23	3	3	4	14%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. LeMaster Scores; M. Venable Scores
23	23	11	2	1983-08-26	Jeffrey Leonard	SFG	@	NYM	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	1--	2	5	7	11%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Youngblood Scores
24	24	12	1	1983-09-04	Terry Kennedy	SDP	@	NYM	ahead 4-3	t 5	2	1--	2	4	2	21%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Gwynn Scores
25	25	13	1	1983-09-10	Gary Carter	MON		NYM	behind 0-1	b 1	1	123	4	5	2	26%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Raines Scores; M. Trillo Scores; A. Oliver Scores
26	26	14	2	1983-09-10	Andre Dawson	MON		NYM	ahead 4-1	b 2	0	-2-	2	3	8	6%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Trillo Scores
27	27	15	1	1983-09-15	Darrell Porter	STL	@	NYM	behind 0-1	t 2	0	12-	3	6	2	22%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hendrick Scores; A. Van Slyke Scores
28	28	16	2	1983-09-15	Lonnie Smith	STL	@	NYM	behind 3-4	t 5	2	---	1	1	7	15%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	17	1	1983-09-20	Dave Parker	PIT	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	9	13%	63%		Home Run
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1984-04-13	Ron Cey	CHC		NYM	ahead 6-0	b 5	0	---	1	5	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
31	31	2	1	1984-04-14	Leon Durham	CHC		NYM	ahead 4-2	b 8	0	---	1	4	3	3%	97%		Home Run
32	32	3	1	1984-05-05	Jerry Mumphrey	HOU	@	NYM	behind 4-6	t 6	0	---	1	4	8	12%	33%		Home Run
33	33	4	1	1984-05-19	Carmelo Martínez	SDP		NYM	behind 0-3	b 6	0	---	1	7	7	9%	24%		Home Run
34	34	5	2	1984-05-19	Tony Gwynn	SDP		NYM	behind 1-3	b 6	1	1-3	3	2	9	39%	73%		Home Run; T. Flannery Scores; A. Wiggins Scores
35	35	6	1	1984-05-26	Franklin Stubbs	LAD	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	3	14%	61%		Home Run
36	36	7	1	1984-06-08	Tim Raines	MON		NYM	behind 0-4	b 6	2	---	1	3	8	5%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	8	1	1984-06-19	Ozzie Virgil	PHI	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 2	0	-2-	2	7	2	15%	71%		Home Run; G. Maddox Scores
38	38	9	2	1984-06-19	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	NYM	ahead 3-1	t 5	0	---	1	4	5	9%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	10	1	1984-06-24	Tim Wallach	MON	@	NYM	ahead 2-1	t 5	2	12-	3	5	5	25%	90%		Home Run; P. Rose Scores; G. Carter Scores
40	40	11	1	1984-07-07	Dan Driessen	CIN	@	NYM	behind 2-14	t 9	0	1--	2	3	3	0%	0%		Home Run; D. Walker Scores
41	41	12	1	1984-08-21	Tim Flannery	SDP		NYM	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	6	10%	78%		Home Run
42	42	13	2	1984-08-21	Graig Nettles	SDP		NYM	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	1	4	5	11%	86%		Home Run
43	43	14	1	1984-09-13	Doug Frobel	PIT	@	NYM	ahead 12-3	t 8	2	1--	2	7	9	0%	100%		Home Run; J. Morrison Scores/unER; D. Frobel Scores/unER
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1985-04-20	Jeff Stone	PHI		NYM	behind 0-3	b 3	1	--3	2	2	7	14%	40%		Home Run; J. Samuel Scores
45	45	2	2	1985-04-20	Von Hayes	PHI		NYM	behind 2-3	b 3	1	---	1	3	8	13%	53%		Home Run
46	46	3	3	1985-04-20	Jeff Stone	PHI		NYM	tied 3-3	b 4	2	1-3	3	2	7	30%	86%		Home Run; G. Wilson Scores; J. Samuel Scores
47	47	4	1	1985-05-03	Dave Parker	CIN		NYM	behind 2-6	b 6	0	---	1	3	9	6%	15%		Home Run
48	48	5	2	1985-05-03	Dave Parker	CIN		NYM	behind 3-9	b 8	1	---	1	3	9	1%	1%		Home Run
49	49	6	1	1985-05-18	Chili Davis	SFG	@	NYM	behind 1-2	t 7	0	---	1	4	9	21%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
50	50	7	1	1985-05-24	Greg Brock	LAD	@	NYM	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	1	5	3	12%	80%		Home Run
51	51	8	2	1985-05-24	Mike Scioscia	LAD	@	NYM	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---	1	7	2	9%	87%		Home Run
52	52	9	1	1985-06-13	Juan Samuel	PHI		NYM	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run
53	53	10	1	1985-06-23	Vance Law	MON	@	NYM	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	1--	2	2	4	13%	91%		Home Run; T. Raines Scores
54	54	11	1	1985-06-28	Tom Herr	STL		NYM	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	---	1	3	4	8%	84%		Home Run
55	55	12	1	1985-07-03	Tony Peña	PIT	@	NYM	behind 0-4	t 4	1	---	1	3	2	6%	15%		Home Run
56	56	13	1	1985-07-31	Terry Francona	MON	@	NYM	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	5	3	11%	36%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	14	1	1985-08-05	Jody Davis	CHC		NYM	behind 0-6	b 5	2	---	1	6	2	2%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	15	1	1985-08-16	Bill Madlock	PIT		NYM	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	1--	2	5	5	11%	94%		Home Run; J. Ray Scores
