Byrd Lynn

{{Short description|American baseball player (1889–1940)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Byrd Lynn

|image=Byrd Lynn.jpg

|caption=Lynn in 1919

|position=Catcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1889|3|13}}

|birth_place=Unionville, Illinois

|death_date={{death date and age|1940|2|5|1889|3|13}}

|death_place=Napa, California

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 16

|debutyear=1916

|debutteam=Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=1920

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.237

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=15

|teams=

• Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1916}}–{{mlby|1920}})

|highlights=

• World Series champion (1917)

}}

Byrd "Birdie" Lynn (March 13, 1889 – February 5, 1940) was an American Major League Baseball catcher from 1916 to 1920. During that time, he played for the Chicago White Sox and was the back-up to Hall of Fame catcher Ray Schalk.

In 116 career games, Lynn had 211 at-bats, with 50 hits, for a .237 batting average. He won American League pennants with the White Sox in 1917 and 1919. Lynn had just one at-bat in each of those year's World Series and did not get a hit.