MLB / Players

Jimmie Lyons

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at5 ft 6 in · 160 lb
BornOctober 10, 1889 · Indianapolis, IN, USA
Seasons15 (1909–1932)

Chicago Leland Giants 1909; New York Lincoln Giants 1911; St. Louis Giants 1911–1912; French Lick Plutos 1913; Brooklyn Royal Giants 1914; St. Louis Giants 1915–1916; Indianapolis ABCs 1917–1918; Detroit Stars 1920; Chicago American Giants 1921–1924; Washington Potomacs 1924; Chicago American Giants 1932; Louisville Black Caps 1932

Percentile snapshot

1923 season — qualified batters

G
66
36.3
PA
231
26.3
AB
200
25.7
R
39
32.4
H
54
22.9
2B
11
38
3B
2
16.2
HR
1
19.6
RBI
26
24
BB
20
34.6
SO
0
62.6
SB
12
74.9
CS
0
52
BA
.270
19
OBP
.336
28.5
SLG
.360
27.9
OPS
.696
29.1
wRC+
84.8
24
OPS+
81.7
21.8
wOBA
.328
29.1
sWAR
0.1
11.2

of 180 qualified 1923 batters (min 220 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
7.1
83.1

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
19091540100000000.250.250.250.50057.857.6.236-0.2
191123100911730330157050.330.378.429.806128.4139.2.3840.1
19122510897925201117090.258.308.309.61785.281.8.299-0.4
191321093300021000.333.400.333.733111.0106.4.3600.0
191431128116203252115100130.276.333.379.71391.793.2.3470.2
19151876681122311117080.324.387.441.828146.1158.5.4010.7
191633146128223761319130170.289.359.422.781128.2135.5.3811.0
1917526246701011020.292.320.375.695120.7127.7.3390.1
19184118216233445612016080.272.341.395.736110.4115.9.3580.3
1920492171875472135741210210.385.450.6201.070200.9220.3.5033.6
192170282238537443635296307.311.386.429.814126.3129.7.3861.6
192270300269407184129217254.264.317.335.65278.875.3.3070.0
1923662312003954112126200120.270.336.360.69684.881.7.3280.1
19243541200011000.500.600.5001.100196.4200.9.5260.1
19323552000000000.000.000.000.000-91.3-100.0.000-0.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
190911100101053509.05.001.4445.002.5391.655.1-0.2
191111010101795208.010.132.7502.254.46136.532.30.1
191222010001583936.311.372.84212.797.84239.528.8-0.4
19151101010735508.03.381.5005.633.15109.085.60.7
19164102000251097022.34.031.5222.823.21108.473.41.0
19181100000860103.316.202.4002.702.2862.722.50.3
19204111000229117020.04.051.6503.154.21117.488.63.6

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
440
PA
1,821
AB
1,602
R
310
H
474
2B
60
3B
28
HR
22
RBI
226
BB
154
SO
13
SB
150
BA
.2959
OBP
.3587
SLG
.4095
OPS
.7682

Pitching

G (P)
14
GS
8
W
2
L
6
SV
0
CG
3
SHO
0
IP
77
SO (P)
36
BB allowed
36
ERA
5.844
WHIP
1.8182
K/9
4.21

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
1920-07-22CUB @ DTS Gameday433002209
1920-08-22DAY @ DTS Gameday444210308
1923-07-11CAG @ ABC Gameday524300507
1920-05-29CHG @ DTS Gameday433101307
1921-05-24CAG @ SLS Gameday633001206

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1920-05-17CUB @ DTS Gameday7.0997630
1920-06-19ABC @ DTS Gameday6.0411220
1920-07-12KCM @ DTS Gameday6.0941110
1920-06-22DTS @ ABC Gameday1.0000210
1920-05-15CUB @ DTS Gameday0.0000000

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.