59	59	16	1	1985-08-21	Dan Driessen	SFG	@	NYM	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	1	5	3	21%	50%		Home Run
60	60	17	1	1985-09-07	Greg Brock	LAD		NYM	behind 0-4	b 5	2	1--	2	7	3	13%	21%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Scioscia Scores
61	61	18	2	1985-09-07	Mike Marshall	LAD		NYM	behind 2-4	b 6	2	---	1	3	7	13%	30%		Home Run
62	62	19	1	1985-09-17	Ozzie Virgil	PHI	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	6	2	18%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Wilson Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1986-07-17	Vida Blue	SFG	@	CHC	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	1	9	1	12%	47%		Home Run
64	64	2	2	1986-07-17	Randy Kutcher	SFG	@	CHC	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	1	1	8	11%	76%		Home Run
65	65	3	1	1986-08-01	Mike Schmidt	PHI		CHC	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1	4	5	13%	41%		Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	4	2	1986-08-01	Glenn Wilson	PHI		CHC	behind 1-2	b 5	1	---	1	6	9	16%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	5	1	1986-08-06 (1)	Keith Hernandez	NYM	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
68	68	6	1	1986-08-21	Dale Murphy	ATL	@	CHC	tied 2-2	t 8	1	--3	2	3	8	23%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Moreno Scores/unER
69	69	7	1	1986-08-26	Craig Reynolds	HOU		CHC	behind 1-4	b 6	2	1--	2	7	6	20%	31%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Bass Scores
70	70	8	1	1986-09-01	José Cruz	HOU	@	CHC	ahead 3-2	t 6	2	---	1	6	7	13%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
71	71	9	1	1986-09-08	Milt Thompson	PHI	@	CHC	behind 1-3	t 3	2	1--	2	2	8	20%	46%		Home Run; G. Redus Scores
72	72	10	2	1986-09-08	John Russell	PHI	@	CHC	behind 3-5	t 4	2	---	1	7	2	10%	33%		Home Run
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
73	73	1	1	1987-04-10	Mike Easler	PHI		CHC	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1	5	7	9%	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	2	2	1987-04-10	Glenn Wilson	PHI		CHC	behind 1-3	b 2	1	---	1	7	9	10%	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
75	75	3	3	1987-04-10	Mike Schmidt	PHI		CHC	behind 2-3	b 6	1	---	1	4	5	18%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
76	76	4	1	1987-04-22	Jack Clark	STL		CHC	behind 3-5	b 8	1	---	1	4	3	12%	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	5	1	1987-05-07	Rob Wilfong	SFG		CHC	tied 0-0	b 3	0	-2-	2	1	4	15%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. LaCoss Scores/unER
78	78	6	1	1987-05-29	Ozzie Virgil	ATL		CHC	behind 4-5	b 11	2	---	1	7	2	49%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
79	79	7	1	1987-07-25	Mike Scioscia	LAD		CHC	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	1	7	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
80	80	8	1	1987-07-29	Tim Wallach	MON	@	CHC	ahead 5-0	t 5	0	---	1	4	5	3%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
81	81	9	2	1987-07-29	Vance Law	MON	@	CHC	ahead 6-0	t 5	1	---	1	6	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
82	82	10	1	1987-07-31	Chris James	PHI	@	CHC	ahead 7-5	t 9	0	---	1	6	7	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep CF)
83	83	11	1	1987-08-07	Gary Carter	NYM		CHC	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	1--	2	6	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. McReynolds Scores
84	84	12	1	1987-08-12	Juan Samuel	PHI		CHC	tied 7-7	b 8	1	123	4	1	4	21%	99%		Home Run; D. Daulton Scores; S. Jeltz Scores; M. Schmidt Scores
85	85	13	1	1987-08-21	Bill Doran	HOU	@	CHC	behind 1-5	t 5	0	-2-	2	3	4	10%	25%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Hatcher Scores
86	86	14	1	1987-09-05	Bo Díaz	CIN	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 2	1	--3	2	6	2	13%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. O'Neill Scores
87	87	15	2	1987-09-05	Paul O'Neill	CIN	@	CHC	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	1--	2	4	9	12%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Daniels Scores
88	88	16	3	1987-09-05	Barry Larkin	CIN	@	CHC	ahead 4-0	t 4	1	-23	3	8	6	6%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bell Scores; B. Díaz Scores/unER
89	89	17	1	1987-09-21	Howard Johnson	NYM	@	CHC	tied 1-1	t 8	2	123	4	7	5	42%	96%		Home Run; D. Strawberry Scores; K. McReynolds Scores; G. Carter Scores