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Historical player · 1923–1946 · ★ Hall of Fame 1955

Ted Lyons

B/T B/R · HT 71 · WT 200 · Born 12/28/1900 · From Lake Charles, LA USA · Debut 1923-07-02 · Final 1946-05-19

Career · batting

705

1,563

364

RBI

149

AVG/OPS

0.233 · 0.555

Career · pitching

594

484

4,161.0

W-L

260-230

1,073

ERA

3.67

WHIP

1.35

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1923–1946

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#354 on the White Sox

↑ 1 C. Berry

↓ 1 A. Strunk

Hits

364

#135 on the White Sox

↑ 7 A. Dunn

↓ 7 J. Pierre

RBI

149

#137 on the White Sox

↑ 1 J. Martin

↓ 3 B. Skowron

Runs

162

#153 on the White Sox

↑ 1 T. Paciorek

↓ 5 R. Zeider

#223 on the White Sox

↑ 1 T. Lupien

↓ 1 C. Everett

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#5,291 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 C. Zomphier

Hits

364

#3,401 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Andrews

↓ 1 C. Warwick

RBI

149

#3,501 all-time MLB

↑ 1 A. Altherr

↓ 1 W. Woodward

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1923	White Sox	AL	9	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.200	—	0.200
1924	White Sox	AL	41	77	10	17	0	1	0	6	5	13	0.221	—	0.247
1925	White Sox	AL	43	97	6	18	3	0	0	7	3	13	0.186	—	0.216
1926	White Sox	AL	41	104	7	22	1	1	0	3	1	10	0.212	—	0.240
1927	White Sox	AL	41	110	16	28	6	2	1	9	6	17	0.255	—	0.373
1928	White Sox	AL	49	91	10	23	2	0	0	8	1	9	0.253	—	0.275
1929	White Sox	AL	40	91	7	20	4	0	0	11	9	13	0.220	—	0.264
1930	White Sox	AL	57	122	20	38	6	3	1	15	2	18	0.311	—	0.434
1931	White Sox	AL	42	33	6	5	0	0	0	3	2	1	0.152	—	0.152
1932	White Sox	AL	49	73	11	19	2	1	1	10	4	10	0.260	—	0.356
1933	White Sox	AL	51	91	11	26	2	1	1	11	4	6	0.286	—	0.363
1934	White Sox	AL	50	97	9	20	4	0	1	16	3	19	0.206	—	0.278
1935	White Sox	AL	29	82	5	18	4	0	0	6	3	4	0.220	—	0.268
1936	White Sox	AL	26	70	2	11	0	0	0	5	5	12	0.157	—	0.157
1937	White Sox	AL	23	57	6	12	0	0	0	3	9	14	0.211	—	0.211
1938	White Sox	AL	24	72	9	14	2	0	0	4	2	9	0.194	—	0.222
1939	White Sox	AL	21	61	5	18	3	0	0	8	5	7	0.295	—	0.344
1940	White Sox	AL	22	75	4	18	4	0	0	7	2	7	0.240	—	0.293
1941	White Sox	AL	22	74	8	20	2	0	0	6	2	6	0.270	—	0.297
1942	White Sox	AL	20	67	10	16	4	0	0	10	3	7	0.239	—	0.299
1946	White Sox	AL	5	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.000	—	0.000
Career			705	1,563	162	364	49	9	5	149	73	201	0.233	0.270	0.285

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1923	White Sox	AL	2	1	9	1	0	22.7	30	16	15	6	6.35	1.99
1924	White Sox	AL	12	11	41	22	3	216.3	279	117	72	52	4.87	1.62
1925	White Sox	AL	21	11	43	32	3	262.7	274	95	83	45	3.26	1.36
1926	White Sox	AL	18	16	39	31	2	283.7	268	95	106	51	3.01	1.32
1927	White Sox	AL	22	14	39	34	2	307.7	291	97	67	71	2.84	1.16
1928	White Sox	AL	15	14	39	27	6	240.0	276	106	68	60	3.98	1.43
1929	White Sox	AL	14	20	37	31	2	259.3	276	118	76	57	4.10	1.36
1930	White Sox	AL	22	15	42	36	1	297.7	331	125	57	69	3.78	1.30
1931	White Sox	AL	4	6	22	12	0	101.0	117	45	33	16	4.01	1.49
1932	White Sox	AL	10	15	33	26	2	230.7	243	84	71	58	3.28	1.36
1933	White Sox	AL	10	21	36	27	1	228.0	260	111	74	74	4.38	1.46
1934	White Sox	AL	11	13	30	24	1	205.3	249	111	66	53	4.87	1.53
1935	White Sox	AL	15	8	23	22	0	190.7	194	64	56	54	3.02	1.31
1936	White Sox	AL	10	13	26	24	0	182.0	227	104	45	48	5.14	1.49
1937	White Sox	AL	12	7	22	22	0	169.3	182	78	45	45	4.15	1.34
1938	White Sox	AL	9	11	23	23	0	194.7	238	80	52	54	3.70	1.49
1939	White Sox	AL	14	6	21	21	0	172.7	162	53	26	65	2.76	1.09
1940	White Sox	AL	12	8	22	22	0	186.3	188	67	37	72	3.24	1.21
1941	White Sox	AL	12	10	22	22	0	187.3	199	77	37	63	3.70	1.26
1942	White Sox	AL	14	6	20	20	0	180.3	167	42	26	50	2.10	1.07
1946	White Sox	AL	1	4	5	5	0	42.7	38	11	9	10	2.32	1.10
Career			260	230	594	484	23	4,161.0	4,489	1,696	1,121	1,073	3.67	1.35

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	594	0	0.0	219	943	51	57
OF	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1955	BBWAA	217	189	Inducted
1954	BBWAA	170	189	Ballot
1953	BBWAA	139	198	Ballot
1952	BBWAA	101	176	Ballot
1951	BBWAA	71	170	Ballot
1950	BBWAA	42	126	Ballot
1949	BBWAA	29	115	Ballot
1949	Run Off	14		Ballot
1948	BBWAA	15	91	Ballot
1946	Nominating Vote	3		Ballot
1945	BBWAA	4	186	Ballot