Ted Lyons
[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
| 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
| 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
| 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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