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Jim Lyttle

James Lawrence Lyttle

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 20, 1946 in Hamilton, OH
School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1969
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Expos/WhiteSox/Dodgers 1969-1976

Final Game: October 3, 1976
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 NYY AL 23 CF 28 24 19 210.2 59 55 3 1 1 .983 5 26 2.48 2.07 .982 2.50 2.50
1969 NYY AL 23 OF 28 24 19 210.2 59 55 3 1 1 .983 5 26 2.48 2.07 .978 2.13 2.13
1970 NYY AL 24 OF 70 33 27 347.0 87 84 2 1 0 .989 1 2 2.23 1.23 .980 2.14 2.13
1970 NYY AL 24 RF 66 32 26 330.2 80 77 2 1 0 .988 1 2 2.15 1.20 .975 1.98 1.97
1970 NYY AL 24 CF 4 1 1 13.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 4.05 1.50 .985 2.63 2.60
1970 NYY AL 24 LF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1971 NYY AL 25 OF 29 21 15 192.2 48 47 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 2.24 1.66 .982 2.24 2.22
1971 NYY AL 25 RF 20 17 13 146.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 1.97 1.60 .980 2.05 2.04
1971 NYY AL 25 CF 6 2 1 32.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -19 3.09 1.83 .983 2.73 2.72
1971 NYY AL 25 LF 3 2 1 14.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 41 3.07 1.67 .980 1.96 1.93
1972 CHW AL 26 OF 21 15 11 142.0 33 32 1 0 1 1.000 -4 -30 2.09 1.57 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 CHW AL 26 CF 16 10 7 101.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -29 1.87 1.31 .987 2.65 2.64
1972 CHW AL 26 RF 5 5 4 41.0 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -35 2.63 2.40 .980 2.13 2.10
1973 MON NL 27 OF 36 30 22 257.1 78 73 3 2 1 .974 2 12 2.66 2.11 .977 2.23 2.23
1973 MON NL 27 CF 34 30 22 257.0 80 76 2 2 1 .975 3 12 2.73 2.29 .980 2.63 2.63
1973 MON NL 27 LF 1 0 0 0.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -360 27.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.00
1974 MON NL 28 LF 18 0 0 27.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 2 67 2.00 0.33 .977 2.00 1.99
1974 MON NL 28 OF 18 0 0 29.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 2 83 2.17 0.39 .979 2.27 2.27
1974 MON NL 28 CF 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 300 9.00 2.00 .985 2.70 2.80
1975 MON NL 29 OF 16 9 8 90.2 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -20 1.79 1.13 .978 2.29 2.28
1975 MON NL 29 CF 8 8 7 73.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0 2 2.10 2.13 .984 2.72 2.72
1975 MON NL 29 LF 5 1 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -111 2.08 0.60 .973 2.08 2.10
1975 MON NL 29 RF 3 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -103 0.00 0.00 2.12 2.03
1976 TOT NL 30 OF 47 34 28 321.1 96 87 8 1 4 .990 0 1 2.66 2.02 .979 2.34 2.33
1976 TOT NL 30 RF 21 8 7 98.0 25 22 2 1 1 .960 -4 -49 2.20 1.14 .974 2.15 2.15
1976 TOT NL 30 LF 13 9 7 74.0 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 2 24 2.07 1.31 .976 2.02 2.01
1976 MON NL 30 OF 29 17 14 170.0 43 39 3 1 2 .977 -2 -17 2.22 1.45 .979 2.34 2.33
1976 MON NL 30 RF 20 8 7 97.0 25 22 2 1 1 .960 -4 -49 2.23 1.20 .974 2.15 2.15
1976 MON NL 30 LF 12 9 7 73.0 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 2 26 2.10 1.42 .976 2.02 2.01
1976 LAD NL 30 OF 18 17 14 151.1 53 48 5 0 2 1.000 3 22 3.15 2.94 .979 2.34 2.33
1976 LAD NL 30 CF 17 17 14 149.1 53 48 5 0 2 1.000 3 23 3.19 3.12 .984 2.85 2.84
1976 LAD NL 30 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1976 LAD NL 30 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
8 Seasons OF 265 166 130 1590.2 426 401 20 5 7 .988 5 4 2.38 1.59 .979 2.22 2.21
5 Seasons RF 115 62 50 620.1 149 141 6 2 2 .987 -5 -10 2.13 1.28 .976 2.04 2.02
8 Seasons CF 114 92 71 838.1 249 235 11 3 4 .988 8 11 2.64 2.16 .982 2.65 2.64
6 Seasons LF 41 12 9 132.0 32 29 3 0 1 1.000 2 19 2.18 0.78 .977 2.01 2.00
8 Seasons TOT 265 166 130 1590.2 426 401 20 5 7 .988 5 4 2.38 1.59 .979 2.22 2.21
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1969 NYY AL 23 CF 5 26 3 3 -0 2
1970 NYY AL 24 RF 1 2 3 0 2 -2
1970 NYY AL 24 CF 0 9 0 0 0 0
1970 NYY AL 24 LF -0 -40 -0 0 -0
1971 NYY AL 25 RF -0 -1 -1 0 -2 1
1971 NYY AL 25 CF -0 -19 -0 -1 0 0
1971 NYY AL 25 LF 0 41 0 1 -0 0
1972 CHW AL 26 CF -2 -29 -1 -1 -0 -1
1972 CHW AL 26 RF -1 -35 -0 0 -0 -1
1973 MON NL 27 CF 3 12 3 0 2 0
1973 MON NL 27 LF -0 -360 -0 0 -0 0
1974 MON NL 28 LF 2 67 0 -0 1 1
1974 MON NL 28 CF 0 300 0 0 0 0
1975 MON NL 29 CF 0 2 0 0 -0 0
1975 MON NL 29 LF -1 -111 -0 -0 -0 -1
