Lyn Lary, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1906
Place of Birth: Armona, California, United States
Date of Death: 09-Jan-1973
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Lyn Lary
- Lynford Horbart Lary (January 28, 1906 – January 9, 1973), nicknamed "Broadway", was an American professional baseball shortstop.
- He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, St.
- Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers, and St.
- Louis Cardinals.In a 12-season career, Lary posted a .269 batting average with 38 home runs and 526 RBIs in 1,302 games played. A well-traveled shortstop, Lary played for six different teams in a span of twelve years, including two stints with the St.
- Louis Browns and playing for three teams in 1939.
- A good defensive player, he had good hands with a strong arm and was competent on the double play.
- Primarily a singles hitter, his hustle on the bases was shown by taking an extra base or for breaking up a double play.
- He ended his career with a 1.50 walk-to-strikeout ratio (705-to-470). Lary debuted with the New York Yankees in 1929, finishing with a .309 average.
- The next season, he hit .289, and .280 in 1931.
- That season, he collected 107 RBIs, the most ever by a Yankees shortstop, and was one of six Yankees to have at least 100 runs scored.
- Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Ben Chapman, Earle Combs and Joe Sewell were the others.
- Lary also had career-numbers in home runs (10) and triples (nine). From 1934 through 1936, Lary divided his playing time between the Yankees, Boston Red Sox, St, Louis Browns and Washington Senators.
- Before the 1935 season, he was traded by the Red Sox to the Washington Senators in exchange for future Hall of Famer Joe Cronin.
- Playing for the 1936 Browns, he hit .289 with 112 runs and led the American League with 37 stolen bases and 155 games played.
- In 1937 with the Cleveland Indians, he batted .290 with 110 runs and posted career-highs in hits (187) and doubles (46). In 1939, Lary started with Cleveland, was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers in the midseason, then returned to St.
- Louis for the rest of the year.
- He retired in 1940, after a part-time season for the Browns. Lary died in Downey, California, at age 66.
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