Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1985
- College
- Oregon State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1985
- College
- Oregon State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 853
- AB
- 2,162
- R
- 264
- H
- 545
- HR
- 19
- RBI
- 196
- SB
- 42
- AVG
- .252
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | BOS | 133 | 371 | 52 | 98 | 5 | 30 | 12 | .264 |
| 1986 |  BOS/CHW | 101 | 247 | 30 | 56 | 1 | 20 | 4 | .227 |
| 1987 | CHW | 76 | 193 | 26 | 54 | 1 | 19 | 3 | .280 |
| 1988 | CHW | 146 | 472 | 59 | 127 | 5 | 45 | 1 | .269 |
| 1989 | CHW | 140 | 443 | 51 | 117 | 2 | 50 | 9 | .264 |
| 1990 | CHW | 94 | 146 | 22 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .192 |
| 1991 | BOS | 87 | 212 | 15 | 51 | 4 | 17 | 10 | .241 |
| 1992 |  ATL/WSH/BOS | 48 | 55 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .200 |
| 1993 | BOS | 28 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .130 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,388
- TB
- 736
- XBH
- 136
- HBP
- 5
- IBB
- 9
- GIDP
- 23
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | BOS | 409 | 133 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | BOS/CHW | 275 | 74 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHW | 210 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHW | 526 | 176 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | CHW | 494 | 150 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | CHW | 163 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | BOS | 227 | 75 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | ATL/WSH/BOS | 59 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | BOS | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.2
- RC
- 224.2
- RC/27
- 3.50
- ISOP
- .088
- SECA
- .165
- BB/K
- 0.43
- AB/HR
- 113.8
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | BOS | -0.6 | 44 | 4.1 | .094 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 74.2 | 0 |
| 1986 | BOS/CHW | -0.6 | 19.3 | 2.5 | .073 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 247 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHW | 1.0 | 22.2 | 4 | .083 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 193 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHW | 1.2 | 56.2 | 4.1 | .104 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 94.4 | 0 |
| 1989 | CHW | 0.3 | 49.7 | 3.8 | .074 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 221.5 | 0 |
| 1990 | CHW | -0.4 | 9.4 | 2 | .075 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 146 | 0 |
| 1991 | BOS | 0.9 | 21.8 | 3.5 | .113 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 53 | 0 |
| 1992 | ATL/WSH/BOS | -0.4 | 1.8 | 1 | .073 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | BOS | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | .043 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Steve Lyons's career stats?
Steve Lyons played 9 seasons for the Red Sox and the White Sox. He was a career .252 hitter with 545 hits, 19 home runs and 196 RBI. His best season was 1987: a .280 batting average, 1 home run and 19 RBI.
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