Jim Lyttle
James Lawrence Lyttle Jr.
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 186 lb.

Born: May 20, 1946 in Hamilton, OH
School: Florida State University
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1969
Final Game: October 3, 1976
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Standard Batting

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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
1969 23 NYY AL 28 87 83 7 15 4 0 0 4 1 2 4 19 .181 .218 .229 .447 28 19 0 0 0 0 0 8
1970 24 NYY AL 87 140 126 20 39 7 1 3 14 3 6 10 26 .310 .355 .452 .807 127 57 2 0 2 2 1 9/87
1971 25 NYY AL 49 97 86 7 17 5 0 1 7 0 2 8 18 .198 .271 .291 .562 64 25 3 1 1 1 2 9/87
1972 26 CHW AL 44 84 82 8 19 5 2 0 5 0 1 1 28 .232 .241 .341 .582 70 28 0 0 1 0 0 8/9
1973 27 MON NL 49 130 116 12 30 5 1 4 19 0 2 9 14 .259 .305 .422 .727 98 49 3 0 2 3 2 8/7
1974 28 MON NL 25 11 9 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .333 .364 .333 .697 93 3 0 0 0 1 1 7/8
1975 29 MON NL 44 70 55 7 15 4 0 0 6 0 1 13 6 .273 .406 .345 .751 107 19 0 0 1 1 3 /879
1976 30 TOT NL 65 169 153 9 38 7 1 1 13 0 1 15 25 .248 .315 .327 .642 82 50 2 0 1 0 5 987
1976 30 MON NL 42 93 85 6 23 4 1 1 8 0 0 7 13 .271 .326 .376 .703 96 32 2 0 1 0 1 97
1976 30 LAD NL 23 76 68 3 15 3 0 0 5 0 1 8 12 .221 .303 .265 .567 64 18 0 0 0 0 4 8/79
8 Seasons 391 788 710 71 176 37 5 9 70 4 15 61 139 .248 .305 .352 .657 86 250 10 1 8 8 14
162 Game Avg. 162 326 294 29 73 15 2 4 29 2 6 25 58 .248 .305 .352 .657 86 104 4 0 3 3 6
MON (4 yrs) 160 304 265 26 71 13 2 5 35 0 3 30 36 .268 .337 .389 .725 100 103 5 0 4 5 7
NYY (3 yrs) 164 324 295 34 71 16 1 4 25 4 10 22 63 .241 .293 .342 .635 81 101 5 1 3 3 3
LAD (1 yr) 23 76 68 3 15 3 0 0 5 0 1 8 12 .221 .303 .265 .567 64 18 0 0 0 0 4
CHW (1 yr) 44 84 82 8 19 5 2 0 5 0 1 1 28 .232 .241 .341 .582 70 28 0 0 1 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 183 380 333 29 86 16 2 5 40 0 4 38 48 .258 .330 .363 .693 93 121 5 0 4 5 11
AL (4 yrs) 208 408 377 42 90 21 3 4 30 4 11 23 91 .239 .282 .342 .624 79 129 5 1 4 3 3

