John Lyles

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = John Lyles

| image = John Lyles Baseball.jpg

| position = Infielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|9|16|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Charleston, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1954|2|5|1911|9|16|mf=y}}

| death_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| bats = Both

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1932

| debutteam = Indianapolis ABCs

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1943

| finalteam = Cleveland Buckeyes

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| teams =

• Indianapolis ABCs (1932)
• Homestead Grays (1934)
• Indianapolis ABCs/St. Louis–New Orleans Stars (1938, 1940-1941)
• Cleveland Bears (1939)
• Cincinnati/Cleveland Buckeyes (1942-1943)

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John Lyles (September 16, 1911 – February 5, 1954), nicknamed "the Brute", was an American Negro league infielder between 1932 and 1943.

A native of Charleston, Missouri, Lyles made his Negro leagues debut in 1932 with the Indianapolis ABCs. He was selected to represent the Cleveland Bears in the 1939 East–West All-Star Game, and finished his career in 1943 with the Cleveland Buckeyes.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=lyles01joh |title=John Lyles |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=lyles-002joh |title=John Lyles |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} Lyles died in St. Louis, Missouri in 1954 at age 42.