Sparky Lyle Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac

Sparky Lyle Stats

Sparky Lyle was born on Saturday, July 22, 1944, in DuBois, Pennsylvania. Lyle was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 4, 1967, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Sparky Lyle baseball stats page.

"Why pitch nine innings when you can get just as famous pitching two?" - Sparky Lyle

Sparky Lyle

Sparky Lyle Autograph on a 1979 Topps (#365)

Career

Birth Name:	Albert Walter Lyle
Nickname:	Sparky
Born On:	07-22-1944
Born In:	DuBois, Pennsylvania
Zodiac:	Cancer
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Left
Height:	6-01
Weight:	192
First Game:	07-04-1967 (Age 22)
Last Game:	09-27-1982
Draft:	Not Applicable

Sparky Lyle Sparky Lyle Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1967	Red Sox	27	0	11	1	2	.333	2.28	0	0	5	43.1	173	33	11	13	3	14	1	42	5	2	2	-
1968	Red Sox	49	0	29	6	1	.857	2.74	0	0	11	65.2	274	67	20	25	6	14	2	52	5	0	1	-
1969	Red Sox	71	0	44	8	3	.727	2.54	0	0	17	102.2	439	91	29	33	8	48	4	93	8	1	1	-
1970	Red Sox	63	0	40	1	7	.125	3.88	0	0	20	67.1	297	62	29	37	5	34	5	51	1	1	1	-
1971	Red Sox	50	0	36	6	4	.600	2.75	0	0	16	52.1	209	41	16	16	5	23	2	37	4	0	0	-
1972	Yankees	59	0	56	9	5	.643	1.92	0	0	35	107.2	427	84	23	25	3	29	7	75	5	0	0	-
1973	Yankees	51	0	45	5	9	.357	2.51	0	0	27	82.1	330	66	23	30	4	18	2	63	3	0	0	-
1974	Yankees	66	0	59	9	3	.750	1.66	0	0	15	114.0	469	93	21	30	6	43	7	89	7	1	0	-
1975	Yankees	49	0	37	5	7	.417	3.12	0	0	6	89.1	387	94	31	34	1	36	5	65	5	2	1	-
1976	Yankees	64	0	58	7	8	.467	2.26	0	0	23	103.2	420	82	26	33	5	42	7	61	3	0	0	-
1977	Yankees	72	0	60	13	5	.722	2.17	0	0	26	137.0	554	131	33	41	7	33	6	68	10	2	0	-
1978	Yankees	59	0	33	9	3	.750	3.47	0	0	9	111.2	470	116	43	46	6	33	8	33	1	4	0	-
1979	Rangers	67	0	53	5	8	.385	3.13	0	0	13	95.0	384	78	33	37	9	28	6	48	2	0	0	-
1980	Rangers	49	0	32	3	2	.600	4.69	0	0	8	80.2	353	97	42	47	9	28	6	43	1	0	2	-
1980	Phillies	10	0	5	0	0	.000	1.93	0	0	2	14.0	59	11	3	5	0	6	1	6	1	0	0	-
1981	Phillies	48	0	19	9	6	.600	4.44	0	0	2	75.0	332	85	37	40	4	33	9	29	3	1	2	-
1982	Phillies	34	0	11	3	3	.500	5.15	0	0	2	36.2	167	50	21	23	3	12	3	12	1	0	0	-
1982	White Sox	11	0	6	0	0	.000	3.00	0	0	1	12.0	50	11	4	4	0	7	0	6	1	0	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
16 Years		899	0	634	99	76	.566	2.88	0	0	238	1,390.1	5,794	1,292	445	519	84	481	81	873	66	14	10	-

Sparky Lyle Sparky Lyle Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1967	Red Sox	27	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375
1968	Red Sox	49	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125
1969	Red Sox	71	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118
1970	Red Sox	63	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000
1971	Red Sox	50	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
1972	Yankees	59	21	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	2	0	0	0	.190	.227	.238
1973	Yankees	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1974	Yankees	66	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1975	Yankees	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1976	Yankees	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1977	Yankees	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1978	Yankees	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1979	Rangers	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1980	Rangers	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1980	Phillies	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1981	Phillies	48	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.400	.500	.400
1982	Phillies	34	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500
1982	White Sox	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
16 Years		899	78	8	15	2	0	0	0	4	5	0	26	5	0	0	0	.192	.241	.218