Advanced Batting

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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
1969 23 NYY AL 87 70 4 1.5 91 .234 .181 .250 .218 .326 .229 .377 .447 .702 28 .136 -8.0 -0.8 .314 .084 .048 .0
1970 24 NYY AL 140 99 18 4.9 93 .364 .310 .252 .355 .325 .452 .385 .807 .710 127 .559 4.6 0.5 .674 .198 .143 3.0
1971 25 NYY AL 97 76 6 2.1 87 .235 .198 .248 .271 .319 .291 .368 .562 .687 64 .237 -3.8 -0.4 .432 .163 .093 .0
1972 26 CHW AL 84 65 7 2.9 85 .352 .232 .250 .241 .319 .341 .361 .582 .680 70 .397 -3.6 -0.4 .438 .110 .110
1973 27 MON NL 130 96 14 3.9 99 .257 .259 .266 .305 .336 .422 .396 .727 .731 98 .461 -0.6 -0.1 .615 .224 .164 .0
1974 28 MON NL 11 7 1 3.9 99 .429 .333 .268 .364 .341 .333 .387 .697 .728 93 .455 0.1 0.0 .667 .111 .000
1975 29 MON NL 70 43 9 5.6 99 .300 .273 .270 .406 .342 .345 .390 .751 .732 107 .620 1.6 0.2 .756 .291 .073
1976 30 TOT NL 169 119 16 3.6 93 .291 .248 .265 .315 .331 .327 .377 .642 .709 82 .444 -3.7 -0.4 .542 .170 .078 .0
1976 30 MON NL 93 65 10 4.1 96 .310 .271 .268 .326 .336 .376 .382 .703 .718 96 .506 -0.7 -0.1 .609 .188 .106 .0
1976 30 LAD NL 76 54 6 3.0 90 .268 .221 .260 .303 .326 .265 .371 .567 .697 64 .360 -3.0 -0.3 .463 .147 .044
8 Seasons 788 575 75 3.5 93 .293 .248 .258 .305 .329 .352 .380 .657 .708 86 .425 -13.4 -1.4 .538 .175 .104 5.5
162 Game Avg. 326 238 31 3.5 93 .293 .248 .258 .305 .329 .352 .380 .657 .708 86 .425 -13.4 -1.4 .538 .175 .104 2
MON (4 yrs) 304 211 34 4.3 98 .288 .268 .268 .337 .337 .389 .390 .725 .727 100 .512 0.3 0.0 .644 .223 .121 .0
NYY (3 yrs) 324 245 28 3.1 91 .290 .241 .250 .293 .324 .342 .378 .635 .701 81 .361 -7.2 -0.8 .494 .156 .102 4.0
LAD (1 yr) 76 54 6 3.0 90 .268 .221 .260 .303 .326 .265 .371 .567 .697 64 .361 -3.0 -0.3 .463 .147 .044
CHW (1 yr) 84 65 7 2.9 85 .352 .232 .250 .241 .319 .341 .361 .582 .680 70 .398 -3.6 -0.4 .438 .110 .110
NL (4 yrs) 380 265 40 4.1 96 .284 .258 .266 .330 .335 .363 .386 .693 .721 93 .485 -2.6 -0.3 .605 .207 .105 .0
AL (4 yrs) 408 310 35 3.0 90 .302 .239 .250 .282 .323 .342 .374 .624 .697 79 .368 -10.7 -1.2 .482 .146 .103 4.0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1969 23 NYY AL 87 0.0% 21.8% 4.6% 4.6% 27% 4.75 4.4 20.8 1.43 74%
1970 24 NYY AL 140 2.1% 18.6% 7.1% 7.9% 28% 2.60 4.8 42.0 9.0 0.81 71%
1971 25 NYY AL 97 1.0% 18.6% 8.3% 6.2% 35% 2.25 4.8 86.0 12.3 1.07 70%
1972 26 CHW AL 84 0.0% 33.3% 1.2% 8.3% 37% 28.00 2.9 16.4 0.75 64%
1973 27 MON NL 130 3.1% 10.8% 6.9% 7.7% 33% 1.56 8.3 29.0 6.1 0.90 78%
1974 28 MON NL 11 0.0% 27.3% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.0 4.5 0.33 64%
1975 29 MON NL 70 0.0% 8.6% 18.6% 5.7% 27% 0.46 9.2 9.2 0.70 71%
1976 30 TOT NL 169 0.6% 14.8% 8.9% 5.3% 24% 1.67 6.1 153.0 11.8 1.51 75%
1976 30 MON NL 93 1.1% 14.0% 7.5% 6.5% 26% 1.86 6.5 85.0 10.6 1.41 76%
1976 30 LAD NL 76 0.0% 15.8% 10.5% 4.0% 20% 1.50 5.7 13.6 1.67 74%
8 Seasons 788 1.1% 17.6% 7.7% 6.5% 29% 2.28 5.1 78.9 10.1 1.03 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1969 23 NYY AL 0 0 37% 19 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 3 0
1970 24 NYY AL 2 0 37% 68 3 6 33% 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 62% 14 6 6 2 0 2 5 0 5
1971 25 NYY AL 0 0 24% 32 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 42% 6 5 1 1 0 0 5 0 4
1972 26 CHW AL 1 0 40% 34 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 43% 4 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
1973 27 MON NL 2 0 23% 32 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 70% 3 1 2 2 1 1 5 1 4
