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Jerry
Lynch		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 194
 
Born: July 17, 1930 in Usa, MI, MUNGER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1955   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 23 NYG NL     7 7 7 6 7 6 5 7 6 3 4 4 7 8 8
1955 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 6 5 7 6 3 4 4 7 8 8
1956 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 5 7 6 3 4 4 7 8 8
1957 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 3 4 4 7 8 8
1958 27 MIN AL $ 2,142,857   8 8 7 6 6 6 5 7 6 4 5 4 7 8 8
1959 28 MIN AL $ 2,142,857   8 8 7 6 6 6 5 7 6 4 5 4 7 8 7
1960 29 MIN AL $ 2,142,857   6 6 6 6 7 6 5 7 6 4 5 4 4 6 5
1961 30 MIN AL $ 1,610,000   6 6 6 6 7 6 5 7 6 4 5 5 4 6 5
1962 31 MIN AL $ 1,610,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 5 7 6 4 5 5 4 6 5
1963 32 WAS NL $ 4,111,111   6 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 4 5 4 4 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 6 3 4 4 4 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,111,111   8 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1954 23 AAA   135 539 89 176 31 2 35 86 7 10 53 70 .327 .387 .586 .973 110.0  
1955 24 MIN AL 153 593 92 179 26 3 17 86 0 0 43 60 .302 .347 .442 .789 86.6 16.9
1956 25 MIN AL 149 545 63 148 37 3 22 83 0 2 31 67 .272 .309 .472 .780 73.0 12.5
1957 26 MIN AL 156 574 81 162 24 3 22 74 1 2 41 65 .282 .327 .449 .777 83.7 17.3
1958 27 MIN AL 156 591 77 153 34 4 14 56 0 2 49 76 .259 .317 .401 .718 70.5 9.7
1959 28 MIN AL 153 568 58 131 20 4 16 64 0 0 44 107 .231 .287 .364 .651 59.3 5.2
1960 29 MIN AL 85 309 29 72 14 3 6 44 0 0 12 64 .233 .261 .356 .617 26.5 2.8
1961 30 MIN AL 90 135 24 38 7 0 8 28 0 0 13 33 .281 .340 .511 .851 23.5 5.8
1962 31 MIN AL 101 149 18 37 8 0 8 29 0 0 15 35 .248 .319 .463 .782 21.7 4.4
1963 32 AAA   136 560 95 174 43 4 33 95 4 2 39 109 .311 .356 .579 .934 105.9  
8 Years Sim 1043 3464 442 920 170 20 113 464 1 6 248 507 .266 .314 .424 .738 444.9 74.4
2 Years AAA 271 1099 184 350 74 6 68 181 11 12 92 179 .318 .370 .582 .952 216.0  
162 Game Average 538 68 142 26 3 17 72 0 0 38 78 .266 .314 .424 .738 69.1  
Career Highs 156 593 92 179 37 4 22 86 1 2 49 107 .302 .347 .511 .851 86.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2414 350 688 127 14 83 346 1 5 181 295 .285 .334 .452 .786 351.9
vs LH   1050 92 232 43 6 30 118 0 1 67 212 .221 .268 .359 .627 100.8
Home 532 1685 208 446 77 11 45 201 0 3 127 241 .265 .316 .404 .720 211.5
Away 511 1779 234 474 93 9 68 263 1 3 121 266 .266 .312 .444 .755 241.3
RISP   805 0 217 46 7 17 318 0 0 73 119 .270 .323 .407 .730 106.8
Pinch Hitting   151 28 47 12 0 10 42 0 0 13 28 .311 .361 .589 .950 30.0
Close/Late   455 60 126 18 0 24 67 0 0 36 69 .277 .327 .475 .801 70.2
Mar/Apr 184 600 73 170 25 3 23 87 0 1 45 81 .283 .333 .450 .783 87.4
May 193 636 65 159 32 3 12 80 0 1 55 90 .250 .309 .366 .675 72.0
June 184 624 105 179 29 5 21 90 0 1 41 101 .287 .329 .450 .780 89.2
July 171 590 80 155 37 4 22 77 0 2 34 86 .263 .304 .451 .755 77.6
August 157 512 48 113 25 3 12 56 0 1 39 87 .221 .275 .352 .626 49.5
Sep/Oct 154 502 71 144 22 2 23 74 1 0 34 62 .287 .330 .476 .806 76.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1955 24 MIN AL LF 147 146 1293.7 308 4 7 3 .978 2.17   4.7
    RF 5 3 33.0 6 2 1 1 .889 2.18    
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1956 25 MIN AL LF 144 138 1192.7 241 6 8 1 .969 1.86   2.4
    RF 7 0 14.3 4 0 1 0 .800 2.51    
    CF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 26 MIN AL LF 145 141 1250.0 245 2 11 0 .957 1.78   2.7
    RF 8 0 11.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 27 MIN AL LF 148 144 1298.3 288 4 7 2 .977 2.02   3.0
    CF 6 0 10.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.48    
1959 28 MIN AL LF 150 145 1285.0 252 5 8 0 .970 1.80   3.9
    CF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1960 29 MIN AL LF 82 82 716.3 128 5 5 1 .964 1.67   1.5
    CF 3 0 12.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.75    
1961 30 MIN AL LF 16 12 100.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.53   0.3
    RF 14 7 70.3 15 0 1 0 .938 1.92    
    CF 2 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06    
1962 31 MIN AL LF 30 12 118.3 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.21   0.5
    CF 33 7 117.7 28 0 1 0 .966 2.14    
    RF 13 0 27.3 6 1 1 1 .875 2.31    
  LF 862 820 7254.3 1508 26 46 7 .971 1.90   18.9
  CF 52 9 171.0 38 0 2 0 .950 2.00    
  RF 47 10 156.7 32 3 4 2 .897 2.01    
Career Totals   961 839 7582.0 1578 29 52 9 .969 1.91   18.9
Career Highs   154 149 1328.7 315 6 11 4 .977 2.19    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1955 24 MIN AL 12 46 3 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 3 .261 .300 .304 .604
1956 25 MIN AL 7 26 2 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .308 .357 .385 .742
Career Post-Season Batting 19 72 5 20 4 0 0 8 0 0 5 4 .278 .321 .333 .654
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1955-9-.302
 Games
1957-8-156
1958-4-156
 At-Bats
1955-6-593
1957-9-574
1958-9-591
1959-10-568
 Hits
1955-5-179
1957-8-162
 Singles
1955-4-133
1957-9-113
 Doubles
1956-7-37
1958-9-34
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1954
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 2/1/1955 (Going to NYG: LF Del Ennis, P Erv Palica. Going to MIN: LF Steve Bilko, LF Jerry Lynch, P Paul Foytack, P Jack Banta, P Don Johnson)
Injured on 3/17/1955 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1955, off Warren Hacker (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/11/1955, off Walt Masterson (DET)
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/1955, hitting .471 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won World Series with Minnesota in 1955
Won Bronze Rookie in 1955, hitting .302 with 17 HR, 86 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Seattle on 5/24/1957
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1957, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/17/1959 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration
7/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $1,610,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 7/11/1960 with a Broken Foot, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/4/1963 to a 4-year deal worth $4,111,111 per year
 
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