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Ted Lyons

Theodore Amar Lyons (Sunday Teddy)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 28, 1900 in Lake Charles, LA
High School: Vinton HS (Vinton, LA)
School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox in 1923. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1923
Team: WhiteSox 1923-1946

Final Game: May 19, 1946
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1955 (217/251 ballots).
   View Ted Lyons Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: July 25, 1986 in Sulphur, LA
Buried: Big Woods Cemetery, Edgerly, LA
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Hall of Fame

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1923 22 CHW AL 2 1 .667 6.35 9 1 5 0 0 0 22.2 30 21 16 2 15 6 1 1 3 113 63 1.985 11.9 0.8 6.0 2.4 0.40
1924 23 CHW AL 12 11 .522 4.87 41 22 15 12 0 3 216.1 279 143 117 10 72 52 2 0 4 980 84 1.622 11.6 0.4 3.0 2.2 0.72
1925 24 CHW AL 21 11 .656 3.26 43 32 8 19 5 3 262.2 274 111 95 7 83 45 2 0 5 1110 127 1.359 9.4 0.2 2.8 1.5 0.54 MVP-20
1926 25 CHW AL 18 16 .529 3.01 39 31 8 24 3 2 283.2 268 108 95 5 106 51 1 0 1 1208 128 1.318 8.5 0.2 3.4 1.6 0.48
1927 26 CHW AL 22 14 .611 2.84 39 34 4 30 2 2 307.2 291 125 97 7 67 71 0 1 2 1262 143 1.164 8.5 0.2 2.0 2.1 1.06 MVP-3
1928 27 CHW AL 15 14 .517 3.98 39 27 12 21 0 6 240.0 276 133 106 11 68 60 2 0 2 1043 102 1.433 10.4 0.4 2.6 2.3 0.88 MVP-22
1929 28 CHW AL 14 20 .412 4.10 37 31 6 21 1 2 259.1 276 136 118 11 76 57 2 0 3 1102 104 1.357 9.6 0.4 2.6 2.0 0.75
1930 29 CHW AL 22 15 .595 3.78 42 36 6 29 1 1 297.2 331 160 125 12 57 69 2 1 2 1258 122 1.303 10.0 0.4 1.7 2.1 1.21
1931 30 CHW AL 4 6 .400 4.01 22 12 8 7 0 0 101.0 117 50 45 6 33 16 0 1 1 435 106 1.485 10.4 0.5 2.9 1.4 0.48
1932 31 CHW AL 10 15 .400 3.28 33 26 4 19 1 2 230.2 243 104 84 10 71 58 3 0 1 979 131 1.361 9.5 0.4 2.8 2.3 0.82 MVP-19
1933 32 CHW AL 10 21 .323 4.38 36 27 9 14 2 1 228.0 260 142 111 10 74 74 0 0 10 1016 96 1.465 10.3 0.4 2.9 2.9 1.00
1934 33 CHW AL 11 13 .458 4.87 30 24 4 21 0 1 205.1 249 138 111 15 66 53 2 1 2 928 96 1.534 10.9 0.7 2.9 2.3 0.80
1935 34 CHW AL 15 8 .652 3.02 23 22 1 19 3 0 190.2 194 79 64 15 56 54 3 0 4 811 152 1.311 9.2 0.7 2.6 2.5 0.96 MVP-13
1936 35 CHW AL 10 13 .435 5.14 26 24 2 15 1 0 182.0 227 115 104 21 45 48 3 0 1 804 101 1.495 11.2 1.0 2.2 2.4 1.07
1937 36 CHW AL 12 7 .632 4.15 22 22 0 11 0 0 169.1 182 86 78 21 45 45 1 0 2 706 112 1.341 9.7 1.1 2.4 2.4 1.00
1938 37 CHW AL 9 11 .450 3.70 23 23 0 17 1 0 194.2 238 93 80 13 52 54 0 1 1 862 134 1.490 11.0 0.6 2.4 2.5 1.04
1939 38 CHW AL 14 6 .700 2.76 21 21 0 16 0 0 172.2 162 71 53 7 26 65 1 0 0 702 173 1.089 8.4 0.4 1.4 3.4 2.50 AS,MVP-17
