Lynn
McGlothen
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 27, 1950 in Usa, LA, MONROE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 22 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
1973 23 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1974 24 SDP NL   8 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 8
1975 25 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 5 4 5 5 9 9 9
1976 26 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 4 4 5 4 9 10 9
1977 27 MIL NL $ 1,600,000 8 4 5 5 4 5 4 9 10 9
1978 28 MIL NL $ 1,600,000 8 4 5 5 4 5 4 9 10 9
1979 29 MIL NL $ 1,600,000 8 4 5 4 4 5 5 9 10 9
1980 30 MIL NL $ 1,670,000 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 10 10
1981 31 MIL NL $ 1,670,000 8 4 4 4 3 4 4 9 10 9
1982 32 MIL NL $ 400,000 8 4 5 4 3 4 3 9 10 9
1983 33 MIL NL $ 400,000 8 4 5 4 3 4 3 9 10 9
1984 34 MIL NL $ 400,000 8 4 5 4 3 3 3 9 9 9
1985 35 MIL NL $ 400,000 8 4 4 4 2 3 3 9 9 9
1986 36 IND AL $ 300,000 8 3 4 3 2 3 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 3 4 3 2 3 2 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,670,000 8 4 5 5 6 7 7 9 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1972 22 SDP NL 2 2 .500 5 5 1 1 0 40.7 36 21 2 12 26 4.65 .235 .286 .320 .606 2.7
    AAA   17 5 .773 28 28 3 1 0 210.0 201 63 17 62 164 2.70 .256 .311 .378 .689  
1973 23 SDP NL 8 14 .364 25 25 9 2 0 189.0 192 93 14 76 90 4.43 .267 .337 .377 .715 11.1
1974 24 AAA   8 14 .364 30 30 2 0 0 208.0 220 88 19 94 130 3.81 .274 .350 .399 .749  
1975 25 SDP NL 9 10 .474 27 26 5 0 0 198.7 234 111 15 81 77 5.03 .293 .357 .411 .769 6.3
1976 26 SDP NL 12 10 .545 30 27 3 0 0 197.7 227 95 11 98 74 4.33 .292 .371 .375 .745 9.9
1977 27 MIL NL 13 16 .448 34 34 9 3 0 244.7 259 114 7 113 102 4.19 .273 .349 .332 .681 12.6
1978 28 MIL NL 13 18 .419 34 34 8 1 0 248.7 254 116 7 119 89 4.20 .267 .348 .341 .689 13.6
1979 29 MIL NL 13 8 .619 28 28 3 1 0 202.0 181 71 7 106 73 3.16 .237 .329 .294 .623 14.2
1980 30 MIL NL 5 7 .417 53 14 3 0 11 139.7 142 49 5 63 66 3.16 .268 .344 .331 .675 11.4
1981 31 MIL NL 8 5 .615 79 1 0 0 16 101.7 116 53 8 56 38 4.69 .293 .378 .409 .787 3.7
1982 32 MIL NL 6 7 .462 71 0 0 0 13 114.7 127 45 7 50 47 3.53 .285 .353 .369 .722 8.0
1983 33 MIL NL 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 2 9.3 10 11 0 11 3 10.61 .278 .447 .417 .863 0.0
1984 34 MIL NL 1 2 .333 12 0 0 0 1 16.3 15 6 1 11 10 3.31 .234 .347 .313 .659 1.0
1985 35 MIL NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 7.7 12 6 0 9 4 7.05 .343 .477 .429 .906 0.0
1986 36 IND AL 1 1 .500 3 1 0 0 0 9.3 10 3 2 1 4 2.89 .270 .289 .514 .803 0.9
14 Years Sim 92 100 .479 415 195 41 8 44 1719.9 1815 794 86 806 703 4.15 .273 .350 .357 .707 95.4
2 Years AAA 25 19 .568 58 58 5 1 0 418.0 421 151 36 156 294 3.25 .265 .331 .389 .719  
Season Average 6 7 .462 29 13 2 0 3 122.9 129 56 6 57 50 4.15 .273 .350 .357 .707  
Career Highs 13 18 1.000 79 34 9 3 16 248.7 259 116 15 119 102 10.61 .343 .477 .514 .906  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   967 442 50 387 428   .265 .336 .355 .691
vs LH   848 352 36 419 275   .282 .370 .359 .729
Home 47 47 .500 203 96 12 5 15 854.0 874 397 52 404 352 4.18 .265 .345 .354 .699
