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Sparky Lyle

Game Log for 1981
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI Apr 08 L, 2-3 at Reds Middle 1.0 3 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 18.00 L (0-1) PHI Apr 12 L, 3-7 at Cardinals Middle 2.0 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 2 9.00 PHI Apr 15 W, 4-3 vs Pirates Middle 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 PHI Apr 21 L, 3-10 at Expos Finish 2.2 4 15 3 3 0 1 1 2 7.04 PHI Apr 25 W, 7-5 at Cubs Finish 3.0 2 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.06 W (1-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI May 02 (1) L, 2-6 vs Giants Middle 1.0 2 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 5.40 PHI May 05 W, 8-7 vs Dodgers Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.97 W (2-1) PHI May 08 W, 11-7 vs Padres Middle 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.40 W (3-1) PHI May 10 L, 4-8 vs Padres Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.11 PHI May 12 L, 0-4 at Giants Finish 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.78 PHI May 13 L, 2-5 at Giants Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.38 PHI May 16 L, 1-2 at Padres Middle 1.1 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 3.15 PHI May 22 L, 1-3 at Pirates Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.00 PHI May 23 W, 6-4 at Pirates Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.95 PHI May 24 L, 1-7 at Pirates Finish 2.0 5 14 5 5 0 0 3 3 4.63 PHI May 29 L, 4-11 vs Cardinals Middle 3.0 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.10 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI Jun 01 W, 5-4 vs Mets Middle 2.0 3 10 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.13 W (4-1) PHI Jun 02 W, 9-7 vs Mets Middle 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.86 PHI Jun 05 L, 1-4 at Braves Middle 1.1 4 10 2 2 1 2 0 2 4.26 PHI Jun 07 W, 7-5 at Braves Middle 2.0 4 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 4.54 W (5-1) PHI Jun 08 W, 4-3 vs Astros Middle 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.41 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI Aug 10 L, 3-7 vs Cardinals Middle 2.0 4 10 2 2 1 1 0 1 4.66 PHI Aug 12 L, 3-11 vs Cardinals Middle 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.54 PHI Aug 16 L, 2-5 at Mets Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.31 PHI Aug 19 L, 3-6 at Reds Middle 1.1 4 9 3 3 0 2 0 0 4.83 L (5-2) PHI Aug 21 W, 5-4 vs Astros Middle 1.0 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.93 W (6-2) PHI Aug 22 W, 8-4 vs Astros Finish 2.1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.67 PHI Aug 24 W, 7-5 vs Braves Middle 0.1 2 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 4.84 PHI Aug 25 L, 2-12 vs Braves Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.73 PHI Aug 28 L, 2-3 at Astros Finish 0.1 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.70 L (6-3) PHI Aug 29 (1) L, 1-6 at Astros Finish 2.0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 PHI Aug 30 L, 4-5 at Astros Finish 2.1 3 11 1 1 0 2 0 1 4.47 L (6-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI Sep 02 L, 2-3 at Braves Middle 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.41 PHI Sep 03 L, 3-9 vs Reds Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.33 PHI Sep 04 W, 7-6 vs Reds Middle 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.25 W (7-4) PHI Sep 06 L, 4-5 vs Reds Finish 2.0 2 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.42 L (7-5) PHI Sep 07 L, 4-5 vs Expos Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.34 PHI Sep 09 W, 11-8 vs Expos Finish 1 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.26 PHI Sep 12 L, 2-6 at Pirates Middle 2.0 3 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 4.42 PHI Sep 17 W, 3-2 at Mets Middle 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.33 PHI Sep 20 W, 5-4 vs Pirates Finish 3.0 2 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.26 W (8-5) PHI Sep 21 L, 0-1 at Expos Middle 1.2 0 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.15 PHI Sep 23 W, 9-4 at Cardinals Finish 2 3.0 5 16 2 1 0 1 0 2 4.10 PHI Sep 27 (2) L, 0-14 at Cubs Middle 1.0 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.17 PHI Sep 29 L, 0-7 vs Mets Middle 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.11 PHI Sep 30 W, 8-5 vs Cardinals Middle 2.0 2 10 1 1 0 2 0 0 4.12 W (9-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI Oct 03 L, 4-8 vs Cubs Middle 2.0 5 12 4 4 0 1 0 1 4.50 L (9-6) PHI Oct 04 W, 2-1 vs Cubs Middle 1.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.44

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    6   3   5.14   29   0   0   0   0   0   42.0   53   192   25   24   4   18   3   15   13-16
As closer        3   3   3.55   19   0   0  19   2   0   33.0   32   140   15   13   0    6   6   14    6-13

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               81   18   24   30   3   0   1   17   0   1    8   1   1   10   2  .296  .370  .366  .736
vs RHB              201   25   61   88  14   2   3   23   8   2   16   8   0   19   4  .303  .438  .374  .812

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             7   2   3.38   25   0   0   9   1   0   37.1   37   155   15   14   2   12   1    9   14-11
Road             2   4   5.50   23   0   0  10   1   0   37.2   48   177   25   23   2   12   8   20    5-18

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              3   2   5.46   15   0   0   9   0   0   28.0   32   120   17   17   1    4   4   11    5-10
Night            6   4   3.83   33   0   0  10   2   0   47.0   53   212   23   20   3   20   5   18   14-19

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   1   5.06    5   0   0   2   0   0   10.2   14    49    6    6   0    2   1    7    2-3 
May              2   0   3.45   11   0   0   5   0   0   15.2   12    64    6    6   0    5   4    8    3-8 
June             2   0   5.40    5   0   0   0   0   0    8.1   13    41    5    5   2    3   1    4    4-1 
August           1   3   4.60   11   0   0   6   0   0   15.2   21    72   10    8   1    8   2    4    3-8 
September        3   1   3.32   14   0   0   6   2   0   21.2   18    89    9    8   1    5   1    5    6-8 
October          0   1  12.00    2   0   0   0   0   0    3.0    7    17    4    4   0    1   0    1    1-1 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   2   2.00    6   0   0   4   0   0    9.0   10    39    3    2   0    3   2    3    3-3 
Braves           1   0   8.44    5   0   0   1   0   0    5.1   11    29    6    5   1    3   0    3    2-3 
Cardinals        1   0   3.46    6   0   0   1   1   0   13.0   15    58    6    5   1    6   0    5    2-4 
Cubs             1   1   6.43    4   0   0   1   0   0    7.0   11    33    5    5   1    2   0    2    2-2 
Dodgers          1   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    1.0    1     4    0    0   0    0   0    1    1-0 
Expos            0   0   4.26    4   0   0   3   1   0    6.1    4    28    3    3   0    2   2    3    1-3 
Giants           0   0   2.08    3   0   0   1   0   0    4.1    2    16    1    1   0    3   0    0    0-3 
Mets             1   0   1.08    5   0   0   1   0   0    8.1    6    33    1    1   1    1   1    3    3-2 
Padres           1   0   0.00    3   0   0   1   0   0    4.0    3    16    0    0   0    1   1    2    1-2 
Pirates          1   0   6.97    6   0   0   3   0   0   10.1   12    46    8    8   0    1   3    6    3-3 
Reds             1   3   9.95    5   0   0   2   0   0    6.1   10    30    7    7   0    2   0    1    1-4 

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