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Sparky Lyle | Major Leaguer 1967-1982

Full Name: Albert Walter Lyle
Born: July 22,1944 in DuBois, Pennsylvania
Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: -
College:

Debut: July 4,1967

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Transactions: [Jun 17,1964] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Orioles. [Nov 30,1964] - Selected by Red Sox from Orioles in first year minor league draft. [Mar 22,1972] - Traded by Red Sox to Yankees for Mario Guerrero and Danny Cater. [Nov 10,1978] - Traded by Yankees with Dave Rajsich, Larry McCall, Mike Heath, Domingo Ramos and Cash to Rangers for Greg Jemison, Paul Mirabella, Mike Griffin, Juan Beniquez and Dave Righetti. [Sep 13,1980] - Traded by Rangers to Phillies for Kevin Saucier. [Aug 21,1982] - Purchased by White Sox from Phillies. [Oct 12,1982] - Released by White Sox.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1964	Bluefield	App	19	Bal	Rk	3	2	4.36	7						33.0	23	19	16		25	44			6.27	---	6.82	12.00	1.45	--
	Fox Cities	Midw	19	Bal	A	3	1	2.31	6						35.0	30	14	9		18	51			7.71	---	4.63	13.11	1.37	--
1965	Winst-Salm	Caro	20	Bos	A+	5	5	4.24	37						87.0	84	45	41		55	79			8.69	---	5.69	8.17	1.60	--
1966	Pittsfield	NYPL	21	Bos	A-	4	2	3.65	40						74.0	62	35	30		43	72			7.54	---	5.23	8.76	1.42	--
1967	Toronto	IL	22	Bos	AAA	2	2	1.71	16						21.0	13	5	4		14	17			5.57	---	6.00	7.29	1.29	--
	Boston	AL	22	Bos	MLB	1	2	2.28	27	0	0	0	11	5	43.1	33	13	11	3	14	42	5	2	6.85	0.62	2.91	8.72	1.08	65%
1968	Boston	AL	23	Bos	MLB	6	1	2.74	49	0	0	0	29	11	65.2	67	25	20	6	14	52	5	1	9.18	0.82	1.92	7.13	1.23	60%
1969	Boston	AL	24	Bos	MLB	8	3	2.54	71	0	0	0	44	17	102.2	91	33	29	8	48	93	8	1	7.98	0.70	4.21	8.15	1.35	62%
1970	Boston	AL	25	Bos	MLB	1	7	3.88	63	0	0	0	40	20	67.1	62	37	29	5	34	51	1	1	8.29	0.67	4.54	6.82	1.43	55%
1971	Boston	AL	26	Bos	MLB	6	4	2.75	50	0	0	0	36	16	52.1	41	16	16	5	23	37	4	0	7.05	0.86	3.96	6.36	1.22	49%
1972	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	9	5	1.92	59	0	0	0	56	35	107.2	84	25	23	3	29	75	5	0	7.02	0.25	2.42	6.27	1.05	59%
1973	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	5	9	2.51	51	0	0	0	45	27	82.1	66	30	23	4	18	63	3	0	7.21	0.44	1.97	6.89	1.02	53%
1974	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	9	3	1.66	66	0	0	0	59	15	114.0	93	30	21	6	43	89	7	0	7.34	0.47	3.39	7.03	1.19	64%
1975	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	5	7	3.12	49	0	0	0	37	6	89.1	94	34	31	1	36	65	5	1	9.47	0.10	3.63	6.55	1.46	63%
1976	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	7	8	2.26	64	0	0	0	58	23	103.2	82	33	26	5	42	61	3	0	7.12	0.43	3.65	5.30	1.20	54%
1977	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	13	5	2.17	72	0	0	0	60	26	137.0	131	41	33	7	33	68	10	0	8.61	0.46	2.17	4.47	1.20	52%
1978	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	9	3	3.47	59	0	0	0	33	9	111.2	116	46	43	6	33	33	1	0	9.35	0.48	2.66	2.66	1.33	45%
1979	Texas	AL	34	Tex	MLB	5	8	3.13	67	0	0	0	53	13	95.0	78	37	33	9	28	48	2	0	7.39	0.85	2.65	4.55	1.12	57%
1980	Philadelph	NL	35	Phi	MLB	0	0	1.93	10	0	0	0	5	2	14.0	11	5	3	0	6	6	1	0	7.07	0.00	3.86	3.86	1.21	58%
	Texas	AL	35	Tex	MLB	3	2	4.69	49	0	0	0	32	8	80.2	97	47	42	9	28	43	1	2	10.82	1.00	3.12	4.80	1.55	53%
1981	Philadelph	NL	36	Phi	MLB	9	6	4.44	48	0	0	0	19	2	75.0	85	40	37	4	33	29	3	2	10.20	0.48	3.96	3.48	1.57	61%
1982	Philadelph	NL	37	Phi	MLB	3	3	5.16	34	0	0	0	11	2	36.2	50	23	21	3	12	12	1	0	12.27	0.74	2.95	2.95	1.69	52%
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	37	Chw	MLB	0	0	3.00	11	0	0	0	6	1	12.0	11	4	4	0	7	6	1	0	8.25	0.00	5.25	4.50	1.50	36%

