Fred Lynn
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 California Angels. He was the first player to win MLB's Rookie of the Year Award and Most Valuable Player Award in the same year, which he accomplished in 1975 with the Red Sox.
| Fred Lynn | |||||||||||||||
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Fred Lynn in 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Center fielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: February 3, 1952 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| September 5, 1974, for the Boston Red Sox | |||||||||||||||
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| October 3, 1990, for the San Diego Padres | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .283 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 306 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 1,111 | ||||||||||||||
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Lynn was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2002 and to the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.
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