Sparky Lyle

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 182lb (185cm, 82kg)

Born: July 22, 1944 in Du Bois, PA us

High School: Reynoldsville-Sykesville HS (Reynoldsville, PA)

Debut: July 4, 1967 (Age 22-347d, 12,591st in major league history)
vs. CAL 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1982 (Age 38-067d)
vs. SEA 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: Albert Walter Lyle

Nicknames: Sparky or The Count

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.2

ERA

2.88

899

238

1390.1

873

WHIP

1.275

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Team Record in Appearances: 31-28

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 42, Entered with runners on base: 36

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	622	3	Apr 10	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-5	6-GF(8)		99	2.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.59	8	2	4	1	0	2		1	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.015	.13	0.01%	1.16	6b 1-- 2 out d4	8b end d 3
2	623	8	Apr 16	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	7-GF	S(1)	5	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.73	8	1	4	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.129	.79	0.09%	1.33	7t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 3
3	624	10	Apr 18	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	7-GF	BW(1-0)	1	2.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.44	10	3	4	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	0.157	3.28	0.11%	0.65	7t 123 2 out a1	9t end tie
4	625	13	Apr 22	NYY		MIL	W,4-3	10-GF(12)	W(2-0)	3	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0.90	3.59	11	4	4	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.34	-0.058	2.49	-0.04%	0.37	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
5	626	16	Apr 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	7-GF	S(2)	2	2.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.13	3.22	11	2	5	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.96	0.263	3.47	0.18%	-0.27	7b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	627	20	May 1	NYY		KCR	W,8-4	8-GF	S(3)	5	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.88	3.21	7	2	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.058	1.12	0.05%	1.32	8t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 4
7	628	21	May 2	NYY		KCR	W,4-2	8-GF	S(4)	0	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.65	3.20	8	3	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.17	0.135	2.97	0.11%	0.91	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
8	629	24	May 6	NYY		TEX	L,5-9	6-6		3	0.2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.12	3.53	6	0	2	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.109	1.32	-0.11%	-1.86	6t 1-3 1 out d2	6t 3 out d5
9	630	25	May 7	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	6-8		0	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.83	3.45	8	1	4	0	0	1		1	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.261	2.16	0.22%	1.40	6t 1-- 1 out tie	8t 3 out tie
10	631	26	May 9	NYY		MIN	W,3-1	7-GF	S(5)	1	3.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.99	3.47	10	2	5	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.116	1.72	0.10%	0.37	7t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
11	632	29	May 14	NYY	@	KCR	L,9-10	5-7		4	2.1	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.24	3.63	14	5	2	1	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.68	-0.514	4.24	-0.49%	-2.69	5b --3 2 out a1	7b 3 out d2
12	633	30	May 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	6-GF	S(6)	0	3.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	3.49	11	5	4	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.10	0.266	1.53	0.22%	2.59	6b 1-3 1 out a3	9b end a 3
13	634	32	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	L(2-1)	1	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.97	3.54	7	2	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	2.94	-0.165	5.21	-0.18%	0.09	9b 1-- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
14	635	35	May 20	NYY	@	TOR	L,8-10	6-6		2	0.2	4	5	3	0	0	0	1	3.77	3.62	8	1	2	0	1	4		1	1	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.15	-0.381	2.02	-0.40%	-5.34	6b -2- 1 out tie	6b 3 out d6
15	636	36	May 21(1)	NYY	@	TOR	W,2-1	9-9	H(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.73	3.64	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.79	-0.002	10.00	0.00%	-0.03	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b 12- 1 out a1
16	637	37	May 21(2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,9-1	9-GF		-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.62	3.61	4	0	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 8
17	638	40	May 26	NYY		TOR	W,4-3	7-GF	W(3-1)	4	2.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.60	3.90	8	3	4	0	3	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.225	2.81	0.27%	1.05	7t 1-3 1 out d2	9t end a 1
