Originally drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the sixth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft but did not sign...Played college baseball at the University of Mississippi where he set the school record for strikeouts with 146 in 2007 and left the school as the all-time strikeout leader (322)...Named the 2007 Oxford Regional MVP...Ranks among the Rebels all-time leaders in strikeouts (232, sixth) and wins (22, T-sixth)...Graduated from Brownsburg (Ind.) High School where he was the Indiana Gatorade High School Player of the Year in 2005...Went 16-0 with an 0.71 ERA and two saves while batting .400 with 14 home runs...Married to Dymin and has four children (Mia, Lively, Rumer and Judge)...Resides in Marion, Ill.
2023
Combined to go 13-11 with a 5.73 ERA over 32 starts playing for the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers...Was traded along with former Cardinals teammate RHP Joe Kelly to the Dodgers on July 28, in exchange for OF Trayce Thompson and Minor League pitchers Jordan Leasure (RHP) and Nick Nastrini (RHP)...Finished the season 7-2 for the Dodgers, second most wins in MLB after Aug. 1 trailing only Spencer Strider (ATL, nine)...His seven wins Post All-Star Break were the most by a Dodgers RHP since Kenta Maeda had eight in 2016...Struck out a career-high 16 batters at SEA (6/18) over 7.0 innings pitched...Matched his professional career-high in strikeouts from the Minor Leagues in the 2011 Pacific Coast League postseason vs. Oklahoma City...Surrendered a Major League-leading 44 home runs, most by any MLB pitcher since Bronson Arroyo served up 46 in 2011 with Cincinnati and T-sixth all-time in a single season behind Bert Blyleven (50) in 1986 with Minnesota...Allowed a home run in seven straight games, establishing a new career-high (8/25- end of season)...Recorded 24 decisions on the season, his fifth season with 24 or more decisions since he became a starting pitcher in 2012, T-third most in MLB with Chris Sale over that period trailing only Rick Porcello (six) and Justin Verlander (six).
2022
Was limited to 21 starts after missing the first two-plus months of the season with a knee injury sustained in spring training....A Tale of Two Halves: Went 1-3 with a 7.50 ERA (30 ER/36.0IP) and 35 strikeouts over seven starts in the first half, compared to 7-4 with a 2.52 ERA (24 ER/85.2 IP) and 89 strikeouts over14 starts after the All-Star Break....Rounding Into Form: Ranked among the American League leaders in numerous categories in the second half, including walks per 9.0 IP (2nd, 1.05), strikeout-to-walk ratio (2nd, 8.90),WHIP (3rd, 0.97) and ERA (5th) … limited opponents to a.222/.257/.374 (46-152) slash line in the second half, compared to .303/.355/.480 (73-329) before the break....Power and Precision: Struck out 9.17 batters per 9.0 IP(124 SO/121.2 IP), his fifth straight season averaging 9.0 or better … set career bests with a 6.53 strikeout-to-walk ratio (19BB) and an average of 1.41 walks per 9.0 IP…his 6.53 SO/BB ratio would have ranked third in the A...behind Toronto's Kevin Gausman (7.32) and Tampa Bay's Corey Kluber (6.62) with the required IP, and his 1.41 BB/9.0 IP would have ranked second behind Kluber (1.15)....No Free Passes: Did not issue more than two walks in any of his 21 starts and ended the season with a streak of 15 consecutive starts allowing one or no walks … struck out eight batters with no walks on three occasions....Better With Age: Allowed a career-high 1.41 home runs per9.0 IP (19 HR), but gave up just six in 62.0 IP over his final 10 starts, compared to 13 in 59.2 IP over his first 11....Road Trippin': Went 4-1 with a 1.88 ERA (9 ER/43.0 IP) and.215 (35-163) opponents average in his final seven road starts… his 1.88 ERA during that span ranked fifth in the AL....Lynn's Arsenal: Relied on six pitches during the season: four-seam fastball (45.5 percent), cutter (24.3), sinker (12.9),curveball (8.7), slider (4.7) and changeup (4.0) … averaged93.0 mph on his four-seam fastball....Started the season on the 10-day injured list following surgery to repair a tendon tear in his right knee … suffered the injury during a spring training start on 4/2 at Arizona....Was placed on the IL...on 4/7 (retro to 4/4) and transferred to the 60-day...on 5/18…was sent to Class AAA Charlotte on a rehab assignment on 5/29 … started that day at Durham, allowing two hits with no walks and three strikeouts over 3.0 scoreless IP....Was returned from his rehab assignment and reinstated from the injured list on 6/13 … made his season debut that night at Detroit, allowing three