Walt Lynch
Appearance
Walt Lynch | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Buffalo, New York | April 15, 1897|
Died: December 21, 1976 Daytona Beach, Florida | (aged 79)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 8, 1922, for the Boston Red Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 17, 1922, for the Boston Red Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .500 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs scored | 0 |
Teams | |
Walter Edward Lynch (April 15, 1897 – December 21, 1976), nicknamed "Jabber", was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1922 season. Listed at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), 176 lb., Lynch batted and threw right-handed. A native of Buffalo, New York, he studied at Niagara University and State University of New York College at Cortland.
In a three-game-career, Lynch was .500 hitter (1-for-2) and scored a run. As a catcher, he did not commit an error in two chances for a 1.000 fielding percentage.
Lynch died in Daytona Beach, Florida at age 79.
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- Retrosheet
Categories:
- Boston Red Sox players
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Niagara Purple Eagles baseball players
- Baseball players from Buffalo, New York
- Cortland Red Dragons baseball players
- 1897 births
- 1976 deaths
- Outremont Canadiens players
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Burials in New York (state)
- American baseball catcher, 1890s birth stubs