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Fred Lynn played 17 major-league seasons (1974-1990) as a OF (1,825). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 22 | BOS | 15 | 43 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .419 | 1.188 | 240 |
| 1975 | 23 | BOS | 145 | 528 | 103 | 175 | 21 | 105 | 10 | 62 | 90 | .331 | .967 | 172 |
| 1976 | 24 | BOS | 132 | 507 | 76 | 159 | 10 | 65 | 14 | 48 | 67 | .314 | .835 | 144 |
| 1977 | 25 | BOS | 129 | 497 | 81 | 129 | 18 | 76 | 2 | 51 | 63 | .260 | .774 | 109 |
| 1978 | 26 | BOS | 150 | 541 | 75 | 161 | 22 | 82 | 3 | 75 | 50 | .298 | .872 | 144 |
| 1979 | 27 | BOS | 147 | 531 | 116 | 177 | 39 | 122 | 2 | 82 | 79 | .333 | 1.059 | 182 |
| 1980 | 28 | BOS | 110 | 415 | 67 | 125 | 12 | 61 | 12 | 58 | 39 | .301 | .862 | 136 |
| 1981 | 29 | CAL | 76 | 256 | 28 | 56 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 38 | 42 | .219 | .639 | 85 |
| 1982 | 30 | CAL | 138 | 472 | 89 | 141 | 21 | 86 | 7 | 58 | 72 | .299 | .891 | 143 |
| 1983 | 31 | CAL | 117 | 437 | 56 | 119 | 22 | 74 | 2 | 55 | 83 | .272 | .835 | 128 |
| 1984 | 32 | CAL | 142 | 517 | 84 | 140 | 23 | 79 | 2 | 77 | 97 | .271 | .840 | 131 |
| 1985 | 33 | BAL | 124 | 448 | 59 | 118 | 23 | 68 | 7 | 53 | 100 | .263 | .787 | 114 |
| 1986 | 34 | BAL | 112 | 397 | 67 | 114 | 23 | 67 | 2 | 53 | 59 | .287 | .869 | 135 |
| 1987 | 35 | BAL | 111 | 396 | 49 | 100 | 23 | 60 | 3 | 39 | 72 | .253 | .807 | 110 |
| 1988 | 36 | BAL|DET | 114 | 391 | 46 | 96 | 25 | 56 | 2 | 33 | 82 | .246 | .780 | 115 |
| 1989 | 37 | DET | 117 | 353 | 44 | 85 | 11 | 46 | 1 | 47 | 71 | .241 | .699 | 97 |
| 1990 | 38 | SDN | 90 | 196 | 18 | 47 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 44 | .240 | .672 | 91 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | OF | 12 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | OF | 144 | 140 | 404 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 1976 | OF | 128 | 124 | 367 | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 1977 | OF | 125 | 124 | 333 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 1978 | OF | 149 | 148 | 408 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| 1979 | OF | 143 | 142 | 381 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| 1980 | OF | 110 | 108 | 302 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
| 1981 | OF | 69 | 67 | 176 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1982 | OF | 133 | 123 | 317 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 1983 | OF | 113 | 110 | 274 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 1984 | OF | 140 | 135 | 321 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| 1985 | OF | 123 | 121 | 314 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 1986 | OF | 107 | 104 | 244 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 1987 | OF | 101 | 97 | 229 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1988 | OF | 105 | 98 | 257 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | OF | 68 | 63 | 119 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | OF | 55 | 49 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Fred Lynn won: Gold Glove 1975 (AL), MVP 1975 (AL), Rookie of the Year 1975 (AL), TSN All-Star 1975 (AL), Gold Glove 1978 (AL), TSN All-Star 1978 (AL), Gold Glove 1979 (AL), TSN All-Star 1979 (AL), Gold Glove 1980 (AL), ALCS MVP 1982 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1980, 1979, 1978, 1975.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 326 / 336 | 22 |
| 1975 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | AL | 1 | 23 / 24 | 23 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 26 | 6 / 392 | 0 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 160 / 392 | 0 |
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 24 | 1 / 392 | 0 |
Fred Lynn ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #52 | center fielders | 1979 | 182 OPS+ |
| #81 | center fielders | 1975 | 172 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.