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Barry Lyons

Barry Stephen Lyons

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 3, 1960 in Biloxi, MS
School: Delta State University
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 15th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1986
Teams (by GP): Mets/WhiteSox/Dodgers/Angels 1986-1995

Final Game: October 1, 1995
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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	IBB	Pos
1982	22	NYM-min	A	45	192	164	23	46	12	0	4	46	0	0	24	10	.280	.372	.427	.799		70		1	1	2	1	SHL · SALL
1983	23	NYM-min	A	94	373	323	55	95	9	2	5	47	3	0	42	32	.294	.374	.381	.754		123		2	1	5	0	CLM,LBG · SALL,CARL
1984	24	NYM-min	A	115	467	412	59	130	17	3	12	87	1	3	45	40	.316	.380	.459	.839		189		2	1	7	1	LBG · CARL
1985	25	NYM-min	AA	126	519	486	69	149	34	6	11	108	3	0	25	67	.307	.345	.469	.814		228		5	0	3	2	JAC · TL
1986	26	NYM-min	AAA	61	262	234	28	69	16	0	4	46	0	0	18	32	.295	.338	.415	.753		97		1	2	7	2	TID · IL
1986	26	NYM	NL	6	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.000	.100	.000	.100	-70	0	0	0	0	0	1	/2
1987	27	NYM	NL	53	143	130	15	33	4	1	4	24	0	0	8	24	.254	.301	.392	.693	86	51	1	2	0	3	1	2
1988	28	NYM	NL	50	98	91	5	21	7	1	0	11	0	0	3	12	.231	.253	.330	.582	70	30	3	0	3	1	0	2/3
1989	29	NYM-min	AAA	5	20	20	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.200	.300		4		0	0	0	0	TID · IL
1989	29	NYM	NL	79	252	235	15	58	13	0	3	27	0	1	11	28	.247	.283	.340	.623	82	80	7	2	1	3	1	2
1990	30	NYM-min	AAA	57	183	164	8	28	5	0	0	17	0	0	16	25	.171	.251	.201	.453		33		2	0	1	1	TID · IL
1990	30	TOT	NL	27	88	85	9	20	0	0	3	9	0	0	2	10	.235	.261	.341	.603	65	29	2	1	0	0	0	2
1990	30	NYM	NL	24	83	80	8	19	0	0	2	7	0	0	2	9	.238	.265	.313	.578	59	25	2	1	0	0	0	2
1990	30	LAD	NL	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.800	1.000	164	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1991	31	ANA-min	AAA	47	179	165	15	51	13	0	2	23	0	0	10	11	.309	.358	.424	.782		70		3	0	1	1	EDM · PCL
1991	31	TOT	MLB	11	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.071	.071	.071	.143	-59	1	0	0	0	0	0	/23
1991	31	LAD	NL	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1991	31	CAL	AL	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	/3

1995	35	CHW-min	AAA	71	294	265	37	68	16	1	8	38	0	0	20	56	.257	.314	.415	.729		110	7	4	1	4	4	NVL · AA
1995	35	CHW	AL	27	70	64	8	17	2	0	5	16	0	0	4	14	.266	.304	.531	.836	116	34	0	0	1	1	0	2/3D
7 Seasons				253	675	628	53	150	26	2	15	89	0	1	29	92	.239	.275	.358	.633	78	225	13	5	5	8	3
162 Game Avg.				162	432	402	34	96	17	1	10	57	0	1	19	59	.239	.275	.358	.633	78	144	8	3	3	5	2

NYM (5 yrs)				212	586	545	44	131	24	2	9	71	0	1	25	75	.240	.277	.341	.618	75	186	13	5	4	7	3
LAD (2 yrs)				12	14	14	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.286	.357	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	12	1	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				27	70	64	8	17	2	0	5	16	0	0	4	14	.266	.304	.531	.836	116	34	0	0	1	1	0

