John Lyles

John Lyles
(The Brute)

Born: September 16, 1911 in Charleston, MO
Died: February 5, 1954 in St. Louis, MO
(42 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 194

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Notes:

• Buried: Oakdale Cemetery (Lemay, MO)

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Theolic Smith	SP	2	1939	1943	MULT	4.6	0.7	0.1	3.8	0.0
2	Willie Cornelius	SP	3	1938	1942	CAG/CBE	3.9	0.2	0.0	3.6	0.0
3	Buddy Armour	SS	4	1938	1941	SNH	3.3	2.2	0.9	0.0	0.3
4	Sam Jethroe	CF	3	1938	1943	CBE/SNH	2.9	3.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
5	Parnell Woods	3B	4	1939	1943	MULT	2.7	2.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
6	Dan Wilson	LF	2	1939	1941	SNH/WES	2.6	1.5	1.2	0.0	-0.1
7	Lefty Calhoun	SP	4	1938	1941	SAS/SNH	2.6	-0.3	0.0	3.0	0.0
8	Archie Ware	1B	3	1941	1943	CAG/CBE	2.6	1.1	1.8	0.0	-0.4
9	Leslie Green	CF	2	1939	1940	SAS/SNH	2.4	2.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1
10	Sam Thompson	SP	1	1932	1932	AB2	2.4	-0.1	0.0	2.5	0.0
11	Smoky Owens	SP	2	1939	1942	MULT	2.4	0.0	0.1	2.3	0.0
12	Eugene Bremer	SP	3	1940	1943	CBE/SAS	2.4	0.3	-0.1	2.2	0.0
13	Alonzo Boone	SP	3	1939	1943	CBE/JRC	2.2	-0.3	-0.1	2.6	0.0
14	Willie Jefferson	SP	2	1942	1943	CBE	1.9	-0.1	0.0	2.1	0.0
15	Marshall Riddle	2B	6	1938	1943	MULT	1.8	1.9	-0.5	0.0	0.5
16	Eugene Smith	SP	3	1939	1941	SAS/SNH	1.8	-0.3	0.0	2.0	0.0
17	Alex Radcliff	3B	3	1938	1941	CAG/WES	1.6	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.1
18	Ed Young	1B	2	1938	1941	CAG	1.4	1.1	0.4	0.0	-0.1
19	Joe Scott	1B	1	1932	1932	AB2	1.4	1.8	-0.3	0.0	-0.2
20	Ted Strong	1B	2	1938	1939	SNH/WES	1.3	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
21	Sanford Jackson	CF	1	1932	1932	AB2	1.3	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
22	Mitchell Murray	C	1	1932	1932	AB2	1.3	0.2	1.0	0.0	0.1
23	Louis Dula	SP	1	1934	1934	HG	1.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
24	Henry Turner	C	2	1939	1943	CBE/JRC	1.1	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
25	Robert Dean	SP	3	1938	1940	SNH	1.1	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0
26	Al Frazier	2B	1	1939	1939	JRC	1.1	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.1
27	Jim Williams	RF	3	1932	1939	MULT	1.1	1.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
28	Willie Ferrell	RP	2	1939	1941	CAG/JRC	1.1	-0.2	0.0	1.2	0.0
29	Quincy Trouppe	LF	2	1938	1939	SNH	1.0	1.6	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
30	Tommy Johnson	SP	1	1938	1938	CAG	1.0	-0.3	0.0	1.3	0.0
31	Lefty Smart	RP	1	1932	1932	AB2	1.0	-0.3	-0.2	1.4	0.0
32	Frank Duncan	C	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
33	Turkey Stearnes	CF	2	1938	1939	CAG/WES	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
34	Rainey Bibbs	2B	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.1
35	Ed Mayweather	1B	3	1939	1941	SAS/SNH	0.8	2.2	-1.1	0.0	-0.3
36	Dave Thomas	2B	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.8	0.9	-0.2	0.0	0.1
37	Billy Horne	2B	6	1938	1943	MULT	0.8	0.6	-0.5	0.0	0.6
38	Preacher Henry	SP	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
39	Ray Brown	CF	1	1934	1934	HG	0.7	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
40	Jimmy Ford	2B	3	1939	1941	SAS/SNH	0.7	1.3	-0.7	0.0	0.1
41	Jabbo Andrews	RF	2	1932	1934	AB2/HG	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	-0.1
42	Gentry Jessup	RP	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
43	Wilson Redus	LF	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.6	1.2	-0.4	0.0	-0.2
44	Neil Robinson	CF	2	1934	1939	HG/WES	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.1
45	Ted Trent	SP	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
46	Willie Gisentaner	SP	1	1934	1934	HG	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
47	Leroy Sutton	RP	2	1940	1941	SNH	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
48	Ralph Coles	LF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
49	Jimmy Binder	3B	2	1932	1934	AB2/HG	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
50	Frank McAllister	SP	4	1938	1941	SNH	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0
51	Dennis Gilchrist	SS	2	1932	1934	AB2/HG	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
52	Johnny Ray	CF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.5	-0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0
53	Bob Williams	LF	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
54	Harry Williams	SS	1	1934	1934	HG	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
55	Sonny Harris	LF	1	1942	1942	CBE	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
56	Philly Holmes	SS	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
57	Lefty Williams	RP	1	1934	1934	HG	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
58	Johnny Hundley	RF	1	1943	1943	CBE	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
59	Curtis Henderson	3B	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
60	Subby Byas	C	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
61	Jimmie Crutchfield	CF	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
62	Pat Patterson	2B	1	1934	1934	HG	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
63	Connie Day	2B	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.3	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.2
64	Ted Radcliffe	RP	1	1939	1939	WES	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
65	George Mitchell	1B	4	1938	1941	SAS/SNH	0.3	0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.0
66	Buck Leonard	1B	1	1934	1934	HG	0.3	0.8	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
67	Ernie Smith	RF	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	Herman Dunlap	RF	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.1
69	George Cheatham	RP	1	1934	1934	HG	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
