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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1967 22 BOS AL 1 2 .333 2.28 27 0 11 0 0 5 43.1 33 13 11 3 14 1 42 2 2 5 173 154 1.085 6.9 0.6 2.9 8.7 3.00
1968 23 BOS AL 6 1 .857 2.74 49 0 29 0 0 11 65.2 67 25 20 6 14 2 52 0 1 5 274 116 1.234 9.2 0.8 1.9 7.1 3.71
1969 24 BOS AL 8 3 .727 2.54 71 0 44 0 0 17 102.2 91 33 29 8 48 4 93 1 1 8 439 151 1.354 8.0 0.7 4.2 8.2 1.94
1970 25 BOS AL 1 7 .125 3.88 63 0 40 0 0 20 67.1 62 37 29 5 34 5 51 1 1 1 297 103 1.426 8.3 0.7 4.5 6.8 1.50
1971 26 BOS AL 6 4 .600 2.75 50 0 36 0 0 16 52.1 41 16 16 5 23 2 37 0 0 4 209 136 1.223 7.1 0.9 4.0 6.4 1.61
1972 27 NYY AL 9 5 .643 1.92 59 0 56 0 0 35 107.2 84 25 23 3 29 7 75 0 0 5 427 153 1.050 7.0 0.3 2.4 6.3 2.59 CYA-7,MVP-3
1973 28 NYY AL 5 9 .357 2.51 51 0 45 0 0 27 82.1 66 30 23 4 18 2 63 0 0 3 330 146 1.020 7.2 0.4 2.0 6.9 3.50 AS
1974 29 NYY AL 9 3 .750 1.66 66 0 59 0 0 15 114.0 93 30 21 6 43 7 89 1 0 7 469 214 1.193 7.3 0.5 3.4 7.0 2.07 MVP-25
1975 30 NYY AL 5 7 .417 3.12 49 0 37 0 0 6 89.1 94 34 31 1 36 5 65 2 1 5 387 119 1.455 9.5 0.1 3.6 6.5 1.81
1976 31 NYY AL 7 8 .467 2.26 64 0 58 0 0 23 103.2 82 33 26 5 42 7 61 0 0 3 420 153 1.196 7.1 0.4 3.6 5.3 1.45 AS,MVP-22
1977 32 NYY AL 13 5 .722 2.17 72 0 60 0 0 26 137.0 131 41 33 7 33 6 68 2 0 10 554 182 1.197 8.6 0.5 2.2 4.5 2.06 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1978 33 NYY AL 9 3 .750 3.47 59 0 33 0 0 9 111.2 116 46 43 6 33 8 33 4 0 1 470 105 1.334 9.3 0.5 2.7 2.7 1.00
1979 34 TEX AL 5 8 .385 3.13 67 0 53 0 0 13 95.0 78 37 33 9 28 6 48 0 0 2 384 133 1.116 7.4 0.9 2.7 4.5 1.71
1980 35 TOT MLB 3 2 .600 4.28 59 0 37 0 0 10 94.2 108 52 45 9 34 7 49 0 2 2 412 90 1.500 10.3 0.9 3.2 4.7 1.44
1980 35 TEX AL 3 2 .600 4.69 49 0 32 0 0 8 80.2 97 47 42 9 28 6 43 0 2 1 353 83 1.550 10.8 1.0 3.1 4.8 1.54
1980 35 PHI NL 0 0 1.93 10 0 5 0 0 2 14.0 11 5 3 0 6 1 6 0 0 1 59 196 1.214 7.1 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
1981 36 PHI NL 9 6 .600 4.44 48 0 19 0 0 2 75.0 85 40 37 4 33 9 29 1 2 3 332 82 1.573 10.2 0.5 4.0 3.5 0.88
1982 37 TOT MLB 3 3 .500 4.62 45 0 17 0 0 3 48.2 61 27 25 3 19 3 18 0 0 2 217 82 1.644 11.3 0.6 3.5 3.3 0.95
1982 37 PHI NL 3 3 .500 5.15 34 0 11 0 0 2 36.2 50 23 21 3 12 3 12 0 0 1 167 71 1.691 12.3 0.7 2.9 2.9 1.00
1982 37 CHW AL 0 0 3.00 11 0 6 0 0 1 12.0 11 4 4 0 7 0 6 0 0 1 50 135 1.500 8.3 0.0 5.3 4.5 0.86
16 Seasons 99 76 .566 2.88 899 0 634 0 0 238 1390.1 1292 519 445 84 481 81 873 14 10 66 5794 127 1.275 8.4 0.5 3.1 5.7 1.82
162 Game Avg. 7 6 .566 2.88 68 0 48 0 0 18 105 98 39 34 6 36 6 66 1 1 5 438 127 1.275 8.4 0.5 3.1 5.7 1.82
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
NYY (7 yrs) 57 40 .588 2.41 420 0 348 0 0 141 745.2 666 239 200 32 234 42 454 9 1 34 3057 148 1.207 8.0 0.4 2.8 5.5 1.94
BOS (5 yrs) 22 17 .564 2.85 260 0 160 0 0 69 331.1 294 124 105 27 133 14 275 4 5 23 1392 129 1.289 8.0 0.7 3.6 7.5 2.07
PHI (3 yrs) 12 9 .571 4.37 92 0 35 0 0 6 125.2 146 68 61 7 51 13 47 1 2 5 558 84 1.568 10.5 0.5 3.7 3.4 0.92
TEX (2 yrs) 8 10 .444 3.84 116 0 85 0 0 21 175.2 175 84 75 18 56 12 91 0 2 3 737 105 1.315 9.0 0.9 2.9 4.7 1.63
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 3.00 11 0 6 0 0 1 12.0 11 4 4 0 7 0 6 0 0 1 50 135 1.500 8.3 0.0 5.3 4.5 0.86
AL (15 yrs) 87 67 .565 2.73 807 0 599 0 0 232 1264.2 1146 451 384 77 430 68 826 13 8 61 5236 134 1.246 8.2 0.5 3.1 5.9 1.92
NL (3 yrs) 12 9 .571 4.37 92 0 35 0 0 6 125.2 146 68 61 7 51 13 47 1 2 5 558 84 1.568 10.5 0.5 3.7 3.4 0.92

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1976 31 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1976 31 NYY AL WS L CIN 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 0.375 3.4 0.0 0.0 10.1
1977 32 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 2 0 1.000 0.96 4 0 4 0 0 0 9.1 7 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 32 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 2.9
1977 32 NYY AL WS W LAD 1 0 1.000 1.93 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 0.429 3.9 1.9 0.0 3.9
1978 33 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 36 PHI NL NLDS L MON 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
4 Seasons (6 Series) 3 0 1.000 1.69 13 0 10 0 0 1 21.1 17 4 4 1 3 0 9 0 0 1 80 0.938 7.2 0.4 1.3 3.8 3.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
3 ALCS 2 0 1.000 2.31 6 0 6 0 0 1 11.2 10 3 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 43 0.943 7.7 0.0 0.8 2.3 3.00
2 WS 1 0 1.000 1.23 4 0 4 0 0 0 7.1 3 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 26 0.409 3.7 1.2 0.0 6.1

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1973 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1976 NYY AL 31
1977 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 9.00 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 9 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 6.00 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 13 1.333 12.0 0.0 0.0 6.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 22 BOS AL 27 173 155 13 33 5 1 3 1 0 14 42 .213 .283 .316 .599 .268 49 3 2 0 2 1
1968 23 BOS AL 49 274 257 25 67 10 3 6 0 0 14 52 .261 .298 .393 .691 .305 101 7 0 2 1 2
1969 24 BOS AL 71 439 379 33 91 14 3 8 2 4 48 93 .240 .323 .356 .680 .293 135 12 1 6 5 4
1970 25 BOS AL 63 297 254 37 62 11 1 5 2 0 34 51 .244 .334 .354 .689 .286 90 6 1 7 1 5
1971 26 BOS AL 50 209 180 16 41 3 1 5 0 1 23 37 .228 .311 .339 .650 .255 61 7 0 3 3 2
1972 27 NYY AL 59 427 388 25 84 11 3 3 0 0 29 75 .216 .268 .284 .551 .257 110 12 0 5 5 7
1973 28 NYY AL 51 330 306 30 66 6 0 4 3 2 18 63 .216 .258 .275 .532 .257 84 6 0 4 2 2
1974 29 NYY AL 66 471 414 30 93 11 0 6 1 1 43 89 .225 .296 .295 .591 .269 122 9 1 8 5 7
1975 30 NYY AL 49 387 342 34 94 14 1 1 3 4 36 65 .275 .345 .330 .675 .333 113 5 2 4 3 5
1976 31 NYY AL 64 420 365 33 82 8 2 5 6 2 42 61 .225 .302 .299 .600 .254 109 13 0 9 4 7
1977 32 NYY AL 72 554 509 41 131 12 5 7 7 7 33 68 .257 .302 .342 .644 .282 174 18 2 5 5 6
1978 33 NYY AL 59 469 416 46 116 20 3 6 4 6 33 33 .279 .333 .385 .717 .286 160 16 4 9 7 8
1979 34 TEX AL 67 384 345 37 78 13 0 9 1 3 28 48 .226 .283 .342 .625 .239 118 6 0 10 1 6
1980 35 PHI NL 10 59 50 5 11 4 0 0 1 1 6 6 .220 .293 .300 .593 .239 15 0 0 1 2 1
1980 35 TEX AL 49 353 317 47 97 15 3 9 4 3 28 43 .306 .359 .457 .817 .328 145 10 0 5 3 6
1980 35 TOT MLB 59 412 367 52 108 19 3 9 5 4 34 49 .294 .350 .436 .786 .315 160 10 0 6 5 7
1981 36 PHI NL 48 332 282 40 85 17 2 4 8 3 33 29 .301 .372 .418 .790 .320 118 6 1 12 4 9
1982 37 CHW AL 11 50 42 4 11 1 1 0 1 1 7 6 .262 .360 .333 .693 .297 14 2 0 0 1 0
1982 37 PHI NL 34 167 153 23 50 7 0 3 1 1 12 12 .327 .373 .431 .805 .338 66 3 0 1 1 3
1982 37 TOT MLB 45 217 195 27 61 8 1 3 2 2 19 18 .313 .370 .410 .781 .330 80 5 0 1 2 3
16 Seasons 899 5795 5154 519 1292 182 29 84 45 39 481 873 .251 .313 .346 .659 .284 1784 141 14 91 55 81
162 Game Avg. 68 438 390 39 98 14 2 6 3 3 36 66 .251 .313 .346 .659 .284 135 11 1 7 4 6
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1967 22 BOS AL 27 27 11 1 2 6 5 1 83% 11 5 27 3 11% 8 1.216 15 5 7 11 6 10 14 13 16 6 16 10 4.8
1968 23 BOS AL 49 49 29 6 1 19 11 8 58% 21 1 50 21 42% 8 1.437 23 11 13 21 7 21 28 21 22 16 23 13 4.0
1969 24 BOS AL 71 71 44 8 3 26 17 9 65% 34 7 86 30 35% 7 1.755 39 15 14 36 12 23 46 25 34 27 36 23 4.3
1970 25 BOS AL 63 63 40 1 7 30 20 10 67% 33 3 68 22 32% 8 1.525 30 9 23 34 5 24 39 24 21 21 24 18 3.2
1971 26 BOS AL 50 50 36 6 4 20 16 4 80% 24 2 49 14 29% 9 1.774 28 7 14 24 7 19 25 25 15 19 15 10 3.1
1972 27 NYY AL 59 59 56 9 5 42 35 7 83% 42 0 52 14 27% 8 1.982 42 11 6 42 10 7 33 26 38 5 40 18 5.5
1973 28 NYY AL 51 51 45 5 9 33 27 6 82% 34 1 60 18 30% 8 1.786 38 7 6 35 9 7 37 14 26 8 29 7 4.8
1974 29 NYY AL 66 66 59 9 3 22 15 7 68% 35 13 76 29 38% 8 1.692 38 14 13 37 7 22 44 22 41 13 42 19 5.2
1975 30 NYY AL 49 49 37 5 7 12 6 6 50% 13 1 71 27 38% 8 1.346 17 14 17 16 6 27 39 10 31 12 31 12 5.5
1976 31 NYY AL 64 64 58 7 8 31 23 8 74% 33 1 81 31 38% 8 1.822 38 14 12 38 8 18 45 19 37 14 39 21 4.9
1977 32 NYY AL 72 72 60 13 5 34 26 8 76% 35 1 99 38 38% 8 1.745 47 14 11 36 10 26 59 13 50 17 50 29 5.7
1978 33 NYY AL 59 59 33 9 3 11 9 2 82% 16 3 62 16 26% 7 1.334 29 12 17 24 13 22 36 23 42 10 42 19 5.7
