Sparky Lyle
Albert Walter Lyle
Born: July 22, 1944
Du Bois, PA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 182
Career: 1967-1982
Minor League Statistics
Sparky Lyle compiled a career record of 99 wins and 76 losses in his 899-game career with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox. He began playing during the 1967 season and last took the field during the 1982 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1967 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.28 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 43.3 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 173 |
1968 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.74 | 49 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 65.7 | 67 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 274 |
1969 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.54 | 71 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 102.7 | 91 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 48 | 4 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 439 |
1970 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 7 | .125 | 3.88 | 63 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 67.3 | 62 | 37 | 29 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 297 |
1971 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.75 | 50 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 52.3 | 41 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 209 |
1972 | AL | New York Yankees | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1.92 | 59 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 107.7 | 84 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 29 | 7 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 427 |
1973 | AL | New York Yankees | 5 | 9 | .357 | 2.51 | 51 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 82.3 | 66 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 330 |
1974 | AL | New York Yankees | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1.66 | 66 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 114.0 | 93 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 43 | 7 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 469 |
1975 | AL | New York Yankees | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.12 | 49 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 89.3 | 94 | 34 | 31 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 387 |
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.26 | 64 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 103.7 | 82 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 42 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 420 |
1977 | AL | New York Yankees | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.17 | 72 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 137.0 | 131 | 41 | 33 | 7 | 33 | 6 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 554 |
1978 | AL | New York Yankees | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.47 | 59 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 111.7 | 116 | 46 | 43 | 6 | 33 | 8 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 470 |
1979 | AL | Texas Rangers | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.13 | 67 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 95.0 | 78 | 37 | 33 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 384 |
1980 | AL | Texas Rangers | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.69 | 49 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 80.7 | 97 | 47 | 42 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 353 |
1980 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | |
1981 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.44 | 48 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75.0 | 85 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 33 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 332 |
1982 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.15 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.7 | 50 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 167 |
1982 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | |
Totals | 99 | 76 | .566 | 2.88 | 899 | 0 | 634 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 1390.3 | 1292 | 519 | 445 | 84 | 481 | 81 | 873 | 14 | 10 | 66 | 5794 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1967 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 27 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1968 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 49 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1969 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 71 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1970 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 63 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1971 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 50 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1972 | AL | New York Yankees | 59 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .190 | .227 | .238 | .465 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1973 | AL | New York Yankees | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1974 | AL | New York Yankees | 66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1975 | AL | New York Yankees | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1977 | AL | New York Yankees | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1978 | AL | New York Yankees | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1979 | AL | Texas Rangers | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1980 | AL | Texas Rangers | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1980 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1981 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 48 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1982 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1982 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 899 | 88 | 78 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .192 | .241 | .218 | .459 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1967 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 27 | 0 | 43.3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.454 | .259 |
1968 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 49 | 0 | 65.7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 1.508 | .224 |
1969 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 71 | 0 | 102.7 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .880 | 1.929 | .310 |
1970 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 63 | 0 | 67.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.075 | .127 |
1971 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 50 | 0 | 52.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.077 | .240 |
1972 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 59 | 0 | 108.0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | .254 |
1973 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 51 | 0 | 82.3 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.640 | .294 |
1974 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 66 | 0 | 114.0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 1.105 | .212 |
1975 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 49 | 0 | 89.3 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .818 | 1.813 | .367 |
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 64 | 0 | 103.7 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.215 | .219 |
1977 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 72 | 0 | 137.0 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.577 | .333 |
1978 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 59 | 0 | 111.7 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 2.176 | .458 |
1979 | AL | Texas Rangers | P | 67 | 0 | 95.0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.232 | .194 |
1980 | AL | Texas Rangers | P | 49 | 0 | 80.7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.562 | .286 |
1980 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 10 | 0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1981 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 48 | 0 | 75.0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.760 | .479 |
1982 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 34 | 0 | 36.7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 3.191 | .382 |
1982 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 11 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .182 |
Totals | 899 | 0 | 1390.0 | 54 | 198 | 21 | 12 | .923 | 1.632 | .280 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1976 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
1977 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.96 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
1977 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.93 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
1978 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
1981 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | NEDIV | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
Totals | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.3 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1976 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1977 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1977 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1978 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1981 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | NEDIV | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1977 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | P | 4 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1977 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1978 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | P | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 2.000 |
1981 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | NEDIV | P | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
Totals | 13 | 0 | 21.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .844 | .154 |
Awards
1972 - AL TSN Fireman of the Year
1977 - AL Cy Young Award
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