runs on 10 hits with no walks and four strikeouts in a ND…gave up a leadoff single to Willi Castro. Earned the win in his home debut on 6/20 vs. Toronto, allowing five runs (three earned) in 5.0 IP…suffered the loss on 6/25 vs. Baltimore (5 ER/6.2 IP), holding the Orioles to one unearned run through 6.0 IP before giving up four in the seventh....Posted a ND on 7/1 at San Francisco despite allowing three hits over 6.0 scoreless IP as his career ERA at Oracle Park remained at 0.00 (21.0 IP) in three regular-season starts....Went 0-2 with a 12.21 ERA (19 ER/14.0 IP) and 22 hits allowed over his final three starts of the first half…gave up five runs over 5.0 IP of a ND on 7/6 vs. Minnesota, eight runs on nine hits over 4.0 IP of a loss on 7/11 at Cleveland and six runs on seven hits (three homers) over 5.0 IP of a loss on 7/16 at Minnesota....Opened the second half with a ND on 7/23 vs. Cleveland despite allowing three hits over 6.0 scoreless IP…left with a 3-0 lead, but the Guardians scored four runs in the seventh before the Sox rallied for a 5-4 win....Earned his second win on 8/3 vs. Kansas City, limiting the Royals to one run on four hits with no walks and eight strikeouts over 6.0 IP…fell...to 1-5 with a loss on 8/9 at Kansas City (4ER/6.0 IP)....Went 5-0 with a 1.43 ERA (7 ER/44.0 IP), five walks, 51 strikeouts and a .188 (30-160) opponents average over a seven-starts pan from 8/14-9/15…gave up two earned or less in al...seven starts, including five in a row from 8/25-9/10....Began the stretch with a win on 8/14 vs. Detroit (2 ER/6.0 IP)… posted back-to-back NDs on 8/19 at Cleveland (1 ER/5.2 IP)and 8/25 at Baltimore (1 ER/6.0 IP)....Won four straight starts from 8/31-9/15 … streak began on 8/31 vs. Kansas City when he gave up one run on four hits with no walks and eight strikeouts over 6.0 IP....Allowed one unearned run on three hits with a season-high 11strikeouts over 7.0 IP on 9/5 at Seattle…gave up two unearned run on three hits over 6.0 IP in his next start on 9/10 at Oakland… won a makeup game at Cleveland on 9/15 (2 ER/6.1 IP)....His winning streak ended with a loss vs. the Guardians on9/21 (3 ER/6.1 IP) … lost his next start on 9/27 at Minnesota(4 ER/5.0 IP), but won his final outing on 10/2 at San Diego, allowing one run on four hits over 7.0 IP to lower his final ERA to 3.99.
2021
Welcome To Chicago: Ranked among the American League leaders in numerous categories among pitchers with at least 150.0 IP (see box at right) in his first season with the White Sox....How Low Can Lance Go: Fell .5.0 IP short of becoming the first Sox pitcher to lead the AL in ERA since Joel Horlen (2.06) in 1967...his 2.69 ERA was the lowest by a White Sox pitcher since Chris Sale's 2.17 mark in 2014 (minimum 150.0 IP) ....Finished third in the AL Cy Young Award voting with 48 points (11 third-place votes, five fourth and five fifth)...marked the highest finish by a White Sox since Sale (third) in 2014....Grab Some Bench: Ranked 12th in the A...(fourth on the Sox) with 176 strikeouts, the fifth time in his career he has fanned 175-plus batters...averaged more than 10.0 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (10.09) for the third time in the last four seasons....By the Numbers: Allowed three runs or less in 24 of 28 starts...made five scoreless starts and gave up one run 12 times...gave up eight hits or less in every start and held the opposition to four hits or less 16 times...struck out 10-plus batters twice and fanned nine on four occasions...threw 7.0-plus IP five times and made 13 quality starts....Behind the Numbers: Relied on five pitches during the season: four-seam fastball (42.2 percent), cutter (30.7), sinker (19.1), changeup (4.9) and curveball (3.1)...averaged 94.0 mph on his four-seam fastball....Guaranteed Success: Went 7-3 with a 2.56 ERA (27 ER/95.0 IP) and 112 strikeouts over 17 starts at Guaranteed Rate Field...posted a 1.50 ERA (11 ER/66.0 IP) in his first 11 starts at home, including a complete-game shutout in his debut in the home opener on 4/8 vs. Kansas City....Left and Right: Held right-handers to a .192/.230/.303 (57-297) slash line...lefties batted .227/.302/.375 (66-291), numbers below his career averages of .255/.345/.410....Day Tripper: Went 5-1 with a 1.26 ERA (7 ER/50.0 IP), 66 strikeouts and a .161 (29-180) opponents average in nine day starts...the 1.26 ERA was the lowest in the major leagues among pitchers with at least 50.0 IP....Central Command: Posted an 8-2 record with a 2.45 ERA (21 ER/77.0 IP) over 13 starts against the AL Central and 5-1 with a 2.06 ERA (11 ER/48.0 IP) in eight home starts vs. the division Star Quality: Was named to his second career All-Star Team after going 9-3 with a 1.99 ERA (20 ER/90.2 IP) over 16 starts in the first half ...1.99 ERA led the AL and ranked third in MLB....Historic Start: Went 7-1 with a 1.23 ERA (9 ER/65.2 IP) over his first 11 starts ...1.23 ERA was the sixth-lowest mark in Sox history through 11 starts and lowest in 102 years....Posted a 0.92 ERA (2 ER/19.2 IP) in April and went 5-0 with a 1.36 ERA (5 ER/33.0 IP) over six starts in May....Made his White Sox debut on 4/3 at the Angels ...received a no decision after allowing two unearned runs on six hits with two walks and six strikeouts over 4.2 IP....His Kind of Town, Chicago Is: Threw a five-hit shutout (al...singles) in the home opener on 4/8 vs. Kansas City ...it marked his fourth career complete game (first in MLB in 2021) and second shutout ...struck out 11, did not issue a walk, did not allow a baserunner to reach third base and retired the first 12 hitters ...it marked his 20th career start of 10-plus strikeouts...additional historical information: Become the first AL pitcher to throw a complete-game shutout with 10-plus strikeouts and no walks in his team's home opener;...Recorded the first complete game by a Sox pitcher in a home opener since Britt Burns in 1985, and first complete-game shutout since Wilbur Wood in 1976;...His 11 strikeouts were the second-most by a White Sox starter in a home opener behind Edwin Jackson's 13 in 2011....Suffered his first loss on 4/15 vs. Cleveland ...allowed two runs on five hits with zero walks and 10 strikeouts in 6.0 IP...surrendered a go-ahead, two-run home run to José Ramírez in the sixth, ending his season-opening streak of 18.2 IP without allowing an earned run ...marked the longest such streak to begin a season by a White Sox starter since Wilbur Wood went 21.0 IP in 1976 (Elias) ...became the first pitcher in Sox history to record 10-plus strikeouts with no walks in consecutive starts....Was placed on the 10-day injured list on 4/18 (retro to 4/17) with a strained right trapezius...Mister May: Went 5-0 with a 1.36 ERA (5 ER/33.0 IP), .151 (18-119) opponents average and 0.94 WHIP over six starts in May...joined Lucas Giolito (2019), Steve Stone (1977), Joe Haynes (1942) and John Whitehead (1935) as the only pitchers in Sox history to go 5-0 or better in May....Was reinstated from the injured list on 5/1 and started that day vs. Cleveland (W, 3 ER/5.0 IP)....Extended his winning streak to four games on 5/24 vs. St.Louis...allowed one run on three hits with three walks and four strikeouts over 7.0 IP...held the Cardinals hitless into the sixth inning...it marked his second career start and first win against the club that drafted him...St. Louis became the 29th club he has defeated in his career (only remaining team is Texas)....Capped his 5-0 May with a win on 5/29-2 vs. Baltimore, allowing three hits with no walks and seven strikeouts over 5.0 scoreless IP....Allowed one run on four hits over 6.0 IP on 6/3 vs. Detroit to improve to 7-1 with a 1.23 ERA, the fourth-lowest mark by a Sox pitcher through 10 starts of a season...only Eddie Cicotte (0.84 in 1919 and 1.06 in 1917) and Joe Benz (1.09 in 1914) posted lower ERAs....His eight-start unbeaten streak ended on 6/14 vs. Tampa Bay (3 ER/6.0 IP)...reached 1,500 career IP and 1,500 strikeouts in a loss on 6/19 at Houston (6 ER/4.0 IP)....Allowed one run on four hits over 6.0 IP on 7/7 at Minnesota to finish the first half with a 9-3 record and 1.99 ERA....Worked a scoreless second inning at the All-Star Game on 7/12 at Colorado's Coors Field...Agreed to terms on a two-year, $38-million contract extension on 7/17 (club option for 2024)....Recorded a 2.25 ERA (6 ER/24.0 IP) over his first four starts of the second half...received a ND on 7/19-1 vs. Minnesota (1 ER/7.0 IP)...defeated Milwaukee on 7/25 at Miller Park, allowing one run over 6.0 IP and delivering a two-run single....Posted five straight ND from 7/30-8/23 despite giving up one run in three of the five starts, including 8/6 at Wrigley Field (1 ER/6.0 IP) and 8/23 at Toronto (1 ER/8.0 IP)....Gave up a season high seven runs on seven hits (three home runs) over 5.0 IP on 8/28 vs. the Cubs...was placed on the injured list for the second time on 8/31 (retro to 8/29) with right knee inflammation....Was reinstated on 9/10 and threw 5.0 scoreless IP on 9/12 vs. Boston...earned his 11th victory in his final start on 10/1 vs. Detroit (1 ER/5.0 IP) to end a nine-start winless streak....Started Game 1 of the ALDS at Houston...suffered the loss, allowing five runs on six hits over 3.2 IP.
