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American baseball player
Baseball player
Lynn McGlothen
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Pitcher
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Born:
(
1950-03-27
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March 27, 1950
Monroe, Louisiana
, U.S.
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Died:
August 14, 1984
(1984-08-14)
(aged 34)
Dubach, Louisiana
, U.S.
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Batted:
Left
Threw:
Right
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June 25, 1972, for the Boston Red Sox
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September 19, 1982, for the New York Yankees
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Win?loss record
| 86?93
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Earned run average
| 3.98
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Strikeouts
| 939
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Lynn Everett McGlothen
(March 27, 1950 ? August 14, 1984) was an American professional
baseball
player. He played in
Major League Baseball
as a right-handed
pitcher
from
1972
through
1982
. He played for the
Boston Red Sox
(1972?1973),
St. Louis Cardinals
(1974?1976),
San Francisco Giants
(1977?1978),
Chicago Cubs
(1978?1981),
Chicago White Sox
(1981) and
New York Yankees
(1982). McGlothen was named to the National League team in the
1974 All-Star Game
as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Baseball career
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A native of
Monroe, Louisiana
, McGlothen graduated from Grambling High School in 1968. He then briefly attended
Grambling State University
. He was drafted by the
Boston Red Sox
in 1968. He pitched in part of two seasons for the Boston Red Sox. He had his first full season with the Cardinals in 1974, finishing 16?12 with a 2.70 ERA and an
All-Star
berth. He had 15 and 13 wins in 1975 and 1976, respectively, and was traded to the
Giants
for
Ken Reitz
on December 10, 1976.
[1]
On August 19, 1975, he
struck out three batters on nine pitches
in the second inning of a 2?1 win over the powerful Cincinnati Reds after yielding a single by Tony Perez to begin the inning.
[2]
Hampered by a shoulder problem, McGlothen spent much of 1977 on the
disabled list
. He was sent from the
Giants
to the
Cubs
for
Hector Cruz
at the
trade
deadline on June 15,
1978
.
[3]
He won 13 for the Cubs in 1979 and 12 in 1980, but elbow problems limited him to six starts with the Cubs and White Sox the following year before closing out his career with the Yankees in 1982.
In an 11-season career, McGlothen posted an 86?93 record with 939
strikeouts
and a 3.98
ERA
in 1492.2
innings
.
McGlothen was killed at age 34 in a mobile home fire in
Dubach, Louisiana
, in 1984.
[4]
References
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- ^
"Pro Transactions,"
The New York Times
, Saturday, December 11, 1976.
Retrieved October 21, 2022.
- ^
"Aug 19, 1975, Reds at Cardinals Play by Play and Box Score"
.
baseball-reference.com
. sports-reference.com. August 19, 1975
. Retrieved
November 26,
2014
.
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"Ex-Salukis Wallis, Dwyer are traded,"
The Associated Press
(AP), Friday, June 16, 1978.
Retrieved January 18, 2023.
- ^
"Lynn McGlothlen Dies In Fire"
.
Times-Union
. Warsaw: IN. Associated Press (AP). August 14, 1984. p. 17
. Retrieved
November 26,
2014
.
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