How Denny Lyons's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Denny Lyons posted a career Batting Average of .310, well above the league average of .245 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batting Average season came in 1887, posting .367, well above the league average of .286 that year. The lowest point came in 1885 at .125, well below the league average of .206 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .296 in 1895 to .307 in 1896 and .206 in 1897. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 13 seasons.
Denny Lyons Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.31 | 5029 | 4300 | 0.321 |
| Season Avg. | 0.31 | 386.85 | 330.77 | 0.321 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.31 | 725.47 | 620.3 | 0.321 |
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Denny Lyons Batting Average Per Season
Denny Lyons's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American Association, Hall of Fame, 3B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Denny Lyons Batting Average by Team
Denny Lyons's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Denny Lyons Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Denny Lyons's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Denny Lyons Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Denny Lyons's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Denny Lyons Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Denny Lyons's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
