Sparky Lyle

Albert Walter Lyle
Born: July 22, 1944
Du Bois, PA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 182
Career: 1967-1982
Minor League Statistics

Sparky Lyle compiled a career record of 99 wins and 76 losses in his 899-game career with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox. He began playing during the 1967 season and last took the field during the 1982 campaign.

Boston Red Sox

New York Yankees

Texas Rangers

Philadelphia Phillies

Chicago White Sox

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1967	AL	Boston Red Sox	1	2	.333	2.28	27	11	5	43.3	33	13	11	3	14	1	42	2	2	5	173
1968	AL	Boston Red Sox	6	1	.857	2.74	49	29	11	65.7	67	25	20	6	14	2	52	0	1	5	274
1969	AL	Boston Red Sox	8	3	.727	2.54	71	44	17	102.7	91	33	29	8	48	4	93	1	1	8	439
1970	AL	Boston Red Sox	1	7	.125	3.88	63	40	20	67.3	62	37	29	5	34	5	51	1	1	1	297
1971	AL	Boston Red Sox	6	4	.600	2.75	50	36	16	52.3	41	16	16	5	23	2	37	0	0	4	209
1972	AL	New York Yankees	9	5	.643	1.92	59	56	35	107.7	84	25	23	3	29	7	75	0	0	5	427
1973	AL	New York Yankees	5	9	.357	2.51	51	45	27	82.3	66	30	23	4	18	2	63	0	0	3	330
1974	AL	New York Yankees	9	3	.750	1.66	66	59	15	114.0	93	30	21	6	43	7	89	1	0	7	469
1975	AL	New York Yankees	5	7	.417	3.12	49	37	6	89.3	94	34	31	1	36	5	65	2	1	5	387
1976	AL	New York Yankees	7	8	.467	2.26	64	58	23	103.7	82	33	26	5	42	7	61	0	0	3	420
1977	AL	New York Yankees	13	5	.722	2.17	72	60	26	137.0	131	41	33	7	33	6	68	2	0	10	554
1978	AL	New York Yankees	9	3	.750	3.47	59	33	9	111.7	116	46	43	6	33	8	33	4	0	1	470
1979	AL	Texas Rangers	5	8	.385	3.13	67	53	13	95.0	78	37	33	9	28	6	48	0	0	2	384
1980	AL	Texas Rangers	3	2	.600	4.69	49	32	8	80.7	97	47	42	9	28	6	43	0	2	1	353
1980	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	0	0		1.93	10	5	2	14.0	11	5	3	0	6	1	6	0	0	1	59
1981	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	9	6	.600	4.44	48	19	2	75.0	85	40	37	4	33	9	29	1	2	3	332
1982	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	3	3	.500	5.15	34	11	2	36.7	50	23	21	3	12	3	12	0	0	1	167
1982	AL	Chicago White Sox	0	0		3.00	11	6	1	12.0	11	4	4	0	7	0	6	0	0	1	50
Totals			99	76	.566	2.88	899	634	238	1390.3	1292	519	445	84	481	81	873	14	10	66	5794

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1967	AL	Boston Red Sox	27	8	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.375	.625	3	0
1968	AL	Boston Red Sox	49	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	1
1969	AL	Boston Red Sox	71	18	17	0	2	0	1	0	1	6	.118	.167	.118	.284	2	0
1970	AL	Boston Red Sox	63	14	13	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	0
1971	AL	Boston Red Sox	50	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	3	1
1972	AL	New York Yankees	59	24	21	2	4	1	1	0	1	10	.190	.227	.238	.465	5	2
1973	AL	New York Yankees	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1974	AL	New York Yankees	66	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1975	AL	New York Yankees	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1976	AL	New York Yankees	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1977	AL	New York Yankees	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1978	AL	New York Yankees	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1979	AL	Texas Rangers	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1980	AL	Texas Rangers	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1980	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1981	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	48	7	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	.400	.500	.400	.900	2	1
1982	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	34	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0
1982	AL	Chicago White Sox	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
Totals			899	88	78	8	15	2	4	1	5	26	.192	.241	.218	.459	17	5

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1967	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	27	43.3	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.454	.259
1968	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	49	65.7	5	6	3	0	.786	1.508	.224
1969	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	71	102.7	3	19	3	3	.880	1.929	.310
1970	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	63	67.0	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.075	.127
1971	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	50	52.0	2	10	0	1	1.000	2.077	.240
1972	AL	New York Yankees	P	59	108.0	4	11	0	0	1.000	1.250	.254
1973	AL	New York Yankees	P	51	82.3	2	13	2	0	.882	1.640	.294
1974	AL	New York Yankees	P	66	114.0	3	11	1	2	.933	1.105	.212
1975	AL	New York Yankees	P	49	89.3	2	16	4	1	.818	1.813	.367
1976	AL	New York Yankees	P	64	103.7	3	11	2	1	.875	1.215	.219
1977	AL	New York Yankees	P	72	137.0	2	22	2	0	.923	1.577	.333
1978	AL	New York Yankees	P	59	111.7	9	18	1	3	.964	2.176	.458
1979	AL	Texas Rangers	P	67	95.0	2	11	2	0	.867	1.232	.194
1980	AL	Texas Rangers	P	49	80.7	4	10	0	0	1.000	1.562	.286
1980	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	P	10	14.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
1981	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	P	48	75.0	6	17	0	0	1.000	2.760	.479
1982	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	P	34	36.7	3	10	1	1	.929	3.191	.382
1982	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	11	12.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.500	.182
Totals				899	1390.0	54	198	21	12	.923	1.632	.280

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	W%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF
1976	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	0		0.00	1	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
1976	AL	New York Yankees	WS	0		0.00	2	2	0	2.7	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	10
1977	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	2	1.000	0.96	4	4	0	9.3	7	1	1	0	0	3	0	32
1977	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	1.000	1.93	2	2	0	4.7	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	16
1978	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	0		13.50	1	1	0	1.3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	7
1981	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	NEDIV	0		0.00	3	0	0	2.3	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	11
Totals				3	1.000	1.69	13	10	1	21.3	17	4	4	1	3	9	1	80

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1976	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	1	0	0	0
1976	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2	0	0	0
1977	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	4	0	0	0
1977	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2	2	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
1978	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	1	0	0	0
1981	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	NEDIV	3	0	0	0
Totals				13	2	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	Inn.	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1976	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	P	1	1.0	0	0		.000	.000
1976	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	2	2.7	0	0		.000	.000
1977	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	P	4	9.3	0	0		.000	.000
1977	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	2	4.7	0	0		.000	.000
1978	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	P	1	1.3	1	1	1.000	13.500	2.000
1981	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	NEDIV	P	3	2.3	0	0		.000	.000
Totals					13	21.3	1	1	1.000	.844	.154

Awards

1972 - AL TSN Fireman of the Year
1977 - AL Cy Young Award

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