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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1952)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Fred Lynn
|image=Fred Lynn 1976.jpg
|caption=Lynn with the Boston Red Sox in 1976
|position=[[Center fielder]]
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1952|2|3}}
|birth_place=[[Chicago]], Illinois, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 5
|debutyear=1974
|debutteam=Boston Red Sox
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 3
|finalyear=1990
|finalteam=San Diego Padres
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.283
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=306
|stat3label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=1,111
|teams=
* [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|1974}}–{{mlby|1980}})
* [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]] ({{mlby|1981}}–{{mlby|1984}})
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1985}}–{{mlby|1988}})
* [[Detroit Tigers]] ({{mlby|1988}}–{{mlby|1989}})
* [[San Diego Padres]] ({{mlby|1990}})
|highlights=
* 9× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1975]]–[[1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1983]])
* [[AL MVP]] (1975)
* [[AL Rookie of the Year]] (1975)
* [[ALCS MVP]] ({{alcsy|1982}})
* 4× [[Gold Glove Award]] (1975, 1978–1980)
* [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|AL batting champion]] (1979)
* [[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame]]
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Baseball at the 1971 Pan American Games|1971 Cali]] | [[United States national baseball team|Team]]}}
}}
'''Fredric Michael Lynn''' (born February 3, 1952) is an American former professional [[baseball]] [[center fielder]] who played 17 seasons in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB), mostly with the [[Boston Red Sox]] and the [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]]. He was the first player to win MLB's [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year Award]] and [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player Award]] in the same year, which he accomplished in 1975 with the Red Sox.

Lynn was inducted into the [[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame]] in 2002 and to the [[College Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 2007.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080318204011/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stories/070507aab.html Fred Lynn Officially Inducted into College Baseball HOF] CSTV.com, July 5, 2007</ref>

==Early life==
Lynn was born in [[Chicago]], and graduated from [[El Monte High School]] located in [[Los Angeles County]] in 1969. He was drafted by the [[New York Yankees]] in the 3rd round in the 1970 amateur draft but he chose to attend the [[University of Southern California]], where he was a member of the [[USC Trojans baseball]] teams that won the [[College World Series]] in 1971, 1972, and 1973. He represented the United States at the [[Baseball at the 1971 Pan American Games|1971 Pan American Games]], where he won a silver medal.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Olderr |first1=Steven |title=The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History |date=2009 |publisher=McFarland & Company |location=Jefferson, North Carolina and London |isbn=9780786443369 |page=41 |edition=Bilingual |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IXIwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA41 |access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref> He was selected by the Red Sox in the second round of the [[1973 Major League Baseball draft|1973 MLB draft]], with the 41st overall pick. Lynn played in Boston's [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] system during 1973 (with the [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] [[Bristol Red Sox]]) and during 1974 (with the [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] [[Pawtucket Red Sox]]).

==Professional career==
===Boston Red Sox (1974–1980)===
Lynn made his major league debut on September 5, 1974, in a Boston loss to the [[Milwaukee Brewers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1974/B09050BOS1974.htm |title=Milwaukee Brewers 4, Boston Red Sox 3 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=September 5, 1974}}</ref> He appeared in 15 games through the end of the season, [[batting average (baseball)|batting]] 18-for-43 (.419).

Lynn had an outstanding 1975 season; in 145 games with the Red Sox, he batted .331 with 21 home runs and 105 RBIs. He led the [[American League]] (AL) in [[double (baseball)|doubles]], [[run (baseball)|runs scored]], and [[slugging percentage]], finished second in batting ([[Rod Carew]] of the [[Minnesota Twins]] hit .359), and won a [[Gold Glove Award]] for his defensive play. Lynn won both the [[MLB Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player Award]] and [[MLB Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year Award]], becoming the first player to win both in the same season; the feat was later duplicated by [[Seattle Mariners]] [[right fielder]] [[Ichiro Suzuki]] in 2001. In a game on June 18 at [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]], Lynn hit three home runs, had 10 [[run batted in|RBI]]s, and 16 total bases in one game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1975/B06180DET1975.htm |title=Boston Red Sox 15, Detroit Tigers 1 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=June 18, 1975}}</ref> Lynn and fellow rookie outfielder [[Jim Rice]] were dubbed the "[[Gold Dust Twins]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15485840/combination_of_rice_lynn_unmatched_in/ |title=Combination of Rice, Lynn unmatched in baseball |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]] |location=[[Phoenix, Arizona]] |date=August 17, 1979 |access-date=November 30, 2017 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> In the [[1975 World Series]], which Boston lost in seven games to the [[Cincinnati Reds]], Lynn batted 7-for-25 (.280) with a home run and five RBIs.