1979 34 TEX AL 67 67 53 5 8 20 13 7 65% 22 2 70 23 33% 8 1.327 26 21 19 26 8 33 42 25 34 17 37 17 4.3
1980 35 TOT MLB 59 59 37 3 2 15 10 5 67% 18 3 69 27 39% 1.137 23 8 26 23 8 28 42 17 35 14 37 11 4.8
1980 35 TEX AL 49 49 32 3 2 12 8 4 67% 13 1 64 26 41% 8 1.019 17 8 22 17 7 25 38 11 30 12 32 9 4.9
1980 35 PHI NL 10 10 5 0 0 3 2 1 67% 5 2 5 1 20% 8 1.846 6 0 4 6 1 3 4 6 5 2 5 2 4.2
1981 36 PHI NL 48 48 19 9 6 4 2 2 50% 8 4 17 6 35% 7 1.131 13 16 17 10 10 28 10 38 28 4 29 15 4.7
1982 37 TOT MLB 45 45 17 3 3 8 3 5 38% 14 6 33 11 33% 1.292 23 7 13 16 10 19 20 25 17 19 18 12 3.2
1982 37 PHI NL 34 34 11 3 3 7 2 5 29% 11 4 24 10 42% 8 1.465 19 5 9 12 9 13 13 21 14 15 14 10 3.2
1982 37 CHW AL 11 11 6 0 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 9 1 11% 8 0.714 4 2 4 4 1 6 7 4 3 4 4 2 3.3
16 Seasons 899 899 634 99 76 333 238 95 71% 393 53 970 330 34% 1.543 469 185 228 429 136 334 559 340 487 222 508 254 4.6
G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1967 22 BOS AL 173 66% 1.7% 24.3% 8.1% 5.2% 27% 1.36 65% 29 3 10%
1968 23 BOS AL 274 66% 2.2% 19.0% 5.1% 6.9% 28% 1.88 73% 59 7 12%
1969 24 BOS AL 439 67% 1.8% 21.2% 10.9% 5.7% 28% 2.04 64% 100 12 12%
1970 25 BOS AL 297 67% 1.7% 17.2% 11.5% 5.7% 27% 1.50 67% 78 6 8%
1971 26 BOS AL 209 74% 2.4% 17.7% 11.0% 4.3% 22% 1.19 67% 53 7 13%
1972 27 NYY AL 427 81% 0.7% 17.6% 6.8% 4.0% 20% 1.47 74% 114 12 11%
1973 28 NYY AL 330 79% 1.2% 19.1% 5.5% 3.0% 15% 1.45 73% 79 6 8%
1974 29 NYY AL 471 79% 1.3% 18.9% 9.1% 3.6% 18% 1.35 69% 118 9 8%
1975 30 NYY AL 387 68% 0.3% 16.8% 9.3% 4.1% 17% 1.51 72% 105 5 5%
1976 31 NYY AL 420 75% 1.2% 14.5% 10.0% 3.6% 18% 1.25 72% 91 13 14%
1977 32 NYY AL 554 70% 1.3% 12.3% 6.0% 4.3% 18% 1.29 79% 126 18 14%
1978 33 NYY AL 470 66% 1.3% 7.0% 7.0% 6.2% 25% 0.95 82% 114 16 14%
1979 34 TEX AL 384 70% 2.3% 12.5% 7.3% 5.7% 28% 0.99 75% 78 6 8%
1980 35 TOT MLB 412 63% 2.2% 11.9% 8.3% 7.5% 29% 1.06 76% 96 10 10%
1980 35 TEX AL 353 61% 2.6% 12.2% 7.9% 7.7% 28% 1.09 76% 85 10 12%
1980 35 PHI NL 59 73% 0.0% 10.2% 10.2% 6.8% 36% 0.94 78% 11 0 0%
1981 36 PHI NL 332 70% 1.2% 8.7% 9.9% 6.9% 27% 1.95 76% 66 6 9%
1982 37 TOT MLB 217 66% 1.4% 8.3% 8.8% 5.5% 20% 1.10 81% 49 5 10%
1982 37 PHI NL 167 65% 1.8% 7.2% 7.2% 6.0% 20% 1.11 83% 38 3 8%
1982 37 CHW AL 50 70% 0.0% 12.0% 14.0% 4.0% 18% 1.07 74% 11 2 18%
16 Seasons 5796 71% 1.5% 15.1% 8.3% 5.1% 23% 1.33 73% 1355 141 10%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1967 22 BOS AL 173 33 3 0 6 2 1 2 1 14 4 5 29% 1 5 0 64 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1968 23 BOS AL 274 67 6 0 5 2 4 4 2 16 10 3 63% 6 5 2 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1969 24 BOS AL 439 91 8 1 31 5 3 4 4 46 14 11 30% 8 8 2 179 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 25 0
