P Lance Lynn #38
Age: 38 | Bats: S | Throws: R | Morale: Angry
09/15/2025
P LANCE LYNN #38 - AGE: 38 - BATS: S - THROWS: R - MORALE: ANGRY
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
28 28 8-9 0 4.43 162.2 166 20 48 132 1.32 1.2
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 55 50 55 55
Movement 45 45 45 45
Control 55 55 55 55
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 60 60
Curveball 60 60
Changeup 60 60
Sinker 55 55
Cutter 55 55
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 92-94 Mph
Stamina 60
Suggested Role Starter
Type Flyball Pitcher
Hold Runners 50
Defense 45
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 20
Stealing Ability: 25
Baserunning Inst.: 25
Sacrifice Bunt: 45
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
09/08/2025 BUF Loss, 3-5 X 6.1 6 2 2 0 4
09/03/2025 @ PAW Win, 5-1 X 5.0 6 1 1 2 3 Win
08/29/2025 @ BUF Loss, 5-7 X 5.2 7 5 4 0 3
08/24/2025 IND Win, 7-4 X 5.2 7 4 4 1 7 Win
08/19/2025 NOR Loss, 2-9 X 3.0 10 6 6 1 4 Loss
08/13/2025 @ NOR Loss, 0-9 X 5.0 8 5 5 3 2 Loss
08/08/2025 SCR Win, 4-2 X 6.1 5 2 2 1 8 Win
08/03/2025 @ IND Win, 8-0 X 6.1 4 0 0 2 3 Win
07/29/2025 @ CLM Loss, 0-6 X 4.0 12 5 5 2 1 Loss
07/23/2025 CLM Win, 8-2 X 7.0 6 2 2 2 4 Win
PERSONALITY
Lynn never shows any lack of effort.
High: Work Ethic
Low: Loyalty
Birthday:05/12/1987
Born in:Marion, IN
Nationality:American
Height:6' 5"
Weight:265 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:13 Years, 119 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:13 Years, 119 Days
Pro Service:17 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE 2025 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 28 28 8 9 0 4.43 162.2 166 83 80 20 48 132 1 3.6 0 13 46.4
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF BR/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 0 0 0.0 0 0 12.12 9.18 7.30 2.66 4.52 1.32 112 1.2 .305        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 306 85 18 3 12 45 27 65 2 3 2 .278 .338 .474 .812      
vs. RHB 319 81 25 0 8 38 21 67 3 2 3 .254 .303 .408 .711      
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE 2025 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
Last Week 1 1 0 0 0 2.84 6.1 6 2 2 1 0 4  
April 4 4 0 2 0 4.72 26.2 30 14 14 2 7 18  
May 6 6 2 2 0 2.97 30.1 28 10 10 2 11 27  
June 5 5 1 2 0 2.97 36.1 22 13 12 7 7 37  
July 5 5 1 1 0 6.92 26.0 33 21 20 4 13 16  
August 6 6 3 2 0 5.91 32.0 41 22 21 4 8 27  
September 2 2 1 0 0 2.38 11.1 12 3 3 1 2 7  
Career 28 28 8 9 0 4.43 162.2 166 83 80 20 48 132  
Home 12 12 5 1 0 4.50 72.0 70 37 36 12 20 61  
Road 16 16 3 8 0 4.37 90.2 96 46 44 8 28 71  
Grass 28 28 8 9 0 4.43 162.2 166 83 80 20 48 132  
Day 12 12 4 1 0 3.74 74.2 73 33 31 9 19 62  
Night 16 16 4 8 0 5.01 88.0 93 50 49 11 29 70  
As Starter 28 28 8 9 0 4.43 162.2 166 83 80 20 48 132  
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2011 St. Louis - MLB 24 18 2 1 1 1 3.12 34.2 25 12 12 3 11 40 0 0 1.04 .275 2.86 0.6 121
2012 St. Louis - MLB 25 35 29 18 7 0 3.78 176.0 168 76 74 16 64 180 0 0 1.32 .323 3.57 3.0 103
2013 St. Louis - MLB 26 33 33 15 10 0 3.97 201.2 189 92 89 14 76 198 0 0 1.31 .310 3.36 3.6 93
2014 St. Louis - MLB 27 33 33 15 10 0 2.74 203.2 185 72 62 13 72 181 2 1 1.26 .290 3.41 3.3 132
2015 St. Louis - MLB 28 31 31 12 11 0 3.03 175.1 172 66 59 13 68 167 0 0 1.37 .318 3.49 3.2 127
2017 St. Louis - MLB 30 33 33 11 8 0 3.43 186.1 151 80 71 27 78 153 0 0 1.23 .248 4.87 1.2 125
2018 Minnesota - MLB 31 20 20 7 8 0 5.10 102.1 105 61 58 12 62 100 0 0 1.63 .321 4.81 0.8 85
2018 New York - MLB 31 11 9 3 2 0 4.14 54.1 58 26 25 2 14 61 0 0 1.33 .364 2.34 2.1 103
2018 Total - MLB 31 31 29 10 10 0 4.77 156.2 163 87 83 14 76 161 0 0 1.53 .336 3.95 2.9 90
2019 Texas - MLB 32 33 33 16 11 0 3.67 208.1 195 89 85 21 59 246 0 0 1.22 .322 3.29 6.2 125
2020 Texas - MLB 33 19 19 5 6 0 4.86 103.2 124 58 56 16 29 96 1 0 1.48 .355 4.53 1.6 98
2021 Texas - MLB 34 13 13 5 2 0 2.62 79.0 68 23 23 7 32 68 0 0 1.27 .275 3.90 1.6 172
2021 Toronto - MLB 34 21 21 9 5 0 3.80 118.1 100 55 50 13 49 120 0 0 1.26 .275 3.92 2.4 119
2021 Total - MLB 34 34 34 14 7 0 3.33 197.1 168 78 73 20 81 188 0 0 1.26 .275 3.91 4.1 136
2022 Seattle - MLB 35 22 10 5 6 1 4.32 100.0 87 49 48 15 28 91 2 1 1.15 .261 4.18 1.2 100
2022 St. Louis - MLB 35 13 13 5 4 0 3.58 70.1 67 32 28 9 31 65 1 0 1.39 .296 4.41 0.9 122
2022 Total - MLB 35 35 23 10 10 1 4.02 170.1 154 81 76 24 59 156 3 1 1.25 .275 4.28 2.1 108
2023 St. Louis - MLB 36 32 32 11 9 0 3.82 193.1 190 91 82 19 68 193 3 1 1.33 .318 3.58 4.1 110
2024 Chicago - MLB 37 32 32 11 8 0 5.39 162.0 177 104 97 37 53 136 0 0 1.42 .295 5.68 -0.2 82
Total MLB 399 363 149 108 2 3.81 2169.1 2061 986 919 237 794 2095 9 3 1.32 .303 3.92 35.7 110
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2008 Batavia - A- 21 6 4 1 0 0 0.96 18.2 12 5 2 0 4 22 0 0 0.86 .261 1.65 0.8 417
2008 Quad Cities - A 21 2 2 0 1 0 2.25 8.0 8 2 2 2 2 7 0 0 1.25 .273 5.83 -0.1 179
2009 Palm Beach - A+ 22 5 2 0 0 0 2.30 15.2 16 4 4 0 3 17 0 0 1.21 .364 1.60 0.7 173
2009 Springfield - AA 22 22 22 11 4 0 2.92 126.1 117 51 41 5 51 98 0 0 1.33 .299 3.47 2.7 138
2009 Memphis - AAA 22 1 1 0 0 0 2.70 6.2 5 2 2 0 3 9 0 0 1.20 .312 1.85 0.3 147
2010 Memphis - AAA 23 29 29 13 10 0 4.77 164.0 164 96 87 21 62 141 0 0 1.38 .300 4.43 1.4 83
2011 Memphis - AAA 24 12 12 7 3 0 3.84 75.0 79 33 32 2 25 64 0 0 1.39 .344 2.92 2.1 104
2016 Palm Beach - A+ 29 2 2 0 0 0 2.45 3.2 4 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 1.09 .333 1.02 0.2 162
2016 Springfield - AA 29 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.00 .375 2.20 0.1 999
