Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1986
- College
- Delta State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1986
- College
- Delta State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 253
- AB
- 628
- R
- 53
- H
- 150
- HR
- 15
- RBI
- 89
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .239
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NYM | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| 1987 | NYM | 53 | 130 | 15 | 33 | 4 | 24 | 0 | .254 |
| 1988 | NYM | 50 | 91 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .231 |
| 1989 | NYM | 79 | 235 | 15 | 58 | 3 | 27 | 0 | .247 |
| 1990 |  NYM/LAD | 27 | 85 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .235 |
| 1991 |  LAD/LAA | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 |
| 1995 | CHW | 27 | 64 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 0 | .266 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 675
- TB
- 225
- XBH
- 43
- HBP
- 5
- IBB
- 3
- GIDP
- 13
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NYM | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NYM | 143 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYM | 98 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYM | 252 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | NYM/LAD | 88 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | LAD/LAA | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | CHW | 70 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.0
- RC
- 59.3
- RC/27
- 3.20
- ISOP
- .119
- SECA
- .164
- BB/K
- 0.32
- AB/HR
- 41.9
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NYM | -0.3 | -0.6 | -1.8 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NYM | -0.1 | 16 | 4.3 | .138 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 32.5 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYM | -0.2 | 6.7 | 2.3 | .099 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYM | -0.2 | 20.7 | 3 | .094 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 78.3 | 0 |
| 1990 | NYM/LAD | -0.3 | 6.8 | 2.8 | .106 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 28.3 | 0 |
| 1991 | LAD/LAA | -0.1 | -0.8 | -1.7 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | CHW | 0.2 | 10.7 | 5.9 | .266 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 12.8 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Barry Lyons's career stats?
Barry Lyons played 7 seasons for the Mets and the White Sox. He was a career .239 hitter with 150 hits, 15 home runs and 89 RBI. His best season was 1995: a .266 batting average, 5 home runs and 16 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
7 seasons, 1986 to 1995
Championships
- 1986 World Series with the New York Mets
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