1975 MON NL 29 RF -0 -103 -0 -0 -0 0
1976 MON NL 30 RF -4 -49 -2 -0 -2 -2
1976 MON NL 30 LF 2 26 1 0 0 1
1976 LAD NL 30 CF 3 23 3 0 3 0
1976 LAD NL 30 LF -0 -120 -0 -0 0
1976 LAD NL 30 RF 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons RF -5 -10 -1 0 -2 -4
8 Seasons CF 8 11 7 2 5 1
6 Seasons LF 2 19 1 0 1 1
8 Seasons TOT 5 4 7 3 4 -2
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1969 NYY AL 23 28 24 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 28 0 1 0
1970 NYY AL 24 87 33 87 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 66 71 0 9 16
1971 NYY AL 25 49 21 49 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 20 29 0 17 5
1972 CHW AL 26 44 15 44 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 5 21 0 24 1
1973 MON NL 27 49 30 49 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 0 35 0 15 1
1974 MON NL 28 25 0 25 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 0 19 0 8 1
1975 MON NL 29 44 9 44 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 3 16 0 30 0
1976 MON NL 30 42 17 42 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 20 32 0 16 2
1976 LAD NL 30 23 17 23 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 19 0 5 0
8 Seasons 391 166 391 266 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 114 115 270 0 125 26
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1970 NYY AL 24 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 20 6 0 11 1 2 4 1 0 3 0 0 6 4 0 44 12 27.3% 30 2 4.5% 0 1354 66% 82% 27% 147 54%
1971 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 5 0 6 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 21 11 52.4% 10 0 0.0% 1 609 73% 84% 26% 65 48%
1972 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 0.0% 6 1 14.3% 0 189 63% 78% 21% 23 48%
1975 MON NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 20 55% 75% 20% 2 0%
1976 MON NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 10 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 5 0 23 6 26.1% 17 0 0.0% 2 451 62% 82% 21% 48 48%
1976 LAD NL 30 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 0 0 0 0 3 67% 100% 0% 0
5 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 6 0 1 1 3 41 12 0 25 2 2 9 3 0 8 1 0 14 11 1 97 29 29.9% 65 3 3.1% 3 2626 67% 82% 25% 285 51%
MLB Averages 41.6% 3.2% 63% 80% 27% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 NYY AL 23 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 9 7 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 18 8 44.4% 8 2 11.1% 1 849 65% 81% 29% 93 62%
1970 NYY AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 62 61% 82% 27% 11 55%
1971 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 134 54% 91% 30% 21 52%
1972 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 22 9 40.9% 13 0 0.0% 0 414 71% 82% 23% 49 43%
1973 MON NL 27 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 10 4 0 8 1 0 3 1 1 7 0 0 4 3 0 32 9 28.1% 22 1 3.1% 1 1081 55% 79% 27% 135 58%
1974 MON NL 28 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 0 0 0 0 8 50% 88% 63% 2 100%
1975 MON NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 290 67% 79% 26% 25 64%
1976 LAD NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 6 1 0 6 1 2 3 1 0 5 2 0 7 4 0 27 9 33.3% 16 2 7.4% 3 590 71% 86% 31% 80 64%
8 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 11 0 1 1 5 44 24 0 32 3 4 7 2 1 18 5 0 20 14 0 121 48 39.7% 68 5 4.1% 6 3428 63% 82% 28% 416 58%
MLB Averages 44.7% 2.4% 63% 80% 27% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1970 NYY AL 24 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 0 0 0 0 12 58% 58% 17% 0
1971 NYY AL 25 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 0 0 0 0 61 61% 77% 43% 6 83%
1973 MON NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 2 50% 100% 0% 1 100%
1974 MON NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 0 1 33.3% 0 104 44% 84% 29% 10 60%
1975 MON NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 60 47% 92% 20% 9 33%
1976 MON NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 66.7% 0 1 33.3% 0 318 67% 81% 26% 28 57%
1976 LAD NL 30 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 0 0 0 0 4 75% 100% 0% 0
6 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 9 4 44.4% 3 2 22.2% 1 561 60% 82% 27% 54 57%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.9% 63% 80% 27% 47%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1969 AL  5 (5th)

                                         

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