2025 Lehigh Valley - AAA 38 28 28 8 9 0 4.43 162.2 166 83 80 20 48 132 1 0 1.32 .305 4.52 1.2 91
Total IL 28 28 8 9 0 4.43 162.2 166 83 80 20 48 132 1 0 1.32 .305 4.52 91.0
Total PCL 42 42 20 13 0 4.43 245.2 248 131 121 23 90 214 0 0 1.38 .314 3.90 89.8
Total TEX 23 23 11 4 0 2.85 129.1 120 51 41 5 51 101 0 0 1.32 .301 3.44 141.1
Total FSL 7 4 0 0 0 2.33 19.1 20 7 5 0 3 21 0 0 1.19 .357 1.49 170.9
Total MID 2 2 0 1 0 2.25 8.0 8 2 2 2 2 7 0 0 1.25 .273 5.83 178.7
Total NYP 6 4 1 0 0 0.96 18.2 12 5 2 0 4 22 0 0 0.86 .261 1.65 416.8
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2011 St. Louis - MLB 24 10 0 2 0 0 3.27 11.0 10 4 4 2 5 5 0 0 1.36 .267 5.36 -0.2 115
2012 St. Louis - MLB 25 6 2 1 2 0 5.73 11.0 13 11 7 3 6 15 0 0 1.73 .345 5.68 -0.1 68
2013 St. Louis - MLB 26 5 3 2 2 0 5.19 17.1 19 10 10 1 11 17 0 0 1.73 .375 3.65 0.2 71
2014 St. Louis - MLB 27 2 2 0 0 0 3.09 11.2 13 4 4 0 3 11 0 0 1.37 .371 1.84 0.5 117
2015 St. Louis - MLB 28 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2.00 .500 2.26 0.0 43
2018 New York - MLB 31 2 0 0 0 0 13.50 2.0 3 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 2.50 .429 4.33 0.0 32
2021 Toronto - MLB 34 2 2 1 1 0 7.04 7.2 9 6 6 2 2 7 0 0 1.43 .318 5.53 0.0 64
2022 St. Louis - MLB 35 3 3 1 1 0 7.71 14.0 17 12 12 5 8 12 0 0 1.79 .308 8.09 -0.4 57
Total MLB 31 12 7 6 0 5.59 75.2 85 51 47 13 38 71 0 0 1.63 .340 4.93 71.7
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2011 St. Louis - MLB P 18 2 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 34.2 1.04 -0.2 .000
2012 St. Louis - MLB P 35 29 5 16 1 22 1 .955 176.0 1.07 -1.0 .000
2013 St. Louis - MLB P 33 33 14 26 5 41 1 .976 201.2 1.79 -0.9 .000
2014 St. Louis - MLB P 33 33 8 28 0 37 1 .973 203.2 1.59 -1.0 .000
2015 St. Louis - MLB P 31 31 12 14 1 28 2 .929 175.1 1.33 -0.5 .000
2017 St. Louis - MLB P 33 33 9 17 2 28 2 .929 186.1 1.26 +1.8 .000
2018 Minnesota - MLB P 20 20 6 4 0 11 1 .909 102.1 0.88 +1.2 .000
2018 New York - MLB P 11 9 3 2 0 7 2 .714 54.1 0.83 +0.3 .000
2019 Texas - MLB P 33 33 8 6 0 14 0 1.000 208.1 0.60 -0.1 .000
2020 Texas - MLB P 19 19 5 13 0 18 0 1.000 103.2 1.56 +0.9 1.045
2021 Texas - MLB P 13 13 8 2 1 10 0 1.000 79.0 1.14 -0.1 1.050
2021 Toronto - MLB P 21 21 5 11 1 16 0 1.000 118.1 1.22 +0.9 .962
2022 Seattle - MLB P 22 10 5 8 1 13 0 1.000 100.0 1.17 -0.0 1.184
2022 St. Louis - MLB P 13 13 5 9 1 15 1 .933 70.1 1.79 -1.3 .806
2023 St. Louis - MLB P 32 32 8 14 0 24 2 .917 193.1 1.02 -1.8 .821
2024 Chicago - MLB P 32 32 8 15 2 24 1 .958 162.0 1.28 +0.8 1.004
2025 Lehigh Valley - AAA P 27 27 11 13 1 26 2 .923 162.2 1.33 -0.4 .911
TOTAL P 426 390 122 200 16 338 16 .953 2332.0 1.24 -1.4 .960
PLAYER HISTORY
06/07/2005 Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brownsburg HS (Brownsburg, IN). Did not sign.
06/05/2008 Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (39th) of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS).
10/28/2011 Won the 2011 MLB World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals.
07/10/2012 Selected to the 2012 MLB All-Star Game.
11/02/2017 Became a free agent.
03/12/2018 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $12,000,000 with the Minnesota Twins organization.
07/30/2018 Was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Yankees, along with cash, in exchange for 1B Tyler Austin and P Luis Rijo.
10/29/2018 Became a free agent.
12/18/2018 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $30,000,000 with the Texas Rangers organization.
04/02/2020 Injured (Bone chips (elbow)), out for 4-5 weeks.
07/28/2020 Injured (Forearm soreness), day-to-day for one week.
08/02/2020 Injured (Torn meniscus (knee)), out for 4 months.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 50 (50).
06/04/2021 Was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for CL Kenley Jansen, RF Ismael Mena, SS Armani Sanchez.
11/21/2021 Became a free agent.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 50 (50).
02/04/2022 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $51,330,000 with the Seattle Mariners organization.
05/26/2022 Injured (Strained back), day-to-day for 6 days.
06/05/2022 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Oakland Athletics with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
07/18/2022 Was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for SP Nathanael Heredia, LF Tyler Reichenborn, SP Marco Gonzales.
08/04/2022 Injured (Sore back), day-to-day for 1 day.
08/24/2022 Injured (Sore back), day-to-day for one week.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 50 (50).
08/03/2023 Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Arizona Diamondbacks with 5 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed!
11/01/2023 Declined his contract option.
11/22/2023 Rejected the St. Louis Cardinals qualifying offer.
11/24/2023 Became a free agent.
12/25/2023 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $17,000,000 with the Chicago White Sox organization.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 50 (50).
06/05/2024 Collects his 2000th career Major League Baseball strikeout!
11/26/2024 Became a free agent.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 55 (55).
04/02/2025 Signed a minor league contract with majors option with the Philadelphia Phillies organization.
05/15/2025 Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for 2 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year SH Rank
2012 10 6
2013 11 5
Year GS Rank
2013 33 2
2014 33 4
2017 33 1
2019 33 5
2021 34 9
Year W Rank
2012 18 4
2013 15 6
2014 15 8
2019 16 5
Year Win. % Rank
2012 .720 7
2019 .593 10
2021 .667 8
Year IP Rank
2014 203.2 10
2019 208.1 4
2021 197.1 10
Year BF Rank
2013 856 10
2014 866 9
2019 875 1
Year HRA Rank
2017 27 9
2024 37 1
Year BB Rank
2013 76 4
2014 72 8
2015 68 8
2017 78 2
2018 76 4
2019 59 10
2021 81 3
Year K Rank
2013 198 9
2019 246 4
Year WP Rank
2019 18 1
2021 11 2
Year ERA Rank
2014 2.74 9
2017 3.43 7
2019 3.67 7
2021 3.33 8
Year BABIP Rank
2017 .248 2
Year WHIP Rank
2019 1.22 7
Year K/BB Rank
2019 4.17 6
Year RA/9 Rank
2019 11.32 8
Year HR/9 Rank
2014 0.57 3
2015 0.67 10
2019 0.91 3
2021 0.91 2
2023 0.88 10
Year H/9 Rank
2017 7.29 6
2019 8.42 9
Year K/9 Rank
2012 9.20 3
2013 8.84 9
2019 10.63 7
Year QS Rank
2019 20 5
Year QSP Rank
2019 .606 5
Year CG Rank
2014 2 8
2020 1 9
2022 2 9
2023 3 5
Year CGP Rank
2014 .061 10
2023 .094 8
Year SHO Rank
2014 1 10
2022 1 7
2023 1 6
Year WAR Rank
2013 5.4 10
2019 6.2 4
2021 3.9 9
2023 4.3 10
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