NL (6 yrs)				224	600	559	45	132	24	2	10	73	0	1	25	78	.236	.272	.340	.612	73	190	13	5	4	7	3
AL (2 yrs)				29	75	69	8	18	2	0	5	16	0	0	4	14	.261	.297	.507	.805	109	35	0	0	1	1	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
1986	26	NYM	NL	10	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	/2
1987	27	NYM	NL	143	-2	-1	0	1	-4	2	4	0	0.0	4	0.4	-0.4	$62,500	2
1988	28	NYM	NL	98	-4	-1	1	-1	-2	1	3	-3	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$90,000	2/3
1989	29	NYM	NL	252	-5	-1	-1	0	-5	4	8	0	-0.1	5	0.5	-0.6	$115,000	2
1990	30	NYM	NL	83	-4	0	0	0	-4	1	2	-5	-0.5	-1	-0.1	-0.4	$220,000	2
1990	30	LAD	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/2
1991	31	LAD	NL	9	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$220,000	/2
1991	31	CAL	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/3

1995	35	CHW	AL	70	1	-1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	2/3D
7 Seasons				675	-19	-4	1	0	-16	8	19	-11	-1.3	5	0.5	-1.8	$707,500

NYM (5 yrs)				586	-17	-3	0	0	-16	8	17	-11	-1.3	5	0.5	-1.8	$487,500
LAD (2 yrs)				14	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$220,000
CAL (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
CHW (1 yr)				70	1	-1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1986	NYM	NL	26	C	3	2	1	20.0	17	16	0	1	0	.941	-1	-60	7.20	5.33	.985	6.93	6.93	0	0	6	0	0%	0
1987	NYM	NL	27	C	49	30	27	312.0	244	223	17	4	0	.984	-4	-15	6.92	4.90	.987	6.94	6.90	4	10	39	11	22%	0
1988	NYM	NL	28	C	32	14	13	175.1	140	129	8	3	0	.979	-2	-14	7.03	4.28	.987	6.56	6.57	5	9	23	8	26%	1
1988	NYM	NL	28	1B	1	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-80	6.00	2.00	.990	9.90	10.00
1989	NYM	NL	29	C	76	61	48	556.0	502	463	29	10	4	.980	-5	-11	7.96	6.47	.986	6.67	6.68	5	24	55	20	27%	2
1990	TOT	NL	30	C	25	22	17	196.1	199	183	12	4	1	.980	-4	-24	8.94	7.80	.987	6.65	6.61	2	3	36	7	16%	0
1990	NYM	NL	30	C	23	22	17	191.1	196	180	12	4	1	.980	-4	-25	9.03	8.35	.987	6.65	6.61	2	3	36	7	16%	0
1990	LAD	NL	30	C	2	0	0	5.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	5.40	1.50	.987	6.66	6.60	0	0	0	0		0
1991	LAD	NL	31	C	6	1	1	15.2	13	12	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	7.47	2.17	.988	6.78	6.75	0	1	1	0	0%	0
1991	CAL	AL	31	1B	2	1	1	10.0	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	0	36	9.90	5.50	.992	9.72	9.75
1995	CHW	AL	35	C	16	9	8	84.2	75	64	10	1	2	.987	0	0	7.87	4.63	.990	6.74	6.67	4	2	15	6	29%	2
1995	CHW	AL	35	1B	4	4	3	35.0	38	33	4	1	4	.974	0	0	9.51	9.25	.993	9.62	9.50
1995	CHW	AL	35	DH	3	3
	7 Seasons			C	207	139	115	1360.0	1190	1090	77	23	8	.981	-16	-14	7.72	5.64	.987	6.72	6.71	20	49	175	52	23%	5
	3 Seasons			1B	7	5	4	48.0	51	44	6	1	4	.980	0	3	9.38	7.14	.993	9.66	9.64
	7 Seasons			TOT	214	144	119	1408.0	1241	1134	83	24	12	.981	-16	-14	7.78	5.69	.987	6.82	6.81	20	49	175	52	23%	5

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1989 NL 10 (5th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1989 NL 10 (5th)

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Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 25th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 7, 1982: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 15th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
September 4, 1990: Released by the New York Mets.
September 21, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
June 12, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
June 19, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
October 24, 1991: Released by the California Angels.
January 15, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
October 15, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
January 4, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
September 1, 1993: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
February 11, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
April 25, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
November 30, 1995: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
January 16, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1987	27	New York Mets	$62,500	1987 USA Today survey
1988	28	New York Mets	$90,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	29	New York Mets	$115,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	30	New York Mets	$220,000	USA Today
1991	31	Los Angeles Dodgers	$220,000	USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$707,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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