Away 45 53 .459 212 99 29 3 31 866.0 941 397 34 402 351 4.13 .281 .358 .359 .717
Mar/Apr 14 14 .500 63 34 7 0 6 280.6 289 140 15 130 112 4.49 .268 .347 .357 .704
May 20 20 .500 70 38 6 3 6 326.6 337 146 10 174 146 4.02 .270 .359 .343 .702
June 13 19 .406 59 39 6 1 3 291.0 336 171 19 162 120 5.29 .286 .373 .376 .749
July 15 14 .517 65 29 6 0 11 267.3 275 99 13 102 93 3.33 .270 .336 .360 .696
August 14 17 .452 73 27 9 2 6 263.3 277 112 12 110 114 3.83 .276 .348 .351 .699
Sep/Oct 16 16 .500 85 28 7 2 14 291.0 301 126 17 128 118 3.90 .267 .341 .353 .695
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1972 22 SDP NL P 5 5 40.7 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.21    
1973 23 SDP NL P 25 25 189.0 12 34 0 8 1.000 2.19    
1975 25 SDP NL P 27 26 198.7 11 38 3 3 .942 2.22    
1976 26 SDP NL P 30 27 197.7 14 32 3 4 .939 2.09    
1977 27 MIL NL P 34 34 244.7 12 46 0 2 1.000 2.13    
1978 28 MIL NL P 34 34 248.7 20 39 1 3 .983 2.14    
1979 29 MIL NL P 28 28 202.0 16 36 2 1 .963 2.32    
1980 30 MIL NL P 53 14 139.7 12 25 0 3 1.000 2.38    
1981 31 MIL NL P 79 1 101.7 8 24 0 7 1.000 2.83    
1982 32 MIL NL P 71 0 114.7 5 25 0 4 1.000 2.35    
1983 33 MIL NL P 10 0 9.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1984 34 MIL NL P 12 0 16.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.55    
1985 35 MIL NL P 4 0 7.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.35    
1986 36 IND AL P 3 1 9.3 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.93    
Career Totals   415 195 1719.9 116 310 9 36 .979 2.23    
Career Highs   79 34 248.7 20 46 3 8 1.000 2.83    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1982 32 MIL NL 1 1 .500 6 0 0 0 2 8.7 12 10 0 6 5 10.39 .324 .419 .459 .878
1984 34 MIL NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 4 0 0 5 5 0.00 .167 .310 .167 .477
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 7 1 0 0 2 15.7 16 10 0 11 10 5.75 .262 .375 .344 .719
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1979-10-3.16
Losses
1977-3-16
1978-4-18
Games Pitched
1981-5-79
1982-3-71
Shutouts
1973-8-2
1977-5-3
Hits Allowed
1978-9-254
Walks Allowed
1977-6-113
1978-3-119
1979-7-106
OSLG
1977-8-.332
1979-1-.294
OOPS
1979-7-.623
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by San Diego in 1972
Earned first career win on 9/15/1972
Injured on 8/16/1973 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 8/30/1974 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,600,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/5/1977 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1977, going 4-1, 1.04
Injured on 8/12/1977 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,600,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,600,000 through salary arbitration
4/3/1979: Signed a contract extension with Milwaukee, $1,670,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/25/1980 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
10/3/1981: Signed a contract extension with Milwaukee, $400,000 per year, for 4 years
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 7/1/1986 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year