Tony Lyons vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Tony Lyons
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Lyons as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 4.72 and 1.703 for Tony Lyons. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Lyons and Dick Matthews

Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.94
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.71
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.24
24.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
4.72
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
10.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.51
10.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
4.81
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.67
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.832
0.832
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.53
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
40.28
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.89
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
5.35
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.703
1.703
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
34.93
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.28
40.28
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Tony Lyons and Dick Matthews

Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
27
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112.2
9
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.182
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Lyons and Dick Matthews

Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
660
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
540
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
520
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.74
34.74
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
120
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
7
140
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Tony Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
1.9
38.01
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
11
220
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
2.73
2.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA