Sparky Lyle
Game Log for 1979
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Apr 11 W, 4-0 vs Indians Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 TEX Apr 12 W, 5-3 vs Indians Finish 1 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 TEX Apr 13 W, 5-4 vs Tigers Finish 2 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 TEX Apr 14 W, 7-5 vs Tigers Finish 1.2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 W (1-0) TEX Apr 15 L, 6-11 vs Tigers Middle 2.0 3 11 4 4 1 2 0 1 5.14 L (1-1) TEX Apr 18 L, 4-6 at Indians Finish 1.2 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.19 TEX Apr 22 L, 1-5 at Yankees Finish 2.0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.22 TEX Apr 24 L, 0-2 vs Blue Jays Finish 1.2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.65 TEX Apr 25 W, 4-3 vs Blue Jays Finish 1.2 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.21 W (2-1) TEX Apr 28 L, 2-3 at White Sox Finish 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.93 TEX Apr 30 W, 8-7 at Royals Finish 3 1.0 2 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 3.31 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX May 02 W, 3-2 at Royals Finish 4 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 TEX May 04 (1) L, 5-7 vs White Sox Finish 0.2 3 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 3.86 L (2-2) TEX May 05 L, 6-7 vs White Sox Finish 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.66 TEX May 07 L, 6-10 vs Royals Finish 1.1 2 6 2 2 1 0 0 1 4.29 TEX May 12 W, 3-1 at Blue Jays Finish 5 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.03 TEX May 13 (1) L, 1-3 at Blue Jays Finish 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.91 TEX May 13 (2) W, 7-5 at Blue Jays Finish 6 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 TEX May 15 W, 9-8 at Twins Middle 3.0 5 16 2 2 2 1 1 2 4.10 W (3-2) TEX May 18 L, 5-13 at Mariners Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.95 TEX May 21 L, 6-7 vs Twins Middle 0.1 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.55 L (3-3) TEX May 25 (2) L, 3-5 vs Mariners Finish 1.0 1 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 4.71 TEX May 28 W, 5-2 vs Red Sox Finish 7 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.40 TEX May 31 L, 2-3 vs Red Sox Finish 3.0 1 11 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.28 L (3-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Jun 02 L, 4-5 vs Orioles Finish 1.1 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 4.37 L (3-5) TEX Jun 05 L, 3-9 at Red Sox Finish 1.0 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 4.50 TEX Jun 08 L, 0-3 at Orioles Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.46 TEX Jun 09 L, 3-4 at Orioles Finish 2.1 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.19 TEX Jun 13 L, 4-5 vs Brewers Finish 1.2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.02 TEX Jun 16 L, 2-3 vs Yankees Middle 3.0 1 11 1 1 0 1 0 2 3.95 L (3-6) TEX Jun 20 L, 4-5 at Angels Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 TEX Jun 21 W, 3-2 at Angels Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.69 W (4-6) TEX Jun 23 W, 8-5 at A's Middle 1.0 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.61 TEX Jun 24 (2) W, 7-2 at A's Middle 0.1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.59 TEX Jun 29 W, 5-3 vs A's Finish 8 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.44 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Jul 01 L, 12-13 vs A's Middle 0.0 2 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 3.62 TEX Jul 06 L, 1-5 vs Blue Jays Finish 1.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.55 TEX Jul 08 W, 4-3 vs Blue Jays Finish 9 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.53 TEX Jul 09 L, 4-5 at White Sox Finish 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.40 TEX Jul 10 L, 3-6 at White Sox Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38 TEX Jul 13 W, 9-4 at Royals Finish 10 3.2 5 17 1 1 0 1 0 0 3.32 TEX Jul 19 (2) L, 4-5 vs White Sox Finish 1.