1970 25 BOS AL 297 62 5 0 23 5 0 2 3 24 15 4 63% 5 1 0 136 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1971 26 BOS AL 209 41 5 0 15 4 1 3 2 18 9 1 50% 0 4 1 88 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1972 27 NYY AL 427 84 3 0 18 3 0 2 1 38 16 8 42% 4 5 0 192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
1973 28 NYY AL 330 66 4 0 16 4 0 0 4 19 12 2 63% 9 3 0 146 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 0
1974 29 NYY AL 471 93 6 0 31 5 1 4 2 39 16 4 41% 8 7 1 209 1 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 22 0
1975 30 NYY AL 387 94 1 0 22 1 0 0 1 34 22 3 65% 3 5 4 183 3 4 43% 3 1 0 2 0 1 4 0 18 0
1976 31 NYY AL 420 82 5 0 23 4 1 3 2 32 17 6 53% 3 3 2 187 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
1977 32 NYY AL 554 131 7 0 25 3 4 1 6 54 25 7 46% 8 10 2 245 7 7 50% 7 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 19 0
1978 33 NYY AL 470 116 6 0 17 5 1 6 0 39 24 2 62% 8 1 1 203 4 6 40% 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1979 34 TEX AL 384 78 9 0 10 7 2 3 6 20 10 1 50% 5 2 0 161 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 0
1980 35 TOT MLB 412 108 9 0 17 4 5 6 3 29 17 4 59% 6 2 1 197 5 4 56% 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 0
1980 35 TEX AL 353 97 9 0 17 4 5 6 3 24 13 4 54% 5 1 0 170 4 3 57% 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1980 35 PHI NL 59 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 1 1 1 27 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1981 36 PHI NL 332 85 4 0 8 3 1 2 2 25 13 3 52% 1 3 1 132 8 3 73% 6 3 2 0 0 0 4 2 10 0
1982 37 TOT MLB 217 61 3 1 4 2 1 2 1 12 8 0 67% 2 2 0 92 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
1982 37 PHI NL 167 50 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 9 7 0 78% 2 1 0 70 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
1982 37 CHW AL 50 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 0 1 0 22 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 Seasons 5796 1292 84 2 271 59 25 44 40 459 232 64 51% 77 66 17 2531 45 39 54% 40 32 5 3 0 4 26 6 209 0
MLB Averages
PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1967 22 1 2 .333 2.28 27 0 11 0 0 5 43.1 33 13 11 3 14 1 42 2 2 5 173 154 1.085 6.9 0.6 2.9 8.7 3.00 154
1968 23 7 3 .700 2.56 76 0 40 0 0 16 109.0 100 38 31 9 28 3 94 2 3 10 447 130 1.174 8.3 0.7 2.3 7.8 3.36 130
1969 24 15 6 .714 2.55 147 0 84 0 0 33 211.2 191 71 60 17 76 7 187 3 4 18 886 140 1.261 8.1 0.7 3.2 8.0 2.46 140
1970 25 16 13 .552 2.87 210 0 124 0 0 53 279.0 253 108 89 22 110 12 238 4 5 19 1183 128 1.301 8.2 0.7 3.5 7.7 2.16 128
