:Lena Styles

{{Short description|American baseball player (1899–1956)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Lena Styles

|position=Catcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1899|11|27}}

|birth_place=Gurley, Alabama

|death_date={{death date and age|1956|3|14|1899|11|27}}

|death_place=Huntsville, Alabama

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 10

|debutyear=1919

|debutteam= Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 27

|finalyear=1931

|finalteam= Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.250

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=16

|teams=

|highlights=

}}

William Graves "Lena" Styles (November 27, 1899 – March 14, 1956) was an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball over parts of five seasons (1919–21, 1930–31) with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he compiled a .250 batting average in 176 at-bats and drove in 16 runs.{{cite web |title=Lena Styles |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stylele01.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=June 25, 2022}}

An alumnus of the University of Alabama, he was born in Gurley, Alabama, and died in Huntsville, Alabama from cancer, at the age of 56.

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