Sparky Lyle
Born: July 22, 1944, DuBois, PAHeight: 6'1" Weight: 182 Bats: Left Throws: Left
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1967 Boston AL 22 1 2 2.28 27 0 0 16 11 5 0 43.1 33 173 13 11 3 13 1 2 42 1968 Boston AL 23 6 1 2.74 49 0 0 20 29 11 0 65.2 67 274 25 20 6 12 2 0 52 1969 Boston AL 24 8 3 2.54 71 0 0 27 44 17 0 102.2 91 439 33 29 8 44 4 1 93 1970 Boston AL 25 1 7 3.88 63 0 0 23 40 20 0 67.1 62 297 37 29 5 29 5 1 51 1971 Boston AL 26 6 4 2.75 50 0 0 14 36 16 0 52.1 41 209 16 16 5 21 2 0 37 1972 New York AL 27 9 5 1.92 59 0 0 3 56 35 0 107.2 84 427 25 23 3 22 7 0 75 1973 New York AL 28 5 9 2.51 51 0 0 6 45 27 0 82.1 66 330 30 23 4 16 2 0 63 1974 New York AL 29 9 3 1.66 66 0 0 7 59 15 0 114.0 93 469 30 21 6 36 7 1 89 1975 New York AL 30 5 7 3.12 49 0 0 12 37 6 0 89.1 94 387 34 31 1 31 5 2 65 1976 New York AL 31 7 8 2.26 64 0 0 6 58 23 0 103.2 82 420 33 26 5 35 7 0 61 1977 New York AL 32 13 5 2.17 72 0 0 12 60 26 0 137.0 131 554 41 33 7 27 6 2 68 1978 New York AL 33 9 3 3.47 59 0 0 26 33 9 0 111.2 116 470 46 43 6 25 8 4 33 1979 Texas AL 34 5 8 3.13 67 0 0 14 53 13 0 95.0 78 384 37 33 9 22 6 0 48 1980 Texas AL 35 3 2 4.69 49 0 0 17 32 8 0 80.2 97 353 47 42 9 22 6 0 43 1980 Philadelphia NL 35 0 0 1.93 10 0 0 5 5 2 0 14.0 11 59 5 3 0 5 1 0 6 1981 Philadelphia NL 36 9 6 4.44 48 0 0 29 19 2 0 75.0 85 332 40 37 4 24 9 1 29 1982 Philadelphia NL 37 3 3 5.15 34 0 0 23 11 2 0 36.2 50 167 23 21 3 9 3 0 12 1982 Chicago AL 37 0 0 3.00 11 0 0 5 6 1 0 12.0 11 50 4 4 0 7 0 0 6 TOTALS 99 76 2.88 899 0 0 265 634 238 0 1390.1 1292 5794 519 445 84 400 81 14 873
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1967 Boston AL 27 155 13 33 49 5 1 3 0 2 1 0 13 1 2 42 3 .213 .316 .283 1968 Boston AL 49 257 25 67 101 10 3 6 2 1 0 0 12 2 0 52 7 .261 .393 .298 1969 Boston AL 71 379 33 91 135 14 3 8 6 5 2 4 44 4 1 93 12 .240 .356 .323 1970 Boston AL 63 254 37 62 90 11 1 5 7 1 2 0 29 5 1 51 6 .244 .354 .334 1971 Boston AL 50 180 16 41 61 3 1 5 3 3 0 1 21 2 0 37 7 .228 .339 .311 1972 New York AL 59 388 25 84 110 11 3 3 5 5 0 0 22 7 0 75 12 .216 .284 .268 1973 New York AL 51 306 30 66 84 6 0 4 4 2 3 2 16 2 0 63 6 .216 .275 .258 1974 New York AL 66 412 30 93 122 11 0 6 8 5 1 1 36 7 1 89 9 .226 .296 .297 1975 New York AL 49 342 34 94 113 14 1 1 4 3 3 4 31 5 2 65 5 .275 .330 .345 1976 New York AL 64 365 33 82 109 8 2 5 9 4 6 2 35 7 0 61 13 .225 .299 .302 1977 New York AL 72 509 41 131 174 12 5 7 5 5 7 7 27 6 2 68 18 .257 .342 .302 1978 New York AL 59 417 46 116 160 20 3 6 9 7 4 6 25 8 4 33 16 .278 .384 .332 1979 Texas AL 67 345 37 78 118 13 0 9 10 1 1 3 22 6 0 48 6 .226 .342 .283 1980 Texas AL 49 317 47 97 145 15 3 9 5 3 4 3 22 6 0 43 10 .306 .457 .359 1980 Philadelphia NL 10 50 5 11 15 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 1 0 6 0 .220 .300 .293 1981 Philadelphia NL 48 282 40 85 118 17 2 4 12 4 8 3 24 9 1 29 6 .301 .418 .372 1982 Philadelphia NL 34 153 23 50 66 7 0 3 1 1 1 1 9 3 0 12 3 .327 .431 .373 1982 Chicago AL 11 42 4 11 14 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 0 0 6 2 .262 .333 .360
