Denny Lyons
Major League Baseball player
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| Intro | Major League Baseball player | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Athlete Baseball player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 12 March 1866, Cincinnati | |
| Death | 2 January 1929Covington (aged 62 years) |
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Dennis Patrick Aloysius Lyons (March 12, 1866 – January 2, 1929) was a Major League Baseball player. He played third base for the Providence Grays (1885), Philadelphia Athletics (1886–90), St. Louis Browns (1891 and 1895), New York Giants (1892) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1893–94 and 1896–97).
Lyons was born in Cincinnati. He led the American Association in On-base percentage (.461), Slugging Percentage (.531) and OPS (.992) in 1890. He still ranks 45th on the MLB Career On-base percentage List (.407), behind Jeff Bagwell and ahead of Riggs Stephenson. Lyons reached base by a hit or a walk in 52 consecutive games in 1887.
He died in West Covington, Kentucky, at the age of 62.