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Sparky Lyle

Albert Walter Lyle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: July 22, 1944 in Du Bois, PA
High School: Reynoldsville-Sykesville (Reynoldsville-Sykesville, PA)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1967
Teams (by GP): Yankees/RedSox/Rangers/Phillies/WhiteSox 1967-1982

Final Game: September 27, 1982
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1967 22 BOS AL 27 8 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .375 .625 76 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 23 BOS AL 49 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -26 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1969 24 BOS AL 71 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .118 .167 .118 .284 -21 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 25 BOS AL 63 14 13 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .071 .000 .071 -79 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 26 BOS AL 50 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 452 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 27 NYY AL 59 24 21 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .190 .227 .238 .465 41 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 CYA-7,MVP-3
1973 28 NYY AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1974 29 NYY AL 66 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-25
1975 30 NYY AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 31 NYY AL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,MVP-22
1977 32 NYY AL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1978 33 NYY AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 34 TEX AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 35 TOT MLB 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 35 TEX AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 35 PHI NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 36 PHI NL 48 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 155 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1982 37 TOT MLB 45 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 228 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 37 PHI NL 34 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 228 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 37 CHW AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 899 88 78 8 15 2 0 0 4 1 0 5 26 .192 .241 .218 .459 31 17 0 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 16 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .192 .241 .218 .459 31 3 0 0 1 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYY (7 yrs) 420 25 22 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .182 .217 .227 .445 34 5 0 0 2 0 0
BOS (5 yrs) 260 53 49 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 14 .163 .196 .184 .380 6 9 0 0 2 0 0
PHI (3 yrs) 92 10 7 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 .429 .556 .429 .984 178 3 0 0 1 0 0
TEX (2 yrs) 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (15 yrs) 807 78 71 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 24 .169 .203 .197 .400 14 14 0 0 4 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 92 10 7 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 .429 .556 .429 .984 178 3 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1967 22 BOS AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1968 23 BOS AL 9 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1969 24 BOS AL 19 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1970 25 BOS AL 14 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1971 26 BOS AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1972 27 NYY AL 24 -2 -1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $45,000 1 CYA-7,MVP-3
1974 29 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $87,500 1 MVP-25
1981 36 PHI NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1982 37 PHI NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
9 Seasons 89 -7 -1 1 0 0 8 2 3 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $132,500
BOS (5 yrs) 54 -6 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $
PHI (2 yrs) 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $
NYY (2 yrs) 25 -2 -1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $132,500

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1967 22 BOS AL 8 6 1 4.5 91 .500 .250 .253 .250 .324 .375 .379 .625 .703 76 .585 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .125 .125
1968 23 BOS AL 9 8 0 0.0 86 .167 .125 .246 .125 .317 .125 .364 .250 .681 -26 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .143 .000 .000
1969 24 BOS AL 18 15 0 0.0 100 .182 .118 .262 .167 .340 .118 .396 .284 .736 -21 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .200 .059 .000
1970 25 BOS AL 14 13 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .267 .071 .342 .000 .407 .071 .750 -79 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .077 .077 .000
1971 26 BOS AL 4 1 3 80.6 99 1.000 1.000 .264 1.000 .337 1.000 .392 2.000 .729 452 .996 1.4 0.2 .000 .000
1972 27 NYY AL 24 19 1 1.4 81 .364 .190 .243 .227 .312 .238 .351 .465 .663 41 .152 -1.5 -0.2 .353 .095 .048
1974 29 NYY AL 1 1 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .257 .000 .322 .000 .370 .000 .692 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1981 36 PHI NL 7 4 1 6.8 95 .500 .400 .267 .500 .333 .400 .383 .900 .716 155 .713 0.4 0.0 1.333 .400 .000 .0
1982 37 TOT MLB 3 1 1 27.1 97 1.000 .500 .269 .667 .333 .500 .391 1.167 .724 228 .968 0.5 0.0 2.000 .500 .000
1982 37 PHI NL 3 1 1 27.1 97 1.000 .500 .269 .667 .333 .500 .391 1.167 .724 228 .968 0.5 0.0 2.000 .500 .000
16 Seasons 88 68 7 2.8 93 .288 .192 .256 .241 .328 .218 .379 .459 .707 31 .344 -7.2 -0.8 .365 .103 .026 .0
162 Game Avg. 16 12 1 2.8 93 .288 .192 .256 .241 .328 .218 .379 .459 .707 31 .344 -7.2 -0.8 .365 .103 .026
BOS (5 yrs) 53 43 4 2.5 97 .229 .163 .259 .196 .334 .184 .391 .380 .725 6 .295 -6.4 -0.7 .268 .061 .020
PHI (3 yrs) 10 5 2 10.8 96 .600 .429 .268 .556 .333 .429 .385 .984 .718 178 .853 1.0 0.1 1.500 .429 .000 .0
NYY (7 yrs) 25 20 1 1.3 81 .333 .182 .244 .217 .312 .227 .352 .445 .664 34 .139 -1.8 -0.2 .333 .091 .045
AL (15 yrs) 78 63 5 2.1 92 .255 .169 .255 .203 .327 .197 .379 .400 .706 14 .249 -8.2 -0.9 .288 .070 .028
NL (3 yrs) 10 5 2 10.8 96 .600 .429 .268 .556 .333 .429 .385 .984 .718 178 .853 1.0 0.1 1.500 .429 .000 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 32 NYY AL WS LAD W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 36 PHI NL NLDS MON L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYY AL 31 DNP
1977 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1967 22 BOS AL 8 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 12.5% 50% 2.0 1.00 50%
1968 23 BOS AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 5.00 67%
1969 24 BOS AL 18 0.0% 33.3% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 6.00 2.8 17.0 1.75 61%
1970 25 BOS AL 14 0.0% 14.3% 7.1% 0.0% 2.00 6.5 13.0 1.00 79%
1971 26 BOS AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 75%
1972 27 NYY AL 24 0.0% 41.7% 4.2% 4.2% 25% 10.00 2.1 21.0 0.80 46%
1974 29 NYY AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1981 36 PHI NL 7 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 5.0 57%
1982 37 PHI NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 2.0 2.0 33%
16 Seasons 88 0.0% 29.6% 5.7% 2.3% 13% 5.20 3.0 19.5 1.65 59%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.7% 8.5% 6.2% 27% 1.61 6.5 45.9 8.9 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1967 22 BOS AL -0.2 -0.0 8 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .11 -0.0 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1 0.72 -0.9 0
1968 23 BOS AL -1.3 -0.1 9 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.30 -0.1 -0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.89 -1.3 0
1969 24 BOS AL -2.9 -0.3 19 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .52 -0.3 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.79 -2.6 0
1970 25 BOS AL -3.4 -0.3 14 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .52 -0.3 -0.0 -3.5 -0.3 1.29 -3.3 0
1971 26 BOS AL 1.4 0.2 4 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .44 0.1 -0.1 0.7 0.1 0.89 0.9 0
1972 27 NYY AL -1.5 -0.2 25 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .87 -0.2 -0.2 -3.3 -0.4 1.12 -1.8 0
1973 28 NYY AL 0.0
1974 29 NYY AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.75 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.61 -0.2 0
1975 30 NYY AL 0.0
1976 31 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 32 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1978 33 NYY AL 0.0
1979 34 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1980 35 TEX AL 0.0
1980 35 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 36 PHI NL 0.4 0.0 8 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .62 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.90 0.5 0
1982 37 PHI NL 0.5 0.0 3 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .39 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.77 0.7 0
1982 37 CHW AL 0.0
16 Seasons -7.2 -0.8 91 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 .67 -0.8 -0.4 -8.8 -0.9 0.97 -8.1 0
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1967 22 BOS AL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1968 23 BOS AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1969 24 BOS AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1970 25 BOS AL 0 0 200% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 26 BOS AL 0 0 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 27 NYY AL 1 0 40% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1974 29 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 36 PHI NL 0 0 67% 4 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 37 PHI NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 1 0 40% 32 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33% 5 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 2

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1967 22 BOS AL 8 63% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1968 23 BOS AL 9 78% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1969 24 BOS AL 19 84% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1970 25 BOS AL 14 79% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 16 1 6% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1971 26 BOS AL 4 75% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1972 27 NYY AL 24 67% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 7 0 0% 9 0 0% 18 1 6% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1974 29 NYY AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 36 PHI NL 7 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 37 PHI NL 3 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 89 78% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 42% 15 0 0% 18 2 11% 54 4 7% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
MLB Averages 55% 78% 11% 33% 14% 49% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 22 27 8 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .375 .625 76 3 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 76 17 16 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .188 .188 .250 .438 26 4 0 0 1 0 0
1969 24 147 35 33 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .152 .176 .182 .358 1 6 0 0 1 0 0
1970 25 210 49 46 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 14 .109 .146 .130 .276 -23 6 0 0 1 0 0
1971 26 260 53 49 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 14 .163 .196 .184 .380 6 9 0 0 2 0 0
1972 27 319 77 70 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 24 .171 .205 .200 .405 16 14 0 0 4 0 0
1973 28 370 77 70 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 24 .171 .205 .200 .405 16 14 0 0 4 0 0
1974 29 436 78 71 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 24 .169 .203 .197 .400 14 14 0 0 4 0 0
1975 30 485 78 71 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 24 .169 .203 .197 .400 14 14 0 0 4 0 0
1976 31 549 78 71 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 24 .169 .203 .197 .400 14 14 0 0 4 0 0
1977 32 621 78 71 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 24 .169 .203 .197 .400 14 14 0 0 4 0 0
1978 33 680 78 71 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 24 .169 .203 .197 .400 14 14 0 0 4 0 0
1979 34 747 78 71 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 24 .169 .203 .197 .400 14 14 0 0 4 0 0
1980 35 806 78 71 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 24 .169 .203 .197 .400 14 14 0 0 4 0 0
1981 36 854 85 76 8 14 2 0 0 3 1 0 4 25 .184 .225 .211 .436 24 16 0 0 5 0 0
1982 37 899 88 78 8 15 2 0 0 4 1 0 5 26 .192 .241 .218 .459 31 17 0 0 5 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1967 22 27 8 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .375 .625 1 27
1968 23 49 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 49
1969 24 71 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .056 .000 .056 0 71
1970 25 63 14 13 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 63
1971 26 50 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 3 50
1972 27 62 23 22 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 10 .182 .217 .227 .445 1 59
1974 29 66 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 66
1981 36 73 10 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 .375 .500 .375 .875 2 48
1982 37 45 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 45
9 Seasons 506 88 82 9 13 2 0 0 3 2 6 27 .159 .216 .183 .399 8 478
162 Game Avg. 162 28 26 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 9 .159 .216 .183 .399 3 478

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1988 BBWAA (13.1%)
1989 BBWAA ( 5.6%)
1990 BBWAA ( 5.6%)
1991 BBWAA ( 3.4%)

All-Star Games
1973 *
1976
1977 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1977 AL Cy Young

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1972 AL (3, 47%)
1974 AL (25, 2%)
1976 AL (22, 2%)
1977 AL (6, 20%)
0.71 Career Shares (339th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1972 AL (7, 2%)
1977 AL (1, 40%)
1 Cy Young
0.42 Career Shares (113th)

                                          

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