1971 26 22 17 .564 2.85 260 0 160 0 0 69 331.1 294 124 105 27 133 14 275 4 5 23 1392 129 1.289 8.0 0.7 3.6 7.5 2.07 129
1972 27 31 22 .585 2.62 319 0 216 0 0 104 439.0 378 149 128 30 162 21 350 4 5 28 1819 133 1.230 7.7 0.6 3.3 7.2 2.16 133
1973 28 36 31 .537 2.61 370 0 261 0 0 131 521.1 444 179 151 34 180 23 413 4 5 31 2149 135 1.197 7.7 0.6 3.1 7.1 2.29 135
1974 29 45 34 .570 2.44 436 0 320 0 0 146 635.1 537 209 172 40 223 30 502 5 5 38 2618 145 1.196 7.6 0.6 3.2 7.1 2.25 145
1975 30 50 41 .549 2.52 485 0 357 0 0 152 724.2 631 243 203 41 259 35 567 7 6 43 3005 141 1.228 7.8 0.5 3.2 7.0 2.19 141
1976 31 57 49 .538 2.49 549 0 415 0 0 175 828.1 713 276 229 46 301 42 628 7 6 46 3425 142 1.224 7.7 0.5 3.3 6.8 2.09 142
1977 32 70 54 .565 2.44 621 0 475 0 0 201 965.1 844 317 262 53 334 48 696 9 6 56 3979 147 1.220 7.9 0.5 3.1 6.5 2.08 147
1978 33 79 57 .581 2.55 680 0 508 0 0 210 1077.0 960 363 305 59 367 56 729 13 6 57 4449 141 1.232 8.0 0.5 3.1 6.1 1.99 141
1979 34 84 65 .564 2.60 747 0 561 0 0 223 1172.0 1038 400 338 68 395 62 777 13 6 59 4833 141 1.223 8.0 0.5 3.0 6.0 1.97 141
1980 35 87 67 .565 2.72 806 0 598 0 0 233 1266.2 1146 452 383 77 429 69 826 13 8 61 5245 135 1.243 8.1 0.5 3.0 5.9 1.93 135
1981 36 96 73 .568 2.82 854 0 617 0 0 235 1341.2 1231 492 420 81 462 78 855 14 10 64 5577 130 1.262 8.3 0.5 3.1 5.7 1.85 130
1982 37 99 76 .566 2.88 899 0 634 0 0 238 1390.1 1292 519 445 84 481 81 873 14 10 66 5794 127 1.275 8.4 0.5 3.1 5.7 1.82 127

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1967 22 3 1 .750 2.70 40.0 35 13 12 3 15 39 2 1.250 7.9 3.4 8.8 2.60 0.7 27
1968 23 3 3 .500 3.69 61.0 75 28 25 7 16 48 0 1.492 11.1 2.4 7.1 3.00 1.0 49
1969 24 7 3 .700 2.73 99.0 93 33 30 8 49 90 1 1.434 8.5 4.5 8.2 1.84 0.7 71
1970 25 4 3 .571 3.90 67.0 62 32 29 5 34 51 1 1.433 8.3 4.6 6.9 1.50 0.7 63
1971 26 3 2 .600 3.19 48.0 42 19 17 5 24 34 0 1.375 7.9 4.5 6.4 1.42 0.9 50
1972 27 7 4 .636 2.77 104.0 100 36 32 4 35 72 0 1.298 8.7 3.0 6.2 2.06 0.3 59
1973 28 5 3 .625 3.08 79.0 72 30 27 4 20 60 0 1.165 8.2 2.3 6.8 3.00 0.5 51
1974 29 9 2 .818 2.10 107.0 101 28 25 7 47 84 1 1.383 8.5 4.0 7.1 1.79 0.6 66
1975 30 5 4 .556 3.80 83.0 99 39 35 1 38 60 2 1.651 10.7 4.1 6.5 1.58 0.1 49
1976 31 7 3 .700 2.91 96.0 89 34 31 5 46 56 0 1.406 8.3 4.3 5.3 1.22 0.5 64
1977 32 10 4 .714 2.46 128.0 134 39 35 7 34 64 2 1.313 9.4 2.4 4.5 1.88 0.5 72
1978 33 5 6 .455 4.41 102.0 124 56 50 6 35 30 4 1.559 10.9 3.1 2.6 0.86 0.5 59
1979 34 6 4 .600 3.42 92.0 81 39 35 9 29 46 0 1.196 7.9 2.8 4.5 1.59 0.9 67
1980 35 4 5 .444 5.01 88.0 112 54 49 9 35 46 0 1.670 11.5 3.6 4.7 1.31 0.9 59
1981 36 4 7 .364 5.23 105.0 133 68 61 6 52 41 2 1.762 11.4 4.5 3.5 0.79 0.5 48
1982 37 2 3 .400 5.40 45.0 62 30 27 3 19 17 0 1.800 12.4 3.8 3.4 0.89 0.6 45
