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Denny Lyons

Denny Lyons

1885–1897  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'10", 185 lb  ·  b. 1866 Cincinnati, OH

Career 1,123 G · 1,334 H · 62 HR · 756 RBI · .310 AVG

Seasons leading his league
8
3 best in baseball 5 league only
57 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
6 Categories led
1890 Best season

Spanning 1887–1893, peaking at 4 titles in 1890.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons
Team records #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1887 AVG #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1887 H #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1887 OPS #2 Philadelphia Athletics career HR #3 Philadelphia Athletics career RBI #3 Philadelphia Athletics career H #3 Philadelphia Athletics career R #3 Philadelphia Athletics career SB #3 Philadelphia Athletics 1887 RBI #3 Philadelphia Athletics 1889 R

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 693rd League titles 8
  • 897th Best in baseball 3
  • 292nd Top-5 finishes 57

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Third Base Double Plays 2 1st — 1887 29 1889 AA 29
Third Base Putouts 2 1st — 1887 255 1893 214 1889 #3 1896 #3
Third Base Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1890 AA .909 1887 #3 1893 #3
Slugging Percentage 1 1st — 1890 AA .531
On-Base Percentage 1 1st — 1890 AA .461 1889 #3 1891 #2
On-Base Plus Slug. 1 1st — 1890 AA .992 1891 #3
Third Base Range Factor — #2 — 1887 #3 1889 #3 1890 #2 1893 #3
Third Base Assists — #2 — 1889 #2 1891 #2 1893 #3
Total Bases — #3 — 1887 #3
Doubles — #2 — 1887 #2 1889 #3 1890 #2
Hits — #3 — 1887 #3
Home Runs — #2 — 1890 #3 1891 #2
Batting Average — #3 — 1887 #3 1889 #3

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1893 1 3B PO 214
1890 4 OPS .992 OBP .461 SLG .531 3B FPCT .909
1889 1 3B DP 29
1887 2 3B PO 255 3B DP 29

Batting

  led the league   13 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1885 PRO NL 4 16 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 .125 .125 .188 .313
1886 PH4 AA 32 123 22 26 3 1 0 11 8 0 7 .211 .281 .252 .534
1887 PH4 AA 137 570 128 209 43 14 6 102 47 16 73 .367 .421 .523 .943
1888 PH4 AA 111 456 93 135 22 5 6 83 41 43 39 .296 .363 .406 .769
1889 PH4 AA 131 510 135 168 36 4 9 82 79 44 10 .329 .426 .469 .895
1890 PH4 AA 88 339 79 120 29 5 7 73 57 0 21 .354 .461 .531 .992
1891 SL4 AA 120 451 124 142 24 3 11 84 88 58 9 .315 .445 .455 .900
1892 NY1 NL 108 389 71 100 16 7 8 51 59 37 11 .257 .359 .396 .755
1893 PIT NL 131 490 103 150 19 16 3 105 97 29 19 .306 .430 .429 .858
1894 PIT NL 72 257 52 82 14 4 4 51 43 13 14 .319 .424 .451 .876
1895 SLN NL 34 132 24 39 6 0 2 25 15 7 3 .295 .380 .386 .766
1896 PIT NL 118 436 77 134 25 6 4 71 67 25 13 .307 .406 .420 .825
1897 PIT NL 37 131 22 27 6 4 2 17 22 5 5 .206 .346 .359 .705
Career — — 1,123 4,300 933 1,334 244 69 62 756 623 280 224 .310 .407 .442 .850

Fielding

2 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1885 PRO NL 3B 4 — 37.0 6 8 3 0 17 .824 3.50
1886 PH4 AA 3B 32 — 263.0 35 53 21 1 109 .807 2.75
1887 PH4 AA 3B 137 — 1185.0 255 215 73 29 543 .866 3.43
1888 PH4 AA 3B 111 — 982.0 159 193 49 11 401 .878 3.17
1889 PH4 AA 3B 130 — 1127.0 202 291 80 29 573 .860 3.79
1B 1 — 7.0 7 0 1 0 8 .875 7.00
1890 PH4 AA 3B 88 — 759.0 147 203 35 15 385 .909 3.98
1891 SL4 AA 3B 120 — 1035.0 151 246 59 16 456 .871 3.31
1892 NY1 NL 3B 108 — 941.0 152 206 53 13 411 .871 3.31
1893 PIT NL 3B 131 — 1165.0 214 303 46 23 563 .918 3.95
1894 PIT NL 3B 72 — 656.0 121 157 32 11 310 .897 3.86
1895 SLN NL 3B 34 — 292.0 62 50 14 2 126 .889 3.29
1896 PIT NL 3B 116 — 1016.0 165 201 44 15 410 .893 3.16
1897 PIT NL 1B 35 — 305.0 339 15 4 14 358 .989 10.11
3B 2 — 23.0 6 4 0 0 10 1.000 5.00
Career — — 3B 1,085 — 9481.0 1,675 2,130 509 165 4,314 .882 3.51
— — 1B 36 — 312.0 346 15 5 14 366 .986 10.03