{{short description|American baseball player (born 1956)}} {{other people|Edward Lynch}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Ed Lynch |image=EdLynch.JPG |caption=Lynch in 2010 |position=[[Pitcher]] |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1956|2|25}} |birth_place=[[Brooklyn, New York]], U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=August 31 |debutyear=1980 |debutteam=New York Mets |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 1 |finalyear=1987 |finalteam=Chicago Cubs |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]] |stat1value=47–54 |stat2label=[[Earned run average]] |stat2value=4.00 |stat3label=[[Strikeouts]] |stat3value=396 |teams= *[[New York Mets]] ({{mlby|1980}}–{{mlby|1986}}) *[[Chicago Cubs]] ({{mlby|1986}}–{{mlby|1987}}) }} '''Edward Francis Lynch''' (born February 25, 1956) is an American former professional [[baseball]] [[pitcher]] and executive who played in [[Major League Baseball]]. He attended [[Christopher Columbus High School (Miami-Dade County, Florida)|Christopher Columbus High School]] in Miami, Florida. During his career, he pitched and batted right-handed, and his pitch selection included a [[fastball]], [[Slider (baseball)|slider]], [[changeup]] and [[slurve]].<ref>''The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches''. Bill James and Rob Neyer. 2004.</ref>
==MLB career== Lynch was drafted by the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] in the 22nd round of the [[1977 Major League Baseball draft]]. After three years in their farm system, in which he compiled a 22–27 record and 3.89 [[earned run average]], the Rangers sent him to the [[New York Mets]] on September 18, {{by|1979}} as part of an earlier deal in which the Mets sent [[Willie Montañez]] to the Rangers for two players to be named later. The other player the Rangers sent the Mets was [[first baseman]] [[Mike Jorgensen]].
Lynch debuted with the Mets on August 31, {{By|1980}} against the [[San Francisco Giants]], and gave up four [[earned runs]] in just 1.1 inning out of the [[bullpen]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN198008311.shtml|title=San Francisco Giants 11, New York Mets 4|publisher=Baseball-reference.com|date=1980-08-31}}</ref> He won his first major league [[starting pitcher|start]] on September 13 against the [[Chicago Cubs]], snapping a thirteen-game losing streak for his club.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN198009130.shtml|title=New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 2|publisher=Baseball-reference.com|date=1980-09-13}}</ref> For the season, Lynch was 1–1 with a 5.12 ERA in four starts. [[File:Ed Lynch at Burger King baseball clinic (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Lynch with the [[New York Mets]] in 1982]] The Mets and Cubs were perennially the bottom two teams in the [[National League East]] for the early part of Lynch's career, however, they had evolved into division rivals at the top of the N.L. East by the time Lynch took the mound in the second game of a [[Doubleheader (baseball)|double header]] on August 7, {{by|1984}}. The first game was won by the Cubs, 8–6, on the strength of a six-run fifth inning, which included a three-run [[home run]] by [[Keith Moreland]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198408071.shtml|title=Chicago Cubs 8, New York Mets 6|publisher=Baseball-reference.com|date=1984-08-07}}</ref> During a five-run fourth inning in the second game, Lynch hit Moreland with a pitch, inciting a bench clearing brawl. The Cubs won the second game, 8–4.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198408072.shtml|title=Chicago Cubs 8, New York Mets 4|publisher=Baseball-reference.com|date=1984-08-07}}</ref>
In 1985 Lynch went 10–8 with a 3.44 ERA in a career high 191 [[innings pitched]]. Baseball writer [[Bill James]] said at that time that Lynch had the best control of any National League pitcher other than [[LaMarr Hoyt]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Bill James Baseball Abstract 1986 |last1=James |first1=Bill |publisher=[[Ballantine Books]] |year=1986 |page=296}}</ref> Lynch made only one appearance for the Mets in {{by|1986}}, pitching 1.2 [[Inning (baseball)|innings]] in [[relief pitcher|relief]] in the third game of the season, when he went on the disabled list with torn cartilage in his left knee. By the time he was ready to return, he'd lost his spot in the starting rotation to the young pitchers on the {{By|1986}} World Champion squad. The Mets traded him to the Cubs for [[Dave Liddell]] and Dave Lenderman. He remained with the Cubs through {{By|1987}} before retiring.
==As an executive== After his career ended, he attended the [[University of Miami School of Law]], and graduated in 1990.<ref>{{cite news |title=Long Island Ducks Announce 2019 Coaching Staff |url=https://www.atlanticleague.com/archive/newswire/index.html?article_id=1086 |access-date=17 August 2022 |work=www.atlanticleague.com |publisher=[[Atlantic League of Professional Baseball]] |date=January 14, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Using his [[Juris Doctor]] degree and prior baseball experience, he was named director of player development of the [[San Diego Padres]]. He was named assistant general manager of the New York Mets in 1994 and was named general manager of the Chicago Cubs on October 10,1994. Ed then became a Major League scout for 16 years for the Cubs and [[Toronto Blue Jays]]. Ed currently resides in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]] with his wife Kristin and specializes in real estate with The Key Team at KMF Realty in Scottsdale Arizona.
==As a coach== Lynch was announced as the new pitching coach for the [[Long Island Ducks]] of the [[Atlantic League of Professional Baseball]] for the 2019 season.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/local/ducks/ed-lynch-mets-ducks-q36951 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116045917/https://www.newsday.com/sports/local/ducks/ed-lynch-mets-ducks-1.25975842 | url-status=live | archive-date=January 16, 2019 | title=Ex-Met ed Lynch joins Ducks as pitching coach }}</ref> However, he resigned just two months into the season on June 25, 2019, in order to spend more time with his family.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/local/ducks/ed-lynch-ducks-q84437 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626032125/https://www.newsday.com/sports/local/ducks/ed-lynch-ducks-1.32955103 | url-status=live | archive-date=June 26, 2019 | title=Former Met ed Lynch resigns as Ducks pitching coach }}</ref>
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|mlb=118029|espn=715|br=l/lynched01|fangraphs=1007862|brm=lynch-003edw|retro=L/Plynce001}} *[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/48fa15f1 Ed Lynch] at SABR (Baseball BioProject) *[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=lynched01 Ed Lynch] at Baseball Almanac
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