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Ted Lyons

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Ted Lyons

Full name Theodore Amar Lyons
Born December 28, 1900, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Died July 25, 1986, Sulphur, Louisiana
Buried at Big Woods Cemetery, Edgerly, Louisiana
First Game: July 2, 1923; Final Game: May 19, 1946
Managed First Game: May 26, 1946; Managed Final Game: October 3, 1948
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 200
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1955
Named pitcher on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1927)
Ejections as player: 1933 (1), 1939 (2). Total: 3
Ejections as coach: 1950 (1), 1952 (1), 1953 (1). Total: 3
Ejections as manager: 1947 (2), 1948 (2). Total: 4
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1923 CHI A    Daily Splits    9     5    0    1   0   0   0    1    1   0    3   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .333  .200   0.0 1923 CHI A
1924 CHI A    Daily Splits   41    77   10   17   0   1   0    6    5   0   13   1   4   0   0   2    0   0  .221  .277  .247   0.0 1924 CHI A
1925 CHI A    Daily Splits   43    97    6   18   3   0   0    7    3   0   13   1   9   0   2   2    0   0  .186  .218  .216   0.0 1925 CHI A
1926 CHI A    Daily Splits   41   104    7   22   1   1   0    3    1   0   10   0   8   0   0   0    0   0  .212  .219  .240   0.0 1926 CHI A
1927 CHI A    Daily Splits   41   110   16   28   6   2   1    9    6   0   17   0   7   0   1   0    0   0  .255  .293  .373   0.0 1927 CHI A
1928 CHI A    Daily Splits   49    91   10   23   2   0   0    8    1   0    9   0   5   0   3   0    0   0  .253  .261  .275   0.0 1928 CHI A
1929 CHI A    Daily Splits   40    91    7   20   4   0   0   11    9   0   13   0   4   0   3   2    0   0  .220  .290  .264   0.1 1929 CHI A
1930 CHI A    Daily Splits   57   122   20   38   6   3   1   15    2   0   18   0   6   0   7   1    0   0  .311  .323  .434   0.0 1930 CHI A
1931 CHI A    Daily Splits   42    33    6    5   0   0   0    3    2   0    1   0   3   0   0   1    0   0  .152  .200  .152   0.0 1931 CHI A
1932 CHI A    Daily Splits   49    73   11   19   2   1   1   10    4   0   10   1   6   0   1   1    0   0  .260  .308  .356   0.0 1932 CHI A
1933 CHI A    Daily Splits   51    91   11   26   2   1   1   11    4   0    6   0   1   0   0   5    0   1  .286  .316  .363   0.0 1933 CHI A
1934 CHI A    Daily Splits   50    97    9   20   4   0   1   16    3   0   19   2   4   0   3   3    0   0  .206  .245  .278   0.0 1934 CHI A
1935 CHI A    Daily Splits   29    82    5   18   4   0   0    6    3   0    4   1   3   0   0   0    0   0  .220  .256  .268   0.0 1935 CHI A
1936 CHI A    Daily Splits   26    70    2   11   0   0   0    5    5   0   12   0   1   0   0   1    0   0  .157  .213  .157   0.0 1936 CHI A
1937 CHI A    Daily Splits   23    57    6   12   0   0   0    3    9   0   14   0   6   0   2   2    0   0  .211  .318  .211   0.0 1937 CHI A
1938 CHI A    Daily Splits   24    72    9   14   2   0   0    4    2   0    9   0   3   0   4   0    0   0  .194  .216  .222   0.0 1938 CHI A
1939 CHI A    Daily Splits   21    61    5   18   3   0   0    8    5   0    7   0   6   0   3   1    0   0  .295  .348  .344   0.0 1939 CHI A
1940 CHI A    Daily Splits   22    75    4   18   4   0   0    7    2   0    7   0   2   0   1   4    0   0  .240  .260  .293   0.0 1940 CHI A
1941 CHI A    Daily Splits   22    74    8   20   2   0   0    6    2   0    6   0   2   0   1   2    0   0  .270  .289  .297   0.0 1941 CHI A
1942 CHI A    Daily Splits   20    67   10   16   4   0   0   10    3   0    7   1   2   0   2   2    0   0  .239  .282  .299   0.0 1942 CHI A
1946 CHI A    Daily Splits    5    14    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    3   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .067  .000   0.0 1946 CHI A
