Patrick Jerry Lyons was a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 player. Lyons played for the Cleveland Spiders

Cleveland Spiders

The Cleveland Spiders were a Major League Baseball team which played between 1887 and 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio. The team played at National League Park from 1889 to 1890 and at League Park from 1891 to 1899.- 1887-1891 :...

 in the 1890 season

1890 in baseball

-Champions:*World Series: Brooklyn Bridegrooms 3, Louisville Colonels 3, 1 tie*National League: Brooklyn Bridegrooms*American Association: Louisville Colonels*Players' League: Boston RedsInter-league playoff: Brooklyn declined challenge by Boston...

 as a second baseman

Second baseman

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Lyons was born in Belleville, Ontario

Belleville, Ontario

Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region...

 and died in Springfield, Ohio

Springfield, Ohio

Springfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Clark County. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River, Buck Creek and Beaver Creek, approximately west of Columbus and northeast of Dayton. Springfield is home to Wittenberg...

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Professional career

Before playing at the major league level, Lyons played for Springfield of the Tri-State League

Tri-State League

The Tri-State League was the name of five different circuits in American minor league baseball.-History:The first league of that name played for four years and consisted of teams in Ohio, Michigan and West Virginia....

, Hamilton and the Dayton Reds in . He played for Dayton again in before being purchased by the Spiders.

Lyons played in 11 games in his one year career. He had a .053 batting average, with two hits in 38 at bat

At bat

In baseball, an at bat or time at bat is used to calculate certain statistics, including batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. It is a more restricted definition of a plate appearance...

s. He batted and threw right-handed.

He played for Meadville of the New York-Penn League in , Quincy Ravens of the Illinois-Indiana League

Illinois-Indiana League

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 in the , the Johnstown Terrors

Johnstown Terrors

The Johnstown Terrors were a baseball team that played in the independent Pennsylvania State League in 1893. They played at the field located in the area that is now occupied bnow known as the Point Stadium, which is still used today by local baseball and football leagues....

 of the Pennsylvania State League

Pennsylvania State League

The Pennsylvania State League played from 1892-1895, then changed into the first Atlantic League.-Cities represented:*Allentown, PA: Allentown Colts 1892-1893; Allentown Kelly's Killers 1894; Allentown Goobers 1895; Allentown 1895...

 in , the Staunton Hayseeds/Newport News-Hampton Deckhands of the Virginia League

Virginia League

The Virginia League was a minor league baseball affiliation which operated in Virginia and North Carolina from 1906 to 1928. It was classified as a "C" league from 1906 to 1919 and as a "B" league from 1920 to 1928....

 in , the Petersburg Farmers of the Virginia State League in .

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