70	Clyde Spearman	RF	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Ormond Sampson	SS	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1
72	Joe Strong	SP	1	1934	1934	HG	0.2	-0.2	-0.3	0.7	0.0
73	Fast Ball Anderson	RP	1	1938	1938	SNH	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
74	Quincy Smith	LF	1	1943	1943	CBE	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
75	Carter	SS	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
76	Joe Brown	C	1	1942	1942	CBE	0.2	-0.3	0.5	0.0	0.1
77	Dusty Decker	SS	2	1932	1939	AB2/JRC	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
78	Duke Cleveland	LF	3	1939	1943	CBE/JRC	0.2	0.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.3
79	Jack Marshall	3B	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Emmett Wilson	CF	2	1942	1943	CBE	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
81	Leo Hannibal	RP	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
82	Oscar Boone	C	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
83	Paul Hardy	C	2	1938	1940	CAG/SAS	0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
84	Frank Stewart	RP	1	1934	1934	HG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
85	Jimmy Johnson	RP	1	1939	1939	WES	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
86	Harry Salmon	SP	1	1934	1934	HG	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
87	Andrews	2B	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Logan Hensley	SP	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
89	Joe Sparks	SS	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1
90	Howard Easterling	CF	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
91	Jesse Warren	3B	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Andy Drake	RP	1	1939	1939	SNH	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
93	Jack Moore	LF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Malcolm	SS	1	1939	1939	SNH	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Josh Johnson	C	1	1934	1934	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	John Henry Russell	2B	1	1934	1934	HG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	David Whatley	RF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Sylvester Owens	CF	1	1940	1940	SNH	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Smith	-	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Phillip Brown	RP	1	1939	1939	SNH	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
101	Clarence Lamar	SS	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
102	Jelly Taylor	-	1	1939	1939	WES	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
103	Joe Royal	CF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
104	Clarence Mitchell	1B	1	1938	1938	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Samuel Burris	RP	1	1940	1940	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Buster Spann	2B	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
107	Cliff Fields	CF	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	R. T. Walker	RP	1	1942	1942	CBE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	George Britt	C	2	1942	1943	CBE	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
110	Gene Smith	3B	1	1942	1942	CBE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Robert Hawkins	-	1	1938	1938	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Buddy Burbage	RF	1	1934	1934	HG	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
113	Charley Hayes	SS	2	1938	1940	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Nap Gulley	-	1	1943	1943	CBE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Chester Williams	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Charlie Harris	RF	1	1942	1942	CBE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Felix Evans	-	1	1939	1939	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Jonas Gaines	-	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Vaughn	-	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	James Barnhill	LF	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0
121	Johnnie Cowan	2B	1	1942	1942	CBE	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
122	Andrew Buford	C	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Brammell	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Tom Parker	RF	1	1941	1941	SNH	0.0	0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
125	Zell Miles	-	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Chesley Gray	C	1	1940	1940	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
127	Bobby Scott	1B	2	1938	1941	SNH	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
128	Leroy Morney	-	1	1939	1939	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Red Howard	RP	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
130	Larry Brown	-	1	1939	1939	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
131	George White	-	1	1938	1938	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
132	Walter Burch	C	4	1939	1942	MULT	0.0	-0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
133	Sam Segraves	LF	1	1942	1942	CBE	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	Henry Merchant	RP	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
135	Will Owens	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	0.4	0.0	-0.5	0.0
136	Horace Jarnagin	RF	1	1934	1934	HG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
137	Piccard	C	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
138	Luther Gilyard	1B	1	1938	1938	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
139	Lacey Thomas	LF	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
140	Lloyd Davenport	CF	2	1939	1942	CBE/WES	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
141	Pen Gilliard	LF	1	1938	1938	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
142	Eugene Tyler	RF	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
143	Cliff Blackmon	RP	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