Sparky Lyle Sparky Lyle Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1967 Red Sox	P	27	0	130	7	0.3	7	2	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.45	-
1968 Red Sox	P	49	0	197	14	0.3	11	5	6	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.786	1.51	-
1969 Red Sox	P	71	0	308	25	0.4	22	3	19	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.880	1.93	-
1970 Red Sox	P	63	0	202	8	0.1	8	1	7	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.07	-
1971 Red Sox	P	50	0	157	12	0.2	12	2	10	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.06	-
1972 Yankees	P	59	0	323	15	0.3	15	4	11	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.25	-
1973 Yankees	P	51	0	247	17	0.3	15	2	13	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.882	1.64	-
1974 Yankees	P	66	0	342	15	0.2	14	3	11	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.933	1.11	-
1975 Yankees	P	49	0	268	22	0.4	18	2	16	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.818	1.81	-
1976 Yankees	P	64	0	311	16	0.3	14	3	11	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.875	1.22	-
1977 Yankees	P	72	0	411	26	0.4	24	2	22	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.923	1.58	-
1978 Yankees	P	59	0	335	28	0.5	27	9	18	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	2.18	-
1979 Rangers	P	67	0	285	15	0.2	13	2	11	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.867	1.23	-
1980 Rangers	P	49	0	242	14	0.3	14	4	10	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.56	-
1980 Phillies	P	10	0	42	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1981 Phillies	P	48	0	225	23	0.5	23	6	17	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.76	-
1982 Phillies	P	34	0	110	14	0.4	13	3	10	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	3.19	-
1982 White Sox	P	11	0	36	2	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.50	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		899	0	4,171	273	0.3	252	54	198	21	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	.923	1.63	--
16 Years		899	0	4,171	273	0.3	252	54	198	21	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	.923	1.63	--

Sparky Lyle Sparky Lyle Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1967 Red Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.0	0.0	3.00	8.72	2.91
1968 Red Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.0	0.0	3.71	7.13	1.92
1969 Red Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.8	17.0	1.94	8.15	4.21
1970 Red Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.5	13.0	1.50	6.82	4.54
1971 Red Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.61	6.36	3.96
1972 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.1	21.0	2.59	6.27	2.42
1973 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.50	6.89	1.97
1974 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.07	7.03	3.39
1975 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.81	6.55	3.63
1976 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.45	5.30	3.65
1977 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.06	4.47	2.17
1978 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.00	2.66	2.66
1979 Rangers	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.71	4.55	2.65
1980 Rangers	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.54	4.80	3.12
1980 Phillies	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.00	3.86	3.86
1981 Phillies	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.88	3.48	3.96
1982 Phillies	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.00	2.95	2.95
1982 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.86	4.50	5.25
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
16 Years	1	0	1.000	-	-	0	0.0	3.0	19.5	1.81	5.65	3.11

Sparky Lyle Sparky Lyle Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1967 Boston Red Sox	15, 28	Undetermined	-	-
1968 Boston Red Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
1969 Boston Red Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
1970 Boston Red Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
1971 Boston Red Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
1972 New York Yankees	28	$45,000.00	-	-
1973 New York Yankees	28	$70,000.00	Stats	-
1974 New York Yankees	28	Undetermined	-	-
1975 New York Yankees	28	Undetermined	-	-
1976 New York Yankees	28	$90,000.00	Stats	Stats
1977 New York Yankees	28	$130,000.00	Stats	Stats
1978 New York Yankees	28	Undetermined	-	-
1979 Texas Rangers	28	Undetermined	-	-
1980 Texas Rangers	28	Undetermined	-	-
1980 Philadelphia Phillies	39	Undetermined	-	-
1981 Philadelphia Phillies	28	Undetermined	-	-
1982 Philadelphia Phillies	28	Undetermined	-	-
1982 Chicago White Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
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