High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Fredric Michael "Fred" Lynn (born February 3, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1974 80), California Angels (1981 84), Baltimore Orioles (1985 88), Detroit Tigers (1988 89) and San Diego Padres (1990). Fred Lynn was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2002 and to the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.