2020
Finished sixth in the American League Cy Young Award voting (22 points) after going 6-3 with a 3.32 ERA (31 ER/84.0 IP) and 89 strikeouts over 13 starts with Texas...Led the AL in IP and starts and ranked among the leaders in complete games (T1st, 1), quality starts (T1st, 10), pitching WAR (3rd, 2.3), wins (T4th), strikeouts (5th), opponents average (5th, .206), WHIP (7th, 1.06) and ERA (10th)...Limited left-handers to a .182/.235/.312 (28-154) average and opponents to a .145/.189/.319 (10-69) average with RISP...Threw 100-plus pitches in all 13 starts and led MLB with an average of 108.3 pitches per game … ended the season with a streak of 37 straight starts of 100 or more pitches, a Rangers record and tied for third-longest streak in the majors since pitches were first tracked in 1988...Lasted 6.0-plus IP in 11 of his 13 starts, tied with Cleveland's Aaron Civale and the Cubs' Yu Darvish for the MLB lead...Opened the season with a streak of 18.0 consecutive scoreless IP, tied for the second-longest streak in Rangers history behind Jon Matlack (19.0 in 1980)...Went 4-0 with a 1.59 ERA (8 ER/45.1 IP) and 50 strikeouts over his first seven starts … became the third pitcher in the modern era (since 1901) to open a season with seven straight starts of two runs or less and six-plus strikeouts, joining Johan Santana (seven in 2009) and Roger Clemens (seven in 1991)...Made his first career Opening Day start for the first game in Globe Life Field history on 7/24 vs. Colorado … threw 6.0 scoreless IP, allowing two hits with nine strikeouts in a 1-0 victory...Became the third pitcher in Rangers history to throw 6.0-plus IP on Opening Day, joining Charlie Hough (1989) and Matlack (1980) … his nine strikeouts tied the club's Opening Day record (fourth time)...Earned his 100th career victory on 8/9 vs. the Angels...Threw his third career complete game (first since 2014), allowing two hits and no walks in a 3-2 win on 8/14 at Colorado … it marked just the eighth complete game of two or fewer hits in a nine-inning game in Coors Field history (fifth by opponent) and the first such game by an opponent with no walks...Ranked third in the AL with a 2.53 ERA entering his final start on 9/24 vs. Houston (9 ER/5.2 IP).
2019
In his 1st season with the Rangers, Lynn finished among A.L. leaders in ERA (7th, 3.67), opp. BA (7th, .243), and WHIP (7th, 1.22)…turned in the 5th-most quality starts (20) in the A.L., including 8 straight from 5/10-6/19, one shy of the Texas club record done six times (single-season or multiple seasons).
SUMMARY: Opened year with a 6.51 ERA (20 ER/27.2 IP) over his 1st 5 GS thru 4/23, allowing 2 of his 3 highest run totals all season in that span…had 5.75 ERA through 5/4 (8 starts), then compiled a 2.90 ERA (40 ER/124.1 IP) over 19 starts from 5/10-8/18, 5th-lowest figure in A.L. in that span…gave up 7 R-ER in 5.2 IP on 8/23 at CWS, then had 2.87 (12 ER/37.2 IP) mark over final 6 GS to drop final figure from 3.85 to 3.67.
NOTES: Went 10-1, 3.50 (40 ER/103.0 IP) over 16 GS in Arlington, T2nd in A.L. in home wins…marked most wins in Arlington by a Ranger since Yu Darvish (10-2) in 2012…joined LAD's Hyun-Jin Ryu (10-1) as the only pitchers in MLB with 10-or-more wins and less than 2 losses at home…club was 17-16 in his 33 starts…opponents slashed .243/.300/.290/.689, including .219/.264/.393/.658 by RHB and 267/.332/.386/.718 by LHB…opposition batted .230 (43-187) w/ RISP…led MLB with career-high 18 wild pitches…threw 1st-pitch strikes 62.6% of PA's, 2nd-best figure of his career (63.2% in 2013).
2018
Was 10-10, 4.77 (83 ER/156.2 IP) in 31 games/29 starts with the MIN and NYY…were his fewest wins and innings in a full season…issued just 0.80 HR/9.0 IP (14 HR), the 5th lowest ratio among A.L. pitchers (min. 150.0 IP)…posted a career best 9.25 K/9.0 IP.
TWINS: Signed with MIN in the middle of spring training on 3/15 but was ready for start of regular season…was 7-8, 5.10 (58 ER102.1 IP) in 20 starts, tying for 3rd on the staff in wins and ranking 4th in starts, innings, and strikeouts (100)…went 1-4, 7.47 (31 ER/37.1 IP) in 1st eight starts through 5/16, then was 4-1, 1.73 (7 ER/36.1 IP) over next six outings, lowering ERA to 4.64 as of 6/20…allowed 12 R/11 ER in 6.2 IP in next 2 starts before going 2-1 3.68 (9 ER/22.0 IP) in last 4 outings with the Twins…MIN was 8-12 in his 20 starts…was 0-2, 6.23 in 1st 3 starts at home before going 5-0, 1.56 (6 ER/34.2 IP) in final 6 outings as a Twin at Target Field…reached 1000.0 career IP on 4/30 vs. TOR and 1000 strikeouts on 6/26 at CWS (José Abreu in 5th inning).
YANKEES: Was 3-2, 4.14 (25 ER/54.1 IP) in 11 games/9 starts with NYY after 7/30 trade…beginning 8/1, permitted just 0.33 HR/9.0 IP (2 HR), the best figure in the Majors (min. 50.0 IP) in that span…ranked among the A.L. leaders with 10.10 K/9.0 IP (7th) and 4.36 K/BB (11th) over season's final 2 months…began Yankees career with 4.1 scoreless relief innings on 8/1 vs. BAL, his 1st ML bullpen outing since 9/9/12 vs. MIL (154 consecutive starts)…did not allow a run in a season high 7.1 frames in win on 8/6 at CWS, holding RHB to 0-for-13 in that game… was just 2nd pitcher since 1908 to produce scoreless outings of at least 4.0 IP in each of his 1st two appearances as a Yankee, joining Allie Reynolds (consecutive CG SHO in 1947)…extended his scoreless inning streak to 13.2 IP in next start on 8/11 vs. TEX and overall, permitted just 1 R/16.2 IP in 1st 3 G/2 GS with NYY…went 0-2, 9.16 (19 ER/18.2 IP) in next 4 starts before going 2-0, 2.37 (5 ER/19.0 IP) in 4 G/3 GS to end season…did not allow a HR in 6 home starts (32.2 IP), T4th longest streak by a Yankee in new Yankee Stadium history...overall, did not surrender a long ball in 1st 25.2 IP with the Yankees before HR on 8/22 at MIA…NYY was 6-3 in his 9 starts.
2017
Made a team-leading 33 starts after missing the 2016 season due to right elbow ligament replacement surgery...his 33 starts equaled career highs (2013 & 14) and marked his 4th straight season of 30 or more starts...Ranked among National League leaders in starts (33, T1st), ERA (3.43, 7th), batting average against (.223, 6th), H/9 IP (7.29, 6th), walks (78, 2nd), BB/9 IP (3.77, 2nd) and hit batsmen (T5th, 10)...Finished eighth in the NL with a 0.97 GIDP/ 9 IP and T10th with a single-season career-high 20 double plays induced...His career best .205 opponent BA vs. right-handers (71-for-350) ranked seventh among National League pitchers (Scherzer .139) and was the T13th-lowest single-season mark all-time in Cardinals history...His 153 strikeouts ranked third on the St. Louis staff and was a single-season career low...reached the 150 strikeout plateau for the fifth time in his career, tied for third-most all-time in Cardinals history (Bob Gibson-11, Adam Wainwright-6)...Held opposition to two earned runs or fewer in MLB co-leading 23 starts (Drew Pomeranz) including a stretch of nine in a row from 7/4-8/16, and one earned run run or fewer in 15 starts (T2nd in MLB behind the Yankees' Luis Severino, 17)...Ranked sixth in the NL with a career-low .193 average (47-for-244) with runners on base...was the fourth-lowest single-season mark all-time in Cardinals history...also ranked eighth with .227 average (29-for-128) with runners in scoring position...Was 6-3 with a 2.95 ERA (88.1 IP, 29 ER) in 15 home starts, ranking sixth in the NL in ERA and 11th in opponent average (.217)...Posted a 5.79 ERA (32.2 IP, 21 ER) in the first inning of starts but a combined 2.92 ERA (153.2 IP, 50 ER) afterwards...Pitched at least 6.0 frames in 19 starts (18 quality), including 12-straight from 7/9-9/7 that tied him with Pittsburgh's Gerrit Cole for longest in the majors over that time span...Began batting as a switch hitter for the first time in his MLB career in July 4 start; LHB: 1-for-20 (.050), 2B...RHB: 3-for-34 (.088), 2B...Reached 800 career strikeouts in his May 10 start vs. Miami, becoming the 12th Cardinals pitcher to reach that milestone
2016
Missed the entire season after having elbow ligament replacement surgery on his right elbow at the end of 2015 (11/10)...Made three rehab starts between Palm Beach (High A) and Springfield (AA)...In two starts at Palm Beach allowed no runs in 3.2 innings, pitching 1.2 innings on 8/15 and 2.0 innings on 8/19...Made a start on 8/24 at Springfield and allowed no runs in 3.0 frames.
