How Denny Lyons's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Denny Lyons posted a career Equivalent Average of .890, well above the league average of .700 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1890, posting 1.02, well above the league average of .709 that year. The lowest point came in 1885 at .313, well below the league average of .509 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .796 in 1895 to .858 in 1896 and .755 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.

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Denny Lyons Equivalent Average Per Season

Denny Lyons's Equivalent 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.
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Denny Lyons Equivalent Average by Team

Denny Lyons's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Denny Lyons Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Denny Lyons's career Equivalent 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 Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Denny Lyons Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Denny Lyons's seasonal Equivalent 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 Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Denny Lyons Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Denny Lyons's MLB career with Equivalent 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.
Denny Lyons Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table