MLB / Players

Granville Lyons

HandednessThrows Left
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 170 lb
BornJuly 16, 1908 · Nashville, TN, USA
Seasons7 (1932–1942)

Louisville Black Caps 1932; Nashville Elite Giants 1932; Indianapolis ABCs/Detroit Stars 1933; Nashville Elite Giants 1934; Pittsburgh Crawfords 1934; Philadelphia Stars 1935; Memphis Red Sox 1937; Baltimore Elite Giants 1938; Baltimore Elite Giants 1942

Percentile snapshot

1933 season — qualified batters

G
31
16.1
PA
132
16.1
AB
118
16.1
R
17
13.4
H
32
16.1
2B
5
14.1
3B
4
34.9
HR
2
35.6
RBI
11
10.1
BB
7
11.4
SO
0
67.8
SB
0
0
CS
1
32.2
BA
.271
33.6
OBP
.317
25.5
SLG
.432
60.4
OPS
.750
47.7
wRC+
101.0
45
OPS+
103.1
47.7
wOBA
.337
45
sWAR
-0.1
9.4

of 150 qualified 1933 batters (min 127 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-0.7
10.2

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1932261019572232094030.232.263.305.56872.673.2.272-0.2
1933311321181732542117001.271.317.432.750101.0103.1.337-0.1
193413534961620083000.327.365.367.733105.3105.9.3500.1
193530105951625301127100.263.314.326.64066.761.8.298-0.5
1937198075618231114000.240.288.387.67485.485.0.3080.2
19381440211030000.500.5001.2501.750303.0348.5.7450.1
1942727262410011100.154.185.192.37715.47.7.184-0.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
193330010001074305.311.812.6255.064.97115.436.5-0.1
193511100101094039.09.001.5560.009.72190.656.7-0.5
193721020001134009.03.001.6670.005.42121.1149.20.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
127
PA
502
AB
462
R
54
H
119
2B
17
3B
10
HR
4
RBI
55
BB
26
SO
2
SB
3
BA
.2576
OBP
.3000
SLG
.3636
OPS
.6636

Pitching

G (P)
6
GS
2
W
1
L
3
SV
0
CG
1
SHO
0
IP
23
SO (P)
3
BB allowed
12
ERA
7.329
WHIP
1.8429
K/9
1.16

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1933-04-30CAG @ IND Gameday533020207
1932-07-16MEM @ LBC Gameday412020106
1933-06-25IND @ BBS Gameday512001305
1937-06-25MEM @ KCM Gameday412110305
1938-08-07BEG @ BBB Gameday402110305

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1933-04-29CAG @ IND Gameday4.1211320
1933-06-26IND @ BBS Gameday0.1100010
1935-06-03BEG @ PHS Gameday9.010109403
1937-08-30CIN @ MEM Gameday8.2620400
1933-05-22BEG @ IND Gameday1.0100000

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.