2015
Made 31 starts, his 3rd straight season of 30 or more starts. Has 126 starts since 2012, the most of any Cardinals pitcher…Is one of two pitchers (Clayton Kershaw) with 10+ wins, 150+ strikeouts and less than 15 HR in each of the last 3 seasons…Became most recent Cardinals pitcher to post four consecutive double-digit win seasons since Matt Morris had five (2001-05)…Ranked among National League leaders in ERA (3.03, 12th), wins (12, T16th) and strikeouts (167, T20th)…His 3.34 run support average ranked 4th lowest among N.L. pitchers and team was shutout in 5 of his 11 losses. St. Louis scored just 66 runs combined in 27 of Lynn's 31 starts (2.4 runs/game), the exceptions being 10 runs 9/23 vs. CIN, 8 on 5/12 at CLE and 6 on 8/7 at MIL & 8/29 at SF… Averaged 102.8 pitches per start (6th NL) through his first 23 starts (8/18) tossing 100 or more pitches in 17 of 23 starts, then averaged 86.0 pitches per start over final eight starts (8/24-10/4) with no starts over 100 pitches and only three over 90 pitches…Hurled seven scoreless starts in 2015, tied for the most on the Cardinals (Martinez) and T8th in MLB…Allowed 13 home runs with his 0.67 HR allowed/9 IP ranking 10th in the N.L…Tied for the team lead with 8 hits as pitcher (single-season high), two of which were doubles (T3rd NL pitchers)…Missed 14 games on the disabled list 6/8-24 with right forearm tightness…Went 10-6 with a 2.63 ERA in 23 night starts vs. 2-5, 4.32 ERA in eight daytime starts. His night game wins ranked T6th in the N.L. and the 2.63 ERA ranked 5th…Was 7-5 with a 2.91 pitching at Busch; his 7 home wins T10th in the N.L. and 2.91 home ERA was 14th in league…Recorded 100 K's pre-All Star break for the 4th-straight year (102)…Had his shortest outing as a starter 8/13 vs. PIT, working just 0.2 innings, allowing seven runs (3 ER) in the team's 10-5 loss…Picked up his 4th-straight 10-win season with a win in at ARI on 8/24…Earned 60th career win at SF (8/29), hurling 7.0 scoreless innings of six-hit ball before exiting with a precautionary ankle injury…Picked up his 150th strikeout in 9/7 start (vs. CHI), giving him four-straight season of 150+ K. He became the 3rd pitcher (4th instance) in Cardinals history to post four straight seasons with 150 strikeouts joining Bob Gibson and Adam Wainwright…Walked a career-high 6 batters 9/18 at CHI, allowing three 1st inning runs in a no decision the Cardinals lost 8-3…Finished the season allowing just one run in his final three starts covering 16.0 innings, posting the 4th-lowest ERA (0.56) in MLB since 9/23.
2014
Tied his single-season high with 33 starts, coming in back-to-back years (2013)...Compiled over 200 innings in each of his last two seasons...Was tied for the Major League lead with 29 starts allowing three runs or less (Felix Hernandez, Johnny Cueto)...Allowed 3 runs or less in 29 of 33 starts and threw 100 pitches or more in 27 of 33 starts...Ranked among National League pitching leaders in wins (15, T8th), ERA (2.74, 9th) and strikeouts (181, 14th). His 104.5 pitches/game, was 2nd most in N.L...Compiled a career-best 24 quality starts (T6th in NL). His 59 quality starts since 2012 are T10th in the N.L...Posted a 9-4 record with a 2.50 ERA in 18 home starts; his nine home wins ranked T7th in the N.L. and his 2.50 ERA was 7th...Has 3rd fewest home runs allowed/9 IP (0.57) in N.L. (Wainwright, 0.40; Kershaw 0.41)...Had six scoreless starts in 2014; five 7.0 IP and one 6.2 IP...Went 7-4 with a 2.11 ERA in 16 starts after 7/4, the top ERA on the Cardinals staff and 6th-best in the N.L. Allowed two earned runs or less in 13 of his last 16 starts...Went 6-3 in 14 starts vs. NL Central clubs, 3.08 ERA. The three losses were vs. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati (2)...Compiled a 3-0 mark with 1.99 ERA (6th, NL) in August...The 3-0 mark in August 2014 joined April 2013 (4-0), July 2012 (3-0) and April 2012 (4-0) as months in which Lynn has gone undefeated with 3 or more wins...Tossed his first professional complete game shutout on 5/27 vs. NYY, giving up just 5 hits, walking 3 and striking out 2 as St. Louis won 6-0. His 126 pitches were a career high...Became the 7th Cardinals pitcher to win 40 career games before his 100th appearance (40 wins/97 games) on 6/13...Attained his 500th career strikeout during the 6/18 game vs. NYM; lasted 6.0 innings, allowing two runs in a 3-2 loss...Suffered 1-0 loss in his start at CIN 9/11, a complete game effort allowing a run in the bottom of the 8th, and only three hits...Made two starts in the postseason posting a 3.09 ERA without recording a decision...Threw 6.0 innings in a quality start allowing two runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts at LAD (10/4) in Game 2 of the National League Division Series, a 3-2 St. Louis loss...The eight strikeouts were a postseason career high and were T4th most by a 2014 postseason pitcher and tied for most by a Cardinals pitcher with John Lackey...Threw 5.2 innings in a no decision in Game 2 of the NLCS vs. SF (10/12) in a game the Cardinals eventually won 5-4...His 11 strikeouts in the postseason were T11th among pitchers.