1940 39 CHW AL 12 8 .600 3.24 22 22 0 17 4 0 186.1 188 85 67 17 37 72 0 0 6 789 137 1.208 9.1 0.8 1.8 3.5 1.95 MVP-27
1941 40 CHW AL 12 10 .545 3.70 22 22 0 19 2 0 187.1 199 87 77 9 37 63 4 0 2 795 111 1.260 9.6 0.4 1.8 3.0 1.70 MVP-15
1942 41 CHW AL 14 6 .700 2.10 20 20 0 20 1 0 180.1 167 52 42 11 26 50 2 0 3 720 171 1.070 8.3 0.5 1.3 2.5 1.92 MVP-12
1946 45 CHW AL 1 4 .200 2.32 5 5 0 5 0 0 42.2 38 17 11 2 9 10 0 0 0 174 148 1.102 8.0 0.4 1.9 2.1 1.11
21 Yrs 260 230 .531 3.67 594 484 92 356 27 23 4161.0 4489 2056 1696 222 1121 1073 31 6 55 17797 118 1.348 9.7 0.5 2.4 2.3 0.96
162 Game Avg. 16 15 .531 3.67 37 31 6 22 2 1 262 283 130 107 14 71 68 2 0 3 1123 118 1.348 9.7 0.5 2.4 2.3 0.96
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1923 22 CHW AL 22.2 9 1 21 8.34 5.48 0.06 0.00 98.8 5.36 -8 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .422 .496 $
1924 23 CHW AL 216.1 41 22 143 5.95 5.04 -0.30 0.00 98.2 5.24 -19 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 0.0 8 .457 .489 $
1925 24 CHW AL 262.2 43 32 111 3.80 5.11 0.07 0.00 95.2 4.80 28 2.8 1.0 -0.1 4.9 61 .564 .517 $ MVP-20
1926 25 CHW AL 283.1 39 31 108 3.43 4.65 0.15 0.00 96.4 4.34 28 3.0 1.0 -0.1 5.3 60 .576 .518 $
1927 26 CHW AL 307.2 39 34 125 3.66 5.13 0.12 0.00 98.4 4.93 43 4.4 1.0 -0.1 6.9 79 .614 .527 $ MVP-3
1928 27 CHW AL 239.2 39 27 133 4.99 4.82 -0.01 0.00 100.8 4.88 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.6 24 .490 .498 $ MVP-22
1929 28 CHW AL 259.1 37 31 136 4.72 5.33 0.15 0.00 99.1 5.14 12 1.2 1.0 -0.1 3.3 43 .532 .507 $
1930 29 CHW AL 297.1 42 36 160 4.84 5.38 -0.28 0.00 99.5 5.63 25 2.4 1.0 -0.2 4.8 64 .557 .515 $12,000
1931 30 CHW AL 101.0 22 12 50 4.46 5.26 -0.32 0.00 96.2 5.38 10 1.0 1.0 -0.0 1.8 23 .543 .506 $
1932 31 CHW AL 229.2 33 26 104 4.08 5.40 -0.16 0.00 95.2 5.30 30 3.0 1.0 -0.1 4.9 59 .591 .518 $ MVP-19
1933 32 CHW AL 228.0 36 27 142 5.61 5.03 0.03 0.00 97.8 4.89 -21 -1.9 1.0 -0.1 0.0 9 .447 .488 $
1934 33 CHW AL 205.0 30 24 138 6.06 5.40 -0.29 0.00 102.8 5.85 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.2 20 .485 .497 $
1935 34 CHW AL 190.2 23 22 79 3.73 5.33 0.27 0.00 100.6 5.10 29 3.0 1.0 -0.1 4.5 52 .631 .519 $ MVP-13
1936 35 CHW AL 182.0 26 24 115 5.69 6.02 0.21 0.00 100.7 5.85 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.7 28 .510 .502 $
1937 36 CHW AL 169.1 22 22 86 4.57 5.28 0.34 0.00 98.7 4.87 5 0.5 -0.1 1.8 27 .521 .503 $
1938 37 CHW AL 194.2 23 23 93 4.30 5.59 0.02 0.00 103.9 5.79 30 2.9 -0.1 4.5 57 .627 .518 $
1939 38 CHW AL 172.2 21 21 71 3.70 5.24 0.08 0.00 100.8 5.20 28 2.8 -0.1 4.2 50 .634 .517 $ AS,MVP-17
