Russ Lyon

Russell Mayo Lyon

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: June 26, 1913 in Ball Ground, GA
School: Georgia Institute of Technology (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1944
Team: Indians 1944

Final Game: May 27, 1944
Died: December 24, 1975 in Calhoun Falls, SC
Buried: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Abbeville, SC
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos
1937	24	MIN-min	D,B	55	189	189		57	10	8	2						.302	.302	.471	.772		89				LEE,JCK · FLOR,SALL
1938	25	-min	D	85	301	301		99	13	2	7						.329	.329	.455	.784		137				BSS · BIST
1939	26	CIN-min	B	23	28	28		7	1	0	0						.250	.250	.286	.536		8				DHM · PIED
1944	31	ATL-min	AA	64	185	167	17	59	14	1	2	55	1		16	13	.353	.416	.485	.901		81	11	2	0	INA · AA
1944	31	CLE	AL	7	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	26	2	1	0	0	/2
1945	32	BAL-ATL-min	AA	92	276	244	20	63	15	0	3	37	0		23	12	.258	.332	.357	.689		87	10	4	5	TOL,INA · AA
1 Season				7	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	26	2	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	278	255	23	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	23	.182	.250	.182	.432	26	46	23	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1944	31	CLE	AL	12	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2
1 Season				12	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1944	31	CLE	AL	12	10	1	2.7	88	.200	.182	.263	.250	.329	.182	.359	.432	.689	26	.325	-1.0	-0.1	.300	.091	.000
1 Season				12	10	1	2.7	88	.200	.182	.263	.250	.329	.182	.359	.432	.689	26	.325	-1.0	-0.1	.300	.091	.000
162 Game Avg.				278	231	23	2.7	88	.200	.182	.263	.250	.329	.182	.359	.432	.689	26	.325	-1.0	-0.1	.300	.091	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1944	31	CLE	AL	12	0.0%	8.3%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	11.0			83%
1 Season				12	0.0%	8.3%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	11.0			83%
MLB Averages					1.1%	8.6%	8.3%	5.8%	25%	1.03	10.5	82.8	8.9	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1944	31	7	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	26	2	1	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	31	7	14	12	2	3	2	1	.250	.357	.250	.607	1	7
1 Season		7	14	12	2	3	2	1	.250	.357	.250	.607	1	7
162 Game Avg.		162	324	278	46	69	46	23	.250	.357	.250	.607	23	7

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