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Denny Lyons
Dennis Patrick Aloysius Lyons
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 12, 1866 in Cincinnati, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1885
Final Game: July 23, 1897
Died: January 2, 1929 in W.Covington, KY
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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 Awards
1885 19 PRO NL 4 16 16 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 .125 .125 .188 .313 2 3 /5
1886 20 PHA AA 32 135 123 22 26 3 1 0 11 7 8 .211 .281 .252 .534 67 31 4 5
1887 21 PHA AA 137 623 570 128 209 43 14 6 102 73 47 .367 .421 .523 .943 161 298 6 *5
1888 22 PHA AA 111 504 456 93 135 22 5 6 83 39 41 .296 .363 .406 .769 146 185 7 *5
1889 23 PHA AA 131 596 510 135 168 36 4 9 82 10 79 44 .329 .426 .469 .895 156 239 7 *5/3
1890 24 PHA AA 88 406 339 79 120 29 5 7 73 21 57 .354 .461 .531 .992 194 180 10 *5
1891 25 STL AA 120 557 451 124 142 24 3 11 84 9 88 58 .315 .445 .455 .900 149 205 18 *5
1892 26 NYG NL 108 451 389 71 100 16 7 8 51 11 59 37 .257 .359 .396 .755 129 154 3 *5
1893 27 PIT NL 131 596 490 103 150 19 16 3 105 19 97 29 .306 .430 .429 .858 130 210 9 *5
1894 28 PIT NL 71 300 254 51 82 14 4 4 50 14 42 12 .323 .427 .457 .883 114 116 4 5
1895 29 STL NL 33 147 129 24 38 6 0 2 25 3 14 5 .295 .377 .388 .764 98 50 3 1 5
1896 30 PIT NL 118 519 436 77 134 25 6 4 71 13 67 25 .307 .406 .420 .825 121 183 5 11 *5
1897 31 PIT NL 37 160 131 22 27 6 4 2 17 5 22 .206 .346 .359 .705 89 47 6 1 3/5
13 Seasons 1121 5010 4294 932 1333 244 69 62 755 224 621 213 .310 .407 .443 .850 139 1901 82 13
162 Game Avg. 162 724 621 135 193 35 10 9 109 90 .310 .407 .443 .850 139 275
PHA (5 yrs) 499 2264 1998 457 658 133 29 28 351 150 232 44 .329 .408 .467 .875 157 933 34
PIT (4 yrs) 357 1575 1311 253 393 64 30 13 243 51 228 66 .300 .413 .424 .837 120 556 24 12
STL (2 yrs) 153 704 580 148 180 30 3 13 109 12 102 63 .310 .431 .440 .871 137 255 21 1
PRO (1 yr) 4 16 16 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 .125 .125 .188 .313 2 3
NYG (1 yr) 108 451 389 71 100 16 7 8 51 11 59 37 .257 .359 .396 .755 129 154 3
NL (7 yrs) 502 2189 1845 351 533 87 37 23 320 65 301 111 .289 .397 .414 .811 119 763 30 13
AA (6 yrs) 619 2821 2449 581 800 157 32 39 435 159 320 102 .327 .415 .465 .880 155 1138 52

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1885 PRO NL 19 3B 4 17 6 8 3 0 .824 3.50 .871 3.22
1886 PHA AA 20 3B 32 109 35 53 21 1 .807 2.75 .856 3.14
1887 PHA AA 21 3B 137 543 255 215 73 29 .866 3.43 .847 3.31
1888 PHA AA 22 3B 111 401 159 193 49 11 .878 3.17 .865 3.44
1889 PHA AA 23 3B 130 573 202 291 80 29 .860 3.79 .856 3.53
1889 PHA AA 23 1B 1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 7.00 .975 9.80
1890 PHA AA 24 3B 88 385 147 203 35 14 .909 3.98 .857 3.64
1891 STL AA 25 3B 120 456 151 246 59 16 .871 3.31 .872 3.58
1892 NYG NL 26 3B 108 411 152 206 53 13 .871 3.31 .880 3.53
1893 PIT NL 27 3B 131 563 214 303 46 23 .918 3.95 .890 3.75
1894 PIT NL 28 3B 71 305 119 155 31 11 .898 3.86 .876 3.41
1895 STL NL 29 3B 33 123 61 49 13 2 .894 3.33 .869 3.38
1896 PIT NL 30 3B 116 410 165 201 44 15 .893 3.16 .892 3.41
1897 PIT NL 31 1B 35 358 339 15 4 15 .989 10.11 .980 9.99
1897 PIT NL 31 3B 2 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 5.00 .880 3.30
13 Seasons 3B 1083 4306 1672 2127 507 164 .882 3.51 .870 3.50
2 Seasons 1B 36 366 346 15 5 15 .986 10.03 .980 9.99
13 Seasons TOT 1119 4672 2018 2142 512 179 .890 3.72 .769 3.70