Total    (21 Years) Splits  705  1563  162  364  49   9   5  149   73   0  201   7  83   0  33  29    0   1  .233  .270  .285   0.1 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1923 CHI A    Daily Splits    9   1   0   0   4   0   22.2   30   113   2   21   16   15   0    6   4   3   1   1   6   1   0   2   2   1   6.35  5.00  -0.7 1923 CHI A
1924 CHI A    Daily Splits   41  22  12   0  15   3  216.1  279   980  10  143  117   72   2   52  39   4   2   0  46   8  10  21  12  11   4.87  5.55  -2.0 1924 CHI A
1925 CHI A    Daily Splits   43  32  19   5   8   3  262.2  274  1110   7  111   95   83   0   45  38   5   2   0  48   6  24  18  21  11   3.26  5.16   2.8 1925 CHI A
1926 CHI A    Daily Splits   39  31  24   3   8   2  283.2  268  1208   5  108   95  106   3   51  37   1   1   0  55  13  17  28  18  16   3.01  3.94   3.3 1926 CHI A
1927 CHI A    Daily Splits   39  34  30   2   4   2  307.2  291  1262   7  125   97   67   2   71  34   2   0   1  54  10  20  28  22  14   2.84  4.94   4.7 1927 CHI A
1928 CHI A    Daily Splits   39  27  21   0  12   7  240    276  1043  11  133  106   68   3   60  36   2   2   0  47   9  15  23  15  14   3.97  4.78   0.0 1928 CHI A
1929 CHI A    Daily Splits   37  31  21   1   6   2  259.1  276  1102  11  136  118   76   0   57  31   3   2   0  60  11  19  21  14  20   4.10  4.45   1.1 1929 CHI A
1930 CHI A    Daily Splits   42  36  29   1   6   2  297.2  331  1258  12  160  125   57   6   69  36   2   2   1  60  20  30  37  22  15   3.78  5.28   3.7 1930 CHI A
1931 CHI A    Daily Splits   22  12   7   0   8   0  101    117   435   6   50   45   33   1   16   7   1   0   1  18   5  12   7   4   6   4.01  4.17   0.2 1931 CHI A
1932 CHI A    Daily Splits   33  26  19   1   4   2  230.2  243   979  10  104   84   71   4   58  11   1   3   0  39   7  22  23  10  15   3.28  3.77   3.1 1932 CHI A
1933 CHI A    Daily Splits   36  27  14   2   9   1  228    260  1016  10  142  111   74   0   74  12  10   0   0  39  13  19  34  10  21   4.38  4.07  -0.3 1933 CHI A
1934 CHI A    Daily Splits   30  24  21   0   4   1  205.1  249   928  15  138  111   66   3   53  10   2   2   1  54   5  13  27  11  13   4.87  5.17  -0.4 1934 CHI A
1935 CHI A    Daily Splits   23  22  19   3   1   0  190.2  194   811  15   79   64   56   6   54  12   4   3   0  28   3  11  10  15   8   3.02  4.45   3.2 1935 CHI A
1936 CHI A    Daily Splits   26  24  15   1   2   0  182    227   804  21  115  104   45   6   48  11   1   3   0  29   6  13  16  10  13   5.14  5.38   0.1 1936 CHI A
1937 CHI A    Daily Splits   22  22  11   0   0   0  169.1  182   706  21   86   78   45   4   45   6   2   1   0  19  10  16   6  12   7   4.15  4.68   1.2 1937 CHI A
1938 CHI A    Daily Splits   23  23  17   1   0   0  194.2  238   862  13   93   80   52   7   54  15   1   0   1  40   9  16  18   9  11   3.70  4.78   2.2 1938 CHI A
1939 CHI A    Daily Splits   21  21  16   0   0   0  172.2  162   702   7   71   53   26   1   65  18   0   1   0  20   5  12  21  14   6   2.76  4.81   3.7 1939 CHI A
1940 CHI A    Daily Splits   22  22  17   4   0   0  186.1  188   789  17   85   67   37   1   72   5   6   0   0  34   9   6  18  12   8   3.24  5.64   2.1 1940 CHI A
1941 CHI A    Daily Splits   22  22  19   2   0   0  187.1  199   795   9   87   77   37   3   63  15   2   4   0  33   5  14  17  12  10   3.70  5.41   1.4 1941 CHI A
1942 CHI A    Daily Splits   20  20  20   1   0   0  180.1  167   720  11   52   42   26   3   50  11   3   2   0  32   3  15  12  14   6   2.10  4.60   3.8 1942 CHI A
1946 CHI A    Daily Splits    5   5   5   0   0   0   42.2   38   174   2   17   11    9   1   10   3   0   0   0   8   0   4   5   1   4   2.32  2.20   0.3 1946 CHI A
Total    (21 Years) Splits  594 484 356  27  91  25 4161   4489 17797 222 2056 1696 1121  56 1073 391  55  31   6 769 158 308 392 260 230   3.67  4.77  33.5 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1923 CHI A Daily Splits   P    9    1    0    22.2     3    7    0    1   0    0    1    1    1 1.000
1924 CHI A Daily Splits   P   41   22   12   216.1     3   43    5    2   0    1   17   17    3  .902
1925 CHI A Daily Splits   P   43   32   19   263       8   80    4    3   0    2    7   11    5  .957
1926 CHI A Daily Splits   P   39   31   24   283.1    16   91    5    3   0    1   13    8    6  .955
1927 CHI A Daily Splits   P   39   34   30   307.2    13   79    2    3   0    0   19    9    2  .979
1928 CHI A Daily Splits   P   39   27   21   239.2    20   60    7    6   0    1    8    9    4  .920
1929 CHI A Daily Splits   P   37   31   21   259.1    21   66    5    4   0    2    6    9    1  .946
1929 CHI A               RF    1    0    0     3.1     0    0    0    0   0                         -
1929 CHI A               OF    1    0    0     3.1     0    0    0    0   0                         -     0    0    1 
1930 CHI A Daily Splits   P   42   36   29   297.1    14   77    6    5   0    2   14   11    2  .938
1931 CHI A Daily Splits   P   22   12    7   100.2     4   18    1    3   0    0    6    6    1  .957
1932 CHI A Daily Splits   P   33   26   19   229.2    11   42    2    1   0    3    4    8    1  .964
1933 CHI A Daily Splits   P   36   27   14   228      10   49    1    3   0    3    7    6    1  .983
1934 CHI A Daily Splits   P   30   24   21   205      12   50    4    4   0    4   10    4    2  .939
1935 CHI A Daily Splits   P   23   22   19   190.2     9   31    0    2   0    3    7    6    1 1.000
1936 CHI A Daily Splits   P   26   24   15   182      12   38    0    2   0    1    2    3    2 1.000
1937 CHI A Daily Splits   P   22   22   11   169.1     6   33    0    3   0    0    3    7    0 1.000
1938 CHI A Daily Splits   P   23   23   17   194.2     9   46    1    1   0    2    8    4    1  .982
1939 CHI A Daily Splits   P   21   21   16   172.2     9   22    3    3   0    6   11    5    1  .912
1940 CHI A Daily Splits   P   22   22   17   186.1    12   24    3    1   0    6    2    1    1  .923
1941 CHI A Daily Splits   P   22   22   19   187.1    17   36    1    3   0    3    7    3    2  .981
1942 CHI A Daily Splits   P   20   20   20   180.1     8   41    1    4   0    4    5    2    1  .980
1946 CHI A Daily Splits   P    5    5    5    42.2     2   10    0    0   0    2    1    1    1 1.000
Total (21 Years) Splits   P  594  484  356  4158.2   219  943   51   57   0   46  158  131   39  .958
Total ( 1 Year )         RF    1    0    0     3.1     0    0    0    0   0                         -
Total ( 1 Year )         OF    1    0    0     3.1     0    0    0    0   0                         -     0    0    1 
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1946 CHI A        125   64   60  .516   464   466   5-26           7  5
1947 CHI A        155   70   84  .455   553   661                  6
1948 CHI A        154   51  101  .336   559   814                  8
Total ( 3 Years)  434  185  245  .430  1576  1941
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1949 DET A   4-19  10- 2
1950 DET A   4-18  10- 1
1951 DET A   4-17   9-30
1952 DET A   4-15   9-28
1953 DET A   4-14   9-27
1954 BRO N   4-13   9-26
Total ( 6 Years) 

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5-20-1933     BOX  CHI A  Brick Owens         Call at 1B
 7- 2-1939     BOX  CHI A  Eddie Rommel        Called third strike
 8-10-1939     BOX  CHI A  Eddie Rommel        Call at HP

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-16-1947     BOX  CHI A  Eddie Rommel        Call at 2B
 9- 7-1947     BOX  CHI A  Cal Hubbard         Call at 2B
 6-22-1948     BOX  CHI A  Red Jones           Balls and strikes
 7-22-1948(2)  BOX  CHI A  Red Jones           Call at 1B

As coach:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8-31-1950     BOX  DET A  Jim Honochick       Balls and strikes
 6- 7-1952     BOX  DET A  Bill McKinley       Balls and strikes
 8-29-1953     BOX  DET A  Charlie Berry       Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by Chicago White Sox (June 1, 1923).

Released by Chicago White Sox (June 14, 1946).
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