Ted Lyons
1923–1946 · bats B / throws R · ALM, ALS, Chicago White Sox
705G
.233AVG
.270OBP
.285SLG
More career statistics
364H
5HR
149RBI
0SB
260–230W–L
4,161.0IP
1,073K
3.67ERA
484GS
23SV
11Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,563 | 1,569 |
| Batting · Doubles | 49 | 50 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,726 | 1,732 |
| Batting · Runs | 162 | 164 |
| Batting · Walks | 73 | 74 |
| Pitching · Games | 594 | 595 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 17,797 | 17,839 |
| Pitching · p cg | 356 | 357 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,696 | 1,688 |
| Pitching · p gs | 484 | 485 |
| Pitching · p h | 4,489 | 4,496 |
| Pitching · p hr | 223 | 221 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 12,483 | 12,503 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,073 | 1,075 |
| Pitching · p r | 2,056 | 2,057 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,121 | 1,126 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 705 | 1,726 | 1,563 | 162 | 364 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 149 | 73 | 201 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 446 | .233 | .270 | .285 | .555 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,161.0 | 594 | 484 | 356 | 260 | 230 | 23 | 4,489 | 2,056 | 1,696 | 223 | 1,121 | 1,073 | 0 | 0 | 3.67 | 1.348 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1942-05-17 to 1942-07-05
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1926-08-21 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | 1930-05-02 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1926-08-16 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 352 | 802 | 180 | 2 | 70 | 37 | 82 | .248 | .271 | .300 |
| Away | 353 | 930 | 184 | 3 | 79 | 37 | 119 | .219 | .238 | .272 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 58 | 121 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | .170 | .190 | .223 |
| May | 120 | 331 | 68 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 55 | .224 | .227 | .280 |
| June | 126 | 331 | 75 | 0 | 30 | 18 | 32 | .256 | .281 | .317 |
| July | 143 | 300 | 68 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 32 | .247 | .263 | .298 |
| August | 141 | 357 | 78 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 41 | .237 | .266 | .283 |
| September | 109 | 271 | 50 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 23 | .210 | .244 | .261 |
| October | 8 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .389 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 111 | 253 | 59 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 40 | .253 | .277 | .343 |
| detroit-tigers | 108 | 261 | 58 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 35 | .246 | .257 | .297 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 104 | 243 | 64 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 20 | .303 | .325 | .355 |
| cleveland-guardians | 100 | 263 | 45 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 30 | .192 | .213 | .231 |
| st-louis-browns | 96 | 245 | 44 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 24 | .194 | .212 | .242 |
| boston-red-sox | 94 | 249 | 55 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 23 | .239 | .245 | .274 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 91 | 214 | 38 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 29 | .196 | .243 | .247 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 |  Chicago White Sox | 9 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 22 | 6 |
| 1924 | Chicago White Sox | 41 | 77 | 17 | – | 8 | – | .221 | 216 | 52 |
| 1925 | Chicago White Sox | 43 | 97 | 18 | – | 6 | – | .186 | 263 | 44 |
| 1926 | Chicago White Sox | 41 | 104 | 22 | – | 2 | – | .212 | 283 | 51 |
| 1927 | Chicago White Sox | 41 | 110 | 28 | 1 | 9 | – | .255 | 307 | 71 |
| 1928 | Chicago White Sox | 49 | 91 | 23 | – | 9 | – | .253 | 239 | 60 |
| 1929 | Chicago White Sox | 40 | 91 | 20 | – | 9 | – | .220 | 259 | 56 |
| 1930 | Chicago White Sox | 56 | 122 | 37 | 1 | 15 | – | .303 | 297 | 68 |
| 1931 | Chicago White Sox | 42 | 33 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .152 | 100 | 17 |
| 1932 | Chicago White Sox | 49 | 73 | 19 | 1 | 10 | – | .260 | 229 | 58 |
| 1933 | Chicago White Sox | 51 | 91 | 26 | 1 | 11 | – | .286 | 228 | 74 |
| 1934 | Chicago White Sox | 50 | 97 | 20 | 1 | 16 | – | .206 | 205 | 53 |
| 1935 | ALM, Chicago White Sox | 30 | 86 | 19 | – | 7 | – | .221 | 199 | 57 |
| 1936 | Chicago White Sox | 26 | 70 | 11 | – | 5 | – | .157 | 182 | 48 |
| 1937 | Chicago White Sox | 23 | 57 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .211 | 169 | 45 |
| 1938 | Chicago White Sox | 24 | 72 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .194 | 194 | 55 |
| 1939 | Chicago White Sox | 21 | 61 | 18 | – | 8 | – | .295 | 172 | 65 |
| 1940 | Chicago White Sox | 22 | 75 | 18 | – | 7 | – | .240 | 186 | 72 |
| 1941 | Chicago White Sox | 22 | 74 | 20 | – | 6 | – | .270 | 187 | 63 |
| 1942 | Chicago White Sox | 20 | 67 | 16 | – | 10 | – | .239 | 180 | 50 |
| 1946 | Chicago White Sox | 5 | 14 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 42 | 10 |