Ted Lyons

Full Name: Theodore Amar Lyons Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 5' 11"/200 First Game: July 2, 1923 Birthdate: December 28, 1900 Final Game: May 19, 1946 Birthplace: Lake Charles, Louisiana MLB Experience: 21 years Died: July 25, 1986 Deathplace: Sulphur, Louisiana Bat/Throw: Both/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955

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.

Statistics

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

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

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
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

Transactions

• Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Chicago White Sox (June 1, 1923).
• Released by Chicago White Sox (June 14, 1946).