1974 28 MON NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1975 29 MON NL 2 0 25% 39 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 43% 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1976 30 TOT NL 1 0 15% 72 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 43% 8 5 3 1 1 0 5 2 3
1976 30 MON NL 0 0 17% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 71% 4 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 2
1976 30 LAD NL 1 0 13% 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 14% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
8 Seasons 8 0 27% 302 4 15 21% 4 13 0 0 0 1 4 2 11 16 49% 44 26 15 8 3 4 28 7 20
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1969 23 NYY AL 87 91% 15 1 0 0 0 5.40 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0% 6 1 17% 56 4 7% 0 0 7 2 29% 0
1970 24 NYY AL 140 83% 39 7 3 0 1 1.18 3 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 3 2 67% 26 2 8% 14 3 21% 89 11 12% 9 3 33% 7 3 43% 0
1971 25 NYY AL 97 94% 17 15 1 0 1 0.93 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 24 3 13% 7 4 57% 59 6 10% 4 2 50% 4 0 0% 0
1972 26 CHW AL 84 94% 19 21 6 0 2 1.34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 0 0% 7 1 14% 35 5 14% 2 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1973 27 MON NL 127 96% 30 9 2 1 4 1.74 4 0 6 4 0 2 2 0 2 2 100% 23 3 13% 13 5 38% 96 16 17% 14 6 43% 3 0 0% 3
1974 28 MON NL 11 91% 3 6 2 0 1 1.63 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 13 2 15% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
1975 29 MON NL 70 93% 15 19 4 0 2 1.82 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 0 0% 5 4 80% 37 6 16% 3 1 33% 5 3 60% 0
1976 30 TOT NL 169 98% 38 20 5 1 1 1.58 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 23 2 9% 14 5 36% 100 13 13% 10 4 40% 15 6 40% 0
1976 30 MON NL 93 96% 23 15 5 1 1 1.34 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 15 2 13% 9 3 33% 55 7 13% 4 1 25% 7 3 43% 0
1976 30 LAD NL 76 100% 15 5 0 0 0 2.27 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 5 2 40% 45 6 13% 6 3 50% 8 3 38% 0
8 Seasons 785 93% 176 98 23 2 12 1.50 9 0 19 9 0 5 4 0 9 8 89% 136 10 7% 68 24 35% 485 63 13% 45 17 38% 46 16 35% 3
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1969 23 28 87 83 7 15 4 0 0 4 1 2 4 19 .181 .218 .229 .447 28 19 0 0 0 0 0
1970 24 115 227 209 27 54 11 1 3 18 4 8 14 45 .258 .302 .364 .666 88 76 2 0 2 2 1
1971 25 164 324 295 34 71 16 1 4 25 4 10 22 63 .241 .293 .342 .635 81 101 5 1 3 3 3
1972 26 208 408 377 42 90 21 3 4 30 4 11 23 91 .239 .282 .342 .624 79 129 5 1 4 3 3
1973 27 257 538 493 54 120 26 4 8 49 4 13 32 105 .243 .288 .361 .649 84 178 8 1 6 6 5
1974 28 282 549 502 55 123 26 4 8 51 4 13 33 108 .245 .289 .361 .650 84 181 8 1 6 7 6
1975 29 326 619 557 62 138 30 4 8 57 4 14 46 114 .248 .302 .359 .661 87 200 8 1 7 8 9
1976 30 391 788 710 71 176 37 5 9 70 4 15 61 139 .248 .305 .352 .657 86 250 10 1 8 8 14

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1969 23 28 90 85 9 17 5 0 0 5 1 5 19 .200 .244 .259 .503 5 28
1970 24 87 139 127 23 40 7 1 3 16 3 10 26 .315 .360 .457 .816 21 87
1971 25 49 97 87 8 18 5 0 1 8 0 8 18 .207 .278 .299 .577 7 49
1972 26 46 89 88 10 22 6 2 0 6 0 1 29 .250 .258 .364 .622 8 44
1973 27 49 125 114 12 28 5 1 4 19 0 8 14 .246 .288 .412 .700 14 49
1974 28 25 11 9 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 .333 .364 .333 .697 1 25
1975 29 44 71 56 7 16 4 0 0 6 0 14 6 .286 .423 .357 .780 9 44
1976 30 65 171 155 10 40 7 1 1 14 0 16 25 .258 .327 .335 .663 17 65
8 Seasons 393 793 721 80 184 39 5 9 76 4 63 140 .255 .313 .361 .673 82 391
162 Game Avg. 162 327 297 33 76 16 2 4 31 2 26 58 .255 .313 .361 .673 34 391

* 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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