Ted Lyons
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[edit] Biography
Born on December 28, 1900 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Ted Lyons (Theodore Amar Lyons) played for the Chicago White Sox for his entire 21 year career. Lyons broke into the bigs on July 2, 1923 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 4.87 ERA in 216.1 innings pitched in 1924, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ted Lyons's best season was 1927, when he posted a 2.84 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 71 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | CHI | A | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6.35 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 | 30 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1924 | CHI | A | 41 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 4.87 | 52 | 143 | 117 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 216.1 | 279 | 10 | 72 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 1925 | CHI | A | 43 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 3.26 | 45 | 111 | 95 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 262.2 | 274 | 7 | 83 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 1926 | CHI | A | 39 | 31 | 18 | 16 | 3.01 | 51 | 108 | 95 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 283.2 | 268 | 6 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1927 | CHI | A | 39 | 34 | 22 | 14 | 2.84 | 71 | 125 | 97 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 307.2 | 291 | 7 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1928 | CHI | A | 39 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 3.97 | 60 | 133 | 106 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 240 | 276 | 11 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1929 | CHI | A | 37 | 31 | 14 | 20 | 4.10 | 57 | 136 | 118 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 259.1 | 276 | 11 | 76 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1930 | CHI | A | 42 | 36 | 22 | 15 | 3.78 | 69 | 160 | 125 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 297.2 | 331 | 12 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1931 | CHI | A | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4.01 | 16 | 50 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 117 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1932 | CHI | A | 33 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 3.28 | 58 | 104 | 84 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 230.2 | 243 | 10 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1933 | CHI | A | 36 | 27 | 10 | 21 | 4.38 | 74 | 142 | 111 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 228 | 260 | 10 | 74 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1934 | CHI | A | 30 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 4.87 | 53 | 138 | 111 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 205.1 | 249 | 15 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1935 | CHI | A | 23 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 3.02 | 54 | 79 | 64 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 190.2 | 194 | 15 | 56 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1936 | CHI | A | 26 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 5.14 | 48 | 115 | 104 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 182 | 227 | 21 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1937 | CHI | A | 22 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4.15 | 45 | 86 | 78 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 169.1 | 182 | 21 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1938 | CHI | A | 23 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3.70 | 54 | 93 | 80 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 194.2 | 238 | 13 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1939 | CHI | A | 21 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2.76 | 65 | 71 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 172.2 | 162 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1940 | CHI | A | 22 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3.24 | 72 | 85 | 67 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 186.1 | 188 | 17 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1941 | CHI | A | 22 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 3.70 | 63 | 87 | 77 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 187.1 | 199 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1942 | CHI | A | 20 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2.10 | 50 | 52 | 42 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 180.1 | 167 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1946 | CHI | A | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2.32 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 42.2 | 38 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 594 | 484 | 260 | 230 | 3.67 | 1073 | 2056 | 1696 | 356 | 27 | 23 | 4161 | 4489 | 223 | 1121 | 0 | 55 | 31 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | CHI | A | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1924 | CHI | A | P | 41 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .902 |
| 1925 | CHI | A | P | 43 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 80 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1926 | CHI | A | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 91 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .955 |
| 1927 | CHI | A | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .979 |
| 1928 | CHI | A | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 60 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .920 |
| 1929 | CHI | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1929 | CHI | A | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 66 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .946 |
| 1930 | CHI | A | P | 42 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 77 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
| 1931 | CHI | A | P | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1932 | CHI | A | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .964 |
| 1933 | CHI | A | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .983 |
| 1934 | CHI | A | P | 30 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .939 |
| 1935 | CHI | A | P | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1936 | CHI | A | P | 26 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1937 | CHI | A | P | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1938 | CHI | A | P | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .982 |
| 1939 | CHI | A | P | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .912 |
| 1940 | CHI | A | P | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .923 |
| 1941 | CHI | A | P | 22 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 |
| 1942 | CHI | A | P | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .980 |
| 1946 | CHI | A | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Total | P | 594 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 943 | 51 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .958 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
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| 1923 | CHI | A | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | CHI | A | 41 | 77 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 6 | .221 | .277 | .247 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | CHI | A | 43 | 97 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 7 | .186 | .218 | .216 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | CHI | A | 41 | 104 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 3 | .212 | .219 | .240 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | CHI | A | 41 | 110 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 9 | .255 | .293 | .373 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | CHI | A | 49 | 91 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 8 | .253 | .261 | .275 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | CHI | A | 40 | 91 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 11 | .220 | .290 | .264 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | CHI | A | 57 | 122 | 20 | 38 | 1 | 15 | .311 | .323 | .434 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | CHI | A | 42 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .152 | .200 | .152 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | CHI | A | 49 | 73 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 10 | .260 | .308 | .356 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | CHI | A | 51 | 91 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 11 | .286 | .316 | .363 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | CHI | A | 50 | 97 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 16 | .206 | .245 | .278 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | CHI | A | 29 | 82 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 6 | .220 | .256 | .268 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | CHI | A | 26 | 70 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | .157 | .213 | .157 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | CHI | A | 23 | 57 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .211 | .318 | .211 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | CHI | A | 24 | 72 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 4 | .194 | .216 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | CHI | A | 21 | 61 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 8 | .295 | .348 | .344 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1940 | CHI | A | 22 | 75 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 7 | .240 | .260 | .293 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1941 | CHI | A | 22 | 74 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 6 | .270 | .289 | .297 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1942 | CHI | A | 20 | 67 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 10 | .239 | .282 | .299 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1946 | CHI | A | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .067 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 705 | 1563 | 162 | 364 | 5 | 149 | .233 | .270 | .285 | 49 | 9 | 73 | 201 | 7 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Chicago White Sox (June 1, 1923).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (June 14, 1946).
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