Jack Lynch vs. Norman Plitt — Career Comparison

Jack Lynch
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetropolitansAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Norman Plitt
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Norman Plitt 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 4.77 and 1.716 for Norman Plitt. By the career numbers, Jack Lynch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Lynch and Norman Plitt

Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.03
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.89
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
1.01
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.51
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.49
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.16
51.16
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.74
97.74
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
1
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
3.69
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.77
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5773
27
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1924.1
9
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
9.58
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
10.67
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.58
9.58
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.67
10.67
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.25
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
1.38
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.77
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
859
4.02
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.13
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.656
0.656
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.65
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.14
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8215
38.42
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
41.07
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1224
5.72
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
5.53
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.53
5.53
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.716
1.716
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7891
36.91
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
36.04
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.42
38.42
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.07
41.07

Fielding Stats for Jack Lynch and Norman Plitt

Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.05
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5904
27
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1968
9
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.48
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
1.41
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.34
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
2.23
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
1.89
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.84
84.84
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.808
1.808
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Lynch and Norman Plitt

Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
160.47
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
627.27
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
845
600
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
792
562.37
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
20
545.45
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
137
97.28
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
79.53
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
14.2
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.55
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
17.75
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.87
29.02
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
30.93
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
118.58
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
134.91
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.436
0.436
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
53.25
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
19.88
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
73.14
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
109.09
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.11
27.77
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
41.46
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.42
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
36.21
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
18.46
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
136.36
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.5
32.5
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
4.4
4.4
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
1.96
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.97
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.97
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA