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Denny Lyons
Dennis Patrick Aloysius Lyons

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 18, 1885
Final Game July 23, 1897
Born March 12, 1866 in Cincinnati, OH
Died January 2, 1929 in W.Covington, KY

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1885 19 PRO NL   4   16    3    2   1  0   0    1          0   3  .125  .125  .188    2    3                    
 1886 20 PHA AA  32  123   22   26   3  1   0   11   7      8      .211  .281  .252   67   31               4    
 1887 21 PHA AA 137  570  128  209  43 14   6  102  73     47      .367  .421  .523  161  298               6    
 1888 22 PHA AA 111  456   93  135  22  5   6   83  39     41      .296  .363  .406  146  185               7    
 1889 23 PHA AA 131  510  135  168  36  4   9   82  10     79  44  .329  .426  .469  156  239               7    
 1890 24 PHA AA  88  339   79  120  29  5   7   73  21     57      .354  .461  .531  194  180              10    
 1891 25 STL AA 120  451  124  142  24  3  11   84   9     88  58  .315  .445  .455  149  205              18    
 1892 26 NYG NL 108  389   71  100  16  7   8   51  11     59  37  .257  .359  .396  129  154               3    
 1893 27 PIT NL 131  490  103  150  19 16   3  105  19     97  29  .306  .430  .429  130  210               9    
 1894 28 PIT NL  71  254   51   82  14  4   4   50  14     42  12  .323  .427  .457  114  116               4    
 1895 29 STL NL  33  129   24   38   6  0   2   25   3     14   5  .295  .377  .388   98   50   1           3    
 1896 30 PIT NL 118  436   77  134  25  6   4   71  13     67  25  .307  .406  .420  121  183  11           5    
 1897 31 PIT NL  37  131   22   27   6  4   2   17   5     22      .206  .346  .359   89   47   1           6    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1121 4294  932 1333 244 69  62  755 224  0 621 213  .310  .407  .443  139 1901  13   0   0  82   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        621  135  193  35 10   9  109  32  0  90  31  .310  .407  .443  139  275   2   0   0  12   0
 Career High    137  570  135  209  43 16  11  105  73  0  97  58  .367  .461  .531  194  298  11   0   0  18   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1885 19 PRO NL   16   14    0   0.0    66| .125  .242| .125  .285| .188  .324| .313  .610|   2  .000  -1.7  -0.2     
 1886 20 PHA AA  135   97    8   2.2    75| .211  .247| .281  .310| .252  .329| .533  .639|  67  .295  -4.4  -0.5     
 1887 21 PHA AA  623  361  124   8.9    97| .367  .280| .421  .344| .523  .378| .944  .722| 161  .783  47.2   4.6     
 1888 22 PHA AA  504  321   66   5.5    71| .296  .245| .363  .302| .406  .323| .769  .625| 146  .722  24.7   2.8     
 1889 23 PHA AA  596  342  100   7.6    91| .329  .265| .426  .337| .469  .360| .895  .697| 156  .754  42.7   4.3     
 1890 24 PHA AA  406  219   80   9.5    85| .354  .257| .461  .336| .531  .339| .992  .675| 194  .842  43.9   4.5     
 1891 25 STL AA  557  309   87   7.4    98| .315  .272| .445  .357| .455  .366| .900  .723| 149  .750  36.6   3.7     
 1892 26 NYG NL  451  289   55   5.0    80| .257  .250| .359  .324| .396  .335| .755  .659| 129  .640  15.1   1.6     
 1893 27 PIT NL  596  340   88   6.9   104| .306  .283| .430  .361| .429  .386| .859  .747| 130  .648  26.5   2.5     
 1894 28 PIT NL  300  172   49   7.4   126| .323  .314| .427  .385| .457  .443| .884  .828| 114  .597   8.0   0.7     
 1895 29 STL NL  147   92   18   5.1   111| .295  .301| .377  .367| .388  .406| .765  .774|  98  .492   0.2   0.0     
 1896 30 PIT NL  519  313   73   6.1   104| .307  .292| .406  .357| .420  .390| .826  .747| 121  .603  17.5   1.6     
 1897 31 PIT NL  160  105   15   3.7   104| .206  .293| .346  .357| .359  .390| .705  .747|  89  .384  -1.4  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5010 2974  763   6.7    94| .310  .273| .407  .344| .443  .367| .850  .711| 139  .693 255.0  25.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1885 19 PRO NL  3B    4      6    8    3    0  .824  .864  3.50  3.23            
 1886 20 PHA AA  3B   32     35   53   21    1  .807  .849  2.75  3.14            
 1887 21 PHA AA  3B  137    255  215   73   29  .866  .850  3.43  3.31            
 1888 22 PHA AA  3B  111    159  193   49   11  .878  .867  3.17  3.44            
 1889 23 PHA AA  3B  130    202  291   80   29  .860  .857  3.79  3.53            
                 1B    1      7    0    1    0  .875  .972  7.00  9.80            
 1890 24 PHA AA  3B   88    147  203   35   14  .909  .864  3.98  3.64            
 1891 25 STL AA  3B  120    151  246   59   16  .871  .872  3.31  3.58            
 1892 26 NYG NL  3B  108    152  206   53   13  .871  .879  3.31  3.53            
 1893 27 PIT NL  3B  131    214  303   46   23  .918  .893  3.95  3.75            
 1894 28 PIT NL  3B   71    119  155   31   11  .898  .879  3.86  3.41            
 1895 29 STL NL  3B   33     61   49   13    2  .894  .872  3.33  3.38            
 1896 30 PIT NL  3B  116    165  201   44   15  .893  .892  3.16  3.41            
 1897 31 PIT NL  1B   35    339   15    4   15  .989  .980 10.11  9.99            
                 3B    2      6    4    0    0 1.000  .893  5.00  3.30            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1889 23 PHA AA  1B    1      7    0    1    0  .875  .972  7.00  9.80            
 1897 31 PIT NL  1B   35    339   15    4   15  .989  .980 10.11  9.99            

