Denny Lyons stats

Last played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1897

Age 160

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Denny Lyons played 13 MLB seasons, 1885 to 1897.

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Career regular season

GP
1,121
AB
4,294
R
932
H
1,333
HR
62
RBI
0
SB
224
AVG
.310
Standard by season
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.
1885—41632000.125
1886—321232226007.211
1887—1375701282096073.367
1888—111456931356039.296
1889—1315101351689010.329
1890—88339791207021.354
1891STL1204511241421109.315
1892SF108389711008011.257
1893PIT1314901031503019.306
1894PIT7125451824014.323
1895STL331292438203.295
1896PIT118436771344013.307
1897PIT371312227205.206

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
5,021
TB
1,901
XBH
375
HBP
82
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
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.
1885—16310000
1886—1353144000
1887—623298636000
1888—504185337000
1889—596239497000
1890—4061804110000
1891STL5572053818000
1892SF451154313000
1893PIT596210389000
1894PIT311116224000
1895STL1475083000
1896PIT519183355000
1897PIT16047126000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
33.2
RC
872.8
RC/27
7.90
ISOP
.132
SECA
.329
BB/K
2.92
AB/HR
69.3
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
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.
1885—-0.1-0.1-0.2.0630.1000
1886—-0.310.73.0410.2000
1887—4.6137.410.3.1560.40950
1888—3.478.96.6.1100.30760
1889—5.1108.78.6.1390.31.856.70
1890—4.588.810.9.1770.4048.40
1891STL4.2101.88.9.1400.41.5410
1892SF2.462.95.9.1390.31.648.60
1893PIT4.81048.3.1220.43.3163.30
1894PIT1.6568.3.1340.43.563.50
1895STL0.121.16.2.0930.22.864.50
1896PIT2.683.67.2.1120.32.71090
1897PIT0.3205.1.1530.4065.50

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
160 yearsMar 12, 1866
Debut
1885

What were Denny Lyons's career stats?

Denny Lyons played 13 seasons for the Cardinals, the Giants and the Pirates. He was a career .310 hitter with 1,333 hits, 62 home runs and 0 RBI. His best season was 1887: a .367 batting average, 6 home runs and 0 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

13 seasons, 1885 to 1897

All-time career rank

  • 297th in stolen bases (224)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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