Lynn won three more Gold Gloves (1978, 1979, and 1980), and in 1979 won the AL batting title with a .333 average and finished fourth in MVP voting. He was elected to the [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] team each season from 1975 through 1980 with Boston. On May 13, 1980, he [[hitting for the cycle|hit for the cycle]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1980/B05130BOS1980.htm |title=Boston Red Sox 10, Minnesota Twins 5 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=May 13, 1980}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2015/06/list_of_the_20_boston_red_sox.html |title=List of the 20 Boston Red Sox players who have hit for the cycle starting with Brock Holt |first=Christopher |last=Smith |website=masslive.com |date=June 17, 2015 |access-date=October 19, 2017}}</ref>

In seven seasons with the Red Sox, Lynn batted .308 with 124 home runs and 521 RBIs in 828 games played.

===California Angels (1981–1984)===
In January 1981, Lynn and [[Steve Renko]] were traded to the Angels for [[Frank Tanana]], [[Jim Dorsey]], and [[Joe Rudi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/24/sports/angels-obtain-lynn-from-the-red-sox-for-tanana-rudi.html |title=Angels Obtain Lynn from the Red Sox for Tanana, Rudi |first=Joseph |last=Durso |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 24, 1981 |access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Lynn was limited to 76 games in his first year with the Angels, 1981, due to a knee injury.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/09/24/Sports-Briefs/6216370152000/ |title=Sports Briefs |agency=[[United Press International|UPI]] |website=upi.com |date=September 24, 1981 |access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> For the season, he batted just .219 with five home runs and 31 RBIs. He played three more seasons with the Angels, batting .299 in 138 games during 1982, .272 in 117 games in 1983, and .271 in 142 games in 1984. His .299 average in 1982 would be the closest he would come to batting .300 again.

In 1982, Lynn and the Angels won the AL West division and made the playoffs, but lost in the [[1982 American League Championship Series|1982 ALCS]] to the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] in 5 games. Even so, Lynn was selected as MVP of the ALCS, becoming the first player from a losing team to be so honored. Lynn batted an astounding .611 (11 hits in 18 at-bats), with a home run and 5 RBI's. Lynn was an All-Star in his first three seasons with the Angels, bringing his total number of selections to nine; he was the MVP of the [[1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1983 All-Star Game]], hitting the first grand slam in All-Star Game history. Overall, in his four seasons with the Angels, Lynn appeared in 473 games, batting .271 with 71 home runs and 270 RBIs.

In 1981, [[Lawrence Ritter]] and [[Donald Honig]] included Lynn in their book, ''The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time''.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Lawrence |last1=Ritter |first2=Donald |last2=Honig |title=The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time |publisher=[[Crown Publishing Group|Crown Publishers]] |date=1981 |asin=B002XGBODQ |url=https://www.amazon.com/100-Greatest-Baseball-Players-Time/dp/B002XGBODQ/}}</ref>

===Baltimore Orioles (1985–1988)===
A [[free agent]] following the [[1984 California Angels season|1984]] season, Lynn defied expectations that he would continue his career with a [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] team by accepting the best offer and signing a five-year $6.8 million contract with the [[Baltimore Orioles]] on [[December 11]].<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/12/11/Orioles-sign-Lynn-to-five-year-pact/2025471589200/ Doherty, Robert. "Orioles sign Lynn to five-year pact," ''United Press International (UPI)'', Tuesday, December 11, 1984.] Retrieved August 10, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/12/sports/lynn-gets-5-year-oriole-pact.html "Lynn Gets 5-Year Oriole Pact," ''The Associated Press (AP)'', Wednesday, December 12, 1984.] Retrieved August 10, 2019</ref>  His signing, along with that of [[Lee Lacy]] and [[Don Aase]], cost the ballclub three of its top five picks in the [[1985 Major League Baseball draft|1985 MLB Draft]] and was part of [[Edward Bennett Williams]]' ill-fated attempt to buy championships which only resulted in last-place finishes in [[1986 Baltimore Orioles season|1986]] and [[1988 Baltimore Orioles season|1988]].<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-22-sp-2099-story.html Newhan, Ross. "Who's Been Minding the Farm?: Robinson Says Orioles Stopped Developing Championship Talent," ''Los Angeles Times'', Friday, April 22, 1988.] Retrieved August 10, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-03-sp-10318-story.html Povich, Shirley. "Williams Tries to Buy a Flag for Baltimore: Orioles Still Trailing Despite Adding Weaver, Lynn, Aase," ''The Washington Post'', Wednesday, July 3, 1985.] Retrieved August 10, 2019</ref> Lynn's time in Baltimore was most noted for his complaints about the Orioles' [[Baseball cap|caps]] which he called "the hat with the funny little duck on it" due to the smiling cartoon bird on the front.<ref>[https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1991-05-19-9102270476-story.html Hyde, Dave. "And It's Suit, Suit, Suit for the Ho-o-o-me Team," ''Sun-Sentinel'' (Fort Lauderdale, FL), Sunday, May 19, 1991.] Retrieved August 10, 2019</ref> Lynn played for the Orioles from the start of the 1985 seasons through August 1988, appearing in a total of 434 games while batting .265 with 87 home runs and 232 RBIs.

===Detroit Tigers (1988–1989)===
On August 31, 1988, the Orioles traded Lynn to the [[Detroit Tigers]] for [[Chris Hoiles]], Cesar Mejia, and Robinson Garces.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7fb674d5 |title=Fred Lynn |first=Tom |last=Nahigian |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]|access-date=March 19, 2018}}</ref>  Detroit traded for Lynn for their 1988 pennant drive, and there was some initial controversy about his postseason eligibility. His acquisition was made on the day of the MLB [[trade deadline]], and Lynn did not arrive in Chicago (where the Tigers had played that day) until after the deadline had passed; he was initially declared ineligible for postseason play. MLB commissioner [[Peter Ueberroth]] later overruled this decision, declaring that as long as the transaction was completed by the deadline, the player did not need to physically "report" to his new team before the deadline.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15491638/lynn_playoff_ban_to_be_lifted/ |title=Lynn playoff ban to be lifted |first=Jerome |last=Holtzman |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=September 8, 1988 |access-date=November 30, 2017 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> The controversy later proved to be moot, as Detroit finished one game behind Boston in the [[American League East|AL East]].

Lynn appeared in 27 games with Detroit through the end of the 1988 season, batting .222 with seven home runs and 19 RBIs.  In 1989, he appeared in 117 games, batting .241 with 11 home runs and 46 RBIs. In November 1989, Lynn became a free agent.

===San Diego Padres (1990)===
In December 1989, Lynn signed with the Padres, his first and only [[National League (baseball)|National League]] team. He played 90 games during the 1990 season, batting .240 with six home runs and 23 RBIs at age 38. After the season, he again became a free agent. He was not invited to [[spring training]] by any team in 1991, and although he kept in shape in case an opportunity to join a team arose, he did not play in the major leagues again.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15492182/fred_lynn_adjusts_to_life_out_of/ |title=Fred Lynn adjusts to life out of baseball |newspaper=[[The Greenville News]] |location=[[Greenville, South Carolina]] |date=June 20, 1991 |access-date=November 30, 2017 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

===Career statistics===
In his 17-year career, Lynn batted .283 with 1,111 RBIs, 1,960 hits, 1,063 runs, 306 home runs, 388 doubles, 43 triples, and 72 stolen bases in 1969 games. From 1982 to 1988, he had seven consecutive seasons of hitting more than twenty home runs (his totals were 21-22-23-23-23-23-25). His 306 career home runs place him, through the end of the 2017 seasons, in 13th place among center fielders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp#elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&sectionType=sp&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1512095055383&split=&season=2017&game_type='R'&playerType=ALL&timeframe=&season_type=ALL&active_sw=&sortColumn=hr&sortOrder='desc'&extended=0&league_code='MLB'&position='8' |title=Statistics |website=[[MLB.com]] |access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Defensively, Lynn recorded a career .988 [[fielding percentage]] at centerfield, his primary position.

In 15 career postseason games, Lynn batted 22-for-54 (.407) with two home runs and 13 RBIs. Lynn was a nine-time All-Star, batting an overall 6-for-20 (.300) in All-Star Games with four home runs and ten RBIs, including the first (and to date, only) [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] in All-Star Game history, which he hit in the 1983 game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/B07060ALS1983.htm |title=American League 13, National League 3 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=July 6, 1983}}</ref> His four home runs in All-Star Games is second only to [[Stan Musial]] with six.