18	639	43	May 28(2)	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	3-6		1	3.1	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.52	3.86	16	5	5	0	1	5		2	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.076	3.23	0.09%	0.78	3t 12- 2 out d2	6t 3 out tie
19	640	45	May 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	6-GF(8)		1	2.1	6	3	3	0	1	0	1	3.98	3.81	12	2	2	0	0	6		1	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	-0.061	1.37	-0.08%	-1.85	6b 1-- 2 out d2	8b end d 4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	641	50	Jun 4	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-6	5-6		4	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.07	3.80	6	2	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.302	1.32	-0.32%	-2.10	5b 1-3 2 out tie	6b 3 out d3
21	642	55	Jun 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	7-9	BS(2)	5	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	4.09	3.81	10	3	2	0	1	4		2	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	-0.240	4.86	-0.25%	-0.59	7b 12- 1 out a1	9b -23 1 out tie
22	643	59	Jun 14	NYY		SEA	W,11-9	6-GF(10)	W(4-1)	3	5.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.04	3.93	21	8	4	0	1	6		2	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.21	-0.202	1.68	-0.17%	1.25	6t 12- 0 out d3	10t end d 2
23	644	60	Jun 15	NYY		SEA	W,5-2	9-GF	S(7)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.96	3.91	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	0.140	2.34	0.12%	1.43	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
24	645	64	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.09	4.01	6	2	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.05	-0.014	.10	-0.02%	-1.56	8b -23 1 out d3	8b end d 6
25	646	68	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	W,12-3	5-8	W(5-1)	3	3.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.83	3.97	13	7	3	0	2	2		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	.27	0.085	.34	0.06%	1.95	5b 1-3 2 out a1	8b 3 out a8
26	647	69	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.70	3.89	6	1	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.071	.59	0.05%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
27	648	72	Jun 27	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	12-GF(14)	W(6-1)	2	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.51	3.81	10	1	6	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	0.386	3.34	0.37%	1.37	12t --- 0 out tie	14t end tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	649	76	Jul 1	NYY		DET	L,4-8	3-5		3	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.73	9	4	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.010	.17	-0.01%	0.38	3t 1-3 2 out d5	5t 3 out d6
29	650	78	Jul 2(2)	NYY		DET	W,5-3	5-9		0	3.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.34	3.64	13	4	4	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.231	1.82	0.15%	1.41	5t 12- 2 out a1	9t 1-- 0 out a1
30	651	79	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	4-5		0	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.55	3.62	6	2	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	.43	-0.040	.84	-0.05%	-0.85	4b -23 2 out d3	5b 3 out d5
31	652	85	Jul 13	NYY		CHW	L,1-6	7-8		9	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.59	3.59	6	3	1	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	.06	0.008	.04	0.00%	0.97	7t 123 1 out d5	8t 3 out d6
32	653	87	Jul 15	NYY		KCR	L,2-8	5-6		1	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.50	3.54	6	2	3	0	3	0		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.008	.07	0.00%	-0.19	5t -23 1 out d6	6t 3 out d8
33	654	88	Jul 16	NYY		KCR	L,1-3	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	3.51	6	2	3	0	3	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.039	.14	0.01%	0.91	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
34	655	89	Jul 17	NYY		KCR	L,7-9	5-6		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.33	3.53	6	0	5	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.56	0.100	.46	0.02%	0.60	5t 1-3 1 out a3	6t 3 out a2
35	656	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-4	5-7	W(7-1)	3	2.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.21	3.46	9	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.214	.33	0.04%	1.61	5b -2- 1 out d1	7b 3 out a2
36	657	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	6-7	H(2)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	3.44	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.020	.12	0.01%	0.57	6b --- 2 out a3	7b 3 out a6
37	658	95	Jul 24	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.33	3.54	10	1	3	1	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	0	1	0	.84	-0.334	.47	-0.11%	-2.21	7b -2- 2 out tie	8b end d 3
38	659	98	Jul 27(1)	NYY		CLE	W,11-0	8-GF		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.25	3.49	9	2	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.91	8t --- 0 out a11	9t end a11
39	660	99	Jul 27(2)	NYY		CLE	L,5-17	8-8		-1	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.43	3.46	6	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-1.54	8t --- 0 out d12	8t 3 out d14