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)						99	76	2.88	899	0	0	0	634	238	1,390.1	1292	519	445	84	481	873	66	10	8.36	0.54	3.11	5.65	1.28	56%
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						17	12	3.60	106						250.0	212	118	100		155	263			7.63	---	5.58	9.47	1.47	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1967	Boston	AL	22	Bos	MLB	p	9	27	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	625	100%
1968	Boston	AL	23	Bos	MLB	p	9	49	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	50%
1969	Boston	AL	24	Bos	MLB	p	9	71	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	285	70%
1970	Boston	AL	25	Bos	MLB	p	9	63	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	071	43%
1971	Boston	AL	26	Bos	MLB	p	9	50	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	40%
1972	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	p	9	59	21	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	0	0	2	0	0	.190	.227	.238	465	50%
1973	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	p	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1974	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	p	0	66	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1975	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	p	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1976	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	p	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	p	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1978	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	p	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1979	Texas	AL	34	Tex	MLB	p	0	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1980	Philadelph	NL	35	Phi	MLB	p	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Texas	AL	35	Tex	MLB	p	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	Philadelph	NL	36	Phi	MLB	p	9	48	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.400	.500	.400	900	67%
1982	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	37	Chw	MLB	p	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Philadelph	NL	37	Phi	MLB	p	9	34	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1167	67%

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)								899	78	8	15	2	0	0	4	1	0	5	26	0	0	5	0	0	.192	.241	.218	459	58%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1976	NY Yankees	AL	31		Ch	0	0	0.00	1		0			1	1.0	0		0		1	0			0.00	---	9.00	0.00	1.00	--
	NY Yankees	AL	31		Ws	0	0	0.00	2		0			0	2.2	1		0		0	3			3.38	---	0.00	10.15	0.38	--
1977	NY Yankees	AL	32		Ch	2	0	0.96	4		0			0	9.1	7		1		0	3			6.75	---	0.00	2.89	0.75	--
	NY Yankees	AL	32		Ws	1	0	1.93	2		0			0	4.2	2		1		0	2			3.86	---	0.00	3.86	0.43	--
1978	NY Yankees	AL	33		Ch	0	0	13.53	1		0			0	1.1	3		2		0	0			20.30	---	0.00	0.00	2.26	--
1981	Philadelph	NL	36		Div	0	0	0.00	3		0			0	2.1	4		0		2	1			15.45	---	7.73	3.86	2.58	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						3	0	1.69	13		0			1	21.1	17		4		3	9			7.17	---	1.27	3.80	0.94	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1976	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	Ch	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	Ws	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1978	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	Philadelph	NL	36	Phi	Div	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1967	Boston	AL	22	Bos	MLB	P	27		43.1	2	5	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.45

1968	Boston	AL	23	Bos	MLB	P	49		65.2	5	6	3	14	0	-	-	-	.786	1.51

1969	Boston	AL	24	Bos	MLB	P	71		102.2	3	19	3	25	3	-	-	-	.880	1.93

1970	Boston	AL	25	Bos	MLB	P	63		67.1	1	7	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.07

1971	Boston	AL	26	Bos	MLB	P	50		52.1	2	10	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.06

1972	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	P	59		107.2	4	11	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.25

1973	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	P	51		82.1	2	13	2	17	0	-	-	-	.882	1.64

1974	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	P	66		114	3	11	1	15	2	-	-	-	.933	1.11

1975	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	P	49		89.1	2	16	4	22	1	-	-	-	.818	1.81

1976	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	P	64		103.2	3	11	2	16	1	-	-	-	.875	1.22

1977	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	P	72		137	2	22	2	26	0	-	-	-	.923	1.58

1978	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	P	59		111.2	9	18	1	28	3	-	-	-	.964	2.18

1979	Texas	AL	34	Tex	MLB	P	67		95	2	11	2	15	0	-	-	-	.867	1.23

1980	Philadelph	NL	35	Phi	MLB	P	10		14	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
1980	Texas	AL	35	Tex	MLB	P	49		80.2	4	10	0	14	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.56

1981	Philadelph	NL	36	Phi	MLB	P	48		75	6	17	0	23	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.76

1982	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	37	Chw	MLB	P	11		12	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.50
1982	Philadelph	NL	37	Phi	MLB	P	34		36.2	3	10	1	14	1	-	-	-	.929	3.19

Awards

[1972] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #3), AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #7) [1973] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1974] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #25) [1976] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #22), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1977] - American League Cy Young Award, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #6), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1988] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (56 votes - 13.11%) [1989] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (25 votes - 5.59%) [1990] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (25 votes - 5.63%) [1991] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (15 votes - 3.39%) [1999] - Atlantic League Manager of the Year [2003] - Atlantic League Manager of the Year

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion New York Yankees in 1977.

Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1973, 1976-1977)

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