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Ted
Lyons		  
Nickname: Sunday Teddy
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 210
 
Born: December 28, 1900 in Usa, LA, LAKE CHARLES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Arm 1934    1935   
All-Star Selections 1930    1931    1934    1935    1936   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 29 NYM NL $ 15,655,800 100 63 68 66 91 98 95 51 57 54
1931 30 NYM NL $ 15,655,800 10 6 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1932 31 DET AL $ 15,655,800 10 6 7 6 10 10 10 6 7 7
1933 32 DET AL $ 17,460,000 10 6 7 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
1934 33 DET AL $ 17,460,000 10 6 7 6 9 10 10 6 6 6
1935 34 DET AL $ 17,460,000 10 5 6 6 9 9 9 5 6 6
1936 35 DET AL $ 17,460,000 10 5 6 6 8 9 9 4 4 4
1937 36 SDP NL $ 17,460,000 10 5 6 6 8 9 8 3 4 4
1938 37 SDP NL $ 17,460,000 9 3 4 3 6 6 6 3 3 3
1939 38 DET AL $ 615,615 8 2 2 2 5 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 615,615 8 2 2 2 5 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 17,460,000 100 63 68 66 91 98 95 51 57 54
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 29 NYM NL $ 15,655,800   37 37 36 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 70 70 70
1931 30 NYM NL $ 15,655,800   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1932 31 DET AL $ 15,655,800   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1933 32 DET AL $ 17,460,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1934 33 DET AL $ 17,460,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1935 34 DET AL $ 17,460,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1936 35 DET AL $ 17,460,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1937 36 SDP NL $ 17,460,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1938 37 SDP NL $ 17,460,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1939 38 DET AL $ 615,615   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 615,615   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 17,460,000   37 37 36 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 70 70 70
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1930 29 NYM NL 22 18 .550 45 45 32 1 0 379.0 424 164 25 37 142 3.89 .281 .297 .404 .701 24.1
1931 30 NYM NL 26 14 .650 44 44 32 5 0 365.0 387 131 16 38 136 3.23 .267 .285 .364 .648 31.6
1932 31 DET AL 18 19 .486 42 42 29 3 0 350.0 410 150 23 31 107 3.86 .291 .304 .418 .722 27.3
1933 32 DET AL 19 15 .559 41 41 26 4 0 334.3 377 136 19 56 103 3.66 .285 .313 .405 .717 24.3
1934 33 DET AL 26 9 .743 41 41 26 3 0 345.0 384 121 19 39 130 3.16 .279 .299 .376 .675 35.3
1935 34 DET AL 26 12 .684 44 44 28 4 0 371.0 399 147 29 49 136 3.57 .274 .298 .411 .708 30.0
1936 35 DET AL 19 19 .500 44 44 24 2 0 362.0 432 191 30 68 121 4.75 .295 .324 .419 .744 18.2
1937 36 SDP NL 10 23 .303 37 37 20 2 0 285.7 347 138 14 47 100 4.35 .299 .323 .408 .731 15.9
1938 37 SDP NL 10 10 .500 36 22 13 1 0 197.7 225 92 16 59 61 4.19 .286 .337 .406 .743 13.9
1939 38 AA   8 11 .421 25 25 5 3 0 184.0 183 72 11 55 102 3.52 .256 .309 .349 .658  
9 Years Sim 176 139 .559 374 360 230 25 0 2989.7 3385 1270 191 424 1036 3.82 .284 .307 .401 .708 220.8
1 Years AA 8 11 .421 25 25 5 3 0 184.0 183 72 11 55 102 3.52 .256 .309 .349 .658  
Season Average 19 15 .559 41 40 25 2 0 332.2 376 141 21 47 115 3.82 .284 .307 .401 .708  
Career Highs 26 23 .743 45 45 32 5 0 379.0 432 191 30 68 142 4.75 .299 .337 .419 .744  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1582 599 91 169 578   .268 .289 .380 .669
vs LH   1803 671 100 255 458   .299 .327 .421 .748
Home 100 63 .613 189 180 124 12 0 1549.0 1736 618 86 241 547 3.59 .282 .309 .385 .695
Away 76 76 .500 185 180 106 13 0 1440.6 1649 652 105 183 489 4.07 .285 .307 .417 .724
Mar/Apr 34 23 .596 65 65 36 2 0 539.0 639 238 34 88 188 3.97 .292 .320 .406 .726
May 26 28 .481 63 63 38 2 0 498.3 570 234 40 60 173 4.23 .286 .307 .419 .726
June 36 19 .655 60 60 41 7 0 510.6 533 190 30 61 177 3.35 .266 .288 .373 .661
July 27 24 .529 59 59 44 9 0 488.3 518 172 32 64 176 3.17 .272 .296 .382 .678
August 30 20 .600 67 58 40 4 0 500.0 575 199 24 65 156 3.58 .286 .309 .397 .706
Sep/Oct 23 25 .479 60 55 46 1 0 453.3 550 237 31 86 166 4.71 .299 .330 .427 .758
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
1930 29 NYM NL 45 126 9 32 1 0 0 12 0 2 1 15 .254 .264 .262 .525 7.8 0.0
1931 30 NYM NL 44 124 16 21 2 1 0 10 0 0 2 11 .169 .183 .202 .384 3.4 0.0
1932 31 DET AL 42 115 12 33 0 1 0 13 0 0 2 12 .287 .305 .304 .609 11.3 1.0
1933 32 DET AL 41 115 8 22 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 15 .191 .212 .191 .403 3.9 0.0
1934 33 DET AL 41 125 15 33 3 1 0 14 0 0 5 13 .264 .290 .304 .594 11.5 0.5
1935 34 DET AL 44 131 10 31 0 1 0 13 0 0 2 11 .237 .248 .252 .500 7.2 0.0
1936 35 DET AL 44 123 11 24 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 17 .195 .202 .203 .405 3.2 0.0
1937 36 SDP NL 37 96 3 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 11 .135 .144 .156 .301 0.2 0.0
1938 37 SDP NL 36 64 7 20 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .313 .313 .328 .641 6.6 0.7
9 Years Sim 374 1019 91 229 10 4 0 80 0 2 17 110 .225 .238 .242 .481 55.2 2.2
162 Game Average 441 39 99 4 1 0 34 0 0 7 47 .225 .238 .242 .481 23.9  
Career Highs 45 131 16 33 3 1 0 14 0 2 5 17 .313 .313 .328 .641 11.5  
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   676 62 156 7 3 0 47 0 0 10 72 .231 .243 .250 .493 34.6
vs LH   343 29 73 3 1 0 33 0 2 7 38 .213 .230 .227 .458 13.5
Home 189 502 46 118 5 4 0 37 0 0 8 54 .235 .249 .261 .510 28.1
Away 185 517 45 111 5 0 0 43 0 2 9 56 .215 .228 .224 .453 20.0
RISP   270 0 60 4 0 0 77 0 0 5 32 .222 .235 .237 .472 12.4
Close/Late   89 7 21 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .236 .261 .236 .497 4.7
Mar/Apr 65 180 12 33 0 0 0 18 0 0 1 20 .183 .192 .183 .376 2.7
May 63 170 18 42 2 3 0 14 0 1 3 17 .247 .260 .294 .554 11.5
June 60 175 13 43 1 1 0 11 0 0 3 12 .246 .258 .263 .521 10.6
July 59 164 15 31 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 18 .189 .218 .201 .419 5.2
August 67 179 17 42 3 0 0 17 0 1 1 17 .235 .240 .251 .492 8.5
Sep/Oct 60 151 16 38 2 0 0 14 0 0 3 26 .252 .266 .265 .531 9.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 29 NYM NL P 45 45 379.0 21 63 10 4 .894 1.99    
1931 30 NYM NL P 44 44 365.0 29 69 1 2 .990 2.42    
1932 31 DET AL P 42 42 350.0 25 62 3 7 .967 2.24    
1933 32 DET AL P 41 41 334.3 27 74 4 5 .962 2.72    
1934 33 DET AL P 41 41 345.0 25 54 3 6 .963 2.06    
1935 34 DET AL P 44 44 371.0 36 71 3 5 .973 2.60    
1936 35 DET AL P 44 44 362.0 23 68 6 4 .938 2.26    
1937 36 SDP NL P 37 37 285.7 29 50 1 3 .988 2.49    
1938 37 SDP NL P 36 22 197.7 10 42 3 6 .945 2.37    
Career Totals   374 360 2989.7 225 553 34 42 .958 2.34    
Career Highs   45 45 379.0 36 74 10 7 .990 2.72    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1930 29 NYM NL 3 1 .750 4 4 3 0 0 35.0 38 18 2 7 11 4.63 .270 .304 .390 .694
1931 30 NYM NL 2 2 .500 4 4 4 0 0 35.0 42 19 3 3 9 4.89 .302 .317 .439 .756
1932 31 DET AL 2 1 .667 3 3 3 0 0 26.0 32 16 2 2 5 5.54 .299 .312 .449 .761
1933 32 DET AL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 13.7 18 10 2 2 8 6.59 .316 .339 .439 .778
1934 33 DET AL 4 1 .800 7 7 4 0 0 61.0 67 25 4 6 17 3.69 .277 .294 .384 .679
Career Post-Season Pitching 12 6 .667 20 20 15 0 0 170.7 197 88 13 20 50 4.64 .287 .307 .411 .718
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1930 29 NYM NL 4 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .071 .133 .071 .205
1931 30 NYM NL 4 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .231 .214 .231 .445
