Catching Hall Of Fame Pitchers Ted Lyons' Battery Mates

Lyons pitched his entire career for the Chicago White Sox (AL) 1923-1942, 1946. He pitched in 594 games, made 484 starts and pitched 27 shutouts. All of Lyons' shutouts were with one catcher. Eleven of his starts were caught by eight other catchers. Mike Tresh caught 86 of Lyons' last 90 starts.

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT TED LYONS' STARTS Mike Tresh 88   Merv Shea 8 Luke Sewell 74   Chick Autry 7 Buck Crouse 48   George Caithamer 2 Ray Schalk 48   Muddy Ruel 2 Frank Grube 45   Norm Schlueter 2 Moe Berg 38   Ken Silvestri 2 Harry McCurdy 29   Tom Turner 2 Bennie Tate 21   Joe Burns 1 Johnny Grabowski 16   Hank Garrity 1 Charlie Berry 15   Butch Henline 1 Ed Madjeski 14   Billy Sullivan Jr. 1 Tony Rensa 9   Kettle Wirts 1 Johnny Riddle 9         CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT TED LYONS' SHUTOUTS Mike Tresh 7   Frank Grube 2 Ray Schalk 5   Moe Berg 1 Luke Sewell 5   Johnny Grabowski 1** Charlie Berry 2   Harry McCurdy 1 Buck Crouse 2   Bennie Tate 1

HALL OF FAME CATCHERS are in RED

** Indicates 1 Shutout was a NO-HITTER

Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR