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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 NYY AL 23 CF 28 24 210.2 59 55 3 1 1 .983 4.6 26.2 2.6 -0.4 3.1 2 2.48 2.07 .981 2.50 2.18
1969 NYY AL 23 OF 28 24 210.2 59 55 3 1 1 .983 4.6 26.2 2.6 -0.4 3.1 2 2.48 2.07 .978 2.13 1.84
1970 NYY AL 24 OF 70 33 347.0 87 84 2 1 0 .989 0.6 2.1 2.6 2.2 0.4 -2 2.23 1.23 .979 2.14 1.85
1970 NYY AL 24 RF 66 32 330.2 80 77 2 1 0 .988 0.6 2.2 2.6 2.2 0.4 -2 2.15 1.20 .975 1.98 1.59
1970 NYY AL 24 CF 4 1 13.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 9.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.05 1.50 .983 2.63 2.30
1970 NYY AL 24 LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1971 NYY AL 25 OF 29 21 192.2 48 47 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -0.6 -1.1 -1.6 0.5 1 2.24 1.66 .981 2.24 1.96
1971 NYY AL 25 RF 20 17 146.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -0.8 -1.1 -1.6 0.5 1 1.97 1.60 .978 2.05 1.70
1971 NYY AL 25 CF 6 2 32.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -18.8 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 0 3.09 1.83 .982 2.73 2.32
1971 NYY AL 25 LF 3 2 14.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 40.9 0.5 -0.2 0.7 0 3.07 1.67 .980 1.96 1.60
1972 CHW AL 26 OF 21 15 142.0 33 32 1 0 1 1.000 -3.6 -30.4 -1.6 -0.4 -1.3 -2 2.09 1.57 .982 2.22 1.91
1972 CHW AL 26 CF 16 10 101.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -28.5 -1.4 -0.2 -1.3 -1 1.87 1.31 .986 2.65 2.29
1972 CHW AL 26 RF 5 5 41.0 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 -1.2 -35.1 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 -1 2.63 2.40 .983 2.13 1.76
1973 MON NL 27 OF 36 30 256.2 78 73 3 2 1 .974 2.5 11.7 2.5 2.1 0.4 0 2.66 2.11 .977 2.23 1.96
1973 MON NL 27 CF 34 30 256.1 79 75 2 2 1 .975 2.6 12.2 2.6 2.2 0.4 0 2.70 2.26 .980 2.63 2.27
1973 MON NL 27 LF 1 0 0.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 1.70
1974 MON NL 28 LF 18 0 27.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 66.7 0.5 0.7 -0.2 1 2.00 0.33 .983 2.00 1.55
1974 MON NL 28 OF 18 0 29.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.0 82.8 1.0 1.2 -0.2 1 2.17 0.39 .971 2.27 1.96
1974 MON NL 28 CF 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 300.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
1975 MON NL 29 OF 16 9 90.2 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -19.9 -0.5 -0.6 0.1 -1 1.79 1.13 .978 2.29 2.01
1975 MON NL 29 CF 8 8 73.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.6 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 2.10 2.13 .982 2.72 2.44
1975 MON NL 29 LF 5 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -110.8 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -1 2.08 0.60 .967 2.08 1.72
1975 MON NL 29 RF 3 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -102.9 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.12 1.73
1976 TOT NL 30 OF 47 34 321.1 96 87 8 1 4 .990 0.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 0.0 -1 2.66 2.02 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 TOT NL 30 RF 21 8 98.0 25 22 2 1 1 .960 -4.0 -49.0 -2.0 -1.8 -0.2 -2 2.20 1.14 .976 2.15 1.83
1976 TOT NL 30 LF 13 9 74.0 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 1.5 24.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 1 2.07 1.31 .976 2.02 1.59
1976 MON NL 30 OF 29 17 170.0 43 39 3 1 2 .977 -2.4 -16.9 -1.4 -1.3 -0.1 -1 2.22 1.45 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 MON NL 30 RF 20 8 97.0 25 22 2 1 1 .960 -4.0 -49.5 -2.0 -1.8 -0.2 -2 2.23 1.20 .976 2.15 1.83
1976 MON NL 30 LF 12 9 73.0 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 1.6 26.3 0.6 0.5 0.1 1 2.10 1.42 .976 2.02 1.59
1976 LAD NL 30 OF 18 17 151.1 53 48 5 0 2 1.000 2.8 22.2 2.8 2.7 0.1 0 3.15 2.94 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 LAD NL 30 CF 17 17 149.1 53 48 5 0 2 1.000 2.9 23.3 2.9 2.7 0.2 0 3.19 3.12 .983 2.85 2.50
1976 LAD NL 30 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1976 LAD NL 30 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
8 Seasons OF 265 166 1590.0 426 401 20 5 7 .988 4.9 3.7 6.9 3.9 3.0 -2 2.38 1.59 .979 2.22 1.93
5 Seasons RF 115 62 620.1 149 141 6 2 2 .987 -5.1 -9.9 -1.1 -1.6 0.5 -4 2.13 1.28 .977 2.04 1.66
8 Seasons CF 114 92 837.2 248 234 11 3 4 .988 7.9 11.3 6.9 4.8 2.1 1 2.63 2.15 .982 2.65 2.30
6 Seasons LF 41 12 132.0 32 29 3 0 1 1.000 2.1 19.1 1.1 0.7 0.4 1 2.18 0.78 .978 2.01 1.59
8 Seasons TOT 265 166 1590.0 426 401 20 5 7 .988 4.9 3.7 6.9 3.9 3.0 -2 2.38 1.59 .967 2.22 1.93
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1969 NYY AL 23 28 24 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 28 1 0
1970 NYY AL 24 87 33 87 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 66 70 9 16
1971 NYY AL 25 49 21 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 20 29 17 5
1972 CHW AL 26 44 15 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 5 21 24 1
1973 MON NL 27 49 30 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 0 36 12 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 29 0 16 2
1976 LAD NL 30 23 17 23 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 18 0 5 0
8 Seasons 391 166 391 339 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 114 115 266 0 122 26
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 -- RF*

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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 14 5 0 11 1 2 4 1 0 3 0 0 5 4 0 37 11 29.7% 24 2 5.4% 0 1378 65% 80% 26% 147 54%
1971 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 4 0 6 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 19 10 52.6% 9 0 0.0% 1 626 71% 81% 25% 65 48%
1972 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 0.0% 5 1 16.7% 0 196 61% 76% 20% 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 6 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 18 4 22.2% 14 0 0.0% 2 469 59% 79% 20% 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 28 9 0 25 2 2 9 3 0 8 1 0 12 10 1 82 25 30.5% 54 3 3.7% 3 2692 65% 80% 24% 285 51%
MLB Averages 42.8% 3.2% 61% 78% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 8 6 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 7 43.8% 7 2 12.5% 1 877 63% 78% 28% 93 62%
1970 NYY AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 62 61% 82% 27% 11 55%
1971 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 138 52% 88% 29% 21 52%
1972 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18 8 44.4% 10 0 0.0% 0 433 68% 79% 22% 49 43%
1973 MON NL 27 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 9 3 0 8 1 0 3 1 1 7 0 0 3 2 0 30 7 23.3% 22 1 3.3% 1 1119 52% 76% 26% 134 57%
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 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 1 306 63% 75% 24% 25 64%
1976 LAD NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 6 1 2 3 1 0 5 2 0 5 3 0 22 7 31.8% 13 2 9.1% 3 611 69% 83% 30% 80 64%
8 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 11 0 1 1 5 32 19 0 32 3 4 7 2 1 18 5 0 15 11 0 104 40 38.5% 59 5 4.8% 6 3554 61% 79% 27% 415 58%
MLB Averages 43.4% 2.2% 61% 78% 26% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 0 1 50.0% 0 106 43% 82% 28% 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 66 42% 83% 18% 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% 0 330 65% 78% 25% 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 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 3 37.5% 3 2 25.0% 1 581 58% 79% 26% 54 57%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.8% 61% 78% 26% 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 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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