Denny Lyons
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Dennis Patrick Aloysius Lyons (March 12, 1866 – January 2, 1929) was a Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
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 player. He played third base
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 for the Providence Grays
Providence Grays
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 (1885), Philadelphia Athletics (1886-90), St. Louis Browns
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 (1891 and 1895), New York Giants
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 (1892) and Pittsburgh Pirates
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 (1893-94 and 1896-97).

Lyons was born in Cincinnati, Ohio
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. 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
Jeff Bagwell
Jeffrey Robert Bagwell , is a former American professional baseball player and coach. He played his entire fifteen-year Major League Baseball career as a first baseman for the Houston Astros and was a four-time All-Star...

 and ahead of Riggs Stephenson
Riggs Stephenson
Jackson Riggs Stephenson was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed Old Hoss, Stephenson played for the Cleveland Indians from to and the rest of his career from to with the Chicago Cubs...

. Lyons reached base by a hit or a walk in 52 consecutive games in 1887.

He died in West Covington, Kentucky
Covington, Kentucky
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...

, at the age of 62.
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