144	Pepper Bassett	C	2	1939	1941	CAG/WES	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
145	Hilton Smith	RP	1	1939	1939	WES	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
146	Dode Smith	-	1	1942	1942	CBE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
147	Porter Moss	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
148	George Brown	LF	1	1942	1942	CBE	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
149	Bradford Bennett	LF	2	1940	1941	SAS/SNH	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
150	Mint Jones	1B	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
151	Brinson	-	1	1938	1938	CAG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
152	Henry Milton	SS	2	1932	1939	AB2/WES	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
153	Charlie Shields	-	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
154	Wade Johnston	LF	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
155	Jones	-	1	1939	1939	SNH	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
156	Candy Jim Taylor	RP	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.0
157	Andy Sarvis	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
158	Adolphus Grimes	RF	1	1943	1943	CBE	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
159	Willie Simms	CF	1	1938	1938	CAG	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
160	Eddie Dwight	LF	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
161	Columbus Vance	RP	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0
162	Bonnie Serrell	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
163	Charles Dunklin	RP	1	1940	1940	SNH	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
164	Lionel Decuir	-	1	1940	1940	SAS	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
165	Bob Evans	-	1	1934	1934	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
166	Clemon Rooney	-	1	1941	1941	SNH	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
167	Jerry Gibson	-	1	1934	1934	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
168	Charlie Jamison	-	1	1934	1934	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
169	Johnny Reed	RF	1	1938	1938	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
170	Rabe Bassham	C	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
171	Willie Hudson	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.2	0.5	-0.1	-0.6	0.0
172	Percy Forrest	-	1	1938	1938	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
173	Bernard Fernández	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
174	Clarence Palm	C	1	1934	1934	HG	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
175	Jesse Houston	RP	1	1938	1938	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
176	Jimmie Armstead	RP	3	1938	1940	SNH	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
177	Binson	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
178	nfn Andrews	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
179	Ralph Wyatt	SS	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
180	Willie Hubert	-	1	1942	1942	CBE	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
181	Bob Graves	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
182	Gene Sheppard	-	1	1938	1938	SNH	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
183	Charles Oakley	-	1	1940	1940	SNH	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
184	Albert Davis	LF	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.3	0.4	0.2	-0.9	0.0
185	Verdell Mathis	-	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
186	Ted Alexander	RP	2	1938	1941	CAG/SNH	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
187	Leland Davis	RP	1	1938	1938	CAG	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
188	Fay Washington	RP	2	1940	1941	SNH	-0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
189	Elton Gladney	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
190	Alonzo Mitchell	RP	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.4	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
191	Tex Burnett	C	1	1934	1934	HG	-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
192	Johnny Johnson	RF	1	1943	1943	CBE	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
193	Bobby Robinson	3B	3	1938	1940	SAS/SNH	-0.5	0.1	-0.7	0.0	0.1
194	Bob Smith	C	3	1939	1941	SAS/SNH	-0.5	-0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1
195	Donald Reeves	RF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
196	Willie Grace	CF	1	1943	1943	CBE	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	0.0	0.0
197	Henry Baker	RF	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.7	0.1	-0.7	0.0	-0.1
198	Clifford Brown	-	1	1938	1938	SNH	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
199	Art Pennington	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.7	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0
200	Thad Christopher	LF	2	1942	1943	CBE	-0.7	0.3	-0.9	0.0	-0.1
201	Lefty Boone	RP	3	1940	1942	MULT	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
202	Herman Watts	-	1	1942	1942	CBE	-0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
203	Bill Bradford	RF	3	1938	1941	CAG/SNH	-0.9	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.2
204	Ted Gipson	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.9	-0.2	-0.1	-0.7	0.0
205	James Cooper	-	1	1942	1942	CBE	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	0.0
206	Ray Robinson	-	1	1942	1942	CBE	-1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.9	0.0
207	Jack Bruton	RF	3	1939	1941	MULT	-1.0	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	-0.1
208	Ewing Waddy	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	-1.1	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	0.0
209	Tice James	SS	2	1941	1942	CAG/CBE	-1.1	-0.3	-1.2	0.0	0.3
210	Satchel Davis	-	2	1939	1943	CBE/JRC	-1.5	-0.1	0.0	-1.4	0.0
211	Raymond Taylor	C	6	1938	1943	CBE/SNH	-2.1	-1.8	-0.6	0.0	0.3

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