2013
Made a career-high 33 starts, pitching over 200 innings for the first time in his career (201.2) and recorded 19 quality starts... Went 9-3, 2.82 ERA in 16 starts at home and 6-7, 5.15 ERA in 17 starts on the road. His nine wins at home ranked T4th among N.L. pitchers... Was 11-4 in 19 starts before the All-Star break and 4-6 in 14 starts after the break... Allowed just seven earned runs (8 total) in five September starts for a 2.12 ERA, his lowest monthly ERA of the season... Ranked T6th among NL pitchers with 15 wins, 9th with 198 strikeouts, 9th in strikeouts/9 IP (8.84) and 11th in fewest HR/9 IP (0.62)... His 5.67 run support average was 3rd in the N.L. Cardinals went 11-0 when he received 5 or more runs of support... Posted 11 wins prior to the All-Star break for the 2nd-straight season after having won 11 prior to his selection to 2012 All-Star Game... Made 12 starts allowing one run or less, including three scoreless starts of 6.0 or more innings, topping out with a scoreless start of 7.0 innings, allowing just one hit at PHI (4/20)... Fired three double-digit strikeout games with a season-high 11 (8/4 at CIN) and 10 twice (4/9 vs. CIN & 9/11 vs. MIL)... Lost team & personal season high 5-straight decisions 8/9-9/5 before earning the win in 9/21 start at MIL. Had not lost back-toback games prior to 2013 season... Was the first Cardinals pitcher since Harvey Haddix (37 from 1952-54) to win 30 games in his first 71 career appearances... Ran off a career-high scoreless streak of 14.0 innings over three starts from April 15-26... Led all Cardinals players with 11 sacrifice bunts and ranked T5th among National League players... Was 2-2 with a 5.19 ERA in five postseason appearances with three games started...was 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA in two League Championship Series appearances including one start...won Game 1 of LCS with two scoreless innings of relief vs. LAD (10/11). Started Game 4 and earned the win tossing a then-postseason high 5.1 innings...made two appearances in the World Series, one start in Game 4 vs. BOS (10/27) and a relief appearance in Game 6 (10/30)...threw a postseason high 5.2 IP vs. BOS in Game 4 of the World Series.
2012
Made 35 appearances including a career high 29 starts, becoming the 20th different Cardinals pitcher to start 29 or more games since 2000. Voted to the National League All-Star team by player vote. Did not make an appearance in the game. Was 11-4 with a 3.41 ERA in 17 starts pre-All-Star Game, including an 8-1 mark with a 2.54 ERA through the end of May. Established career highs in games started (29), wins (18), innings (176.0) and strikeouts (180). Ranked 4th in the National League with team-leading 18 wins (T6th MLB), and had the 7th best winning percentage (.720). Struck out 180 batters to rank 2nd on the Cardinals and 14th in the N.L. His 9.20 strikeouts/9 IP ranked 3rd in the N.L. Recorded double-digit strikeouts in three starts including a career-high 12 (6/13 vs. CWS) coming on the heels of an 11 strikeout performance at HOU (6/7), and also 7/16 at MIL (10). Held opponents to one run over three starts from 7/5-22 including 12 consecutive scoreless innings with an 0.47 ERA in 19.0 innings with 22 strikeouts. Was 17-5 with a 3.67 ERA in 29 starts and 1-2 with a 6.43 ERA in six relief appearances covering 7.0 innings. Removed from starting rotation after 8/24 start at CIN and reinstated to starting rotation on 9/13 at LAD. Won his last five consecutive appearances, including four starts (4-0, 2.19 ERA, 30 K, 24.2 IP). Struck out 34 batters in September and ranked 2nd among National League pitchers with a 10.43 strikeouts/9 IP(Mike Fiers, MIL, 11.14) with 34 strikeouts in 29.1 innings. Posted a single month high with five wins in September, going 5-2 with a 2.76 ERA in eight appearances including four starts. Led the National League with a run support average of 6.70.
2011
Missed final 46 games of the season on disabled list with a strained left oblique suffered during 8/9 game vs. MIL...Struck out 40 batters in 34.2 IP (10.38 K/9 IP), the second most strikeouts by an MLB rookie with less than 35.0 innings pitched in 2011...Held RH batters to a .187 BA (14-75, 1 HR)...Opposing batters were 0-for-6 with 3 K's in bases loaded situations...Was 1-0 with a 1.62 ERA in nine app. vs. NL Central opponents (16.2 IP/19 K), lowest ERA vs. any MLB division...Was not scored upon in his final six app. of the season (7/26-8/9) a span of 7.2 IP with 11 K's...Struck out five batters in 2.0 IP at BAL (6/28), tied for the most K's by a Cardinals reliever in 2011...Made six relief appearances (out of 16) of 2.0 IP or more, with five of those being scoreless outings...Longest relief outing of the season was 3.0 scoreless IP vs. TOR (6/24)...Earned first and only save of the season 8/5 at FLA...Suffered only blown save of the season 7/24 at PIT, allowing a run in 2.0 IP...Made two starts for Cardinals (6/2 vs. SF & 6/9 at HOU), lasting at least 5.0 IP in both starts...Was 7-3 with a 3.84 ERA in 12 starts at Memphis (AAA)...Threw 6.0 IP or more in 11 of his 12 starts at Memphis with eight quality starts...Retired the first 10 batters in his MLB debut (6/2 vs. SF), the first Cardinals pitcher to do so since Pat Perry in 1985...Ranked as the seventh-best prospect in the Cardinals organization by Baseball America.
