Al Lyons

Albert Harold Lyons

Positions: Pitcher, Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 18, 1918 in St. Joseph, MO
High School: Washington HS (Los Angeles, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1944
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Braves/Pirates 1944-1948

Final Game: October 3, 1948
Died: December 20, 1965 in Inglewood, CA
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
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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	SF	Pos	Awards
1940	21	NYY-min	C	123	475	475		142	25	7	13						.299	.299	.463	.762		220						JOP · WA
1941	22	NYY-min	C	135	493	493		150	32	10	10						.304	.304	.471	.775		232						JOP · WA
1942	23	NYY-min	A	140	506	506		126	20	8	8						.249	.249	.368	.617		186						BNG · EL
1943	24	NYY-min	AA	108	353	314	37	74	13	1	6	48	3		36	49	.236	.314	.341	.655		107	6	0	3			KCY · AA
1944	25	NYY	AL	19	26	26	1	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.346	.346	.423	.769	116	11	0	0	0		1

1946	27	NYY-min	AAA	53	97	85	11	20	2	3	3	9	1		12	26	.235	.330	.435	.765		37	0	0	0			KCY · AA
1946	27	NYY	AL	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/1
1947	28	TOT	MLB	23	18	16	2	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	4	.375	.444	.625	1.069	184	10	0	1	0		1/7O
1947	28	NYY	AL	8	6	6	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.833	1.500	317	5	0	0	0		/17O
1947	28	PIT	NL	15	12	10	1	2	0	0	1	1	0		1	3	.200	.333	.500	.833	116	5	0	1	0		1
1948	29	ATL-min	AAA	18	37	31	5	6	2	1	1	2	0		5	9	.194	.306	.419	.725		13		0	1			MLW · AA
1948	29	BSN	NL	16	14	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	26	2	0	0	0		/1O98
1949	30	SLE	AAA	152	563	495	78	135	26	4	23	67	13		58	108	.273	.355	.481	.836		238		5	5			SLE · PCL
1950	31	SLE	AAA	162	552	475	83	130	16	7	22	83	18		67	108	.274	.365	.476	.840		226		1	9			SLE · PCL
1951	32	SLE	AAA	143	537	447	68	128	24	5	20	94	2		73	88	.286	.391	.497	.888		222		4	13			SLE · PCL
1952	33	SLE	Opn	132	494	428	47	105	12	7	11	50	2		57	88	.245	.337	.383	.720		164		2	7			SLE · PCL
1953	34	SFR	Opn	143	579	510	58	137	25	1	22	77	2		57	81	.269	.346	.451	.797		230	14	3	9			SFR · PCL
1954	35	SFR,SDG	Opn	108	310	268	36	70	14	0	10	42	3		37	40	.261	.355	.425	.780		114	10	2	3	0		SFR,SDG · PCL
1955	36	PIT-min	Opn	79	120	102	7	11	1	0	1	5	0		15	25	.108	.227	.147	.374		15	2	1	1	1		SDG,HOL · PCL
1956	37	NYY-min	C	63	196	196		62	12	1	9						.316	.316	.526	.842		103						MOD · CALL
4 Yrs				60	62	58	5	17	3	0	1	7	0	0	3	16	.293	.339	.397	.735	102	23	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	167	157	14	46	8	0	3	19	0		8	43	.293	.339	.397	.735	102	62	0	3	0

NYY (3 yrs)				29	36	36	2	13	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	9	.361	.361	.444	.806	126	16	0	0	0
PIT (1 yr)				15	12	10	1	2	0	0	1	1	0		1	3	.200	.333	.500	.833	116	5	0	1	0
BSN (1 yr)				16	14	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	26	2	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				29	36	36	2	13	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	9	.361	.361	.444	.806	126	16	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				31	26	22	3	4	0	0	1	1	0		3	7	.182	.308	.318	.626	67	7	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1944	25	NYY	AL	19	26	0	0	0	0	2	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.516	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$	1

1946	27	NYY	AL	2	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.460	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1947	28	NYY	AL	8	6	2	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.529	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	/17O
1947	28	PIT	NL	15	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.510	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1948	29	BSN	NL	16	14	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/1O98
4 Seasons				60	62	-0	-0	0	0	6	6	0.6	2	7	0.6	.510	.501	0.6	-0.0	7	$

NYY (3 yrs)				29	36	1	0	0	0	3	4	0.5	1	5	0.4	.516	.501	0.4	0.0	5	$
PIT (1 yr)				15	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.510	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$
BSN (1 yr)				16	14	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	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	PwrSpd
1944	25	NYY	AL	26	17	4	6.4	94	.429	.346	.271	.346	.339	.423	.371	.769	.710	116	.697	0.4	0.0	.647	.077	.077

1946	27	NYY	AL	4	4	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.265	.000	.340	.000	.381	.000	.720	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1947	28	TOT	MLB	18	10	4	10.6	104	.455	.375	.272	.444	.349	.625	.398	1.069	.748	184	.830	1.9	0.2	1.200	.313	.250	.0
1947	28	NYY	AL	6	2	3	40.0	96	.800	.667	.262	.667	.341	.833	.376	1.500	.717	317	.984	1.7	0.2	2.500	.167	.167
1947	28	PIT	NL	12	8	1	3.3	108	.167	.200	.278	.333	.354	.500	.412	.833	.765	116	.352	0.2	0.0	.875	.400	.300	.0
1948	29	BSN	NL	14	10	1	2.7	101	.250	.167	.268	.286	.342	.167	.396	.452	.738	26	.279	-1.2	-0.1	.400	.167	.000
4 Yrs				62	41	9	5.9	98	.390	.293	.270	.339	.343	.397	.384	.735	.727	102	.642	0.1	0.0	.659	.155	.103	.0
162 Game Avg.				167	111	24	5.9	98	.390	.293	.270	.339	.343	.397	.384	.735	.727	102	.642	0	0	.659	.155	.103

NYY (3 yrs)				36	23	7	8.2	94	.481	.361	.269	.361	.339	.444	.373	.806	.712	126	.783	1.1	0.1	.696	.083	.083
PIT (1 yr)				12	8	1	3.3	108	.167	.200	.278	.333	.354	.500	.412	.833	.765	116	.352	0.2	0.0	.875	.400	.300	.0
BSN (1 yr)				14	10	1	2.7	101	.250	.167	.268	.286	.342	.167	.396	.452	.738	26	.280	-1.2	-0.1	.400	.167	.000

AL (3 yrs)				36	23	7	8.2	94	.481	.361	.269	.361	.339	.444	.373	.806	.712	126	.783	1.1	0.1	.696	.083	.083
NL (2 yrs)				26	18	2	2.9	104	.214	.182	.272	.308	.347	.318	.403	.626	.751	67	.313	-1.0	-0.1	.611	.273	.136	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1944	25	NYY	AL	26	0.0%	19.2%	0.0%	7.7%	22%		5.2		8.7		81%

1946	27	NYY	AL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3				25%
1947	28	TOT	MLB	18	5.6%	22.2%	5.6%	11.1%	33%	4.00	4.0	16.0	4.0		61%
1947	28	NYY	AL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	16.7%	25%		6.0		2.0		83%
1947	28	PIT	NL	12	8.3%	25.0%	8.3%	8.3%	50%	3.00	3.3	10.0	10.0		50%
1948	29	BSN	NL	14	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.0			0.33	57%
4 Yrs				62	1.6%	25.8%	4.8%	6.5%	24%	5.33	3.6	58.0	8.3	0.33	66%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.3%	9.2%	5.9%	26%	1.01	9.6	66.4	8.6	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1944	25	NYY	AL	0.4	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	27	NYY	AL	-1.1	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	TOT	MLB	1.9	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	NYY	AL	1.7	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	PIT	NL	0.2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	29	BSN	NL	-1.2	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.05	-0.2	0.1	-1.8	-0.2	1.03	-1.9	1.10	5
4 Yrs				0.0	0.0	8	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.05	-0.2	0.1	-1.8	-0.2	1.03	-1.9	1.10	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	29	BSN	NL	0	0	50%	1	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
4 Yrs				0	0	20%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	29	BSN	NL	14	75%	2			5	0	0	0	1.10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				14	75%	17			5	0	0	0	1.10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			786%			80%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP
1944	25	19	26	26	1	9	2	0	3	0	5	.346	.346	.423	.769	116	11	0
1945	26	19	26	26	1	9	2	0	3	0	5	.346	.346	.423	.769	116	11	0
1946	27	21	30	30	1	9	2	0	3	0	8	.300	.300	.367	.667	87	11	0
1947	28	44	48	46	3	15	3	1	7	1	12	.326	.354	.457	.811	123	21	1
1948	29	60	62	58	5	17	3	1	7	3	16	.293	.339	.397	.735	102	23	1

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	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	25	20	28	28	1	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	5	.357	.357	.429	.786	4	19

1946	27	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1947	28	24	19	17	2	7	1	0	1	4	0	1	4	.412	.474	.647	1.121	5	23
1948	29	17	16	13	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.231	.375	.231	.606	1	16
4 Yrs		63	67	62	7	20	3	0	1	7	0	4	16	.323	.373	.419	.792	10	60
162 Game Avg.		162	172	159	18	51	8	0	3	18	0	10	41	.323	.373	.419	.792	26	60

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