Casey Fossum vs. Jack Lynch — Career Comparison

Casey Fossum
Gen XNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jack Lynch
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetropolitansAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Casey Fossum built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Lynch as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Lynch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.69 and WHIP 1.218 compared to 5.45 and 1.534 for Casey Fossum. By the career numbers, Jack Lynch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Casey Fossum and Jack Lynch

Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.71
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
1.03
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
1.01
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.51
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.61
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.49
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.01
43.01
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.16
51.16
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.63
50.63
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.74
97.74
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
1
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
5.45
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
3.69
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5773
27
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1924.1
9
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
873
10
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
9.58
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.58
9.58
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.31
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.25
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
3.65
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
1.38
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.16
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
6.95
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
859
4.02
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.95
6.95
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.32
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.65
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.72
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.14
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3537
40.5
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8215
38.42
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.4
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
6.13
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1224
5.72
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.21
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.31
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.74
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.517
1.517
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3110
35.61
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7891
36.91
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.42
38.42

Fielding Stats for Casey Fossum and Jack Lynch

Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.71
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
1.05
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5904
27
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1968
9
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.44
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.48
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.04
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
1.41
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.34
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
1.5
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
2.23
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.48
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
1.89
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.47
98.47
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.84
84.84
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.544
0.544
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.808
1.808
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Casey Fossum and Jack Lynch

Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
240
2823.53
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
226
160.47
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
845
600
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
46
541.18
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
792
562.37
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
97.28
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
79.53
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
14.2
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.55
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
17.75
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
3.4
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.87
29.02
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
118.58
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
5
58.82
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
134.91
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
53.25
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
19.88
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
73.14
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.94
-22.87
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.11
27.77
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.42
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
36.21
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
188.24
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
18.46
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
3.19
3.19
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.5
32.5
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
1.96
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.97
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.97
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100