40	661	100	Jul 28	NYY		MIN	L,5-7	5-GF(10)	L(7-2)	0	5.1	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	3.43	3.62	21	6	10	0	3	3		1	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.203	.80	-0.10%	0.49	5t 1-- 2 out d3	10t end d 2
41	662	103	Jul 30(2)	NYY		MIN	L,0-2	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.39	3.62	5	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.01	-0.102	.98	-0.06%	-0.21	9t 1-3 0 out tie	9t end d 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
42	663	105	Aug 1	NYY		TEX	W,8-1	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.45	3.79	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.54	9t --- 0 out a8	9t end a 7
43	664	106	Aug 2 susp	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	13-14		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.74	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	0.257	5.23	0.32%	0.91	13t --- 0 out tie	14t 3 out tie
44	665	109	Aug 5	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	9-GF	W(8-2)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.35	3.71	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	0.131	2.07	0.05%	0.49	9t 1-- 1 out tie	9t end tie
45	666	115	Aug 12	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-6	6-GF(8)		6	3.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.34	3.71	15	5	6	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	1	.57	-0.025	.80	-0.02%	0.33	6b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
46	667	119	Aug 16	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-3	7-8	H(3)	3	1.1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.29	3.71	6	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.063	2.18	0.05%	0.41	7b --- 0 out a2	8b 1-- 1 out a2
47	668	121	Aug 19	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		2	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.34	3.70	6	3	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.008	.31	-0.01%	-0.12	7b 12- 2 out d2	8b end d 3
48	669	122	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	L,4-5	8-8		0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	3.70	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.019	.50	-0.01%	-0.37	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 1-- 0 out d1
49	670	126	Aug 26	NYY		OAK	W,5-4	7-GF	W(9-2)	5	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.33	3.68	13	1	7	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	0.097	2.07	0.05%	0.37	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
50	671	129	Aug 29	NYY		CAL	W,4-3	8-10		2	3.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.32	3.77	11	7	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.73	0.010	1.62	0.01%	0.37	8t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
51	672	131	Aug 31	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-2	7-GF	S(8)	1	2.1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.25	3.71	11	4	1	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.164	1.60	0.11%	1.29	7b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
52	673	134	Sep 3	NYY		SEA	W,4-3	9-9		2	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.33	3.71	3	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	-0.540	5.07	-0.57%	-2.47	9t --- 0 out a2	9t -23 0 out a1
53	674	136	Sep 4(2)	NYY		DET	L,4-5	8-GF	L(9-3)	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	3.68	7	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	-0.181	2.86	-0.22%	-0.09	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
54	675	137	Sep 5	NYY		DET	W,4-2	9-9		0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.27	3.71	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.047	1.72	-0.06%	-0.25	9t --- 1 out a2	9t 1-- 1 out a2
55	676	138	Sep 6	NYY		DET	W,8-2	9-GF		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.24	3.70	5	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.002	.21	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
56	677	143	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	3.70	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.008	1.53	-0.02%	0.17	8b 1-3 1 out d2	8b end d 3
57	678	145	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	8-GF	S(9)	1	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.17	3.69	6	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.91	0.204	9.50	0.61%	1.15	8b -2- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
58	679	148	Sep 17	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	8-8		2	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.42	3.71	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.096	3.62	-0.32%	-2.47	8t --- 0 out d2	8t -23 0 out d3
59	680	154	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-8	8-8		4	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.47	3.69	5	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.026	1.16	-0.08%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d3
							31-28		W-L:9-3,Sv:9,BSv:2,Hld:3	1.8	111.2	116	46	43	33	33	6	4	3.47	3.69	470	0.94		3%	8%	114		62	26%	4	6	0	416	20	3	8	16	7	8	1.28	0.229	1.85	-0.20%	5.15

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