Lynn McGlothen
1972–1982 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, NLS, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
305G
.173AVG
.191OBP
.211SLG
More career statistics
79H
0HR
25RBI
0SB
86–93W–L
1,497.2IP
939K
3.98ERA
201GS
2SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 305 | 320 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,470 | 6,468 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 305 | 506 | 456 | 30 | 79 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 96 | .173 | .191 | .211 | .402 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,497.7 | 318 | 201 | 41 | 86 | 93 | 2 | 1,553 | 735 | 663 | 127 | 572 | 939 | 0 | 0 | 3.98 | 1.419 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1972-07-19 to 1972-08-07
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | 1975-07-19 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1980-05-10 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1982-09-19 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 164 | 259 | 47 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 45 | .203 | .208 | .242 |
| Away | 156 | 247 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 58 | .142 | .146 | .178 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 36 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | .173 | .189 | .212 |
| May | 53 | 86 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .160 | .151 | .187 |
| June | 49 | 77 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | .157 | .156 | .200 |
| July | 54 | 93 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | .160 | .161 | .198 |
| August | 64 | 98 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 18 | .211 | .224 | .278 |
| September | 58 | 90 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | .173 | .178 | .185 |
| October | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .222 | .143 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-mets | 31 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | .164 | .155 | .182 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 30 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | .159 | .204 | .227 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 29 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .204 | .208 | .204 |
| montreal-expos | 29 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | .175 | .149 | .200 |
| houston-astros | 26 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .217 | .214 | .217 |
| atlanta-braves | 25 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .256 | .333 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 25 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .188 | .189 | .219 |
| cincinnati-reds | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 |  Boston Red Sox | 22 | 53 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .189 | 145 | 112 |
| 1973 | Boston Red Sox | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 16 |
| 1974 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | 83 | 15 | – | 4 | – | .181 | 237 | 142 |
| 1975 | St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 80 | 7 | – | – | – | .087 | 239 | 146 |
| 1976 | St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 71 | 15 | – | 11 | – | .211 | 205 | 106 |
| 1977 |  San Francisco Giants | 21 | 19 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .105 | 80 | 42 |
| 1978 | Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants | 54 | 16 | 3 | – | – | – | .188 | 92 | 69 |
| 1979 |  Chicago Cubs | 42 | 71 | 16 | – | 3 | – | .225 | 212 | 147 |
| 1980 | Chicago Cubs | 41 | 51 | 10 | – | 1 | – | .196 | 182 | 119 |
| 1981 | Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs | 31 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | .083 | 76 | 38 |
| 1982 |  New York Yankees | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 |