Bill
Lyons
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: April 26, 1958 in Usa, IL, ALTON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1983 25 PHN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 4 6 5 5
1984 26 PHN NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 3 4 6 5 5
1985 27 PHN NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 5 6
1986 28 PHN NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 6 6
1987 29 PHN NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6
1988 30 PHN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1989 31 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 6
1990 32 PIT NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 3 4 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1983 25 A   137 528 38 130 22 4 2 48 17 9 57 49 .246 .320 .314 .634 55.2  
1984 26 AA   33 127 12 29 6 2 1 18 1 0 13 17 .228 .300 .331 .631 13.0  
    A   104 388 34 107 20 1 6 46 8 7 48 48 .276 .356 .379 .734 52.6  
1985 27 AA   137 520 42 107 18 2 7 39 14 7 47 67 .206 .272 .288 .560 41.7  
1986 28 AA   137 556 57 137 22 2 5 54 13 9 53 90 .246 .312 .320 .632 56.4  
1987 29 AA   137 531 46 115 22 3 8 40 15 8 50 80 .217 .284 .315 .598 48.7  
1988 30 PHN NL 40 96 9 19 5 0 0 7 2 3 1 19 .198 .204 .250 .454 3.3 0.0
    AAA   57 220 17 54 11 0 2 25 7 5 24 29 .245 .320 .323 .642 23.2  
1989 31 PHN NL 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.6 0.3
    AAA   79 307 36 55 11 0 4 21 8 2 34 44 .179 .261 .254 .515 21.8  
    A   33 117 13 32 5 1 2 15 5 2 24 14 .274 .397 .385 .782 19.8  
1990 32 A   137 520 66 129 19 1 16 53 14 4 77 79 .248 .345 .381 .726 74.1  
2 Years Sim 46 97 11 20 6 0 0 7 3 4 1 19 .206 .212 .268 .480 3.9 0.3
2 Years AAA 136 527 53 109 22 0 6 46 15 7 58 73 .207 .285 .283 .567 45.0  
4 Years AA 444 1734 157 388 68 9 21 151 43 24 163 254 .224 .290 .310 .599 159.8  
4 Years A 411 1553 151 398 66 7 26 162 44 22 206 190 .256 .343 .358 .701 201.8  
10 Years Minors 991 3814 361 895 156 16 53 359 102 53 427 517 .235 .311 .326 .637 406.6  
162 Game Average 341 38 70 21 0 0 24 10 14 3 66 .206 .212 .268 .480 13.7  
Career Highs 40 96 9 19 5 0 0 7 2 3 1 19 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 3.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   86 10 17 6 0 0 4 2 4 1 17 .198 .205 .267 .472 2.6
vs LH   11 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.7
Home 20 48 2 7 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 10 .146 .143 .208 .351 0.1
Away 26 49 9 13 3 0 0 6 2 3 1 9 .265 .280 .327 .607 3.4
RISP   24 0 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 .167 .160 .167 .327 0.1
Close/Late   11 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .455 .727 1.2
Mar/Apr 20 31 5 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 .194 .194 .258 .452 0.9
May 13 32 3 6 3 0 0 4 0 1 1 6 .188 .212 .281 .493 1.2
June 13 34 3 8 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 .235 .229 .265 .493 1.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1988 30 PHN NL 1B 7 7 57.0 63 1 1 4 .985 10.11   0.1
    SS 11 4 46.7 6 14 0 4 1.000 3.86   0.2
    2B 8 4 42.0 9 10 0 5 1.000 4.07   0.1
    3B 8 4 37.0 0 7 0 1 1.000 1.70   0.1
1989 31 PHN NL 2B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 8 7 59.0 66 1 1 4 .985 10.22   0.1
  SS 12 4 47.7 6 14 0 4 1.000 3.78   0.2
  2B 10 4 46.0 9 12 0 5 1.000 4.11   0.1
  3B 10 4 40.0 1 8 0 1 1.000 2.03   0.1
Career Totals   40 19 192.7 82 35 1 14 .992 5.47   0.6
Career Highs   34 19 182.7 78 32 1 14 1.000 6.30    
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 33rd overall pick, by Montreal in 1969
Injured on 5/7/1969 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/26/1972 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 6/13/1973 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 7/9/1975 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Montreal on 3/3/1977
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 4/3/1977 to a minor league deal
Earned first career win on 7/4/1977
Injured on 7/27/1977 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Released by Baltimore on 5/1/1980
Drafted in 4th round, 92nd overall pick, by Philadelphia in 1983
Had first career hit on 4/14/1988, off Andy Rincon (CLN)
Traded from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1989 (Going to PHN: CF Kirk Gibson, LF Bo Jackson, RF John Christensen. Going to PIT: 1B Carmen Castillo, 2B Bill Lyons, LF Jim Tracy)