Denny Lyons
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Dennis Patrick Aloysius Lyons (March 12, 1866 - January 2, 1929) born in Cincinnati, Ohio was a Third Baseman 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).
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.
In 13 seasons he played in 1,121 Games and had 4,294 At Bats, 932 Runs, 1,333 Hits, 244 Doubles, 69 Triples, 62 Home Runs, 755 RBI, 224 Stolen Bases, 621 Walks, .310 Batting Average, .407 On-base percentage, .443 Slugging Percentage and 1,901 Total Bases.
He died in West Covington, Kentucky at the age of 62.
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