2011 POSTSEASON: Made 10 postseason appearances (eight scoreless), despite not being added to the postseason roster until the League Championship Series round after he finished the regular season on the disabled list with an oblique strain (placed on DL 8/10)...was 2-0 with a 3.27 ERA in the postseason, T2nd with seven other pitchers in wins and trailing only Chris Carpenter (4) ...became the third Cardinals rookie pitcher to win two games in a postseason and the first since Johnny Beazley (1942)...tied Mike Adams (TEX) and teammate Marc Rzepczynski for the most appearances in the 2011 LCS with five...Tied Tyler Johnson (2006) for the Cardinals franchise record for postseason appearances by a rookie and became the first MLB rookie pitcher since Johnson to appear in 10 postseason games...his five appearances in the NLCS set the Cardinals franchise record for a rookie pitcher in an LCS surpassing Tyler Johnson (4, 2006) and ToddWorrell (4, 1985)...became the first NL rookie pitcher to appear in five LCS games since John Rocker did so with Atlanta in 1998...is the only Cardinals rookie pitcher to record an 0.00 ERA in the LCS (5.0 IP min.)...did not allow a run in his first six postseason appearances (6.0 IP), before allowing a run in Game 3 of the World Series...made first appearance for the Cards since 8/9 vs. MIL in NLCS Game 1 (1.0 IP) at MIL...earned first career postseason win in Game 2 of NLCS, with 0.2 IP, inducing Rickie Weeks into an inning-ending double play...earned World Series win with 2.1 IP in Game 3, becoming the seventh Cardinals rookie pitcher to record a win in the World Series and first since Adam Wainwright (10/26/06 vs. DET)...was brought in relief in Game 5 of the World Series and issued an intentional walk to Ian Kinsler before being removed, becoming the third pitcher in World Series history, and first since Mike Stanton (10/20/92) for Atlanta vs. Toronto, to face one batter and issue an intentional walk...gave up back-to-back home runs to Adrian Beltre and Nelson Cruz in the 7th inning of WS Game 6, becoming the first pitcher to allow back-to-back HR in a World Series since Tampa Bay's Matt Garza did so in Game 3 of 2008WS...pitched a perfect 8th inning of WS Game 7, his 8th scoreless appearance of the postseason.
2010
Became the first Memphis pitcher to win 13 games since Larry Luebbers went 13-4 in 1999...Combined with Brandon Dickson (11) to become the first pair of Memphis pitchers to win 11 or more games since Luebbers (11) and Sean Lowe (12) in 1998... Set a franchise record with a 16 strikeout performance on 9/10 in the deciding third game of the OKC playoff series. That total was the top strikeout performance in all of minor league baseball...Finished the season first in the PCL with 141 strikeouts, tied for first with 29 games started and tied for second with 13 wins...Won six of his final eight starts and posted a 3.24 ERA during that span...Struck out a career-high 11 batters in two separate outings during the regular season, once on 7/20 vs. OMA and again on
8/30 vs NO...Went 5-1 with a 2.70 ERA (36.2 IP, 11 ER, 31 K) in August and is a career 7-1 with a 2.33 ERA during the month...Topped the Cardinals minor leaguers in strikeout total (141) for the second consecutive season, ranked first in games started (29), second in innings pitched (164.0), second in wins (13) and ninth in strikeouts per nine innings 7.74...Named Cardinals Minor League Pitcher-of-the-Month for May as he compiled a 3-1 record with a 3.19 ERA (31.0 IP, 5 GS, 9 BB, 33 SO)...Ranked the sixth-best prospect in the Cardinals minor league system by Baseball America.
2009
Named Cardinals organizational Pitcher-of-the-Year after jumping three levels in his first full professional season. Joined
previous two winners Jess Todd and P.J. Walters as the only Cardinals Pitchers-of-the-Year to accomplish the three level feat...Topped all Cardinals minor leaguers with 124 strikeouts, 2nd in wins (11), T-3rd in innings (148.2) and games started (25),
and 4th in ERA (2.85)...Made one start in Memphis (AAA) tallying a career-high nine strikeouts in a no-decision (6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 3 BB) vs. OKC (9/4)...Went 2-0 with a 1.87 ERA (33.2 IP, 31 H, 26 K) in six starts in August earning a promotion to finish the season in Memphis...Honored as Cardinals organization Pitcher-of-the-Month for May (4-0, 2.54 ERA, 28.1 IP, 23 K) at Springfield (AA)...Named to the Texas League All-Star team, throwing a perfect sixth inning in relief with a strikeout...Finished third in the Texas League in ERA (2.92) and T-3rd with 11 wins...Had a big Double-A debut at TUL (5/4) earning the win (5.0 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 6 K) with a two-RBI double in his first pro at-bat...Made the move from Palm Beach (A) after posting a 2.30 ERA in five appearances over 15.2 innings.
2008
Made six appearances (4 GS) at short-season Batavia (A) going 1-0 with a 0.96 ERA in 18.2 IP and 22 K (.179 avg.)...earned
first pro win vs. HVR (7/2) with three scoreless innings of relief (1 H, 3 K)...struck out a season-high seven batters in final start at STC (7/26) in four innings...made two starts in Quad Cities (A) throwing eight innings, striking out seven and totaling a 2.25 ERA.