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.26 TEX Jul 22 L, 6-7 vs Royals Middle 1.1 3 9 1 1 0 0 2 0 3.34 L (4-7) TEX Jul 25 L, 3-8 at Blue Jays Finish 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.30 TEX Jul 29 L, 2-3 vs Red Sox Finish 3.2 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.11 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Aug 03 W, 8-3 at Indians Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.06 TEX Aug 04 L, 8-12 at Indians Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.02 TEX Aug 07 (2) L, 2-8 at Tigers Middle 2.0 4 12 4 4 1 1 0 2 3.46 TEX Aug 10 L, 1-6 vs Indians Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.41 TEX Aug 12 L, 3-6 vs Indians Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.31 TEX Aug 13 L, 2-3 at Yankees Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.30 TEX Aug 14 L, 5-6 at Yankees Middle 1.0 2 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 3.50 TEX Aug 19 L, 3-4 at Brewers Finish 0.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.62 L (4-8) TEX Aug 23 L, 5-6 at Orioles Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.61 TEX Aug 27 L, 4-7 vs Yankees Finish 4.0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.42 TEX Aug 29 L, 5-7 vs Yankees Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.37 TEX Aug 31 L, 6-9 at Red Sox Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.33 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Sep 02 W, 7-6 at Red Sox Middle 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.25 TEX Sep 05 L, 0-1 at Mariners Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.24 TEX Sep 07 W, 5-4 at Twins Middle 3.2 2 15 1 1 0 2 0 3 3.20 W (5-8) TEX Sep 09 W, 6-5 at Twins Middle 1.0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.16 TEX Sep 11 W, 5-2 vs Mariners Finish 11 2.1 4 11 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.18 TEX Sep 13 L, 4-7 vs Twins Middle 2.0 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 3.11 TEX Sep 14 W, 5-3 vs Twins Finish 12 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.07 TEX Sep 18 W, 9-5 at A's Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.05 TEX Sep 22 L, 1-3 at Angels Finish 2.0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.99 TEX Sep 27 W, 4-3 vs A's Finish 13 1.2 2 6 2 2 1 0 0 0 3.13
| Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average |
Team
Role W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Middle relief 2 4 7.15 14 0 0 0 0 0 22.2 31 118 22 18 4 12 4 14 6-8
As closer 3 4 1.87 53 0 0 53 13 0 72.1 47 266 15 15 5 10 2 34 19-34
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 105 14 23 32 3 0 2 14 1 0 7 0 0 16 2 .219 .305 .268 .573
vs RHB 240 34 55 86 10 0 7 32 0 3 15 6 0 32 4 .229 .358 .290 .648
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 2 7 3.40 32 0 0 26 8 0 50.1 41 201 20 19 3 12 4 24 11-21
Road 3 1 2.82 35 0 0 27 5 0 44.2 37 183 17 14 6 10 2 24 14-21
Team
Time of Day W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Day 0 3 4.50 14 0 0 9 2 0 16.0 18 71 11 8 3 3 2 8 6-8
Night 5 5 2.85 53 0 0 44 11 0 79.0 60 313 26 25 6 19 4 40 19-34
Team
Month W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
April 2 1 3.31 11 0 0 10 3 0 16.1 8 57 6 6 2 4 0 4 6-5
May 1 3 5.19 13 0 0 11 4 0 17.1 18 77 10 10 3 5 2 7 5-8
June 1 2 1.69 11 0 0 8 1 0 16.0 12 62 4 3 1 4 1 7 4-7
July 0 1 1.93 10 0 0 8 2 0 14.0 17 62 3 3 0 3 3 1 2-8
August 0 1 4.30 12 0 0 10 0 0 14.2 10 58 7 7 2 3 0 15 1-11
September 1 0 2.16 10 0 0 6 3 0 16.2 13 68 7 4 1 3 0 14 7-3
Team
Opponent W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Angels 1 0 0.00 3 0 0 3 0 0 5.0 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 2 1-2
A's 0 0 5.06 6 0 0 3 2 0 5.1 9 28 4 3 1 3 1 2 5-1
Blue Jays 1 0 0.00 8 0 0 8 3 0 7.2 3 25 0 0 0 1 0 3 4-4
Brewers 0 1 5.40 2 0 0 2 0 0 1.2 3 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0-2
Indians 0 0 0.96 7 0 0 7 1 0 9.1 4 32 1 1 1 1 0 5 3-4
Mariners 0 0 3.86 4 0 0 4 1 0 4.2 5 21 2 2 0 2 0 6 1-3
Orioles 0 1 2.08 4 0 0 4 0 0 4.1 3 17 1 1 0 1 0 2 0-4
Red Sox 0 1 1.42 6 0 0 5 1 0 12.2 6 44 2 2 1 2 0 6 2-4
Royals 0 1 5.00 5 0 0 4 3 0 9.0 12 43 5 5 1 2 2 2 3-2
Tigers 1 1 11.37 4 0 0 2 1 0 6.1 7 29 8 8 2 3 0 3 2-2
Twins 2 1 3.97 6 0 0 1 1 0 11.1 12 53 8 5 2 4 1 7 4-2
White Sox 0 1 2.84 6 0 0 6 0 0 6.1 7 28 2 2 0 1 2 1 0-6
Yankees 0 1 2.38 6 0 0 4 0 0 11.1 5 40 3 3 0 2 0 9 0-6
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