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1887 AA--.367--4th
1888 AA--.296--7th
1889 AA--.329--3rd
1890 AA--.354--2nd
1891 AA--.315--6th
Career--.310--106th

On-Base% s c a p y
1887 AA--.421--5th
1888 AA--.363--6th
1889 AA--.426--3rd
1890 AA--.461--1st
1891 AA--.445--2nd
1893 NL--.430--6th
Career--.407--41st

Slugging % s c a p y
1887 AA--.523--4th
1888 AA--.406--8th
1889 AA--.469--5th
1890 AA--.531--1st
1891 AA--.455--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1887 AA--.943--4th
1888 AA--.769--7th
1889 AA--.895--4th
1890 AA--.992--1st
1891 AA--.900--3rd
Career--.850--167th

Games Played s c a p y
1887 AA--137--4th
1893 NL--131--10th

At Bats s c a p y
1887 AA--570--5th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1887 AA--623--6th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1889 AA--135--8th
1891 AA--124--6th

Hits s c a p y
1887 AA--209--3rd
1889 AA--168--10th

Total Bases s c a p y
1887 AA--298--3rd
1889 AA--239--6th

Doubles s c a p y
1887 AA--43--2nd
1888 AA--22--9th
1889 AA--36--3rd
1890 AA--29--2nd
1891 AA--24--8th

Triples s c a p y
1887 AA--14--10th
1893 NL--16--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1887 AA--6--8th
1888 AA--6--4th
1889 AA--9--5th
1890 AA--7--3rd
1891 AA--11--2nd
1892 NL--8--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1887 AA--102--7th
1888 AA--83--6th
1890 AA--73--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1889 AA--79--8th
1891 AA--88--6th
1893 NL--97--6th
1896 NL--67--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1891 AA--58--7th

Singles s c a p y
1887 AA--146--5th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1887 AA--161--5th
1888 AA--146--8th
1889 AA--156--3rd
1890 AA--194--1st
1891 AA--149--3rd
Career--139--79th

Runs Created s c a p y
1887 AA--124--3rd
1888 AA--66--9th
1889 AA--100--5th
1890 AA--80--7th
1891 AA--87--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1887 AA--47--4th
1888 AA--25--8th
1889 AA--43--3rd
1890 AA--44--3rd
1891 AA--37--2nd
1893 NL--27--10th
Career--255--168th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1887 AA--4.6--4th
1888 AA--2.8--8th
1889 AA--4.3--3rd
1890 AA--4.5--3rd
1891 AA--3.7--2nd
1893 NL--2.5--9th
Career--25.5--161st

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1887 AA--63--2nd
1889 AA--49--4th
1890 AA--41--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1887 AA--262--3rd
1889 AA--254--7th
1891 AA--248--6th
1893 NL--256--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1887 AA--.783--4th
1888 AA--.722--7th
1889 AA--.754--4th
1890 AA--.842--1st
1891 AA--.750--2nd
Career--.693--84th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1890 AA--10--10th
1891 AA--18--4th
Career--82--131st

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1887 AA--11.1--9th
1888 AA--10.4--7th
1890 AA--10.5--5th

AB per HR s c a p y
1888 AA--76.000--4th
1889 AA--56.667--5th
1890 AA--48.429--3rd
1891 AA--41.000--3rd
1892 NL--48.625--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 3 (594), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 106 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 48 (389), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 35 (191), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 6, 1890: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.

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