1940 39 CHW AL 186.1 22 22 85 4.11 5.10 0.22 0.00 102.8 5.01 17 1.7 -0.1 2.9 37 .579 .511 $ MVP-27
1941 40 CHW AL 187.1 22 22 87 4.18 4.87 0.16 0.00 98.6 4.65 9 0.9 -0.1 2.1 27 .540 .505 $ MVP-15
1942 41 CHW AL 180.1 20 20 52 2.60 4.15 0.08 0.00 99.9 4.07 28 3.4 -0.1 4.3 41 .669 .521 $ MVP-12
1946 45 CHW AL 42.2 5 5 17 3.59 4.10 0.16 0.00 101.3 4.00 2 0.2 -0.0 0.5 5 .544 .501 $
21 Seasons 4158.2 594 484 2056 4.45 5.15 0.03 0.00 99.1 5.08 272 28.1 1.0 -2.3 60.7 769 .547 .508 $12,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1939 CHW AL 38

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1923 22 CHW AL 113 1.8% 5.3% 13.3% 75%
1924 23 CHW AL 976 1.0% 5.3% 7.4% 2.7% 9% 82%
1925 24 CHW AL 1108 0.6% 4.1% 7.5% 3.7% 15% 84%
1926 25 CHW AL 1213 0.4% 4.2% 8.7% 4.2% 19% 83%
1927 26 CHW AL 1262 0.6% 5.6% 5.3% 4.5% 20% 86%
1928 27 CHW AL 1044 1.1% 5.8% 6.5% 4.6% 17% 83%
1929 28 CHW AL 1106 1.0% 5.2% 6.9% 4.9% 20% 84%
1930 29 CHW AL 1261 1.0% 5.5% 4.5% 5.9% 22% 86%
1931 30 CHW AL 432 1.4% 3.7% 7.6% 4.2% 15% 86%
1932 31 CHW AL 981 1.0% 5.9% 7.2% 4.2% 17% 84%
1933 32 CHW AL 1016 1.0% 7.3% 7.3% 3.4% 13% 83%
1934 33 CHW AL 928 1.6% 5.7% 7.1% 6.3% 23% 84%
1935 34 CHW AL 808 1.9% 6.7% 6.9% 5.1% 21% 83%
1936 35 CHW AL 804 2.6% 6.0% 5.6% 5.6% 20% 84%
1937 36 CHW AL 710 3.0% 6.3% 6.3% 4.9% 19% 83%
1938 37 CHW AL 864 1.5% 6.3% 6.0% 5.3% 19% 84%
1939 38 CHW AL 702 1.0% 9.3% 3.7% 3.7% 16% 83%
1940 39 CHW AL 789 2.2% 9.1% 4.7% 6.6% 28% 83%
1941 40 CHW AL 795 1.1% 7.9% 4.7% 4.8% 19% 84%
1942 41 CHW AL 720 1.5% 6.9% 3.6% 6.4% 28% 86%
1946 45 CHW AL 174 1.2% 5.8% 5.2% 5.8% 26% 86%
21 Yrs 17806 1.3% 6.0% 6.3% 4.7% 19% 84%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.3% 8.4% 3.1% 13% 80%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1923 22 2 1 .667 6.35 9 1 5 0 0 0 22.2 30 21 16 2 15 6 1 1 3 113 63 1.985 11.9 0.8 6.0 2.4 0.40 63
1924 23 14 12 .538 5.01 50 23 20 12 0 3 239.0 309 164 133 12 87 58 3 1 7 1093 82 1.657 11.6 0.5 3.3 2.2 0.67 82
1925 24 35 23 .603 4.09 93 55 28 31 5 6 501.2 583 275 228 19 170 103 5 1 12 2203 101 1.501 10.5 0.3 3.0 1.8 0.61 101
1926 25 53 39 .576 3.70 132 86 36 55 8 8 785.1 851 383 323 24 276 154 6 1 13 3411 109 1.435 9.8 0.3 3.2 1.8 0.56 109
1927 26 75 53 .586 3.46 171 120 40 85 10 10 1093.0 1142 508 420 31 343 225 6 2 15 4673 117 1.359 9.4 0.3 2.8 1.9 0.66 117
1928 27 90 67 .573 3.55 210 147 52 106 10 16 1333.0 1418 641 526 42 411 285 8 2 17 5716 114 1.372 9.6 0.3 2.8 1.9 0.69 114
1929 28 104 87 .545 3.64 247 178 58 127 11 18 1592.1 1694 777 644 53 487 342 10 2 20 6818 112 1.370 9.6 0.3 2.8 1.9 0.70 112
1930 29 126 102 .553 3.66 289 214 64 156 12 19 1890.0 2025 937 769 65 544 411 12 3 22 8076 113 1.359 9.6 0.3 2.6 2.0 0.76 113
1931 30 130 108 .546 3.68 311 226 72 163 12 19 1991.0 2142 987 814 71 577 427 12 4 23 8511 113 1.366 9.7 0.3 2.6 1.9 0.74 113
1932 31 140 123 .532 3.64 344 252 76 182 13 21 2221.2 2385 1091 898 81 648 485 15 4 24 9490 115 1.365 9.7 0.3 2.6 2.0 0.75 115
1933 32 150 144 .510 3.71 380 279 85 196 15 22 2449.2 2645 1233 1009 91 722 559 15 4 34 10506 113 1.374 9.7 0.3 2.7 2.1 0.77 113
1934 33 161 157 .506 3.80 410 303 89 217 15 23 2655.0 2894 1371 1120 106 788 612 17 5 36 11434 111 1.387 9.8 0.4 2.7 2.1 0.78 111
1935 34 176 165 .516 3.74 433 325 90 236 18 23 2845.2 3088 1450 1184 121 844 666 20 5 40 12245 113 1.382 9.8 0.4 2.7 2.1 0.79 113
1936 35 186 178 .511 3.83 459 349 92 251 19 23 3027.2 3315 1565 1288 142 889 714 23 5 41 13049 112 1.389 9.9 0.4 2.6 2.1 0.80 112
1937 36 198 185 .517 3.85 481 371 92 262 19 23 3197.0 3497 1651 1366 163 934 759 24 5 43 13755 112 1.386 9.8 0.5 2.6 2.1 0.81 112
1938 37 207 196 .514 3.84 504 394 92 279 20 23 3391.2 3735 1744 1446 176 986 813 24 6 44 14617 113 1.392 9.9 0.5 2.6 2.2 0.82 113
1939 38 221 202 .522 3.78 525 415 92 295 20 23 3564.1 3897 1815 1499 183 1012 878 25 6 44 15319 116 1.377 9.8 0.5 2.6 2.2 0.87 116
1940 39 233 210 .526 3.76 547 437 92 312 24 23 3750.2 4085 1900 1566 200 1049 950 25 6 50 16108 116 1.369 9.8 0.5 2.5 2.3 0.91 116
1941 40 245 220 .527 3.75 569 459 92 331 26 23 3938.0 4284 1987 1643 209 1086 1013 29 6 52 16903 116 1.364 9.8 0.5 2.5 2.3 0.93 116
1942 41 259 226 .534 3.68 589 479 92 351 27 23 4118.1 4451 2039 1685 220 1112 1063 31 6 55 17623 118 1.351 9.7 0.5 2.4 2.3 0.96 118
1943 42 259 226 .534 3.68 589 479 92 351 27 23 4118.1 4451 2039 1685 220 1112 1063 31 6 55 17623 118 1.351 9.7 0.5 2.4 2.3 0.96 118
1944 43 259 226 .534 3.68 589 479 92 351 27 23 4118.1 4451 2039 1685 220 1112 1063 31 6 55 17623 118 1.351 9.7 0.5 2.4 2.3 0.96 118
1945 44 259 226 .534 3.68 589 479 92 351 27 23 4118.1 4451 2039 1685 220 1112 1063 31 6 55 17623 118 1.351 9.7 0.5 2.4 2.3 0.96 118
1946 45 260 230 .531 3.67 594 484 92 356 27 23 4161.0 4489 2056 1696 222 1121 1073 31 6 55 17797 118 1.348 9.7 0.5 2.4 2.3 0.96 118

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1923 22 1 1 .500 5.63 24.0 30 17 15 2 15 6 1 1.875 11.3 5.6 2.3 0.40 0.8 9
1924 23 11 14 .440 4.48 225.0 281 124 112 10 73 54 2 1.573 11.2 2.9 2.2 0.74 0.4 41
1925 24 18 11 .621 3.00 270.0 274 100 90 7 83 46 2 1.322 9.1 2.8 1.5 0.55 0.2 43
1926 25 21 11 .656 2.97 294.0 277 108 97 5 110 53 1 1.316 8.5 3.4 1.6 0.48 0.2 39
1927 26 24 11 .686 2.62 320.0 292 103 93 7 67 74 0 1.122 8.2 1.9 2.1 1.10 0.2 39
1928 27 14 13 .519 3.76 249.0 280 116 104 11 69 62 2 1.402 10.1 2.5 2.2 0.90 0.4 39
1929 28 16 14 .533 3.69 271.0 275 123 111 11 76 60 2 1.295 9.1 2.5 2.0 0.79 0.4 37
1930 29 22 13 .629 3.07 317.0 316 120 108 11 54 73 2 1.167 9.0 1.5 2.1 1.35 0.3 42
1931 30 6 5 .545 3.67 103.0 115 47 42 6 32 16 0 1.427 10.0 2.8 1.4 0.50 0.5 22
1932 31 17 9 .654 2.94 239.0 240 87 78 10 70 60 3 1.297 9.0 2.6 2.3 0.86 0.4 33
1933 32 14 13 .519 3.88 248.0 264 119 107 10 75 80 0 1.367 9.6 2.7 2.9 1.07 0.4 36
1934 33 12 12 .500 3.90 224.0 239 108 97 14 63 58 2 1.348 9.6 2.5 2.3 0.92 0.6 30
1935 34 16 6 .727 2.51 204.0 189 63 57 15 55 58 3 1.196 8.3 2.4 2.6 1.05 0.7 23
1936 35 11 10 .524 3.75 197.0 206 91 82 19 41 52 3 1.254 9.4 1.9 2.4 1.27 0.9 26
1937 36 10 9 .526 3.61 172.0 174 77 69 20 43 46 1 1.262 9.1 2.3 2.4 1.07 1.0 22
1938 37 15 8 .652 2.87 213.0 226 76 68 12 49 59 0 1.291 9.5 2.1 2.5 1.20 0.5 23
1939 38 15 5 .750 2.23 186.0 154 51 46 7 25 70 1 0.962 7.5 1.2 3.4 2.80 0.3 21
1940 39 15 7 .682 2.78 201.0 185 69 62 17 36 78 0 1.100 8.3 1.6 3.5 2.17 0.8 22
1941 40 12 9 .571 3.46 195.0 201 83 75 9 37 65 4 1.221 9.3 1.7 3.0 1.76 0.4 22
1942 41 15 5 .750 2.31 183.0 182 52 47 12 28 51 2 1.148 9.0 1.4 2.5 1.82 0.6 20
1946 45 3 1 .750 2.72 43.0 42 14 13 2 10 10 0 1.209 8.8 2.1 2.1 1.00 0.4 5
21 Yrs 288 187 .606 3.23 4378.0 4442 1748 1573 217 1111 1131 31 1.268 9.1 2.3 1.02 0.4 594
W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1945 BBWAA ( 1.6%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 1.5%)
1948 BBWAA (12.4%)
1949 BBWAA (19.0%)
1949 Run Off ( 7.5%)
1950 BBWAA (25.0%)
1951 BBWAA (31.4%)
1952 BBWAA (43.2%)
1953 BBWAA (52.7%)
1954 BBWAA (67.5%)
1955 BBWAA (86.5%)
Selected to HOF in 1955 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1939

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1925 AL (20, 8%)
1927 AL (3, 53%)
1928 AL (22, 3%)
1932 AL (19, 6%)
1935 AL (13, 12%)
1939 AL (17, 4%)
1940 AL (27, 1%)
1941 AL (15, 4%)
1942 AL (12, 7%)
0.98 Career Shares (250th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1926 AL  5.2 (8th)
1927 AL  7.6 (3rd)
1932 AL  5.5 (9th)
1942 AL  4.8 (10th)
Career  65.2 (103rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1925 AL  4.9 (6th)
1926 AL  5.3 (3rd)
1927 AL  6.9 (2nd)
1930 AL  4.8 (7th)
1932 AL  4.9 (6th)
1935 AL  4.5 (6th)
1938 AL  4.5 (7th)
1939 AL  4.2 (8th)
1942 AL  4.3 (4th)
Career  60.7 (43rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1925 AL  3.26 (6th)
1926 AL  3.01 (3rd)
1927 AL  2.84 (4th)
1930 AL  3.78 (6th)
1932 AL  3.28 (3rd)
1935 AL  3.02 (2nd)
1938 AL  3.70 (8th)
1939 AL  2.76 (2nd)
1940 AL  3.24 (6th)
1942 AL  2.10 (1st)

Wins s c a p y
1925 AL  21 (1st)
1926 AL  18 (4th)
1927 AL  22 (1st)
1930 AL  22 (3rd)
1935 AL  15 (10th)
1939 AL  14 (10th)
1942 AL  14 (8th)
Career  260 (41st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1925 AL  .656 (8th)
1927 AL  .611 (10th)
1930 AL  .595 (10th)
1935 AL  .652 (6th)
1937 AL  .632 (9th)
1939 AL  .700 (8th)
1942 AL  .700 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1925 AL  1.359 (6th)
1926 AL  1.318 (8th)
1927 AL  1.164 (4th)
1929 AL  1.357 (10th)
1930 AL  1.303 (4th)
1932 AL  1.361 (10th)
1935 AL  1.311 (7th)
1937 AL  1.341 (6th)
1939 AL  1.089 (1st)
1940 AL  1.208 (3rd)
1941 AL  1.260 (5th)
1942 AL  1.070 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 AL  9.388 (9th)
1926 AL  8.503 (4th)
1927 AL  8.513 (8th)
1939 AL  8.444 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 AL  2.844 (10th)
1927 AL  1.960 (5th)
1930 AL  1.723 (2nd)
1932 AL  2.770 (9th)
1933 AL  2.921 (9th)
1934 AL  2.893 (8th)
1935 AL  2.643 (7th)
1936 AL  2.225 (1st)
1937 AL  2.392 (5th)
1938 AL  2.404 (3rd)
1939 AL  1.355 (1st)
1940 AL  1.787 (1st)
1941 AL  1.778 (1st)
1942 AL  1.298 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1924 AL  41 (10th)
1925 AL  43 (10th)
1928 AL  39 (9th)
1930 AL  42 (6th)
Career  594 (197th)

Saves s c a p y
1925 AL  3 (8th)
1928 AL  6 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1925 AL  262.7 (2nd)
1926 AL  283.7 (2nd)
1927 AL  307.7 (1st)
1929 AL  259.3 (7th)
1930 AL  297.7 (1st)
Career  4,161.0 (37th)

Games Started s c a p y
1925 AL  32 (4th)
1926 AL  31 (10th)
1927 AL  34 (2nd)
1929 AL  31 (10th)
1930 AL  36 (2nd)
Career  484 (53rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1925 AL  19 (4th)
1926 AL  24 (2nd)
1927 AL  30 (1st)
1928 AL  21 (5th)
1929 AL  21 (5th)
1930 AL  29 (1st)
1932 AL  19 (8th)
1934 AL  21 (3rd)
1935 AL  19 (5th)
1938 AL  17 (7th)
1939 AL  16 (6th)
1941 AL  19 (4th)
1942 AL  20 (3rd)
Career  356 (24th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1925 AL  5 (1st)
1926 AL  3 (2nd)
1927 AL  2 (10th)
1930 AL  1 (10th)
1933 AL  2 (4th)
1935 AL  3 (4th)
1940 AL  4 (1st)
1941 AL  2 (10th)
Career  27 (145th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1924 AL  10 (7th)
1928 AL  11 (10th)
1936 AL  21 (4th)
1937 AL  21 (4th)
Career  222 (157th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1926 AL  106 (3rd)
Career  1,121 (70th)

Hits s c a p y
1924 AL  279 (8th)
1925 AL  274 (7th)
1926 AL  268 (6th)
1927 AL  291 (1st)
1928 AL  276 (6th)
1929 AL  276 (6th)
1930 AL  331 (1st)
1933 AL  260 (6th)
1934 AL  249 (8th)
1938 AL  238 (9th)
Career  4,489 (20th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1939 AL  2.500 (1st)