1932 31 DET AL 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
1933 32 DET AL 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
1934 33 DET AL 7 19 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .263 .273 .263 .536
Career Post-Season Batting 20 61 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 .180 .209 .180 .389
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1931-5-3.23
1932-5-3.86
1933-3-3.66
1934-1-3.16
1935-2-3.57
 Wins
1930-4-22
1931-2-26
1932-5-18
1933-4-19
1934-1-26
1935-1-26
1936-9-19
 Losses
1932-1-19
1933-8-15
1936-6-19
1937-2-23
 Winning Pct
1931-7-.650
1934-1-.743
1935-1-.684
 Games Started
1930-1-45
1931-7-44
1932-1-42
1933-7-41
1934-10-41
1935-1-44
1936-1-44
 Complete Games
1930-2-32
1931-1-32
1932-1-29
1933-1-26
1934-1-26
1935-1-28
1936-1-24
1937-5-20
CAR-13-230
Shutouts
1931-1-5
1932-2-3
1933-1-4
1934-2-3
1935-1-4
1936-4-2
1937-6-2
CAR-29-25
 Innings Pitched
1930-2-379.0
1931-4-365.0
1932-1-350.0
1933-2-334.3
1934-1-345.0
1935-1-371.0
1936-1-362.0
 Hits Allowed
1930-2-424
1931-6-387
1932-1-410
1933-2-377
1934-5-384
1935-2-399
1936-1-432
1937-7-347
 Homeruns Allowed
1930-3-25
1932-4-23
1933-5-19
1934-9-19
1935-2-29
1936-2-30
 Strikeouts
1930-5-142
1934-9-130
1935-5-136
1936-10-121
 Walks per 9IP
1930-1-0.9
1931-1-0.9
1932-1-0.8
1933-2-1.5
1934-1-1.0
1935-1-1.2
1936-4-1.7
1937-1-1.5
CAR-13-1.3
Hits per 9IP
1935-10-9.7
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1930-9-3.4
 WHiP
1930-5-1.22
1931-4-1.16
1932-3-1.26
1933-4-1.30
1934-3-1.23
1935-1-1.21
 OAVG
1935-10-.274
 OOBP
1930-5-.297
1931-3-.285
1932-2-.304
1933-4-.313
1934-2-.299
1935-1-.298
 OSLG
1934-7-.376
OOPS
1931-5-.648
1934-4-.675
1935-8-.708
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 61    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 144    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 56    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  3. Bob Logan (917)
  4. Alan Foster (911)
  5. George Lauzerique (901)
  6. Tom Hausman (897)
  7. Carl Hubbell (896)
  8. Ray Prim (895)
  9. Whit Wyatt (892)
  10. Steve Kline (889)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Pete Appleton (981)
  2. Monte Pearson (978)
  3. Dave Ferriss (976)
  4. Whit Wyatt (973)
  5. Clay Bryant (973)
  6. Fred Hutchinson (972)
  7. Willis Hudlin (971)
  8. Don Newcombe (970)
  9. Tony Kaufmann (970)
  10. Schoolboy Rowe (969)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Hub Pruett (CAL)
Earned first career win on 4/9/1930
Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1931, going 6-1, 1.60
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1931, going 6-0, 1.05
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1932, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
10/27/1932: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $17,460,000 per year, for 6 years
10/27/1932: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $17,460,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1933, winning 2 games with a 2.12 ERA
Injured on 6/23/1933 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Injured on 7/21/1934 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1934, going 7-0, 1.77
Won Platinum Arm in 1934, going 26-9, 3.16 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1935, going 6-2, 3.21
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1935, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1935, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Won Platinum Arm in 1935, going 26-12, 3.57 ERA
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 2/13/1937 (Going to SDP: P Ted Lyons. Going to DET: 1B Babe Herman, P Garland Braxton, P Dutch Henry, SS Greg Mulleavy)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/4/1939 to a 3-year deal worth $615,615 per year
 
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