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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

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Ted LyonsWWikipedia↗

Bats: B · Throws: R · Born 1900-12-28 · Played 1923–1946 · College: Baylor University (1920–1923) · Career WAR 71.1 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1923	CHA	AL	9		5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	0.0
1924	CHA	AL	41		77	10	17	0	1	0	6	0	0	5	13	.221	.277	.247	.524	0.0
1925	CHA	AL	43		97	6	18	3	0	0	7	0	0	3	13	.186	.218	.216	.434	-0.2
1926	CHA	AL	41		104	7	22	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	10	.212	.219	.240	.459	-0.1
1927	CHA	AL	41		110	16	28	6	2	1	9	0	0	6	17	.255	.293	.373	.666	0.7
1928	CHA	AL	49		91	10	23	2	0	0	8	0	0	1	9	.253	.261	.275	.536	0.2
1929	CHA	AL	40		91	7	20	4	0	0	11	0	0	9	13	.220	.290	.264	.554	0.4
1930	CHA	AL	57		122	20	38	6	3	1	15	0	0	2	18	.311	.323	.434	.757	1.0
1931	CHA	AL	42		33	6	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.152	.200	.152	.352	-0.1
1932	CHA	AL	49		73	11	19	2	1	1	10	0	0	4	10	.260	.308	.356	.664	0.6
1933	CHA	AL	51		91	11	26	2	1	1	11	0	1	4	6	.286	.316	.363	.679	0.5
1934	CHA	AL	50		97	9	20	4	0	1	16	0	0	3	19	.206	.245	.278	.523	0.1
1935	CHA	AL	29		82	5	18	4	0	0	6	0	0	3	4	.220	.256	.268	.524	0.1
1936	CHA	AL	26		70	2	11	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	12	.157	.213	.157	.370	-0.4
1937	CHA	AL	23		57	6	12	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	14	.211	.318	.211	.529	0.2
1938	CHA	AL	24		72	9	14	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	9	.194	.216	.222	.438	-0.2
1939	CHA	AL	21		61	5	18	3	0	0	8	0	0	5	7	.295	.348	.344	.692	0.4
1940	CHA	AL	22		75	4	18	4	0	0	7	0	0	2	7	.240	.260	.293	.553	0.2
1941	CHA	AL	22		74	8	20	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	6	.270	.289	.297	.586	0.5
1942	CHA	AL	20		67	10	16	4	0	0	10	0	0	3	7	.239	.282	.299	.581	0.5
1946	CHA	AL	5		14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.067	.000	.067	-0.3
Total			705		1563	162	364	49	9	5	149	0	1	73	201	.233	.267	.285	.552	4.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1923	CHA	AL	2	1	9	1	0	0	0	22.2	30	16	2	15	6	6.35	1.985	-0.4
1924	CHA	AL	12	11	41	22	12	0	3	216.1	279	117	10	72	52	4.87	1.622	0.2
1925	CHA	AL	21	11	43	32	19	5	3	262.2	274	95	7	83	45	3.26	1.359	5.1
1926	CHA	AL	18	16	39	31	24	3	2	283.2	268	95	6	106	51	3.01	1.318	5.9
1927	CHA	AL	22	14	39	34	30	2	2	307.2	291	97	7	67	71	2.84	1.164	7.3
1928	CHA	AL	15	14	39	27	21	0	6	240.0	276	106	11	68	60	3.98	1.433	1.8
1929	CHA	AL	14	20	37	31	21	1	2	259.1	276	118	11	76	57	4.10	1.357	3.8
1930	CHA	AL	22	15	42	36	29	1	1	297.2	331	125	12	57	69	3.78	1.303	5.3
1931	CHA	AL	4	6	22	12	7	0	0	101.0	117	45	6	33	16	4.01	1.485	2.0
1932	CHA	AL	10	15	33	26	19	1	2	230.2	243	84	10	71	58	3.28	1.361	5.2
1933	CHA	AL	10	21	36	27	14	2	1	228.0	260	111	10	74	74	4.38	1.465	0.4
1934	CHA	AL	11	13	30	24	21	0	1	205.1	249	111	15	66	53	4.87	1.534	1.6
1935	CHA	AL	15	8	23	22	19	3	0	190.2	194	64	15	56	54	3.02	1.311	4.8
1936	CHA	AL	10	13	26	24	15	1	0	182.0	227	104	21	45	48	5.14	1.495	1.8
1937	CHA	AL	12	7	22	22	11	0	0	169.1	182	78	21	45	45	4.15	1.341	2.0
1938	CHA	AL	9	11	23	23	17	1	0	194.2	238	80	13	52	54	3.70	1.490	4.6
1939	CHA	AL	14	6	21	21	16	0	0	172.2	162	53	7	26	65	2.76	1.089	4.4
1940	CHA	AL	12	8	22	22	17	4	0	186.1	188	67	17	37	72	3.24	1.208	3.4
1941	CHA	AL	12	10	22	22	19	2	0	187.1	199	77	9	37	63	3.70	1.260	2.4
1942	CHA	AL	14	6	20	20	20	1	0	180.1	167	42	11	26	50	2.10	1.070	4.8
1946	CHA	AL	1	4	5	5	5	0	0	42.2	38	11	2	9	10	2.32	1.102	0.6
Total			260	230	594	484	356	27	23	4161.0	4489	1696	223	1121	1073	3.67	1.348	67.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1923	CHA	AL	P	9			3	7	0	1
1924	CHA	AL	P	41			3	43	5	2
1925	CHA	AL	P	43			8	80	4	3
1926	CHA	AL	P	39			16	91	5	3
1927	CHA	AL	P	39			13	79	2	3
1928	CHA	AL	P	39			20	60	7	6
1929	CHA	AL	OF	1			0	0	0	0
1929	CHA	AL	P	37			21	66	5	4
1930	CHA	AL	P	42			14	77	6	5
1931	CHA	AL	P	22			4	18	1	3
1932	CHA	AL	P	33			11	42	2	1
1933	CHA	AL	P	36			10	49	1	3
1934	CHA	AL	P	30			12	50	4	4
1935	CHA	AL	P	23			9	31	0	2
1936	CHA	AL	P	26			12	38	0	2
1937	CHA	AL	P	22			6	33	0	3
1938	CHA	AL	P	23			9	46	1	1
1939	CHA	AL	P	21			9	22	3	3
1940	CHA	AL	P	22			12	24	3	1
1941	CHA	AL	P	22			17	36	1	3
1942	CHA	AL	P	20			8	41	1	4
1946	CHA	AL	P	5			2	10	0	0
Total				595			219	943	51	57

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1925	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1926	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1926	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1927	TSN All-Star	ML
1930	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1930	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1945	BBWAA	4	186	No
1946	Nominating Vote	3		No
1948	BBWAA	15	91	No
1949	BBWAA	29	115	No
1949	Run Off	14		No
1950	BBWAA	42	126	No
1951	BBWAA	71	170	No
1952	BBWAA	101	176	No
1953	BBWAA	139	198	No
1954	BBWAA	170	189	No
1955	BBWAA	217	189	Yes

Ejections (10)

Date	As	Reason
1933-05-20	Player	Call at 1B
1939-07-02	Player	Called third strike
1939-08-10	Player	Call at HP
1947-06-16	Manager	Call at 2B
1947-09-07	Manager	Call at 2B
1948-06-22	Manager	Balls and strikes
1948-07-22	Manager	Call at 1B
1950-08-31	Coach	Balls and strikes
1952-06-07	Coach	Balls and strikes
1953-08-29	Coach	Balls and strikes