1940 AL  1.946 (2nd)
1941 AL  1.703 (1st)
1942 AL  1.923 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 AL  0.240 (5th)
1926 AL  0.159 (5th)
1927 AL  0.205 (7th)
1930 AL  0.363 (8th)
1932 AL  0.390 (4th)
1939 AL  0.365 (3rd)
1941 AL  0.432 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1926 AL  16 (3rd)
1927 AL  14 (9th)
1929 AL  20 (2nd)
1930 AL  15 (8th)
1932 AL  15 (5th)
1933 AL  21 (1st)
1934 AL  13 (10th)
Career  230 (20th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1924 AL  117 (5th)
1928 AL  106 (5th)
1929 AL  118 (6th)
1930 AL  125 (4th)
1933 AL  111 (4th)
1934 AL  111 (10th)
Career  1,696 (22nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1924 AL  4 (9th)
1925 AL  5 (4th)
1933 AL  10 (1st)
1940 AL  6 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1941 AL  4 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1925 AL  1,110 (4th)
1926 AL  1,208 (2nd)
1927 AL  1,262 (1st)
1928 AL  1,043 (10th)
1929 AL  1,102 (8th)
1930 AL  1,258 (3rd)
1933 AL  1,016 (10th)
Career  17,797 (35th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1924 AL  15 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1925 AL  128 (9th)
1926 AL  129 (5th)
1927 AL  143 (3rd)
1930 AL  122 (7th)
1932 AL  131 (5th)
1935 AL  152 (2nd)
1938 AL  134 (6th)
1939 AL  173 (2nd)
1940 AL  137 (6th)
1942 AL  171 (1st)
Career  118 (152nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1925 AL  30 (6th)
1926 AL  31 (3rd)
1927 AL  39 (3rd)
1930 AL  22 (8th)
1932 AL  25 (7th)
1935 AL  30 (4th)
1938 AL  26 (6th)
1939 AL  33 (5th)
1940 AL  21 (10th)
1942 AL  29 (3rd)
Career  277 (36th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1925 AL  2.8 (6th)
1926 AL  3.2 (3rd)
1927 AL  3.9 (2nd)
1930 AL  2.1 (8th)
1932 AL  2.4 (7th)
1935 AL  3.0 (4th)
1938 AL  2.5 (5th)
1939 AL  3.3 (5th)
1940 AL  2.1 (10th)
1942 AL  3.3 (3rd)
Career  27.8 (41st)

Oldest s c a p y
1938 AL  born 1900-12-28 (9th)
1939 AL  born 1900-12-28 (7th)
1940 AL  born 1900-12-28 (3rd)
1941 AL  born 1900-12-28 (3rd)
1942 AL  born 1900-12-28 (2nd)
1946 AL  born 1900-12-28 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 32 (49), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 189 (52), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 65 (190), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 30 (142), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  14. George Uhle (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. George Uhle (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Name and misspellings: Sunday Theodore Amar Ted Teddy Lyons

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