Sparky Lyle
Albert Walter Lyle
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: July 22, 1944 in DuBois, 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
Final Game: September 27, 1982
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 BOS AL 22 P 27 0 43.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.45 0.26 .957 1.95 0.74
1968 BOS AL 23 P 49 0 65.2 14 5 6 3 0 .786 1.51 0.22 .964 1.89 0.73
1969 BOS AL 24 P 71 0 102.2 25 3 19 3 3 .880 1.93 0.31 .956 1.88 0.69
1970 BOS AL 25 P 63 0 67.1 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.07 0.13 .950 1.86 0.67
1971 BOS AL 26 P 50 0 52.1 12 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.06 0.24 .958 1.98 0.77
1972 NYY AL 27 P 59 0 107.2 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.25 0.25 .947 1.86 0.75 CYA-7,MVP-3
1973 NYY AL 28 P 51 0 82.1 17 2 13 2 0 .882 1.64 0.29 .953 1.86 0.86 AS
1974 NYY AL 29 P 66 0 114.0 15 3 11 1 2 .933 1.11 0.21 .947 1.81 0.83 MVP-25
1975 NYY AL 30 P 49 0 89.1 22 2 16 4 1 .818 1.81 0.37 .950 1.87 0.85
1976 NYY AL 31 P 64 0 103.2 16 3 11 2 1 .875 1.22 0.22 .956 1.87 0.85 AS,MVP-22
1977 NYY AL 32 P 72 0 137.0 26 2 22 2 0 .923 1.58 0.33 .950 1.95 0.84 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1978 NYY AL 33 P 59 0 111.2 28 9 18 1 3 .964 2.18 0.46 .954 1.90 0.85
1979 TEX AL 34 P 67 0 95.0 15 2 11 2 0 .867 1.23 0.19 .953 1.92 0.81
1980 TOT MLB 35 P 59 0 94.2 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.33 0.24 .957 1.86 0.76
1980 TEX AL 35 P 49 0 80.2 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.56 0.29 .957 1.85 0.77
1980 PHI NL 35 P 10 0 14.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 0.69
1981 PHI NL 36 P 48 0 75.0 23 6 17 0 0 1.000 2.76 0.48 .957 1.97 0.68
1982 TOT MLB 37 P 45 0 48.2 16 4 11 1 1 .938 2.77 0.33 .950 1.92 0.71
1982 PHI NL 37 P 34 0 36.2 14 3 10 1 1 .929 3.19 0.38 .950 1.96 0.70
1982 CHW AL 37 P 11 0 12.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.18 .950 1.80 0.73
16 Seasons P 899 0 1390.1 273 54 198 21 12 .923 1.63 0.28 .953 1.89 0.78
16 Seasons TOT 899 0 1390.1 273 54 198 21 12 .923 1.63 0.28 .877 1.89 0.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1967 BOS AL 22 27 0 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 BOS AL 23 49 0 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 BOS AL 24 71 0 71 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 BOS AL 25 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 BOS AL 26 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NYY AL 27 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 NYY AL 28 51 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 NYY AL 29 66 0 4 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYY AL 30 49 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYY AL 31 64 0 1 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 NYY AL 32 72 0 1 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 NYY AL 33 59 0 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 TEX AL 34 67 0 2 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TEX AL 35 49 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PHI NL 35 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PHI NL 36 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PHI NL 37 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CHW AL 37 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 899 0 419 899 899 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1967 BOS AL 22 182 68% 26% 6 100% 0 2 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 BOS AL 23 284 77% 32% 13 77% 0 4 2 0 6 5 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1969 BOS AL 24 454 69% 32% 24 83% 3 3 1 2 21 10 1 3 0 0 3 3 3 1 3 0 5 80%
1970 BOS AL 25 303 72% 31% 10 100% 0 1 0 0 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1971 BOS AL 26 214 72% 28% 13 85% 0 2 0 2 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1972 NYY AL 27 432 76% 35% 12 100% 0 4 0 4 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1973 NYY AL 28 339 76% 31% 15 73% 0 2 0 2 12 10 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1974 NYY AL 29 485 73% 30% 14 86% 1 3 0 2 13 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 67%
1975 NYY AL 30 408 75% 26% 17 82% 0 2 0 1 16 12 0 4 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1976 NYY AL 31 437 76% 29% 14 79% 1 3 1 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 75%
1977 NYY AL 32 580 82% 30% 21 95% 1 2 0 1 23 17 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1978 NYY AL 33 482 85% 26% 22 86% 2 9 1 7 18 11 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 6 83%
1979 TEX AL 34 393 80% 27% 11 91% 1 2 0 2 11 7 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1980 TEX AL 35 364 80% 24% 9 100% 0 4 0 3 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1980 PHI NL 35 62 81% 27% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PHI NL 36 349 82% 31% 14 93% 0 7 0 6 16 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1982 PHI NL 37 171 85% 28% 12 92% 0 2 2 0 11 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1982 CHW AL 37 53 75% 25% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 5992 77% 29% 229 87% 9 53 7 34 206 143 16 20 0 10 10 13 12 4 10 2 43 84%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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