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John Lyles

1932–1943  ·  Bats B  ·  Throws R  ·  5'9", 194 lb  ·  b. 1911 Charleston, MO

Career 129 G · 109 H · 1 HR · 43 RBI · .245 AVG

No league-leading finishes. This player never placed in the top 25 of a tracked category. The season record below is the full story.
Team records #3 Jacksonville Red Caps 1939 H #3 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars 1940 R #4 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars career SB #5 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars career R #5 Jacksonville Red Caps career SB #5 Jacksonville Red Caps 1939 SB #6 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars career RBI #6 Jacksonville Red Caps 1939 RBI #6 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars 1940 H #6 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars 1940 SB

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Shortstop Putouts — #3 — 1941 #3

Batting

7 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 AB2 NSL 7 18 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 .167 .211 .167 .377
1938 AB3 +1 NAL 20 63 9 16 3 1 0 6 7 2 5 .254 .329 .333 .662
1939 CBR +1 NAL 24 99 13 28 6 0 0 13 4 2 4 .283 .324 .343 .667
1940 SNS NAL 28 102 21 28 3 1 0 13 10 0 6 .275 .345 .324 .669
1941 SNS +1 NAL 16 62 9 16 0 1 1 5 4 0 3 .258 .313 .339 .652
1942 CCB NAL 30 90 18 17 1 1 0 3 12 0 2 .189 .318 .222 .540
1943 CBE NAL 4 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .091 .167 .091 .258
Career — — 129 445 72 109 13 4 1 43 39 4 20 .245 .318 .299 .617

Fielding

5 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1932 AB2 NSL SS 5 5 33.0 4 11 1 2 16 .938 3.00
C 2 2 15.0 9 2 0 0 11 1.000 5.50
1938 AB3 NAL OF 16 14 111.1 18 1 1 1 20 .950 1.19
3B 2 2 13.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
2B 1 1 8.0 3 3 1 0 7 .857 6.00
1939 CBR NAL SS 16 16 140.0 34 41 4 7 79 .949 4.69
OF 7 7 55.0 13 0 0 0 13 1.000 1.86
3B 1 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1940 SNS NAL SS 16 16 129.2 19 39 7 8 65 .892 3.63
OF 9 9 72.1 14 0 1 0 15 .933 1.56
3B 3 3 22.0 7 4 0 0 11 1.000 3.67
1941 SNS NAL SS 11 11 96.1 25 33 11 4 69 .841 5.27
3B 4 4 32.0 5 2 1 0 8 .875 1.75
1942 CCB NAL OF 11 8 77.0 7 2 2 0 11 .818 0.82
3B 10 10 73.0 10 13 1 0 24 .958 2.30
SS 7 7 54.0 11 23 5 1 39 .872 4.86
2B 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 2 1.000 2.00
1943 CBE NAL SS 3 2 20.0 0 4 2 0 6 .667 1.33
3B 1 1 7.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
Career — — SS 58 57 473.0 93 151 30 22 274 .891 4.21
— — OF 43 38 315.2 52 3 4 1 59 .932 1.28
— — 3B 21 21 158.0 23 20 2 0 45 .956 2.05
— — 2B 2 1 12.0 3 5 1 0 9 .889 4.00
— — C 2 2 15.0 9 2 0 0 11 1.000 5.50