 1885 19 PRO NL  3B    4      6    8    3    0  .824  .864  3.50  3.23            
 1886 20 PHA AA  3B   32     35   53   21    1  .807  .849  2.75  3.14            
 1887 21 PHA AA  3B  137    255  215   73   29  .866  .850  3.43  3.31            
 1888 22 PHA AA  3B  111    159  193   49   11  .878  .867  3.17  3.44            
 1889 23 PHA AA  3B  130    202  291   80   29  .860  .857  3.79  3.53            
 1890 24 PHA AA  3B   88    147  203   35   14  .909  .864  3.98  3.64            
 1891 25 STL AA  3B  120    151  246   59   16  .871  .872  3.31  3.58            
 1892 26 NYG NL  3B  108    152  206   53   13  .871  .879  3.31  3.53            
 1893 27 PIT NL  3B  131    214  303   46   23  .918  .893  3.95  3.75            
 1894 28 PIT NL  3B   71    119  155   31   11  .898  .879  3.86  3.41            
 1895 29 STL NL  3B   33     61   49   13    2  .894  .872  3.33  3.38            
 1896 30 PIT NL  3B  116    165  201   44   15  .893  .892  3.16  3.41            
 1897 31 PIT NL  3B    2      6    4    0    0 1.000  .893  5.00  3.30            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  3B 1083   1672 2127  507  164  .882  .871  3.51  3.50            
                 1B   36    346   15    5   15  .986  .980 10.03  9.99            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1119   2018 2142  512  179  .890  .880  3.72  3.70

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1887 AA-.367-4
1888 AA-.296-7
1889 AA-.329-3
1890 AA-.354-2
1891 AA-.315-6

On-base %
1887 AA-.421-5
1888 AA-.363-6
1889 AA-.426-3
1890 AA-.461-1
1891 AA-.445-2
1893 NL-.430-6
Car-.407-43

Slugging %
1887 AA-.523-4
1888 AA-.406-8
1889 AA-.469-5
1890 AA-.531-1
1891 AA-.455-6

OPS
1887 AA-.943-4
1888 AA-.769-7
1889 AA-.895-4
1890 AA-.992-1
1891 AA-.900-3

Games
1887 AA-137-4
1893 NL-131-10

At Bats
1887 AA-570-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1887 AA-623-6

Runs
1889 AA-135-8
1891 AA-124-6

Hits
1887 AA-209-3
1889 AA-168-10

Total Bases
1887 AA-298-3
1889 AA-239-6

Doubles
1887 AA-43-2
1888 AA-22-9
1889 AA-36-3
1890 AA-29-2
1891 AA-24-8

Triples
1887 AA-14-10
1893 NL-16-9

Home Runs
1887 AA-6-8
1888 AA-6-4
1889 AA-9-5
1890 AA-7-3
1891 AA-11-2
1892 NL-8-6

RBI
1887 AA-102-7
1888 AA-83-6
1890 AA-73-10

Bases on Balls
1889 AA-79-8
1891 AA-88-6
1893 NL-97-6
1896 NL-67-8

Strikeouts
1891 AA-58-7

Singles
1887 AA-146-5

Adjusted OPS+
1887 AA-161-5
1888 AA-146-8
1889 AA-156-3
1890 AA-194-1
1891 AA-149-3
Car-139-78