Lynn's career was hampered by some injuries caused by fearless play, such as a broken rib from crashing into an outfield wall, or knee injuries from breaking up [[double play]]s, and playing all-out defensively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1986/06/27/lynn-just-cant-beat-injury-rap/a73c8003-f900-4ea7-b37a-5e56f85bba69/ |title=Lynn Just Can't Beat Injury Rap |first=Richard |last=Justice |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 27, 1986 |access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> He never played more than 150 games in a season, and only topped 140 games four times.

Lynn played for five different teams, but considers himself a member of the Red Sox family. "I'm a Red Sock. I didn't want to leave the Red Sox," said Lynn, further noting, "I came up with them and from 1973 to 1980 I was their property. I thought I'd end up spending my entire career in Boston. It was tough, even though I was going to a great team [the Angels] and playing for a great owner in [[Gene Autry]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldnews.com/sports/x1802694053/Whatever-happened-to-Fred-Lynn |title=Whatever happened to: Fred Lynn |first=Mike |last=Thomas |newspaper=[[The Herald News]] |location=[[Fall River, Massachusetts]] |date=February 20, 2009}}</ref>

==Post-playing career==
[[File:Fred Lynn at an autograph signing in Manchester, New Hampshire.jpg|thumb|upright|Fred Lynn in 2007]]
Lynn worked as a baseball [[color analyst]] for [[ESPN]] from 1991 to 1998, doing some College World Series games and some west coast MLB games. He has also been a spokesman for [[Gillette (brand)|Gillette]] and [[MasterCard]], and occasionally entertains clients at Red Sox games from the Legends Skybox at [[Fenway Park]].

Lynn has raised thousands of dollars through charity work for [[Childhaven]], a home for abused and neglected children, and FACE Foundation, an animal charity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://face4pets.org/fred-lynn-supports-isweat4pets/|title = Fred Lynn Supports iSweat4Pets| work=FACE Foundation |date = 24 September 2012}}</ref> He has been a frequent participant in the [[Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game|All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game]], held annually since 2001 in the days leading up to the [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|MLB All-Star Game]].

Lynn was inducted into the USC Hall of Fame in 1994,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usctrojans.com/news/2017/6/22/usc-ripsit-blog-lynn-the-legend.aspx?path=baseball|title=Lynn the Legend}}</ref> and was selected by fans to the Red Sox' All-Fenway Team in 2012.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fan_forum/all_fenway_team.jsp| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120215122007/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fan_forum/all_fenway_team.jsp| archive-date = 2012-02-15| title = All-Fenway Team}}</ref>

==Personal life==
While in high school, Lynn met a fellow student named Diane May Minkle, a cheerleader who went by the name "Dee Dee". The two married in February 1974, and went on to have two children, son Jason and daughter Jennifer. Fred and Dee Dee later divorced. Lynn has three grandchildren through his first marriage.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/fred-lynn/ | title=Fred Lynn – Society for American Baseball Research }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/fred-lynn-stats-hall-of-fame-case-boston-red-sox-california-angels/1is6pnpmu1did1argngibattgo#:~:text=Lynn%20is%20a%20somewhat%2Dforgotten,future%20consideration%20with%20the%20writers. | title=Fred Lynn might've been a Hall of Famer if he'd stayed healthy — or in Boston | date=12 August 2021 }}</ref>

In 1986, Lynn married second wife Natalie Cole.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/fred-lynn/ | title=Fred Lynn – Society for American Baseball Research }}</ref> As of 2014, Lynn resided in [[Carlsbad, California]], with his wife.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15492351/fred_lynns_cautionary_tale/ |title=Fred Lynn's cautionary tale |first=Mike |last=DiGiovanna |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 19, 2012 |page=C5 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/fred-lynn/ | title=Fred Lynn – Society for American Baseball Research }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}
* [[List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball players who hit for the cycle]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |first1=Edward F. |last1=Dolan Jr. |first2=Richard B. |last2=Lyttle |title=Fred Lynn: The hero from Boston |publisher=Doubleday |date=1978 |isbn=0385125283 }}
*{{cite book |first1=Raymond |last1=Sinibaldi |others=foreword by Fred Lynn |title=1975 Red Sox: American League Champions |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |date=2015 |isbn=978-1467123136 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news/fred-lynn-stats-hall-of-fame-case-boston-red-sox-california-angels/1is6pnpmu1did1argngibattgo |title=Fred Lynn might've been a Hall of Famer if he'd stayed healthy — or in Boston |first=Graham |last=Womack |website=[[Sporting News]] |date=April 28, 2017}}

==External links==
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