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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
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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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 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 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
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
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
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
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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
1974 29 NYY AL 4 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
1976 31 NYY AL 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1979 34 TEX AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 35 TOT 10 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 34 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 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
16 Seasons 419 88 78 8 15 2 0 0 4 1 0 5 25 .192 .241 .218 .459 31 17 0 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 34 30 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .192 .241 .218 .459 31 7 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
NYY (7 yrs) 65 25 22 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .182 .217 .227 .445 34 5 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) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (15 yrs) 327 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

Postseason Batting

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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
4 Seasons (6 Series) 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0
2 WS 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 BOS AL 22 P 27 0 43.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.45 0.26 .957 1.95 0.74
1968 BOS AL 23 P 49 0 65.2 14 5 6 3 0 .786 0.0 0.0 1.51 0.22 .964 1.89 0.73
1969 BOS AL 24 P 71 0 102.2 25 3 19 3 3 .880 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.81 0.37 .950 1.87 0.85
1976 NYY AL 31 P 64 0 103.2 16 3 11 2 1 .875 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.18 0.46 .954 1.90 0.85
1979 TEX AL 34 P 67 0 95.0 15 2 11 2 0 .867 0.0 0.0 1.23 0.19 .953 1.92 0.81
1980 TOT 35 P 59 0 94.2 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.56 0.29 .957 1.85 0.77
1980 PHI NL 35 P 10 0 14.0 0 0 0 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 0.0 0.0 2.76 0.48 .957 1.97 0.68
1982 TOT 37 P 45 0 48.2 16 4 11 1 1 .938 0.0 0.0 2.77 0.33 .950 1.92 0.71
1982 PHI NL 37 P 34 0 36.2 14 3 10 1 1 .929 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.50 0.18 .950 1.80 0.73
16 Seasons P 899 0 1390.1 273 54 198 21 12 .923 0.0 0.0 1.63 0.28 .953 1.89 0.78
16 Seasons TOT 899 0 1390.1 273 54 198 21 12 .923 0.0 0.0 1.63 0.28 .877 1.89 0.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (105th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career--2.881--129th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1977 AL--.722--3rd
Career--.566--241st

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--20th

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--29th

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--46th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 7 (324), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 46 (558), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 78 (143), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (349), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 17, 1964: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

November 30, 1964: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1964 first-year draft.

March 22, 1972: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for Danny Cater. The New York Yankees sent Mario Guerrero (June 30, 1972) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

November 10, 1978: Traded by the New York Yankees with Mike Heath, Larry McCall, Dave Rajsich, Domingo Ramos and cash to the Texas Rangers for Greg Jemison (minors), Juan Beniquez, Mike Griffin, Paul Mirabella and Dave Righetti.

September 13, 1980: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Philadelphia Phillies for . The Philadelphia Phillies sent Kevin Saucier (November 19, 1980) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

August 21, 1982: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 12, 1982: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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