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1967 Boston AL 22 27 8 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .250 .375 .250 1968 Boston AL 23 49 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .125 .125 .125 1969 Boston AL 24 71 17 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 .118 .118 .167 1970 Boston AL 25 63 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .071 1971 Boston AL 26 50 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1972 New York AL 27 59 21 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 .190 .238 .227 1973 New York AL 28 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 New York AL 29 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 New York AL 30 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 New York AL 31 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 New York AL 32 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 New York AL 33 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 Texas AL 34 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 Texas AL 35 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 Philadelphia NL 35 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1981 Philadelphia NL 36 48 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .400 .400 .500 1982 Philadelphia NL 37 34 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .667 1982 Chicago AL 37 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 899 78 8 15 17 2 0 0 4 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 26 0 .192 .218 .241
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1967 Boston AL P 43.1 0 27 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.45 1 0 1 1968 Boston AL P 65.2 0 49 5 6 3 0 .786 1.51 0 0 1 1969 Boston AL P 102.2 0 71 3 19 3 3 .880 1.93 2 4 1 1970 Boston AL P 67.1 0 63 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.07 2 0 0 1971 Boston AL P 52.1 0 50 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.06 0 1 0 1972 New York AL P 107.2 0 59 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.25 0 0 0 1973 New York AL P 82.1 0 51 2 13 2 0 .882 1.64 3 2 1 1974 New York AL P 114.0 0 66 3 11 1 2 .933 1.11 1 1 0 1975 New York AL P 89.1 0 49 2 16 4 1 .818 1.81 3 4 1 1976 New York AL P 103.2 0 64 3 11 2 1 .875 1.22 6 2 0 1977 New York AL P 137.0 0 72 2 22 2 0 .923 1.58 7 7 1 1978 New York AL P 111.2 0 59 9 18 1 3 .964 2.18 4 6 0 1979 Texas AL P 95.0 0 67 2 11 2 0 .867 1.23 1 3 1 1980 Texas AL P 80.2 0 49 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.56 4 3 0 1980 Philadelphia NL P 14.0 0 10 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 1 0 1981 Philadelphia NL P 75.0 0 48 6 17 0 0 1.000 2.76 8 3 4 1982 Philadelphia NL P 36.2 0 34 3 10 1 1 .929 3.19 1 1 1 1982 Chicago AL P 12.0 0 11 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (June 17, 1964).
- Selected by Boston Red Sox from Baltimore Orioles in the first-year minor league draft (November 30, 1964).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees in exchange for Danny Cater and a player to be named later (March 22, 1972); Boston Red Sox received Mario Guerrero (June 30, 1972).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Domingo Ramos, Mike Heath, Larry McCall, Dave Rajsich and cash to Texas Rangers in exchange for Dave Righetti, Juan Beniquez, Mike Griffin, Paul Mirabella andGreg Jemison (November 10, 1978).
- Traded by Texas Rangers to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for a player to be named later (September 13, 1980); Texas Rangers received Kevin Saucier (November 19, 1980).
- Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago White Sox (August 21, 1982).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (October 12, 1982).
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