Runs Created
1887 AA-124-3
1888 AA-66-9
1889 AA-100-5
1890 AA-80-7
1891 AA-87-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1887 AA-47-4
1888 AA-25-8
1889 AA-43-3
1890 AA-44-3
1891 AA-37-2
1893 NL-27-10

Batting Wins
1887 AA-4.6-4
1888 AA-2.8-8
1889 AA-4.3-3
1890 AA-4.5-3
1891 AA-3.7-2
1893 NL-2.5-9

Extra-Base Hits
1887 AA-63-2
1889 AA-49-4
1890 AA-41-7

Times on Base
1887 AA-262-3
1889 AA-254-7
1891 AA-248-6
1893 NL-256-7

Offensive Win%
1887 AA-.783-4
1888 AA-.722-7
1889 AA-.754-4
1890 AA-.842-1
1891 AA-.750-2
Car-.693-81

Hit By Pitch
1890 AA-10-10
1891 AA-18-4

Power/Speed Number
1887 AA-11.1-9
1888 AA-10.4-7
1890 AA-10.5-5

At Bats per Home Run
1888 AA-76.0-4
1889 AA-56.7-5
1890 AA-48.4-3
1891 AA-41.0-3
1892 NL-48.6-3

Youngest Player
1885 NL-19-6

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (509) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 106 (201) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 35.8 (187) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 48.0 (379) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
September 6, 1890: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Batting Average 1887 AA-.367-4 1888 AA-.296-7 1889 AA-.329-3 1890 AA-.354-2 1891 AA-.315-6	On-base % 1887 AA-.421-5 1888 AA-.363-6 1889 AA-.426-3 1890 AA-.461-1 1891 AA-.445-2 1893 NL-.430-6 Car-.407-43	Slugging % 1887 AA-.523-4 1888 AA-.406-8 1889 AA-.469-5 1890 AA-.531-1 1891 AA-.455-6	OPS 1887 AA-.943-4 1888 AA-.769-7 1889 AA-.895-4 1890 AA-.992-1 1891 AA-.900-3	Games 1887 AA-137-4 1893 NL-131-10	At Bats 1887 AA-570-5
Plate Appearances (approx.) 1887 AA-623-6	Runs 1889 AA-135-8 1891 AA-124-6	Hits 1887 AA-209-3 1889 AA-168-10	Total Bases 1887 AA-298-3 1889 AA-239-6	Doubles 1887 AA-43-2 1888 AA-22-9 1889 AA-36-3 1890 AA-29-2 1891 AA-24-8	Triples 1887 AA-14-10 1893 NL-16-9
Home Runs 1887 AA-6-8 1888 AA-6-4 1889 AA-9-5 1890 AA-7-3 1891 AA-11-2 1892 NL-8-6	RBI 1887 AA-102-7 1888 AA-83-6 1890 AA-73-10	Bases on Balls 1889 AA-79-8 1891 AA-88-6 1893 NL-97-6 1896 NL-67-8	Strikeouts 1891 AA-58-7	Singles 1887 AA-146-5	Adjusted OPS+ 1887 AA-161-5 1888 AA-146-8 1889 AA-156-3 1890 AA-194-1 1891 AA-149-3 Car-139-78
Runs Created 1887 AA-124-3 1888 AA-66-9 1889 AA-100-5 1890 AA-80-7 1891 AA-87-6	Adjusted Batting Runs 1887 AA-47-4 1888 AA-25-8 1889 AA-43-3 1890 AA-44-3 1891 AA-37-2 1893 NL-27-10	Batting Wins 1887 AA-4.6-4 1888 AA-2.8-8 1889 AA-4.3-3 1890 AA-4.5-3 1891 AA-3.7-2 1893 NL-2.5-9	Extra-Base Hits 1887 AA-63-2 1889 AA-49-4 1890 AA-41-7	Times on Base 1887 AA-262-3 1889 AA-254-7 1891 AA-248-6 1893 NL-256-7	Offensive Win% 1887 AA-.783-4 1888 AA-.722-7 1889 AA-.754-4 1890 AA-.842-1 1891 AA-.750-2 Car-.693-81
Hit By Pitch 1890 AA-10-10 1891 AA-18-4	Power/Speed Number 1887 AA-11.1-9 1888 AA-10.4-7 1890 AA-10.5-5	At Bats per Home Run 1888 AA-76.0-4 1889 AA-56.7-5 1890 AA-48.4-3 1891 AA-41.0-3 1892 NL-48.6-3	Youngest Player 1885 NL-19-6