16 Seasons 84 57 .596 3.48 1344.0 1414 578 520 89 528 838 15 1.445 9.5 5.6 1.59 0.6 899

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (322nd)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1972-AL--7--2%
1977-AL--1--40%
1 Cy Young
0.42 Career Shares (108th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career--2.881--130th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1977 AL--.722--3rd
Career--.566--240th

Games Played s c a p y
1969 AL--71--3rd
1970 AL--63--8th
1972 AL--59--9th
1973 AL--51--5th
1974 AL--66--4th
1976 AL--64--4th
1977 AL--72--1st
1978 AL--59--5th
1979 AL--67--4th
1981 NL--48--6th
Career--899--23rd

Saves s c a p y
1968 AL--11--7th
1969 AL--17--3rd
1970 AL--20--7th
1971 AL--16--6th
1972 AL--35--1st
1973 AL--27--2nd
1974 AL--15--6th
1976 AL--23--1st
1977 AL--26--2nd
1979 AL--13--10th
Career--238--32nd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1977 AL--10--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
1969 AL--44--3rd
1970 AL--40--7th
1971 AL--36--5th
1972 AL--56--1st
1973 AL--45--3rd
1974 AL--59--3rd
1975 AL--37--6th
1976 AL--58--3rd
1977 AL--60--1st
1979 AL--53--3rd
Career--634--13th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career--127--47th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 43 (573), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 78 (145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Tug McGraw (919)
  2. Kent Tekulve (915)
  3. Ron Perranoski (910)
  4. Clay Carroll (905)
  5. Don McMahon (905)
  6. Gene Garber (897)
  7. Gary Lavelle (895)
  8. Mike Marshall (891)
  9. Dave Righetti (891)
  10. Roy Face (887)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Chuck McElroy (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Al Hrabosky (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dan Plesac (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Randy Myers (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Franco (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Franco (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. John Franco (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. John Franco (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. John Franco (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. John Franco (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ron Perranoski (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ron Perranoski (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ron Perranoski (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ron Perranoski (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Tug McGraw (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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