Sparky Lyle
Sparky Lyle
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Sparky Lyle
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1967 BOS A Daily Splits 27 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 0.0 1967 BOS A
1968 BOS A Daily Splits 49 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0.0 1968 BOS A
1969 BOS A Daily Splits 71 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 .167 .118 0.0 1969 BOS A
1970 BOS A Daily Splits 63 13 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .071 .000 0.0 1970 BOS A
1971 BOS A Daily Splits 50 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.0 1971 BOS A
1972 NY A Daily Splits 59 21 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .190 .227 .238 0.0 1972 NY A
1973 NY A 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1973 NY A
1974 NY A Daily Splits 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1974 NY A
1975 NY A 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1975 NY A
1976 NY A 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1976 NY A
1977 NY A 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1977 NY A
1978 NY A 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1978 NY A
1979 TEX A 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1979 TEX A
1980 TEX A 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1980 TEX A
1980 PHI N 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1980 PHI N
1980 Total 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1980 Total
1981 PHI N Daily Splits 48 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .400 0.0 1981 PHI N
1982 PHI N Daily Splits 34 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 0.0 1982 PHI N
1982 CHI A 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1982 CHI A
1982 Total 45 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 0.0 1982 Total
Total NL 92 7 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .429 .556 .429 0.0 Total NL
Total AL 807 71 6 12 2 0 0 3 3 0 24 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 .169 .203 .197 0.0 Total AL
Total Splits 899 78 8 15 2 0 0 4 5 0 26 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 .192 .241 .218 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
Division Series Batting Record Division Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1981 PHI N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1981 PHI N
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1976 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1976 NY A
1977 NY A 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1977 NY A
1978 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1978 NY A
Total 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1976 NY A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1976 NY A
1977 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 NY A
Total Splits 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1973 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1973 AL
1977 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1977 AL
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1967 BOS A Daily Splits 27 0 0 0 11 5 43.1 33 173 3 13 11 14 1 42 0 2 5 2 2 5 1 3 1 1 2 2.28 0.5 1967 BOS A
1968 BOS A Daily Splits 49 0 0 0 29 11 65.2 67 274 6 25 20 14 2 52 2 1 5 0 1 10 3 7 6 6 1 2.74 0.2 1968 BOS A
1969 BOS A Daily Splits 71 0 0 0 44 17 102.2 91 439 8 33 29 48 4 93 6 5 8 1 1 14 3 12 10 8 3 2.54 2.0 1969 BOS A
1970 BOS A Daily Splits 63 0 0 0 40 20 67.1 62 297 5 37 29 34 5 51 7 1 1 1 1 11 1 6 7 1 7 3.88 -0.3 1970 BOS A
1971 BOS A Daily Splits 50 0 0 0 36 16 52.1 41 209 5 16 16 23 2 37 3 3 4 0 0 3 1 7 0 6 4 2.75 1.4 1971 BOS A
1972 NY A Daily Splits 59 0 0 0 56 35 107.2 84 427 3 25 23 29 7 75 5 5 5 0 0 11 3 12 5 9 5 1.92 3.0 1972 NY A
1973 NY A Daily Splits 51 0 0 0 45 27 82.1 66 330 4 30 23 18 2 63 4 2 3 0 0 6 0 6 10 5 9 2.51 2.0 1973 NY A
1974 NY A Daily Splits 66 0 0 0 59 15 114 93 469 6 30 21 43 7 89 8 5 7 1 0 11 0 9 11 9 3 1.66 2.9 1974 NY A
1975 NY A Daily Splits 49 0 0 0 37 6 89.1 94 387 1 34 31 36 5 65 4 3 5 2 1 14 1 5 3 5 7 3.12 0.9 1975 NY A
1976 NY A Daily Splits 64 0 0 0 58 23 103.2 82 420 5 33 26 42 7 61 9 4 3 0 0 8 2 13 6 7 8 2.26 2.3 1976 NY A
1977 NY A Daily Splits 72 0 0 0 60 26 137 131 554 7 41 33 33 6 68 5 5 10 2 0 12 5 18 10 13 5 2.17 4.3 1977 NY A
1978 NY A Daily Splits 59 0 0 0 33 9 111.2 116 470 6 46 43 33 8 33 9 7 1 4 0 20 3 16 9 9 3 3.47 0.4 1978 NY A
1979 TEX A Daily Splits 67 0 0 0 53 13 95 78 384 9 37 33 28 6 48 10 1 2 0 0 13 0 6 7 5 8 3.13 1.7 1979 TEX A
1980 TEX A Daily Splits 49 0 0 0 32 8 80.2 97 353 9 47 42 28 6 43 5 3 1 0 2 15 3 10 5 3 2 4.69 -0.5 1980 TEX A
1980 PHI N Daily Splits 10 0 0 0 5 2 14 11 59 0 5 3 6 1 6 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1.93 0.1 1980 PHI N
1980 Total 59 0 0 0 37 10 94.2 108 412 9 52 45 34 7 49 6 5 2 0 2 19 3 10 6 3 2 4.28 -0.4 1980 Total
1981 PHI N Daily Splits 48 0 0 0 19 2 75 85 332 4 40 37 33 9 29 12 4 3 1 2 17 2 6 2 9 6 4.44 -1.1 1981 PHI N
1982 PHI N Daily Splits 34 0 0 0 11 2 36.2 50 167 3 23 21 12 3 12 1 1 1 0 0 7 0 3 2 3 3 5.15 -0.8 1982 PHI N
1982 CHI A Daily Splits 11 0 0 0 6 1 12 11 50 0 4 4 7 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 3.00 0.1 1982 CHI A
1982 Total 45 0 0 0 17 3 48.2 61 217 3 27 25 19 3 18 1 2 2 0 0 8 1 5 2 3 3 4.62 -0.7 1982 Total
Total NL 92 0 0 0 35 6 125.2 146 558 7 68 61 51 13 47 14 7 5 1 2 28 2 9 5 12 9 4.37 -1.8 Total NL
Total AL 807 0 0 0 599 232 1264.2 1146 5236 77 451 384 430 68 826 77 48 61 13 8 154 27 132 90 87 67 2.73 20.9 Total AL
Total Splits 899 0 0 0 634 238 1390.1 1292 5794 84 519 445 481 81 873 91 55 66 14 10 182 29 141 95 99 76 2.88 19.1 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
Division Series Pitching Record Division Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1981 PHI N Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 1981 PHI N
League Championship Series Pitching Record League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1976 NY A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1976 NY A
1977 NY A Daily Splits 4 0 0 0 4 0 9.1 7 32 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0.96 1977 NY A
1978 NY A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.1 3 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 1978 NY A
Total Splits 6 0 0 0 6 1 11.2 10 43 0 3 3 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2.31 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1976 NY A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.2 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 1976 NY A
1977 NY A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 2 0 4.2 2 16 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.93 1977 NY A
Total Splits 4 0 0 0 4 0 7.1 3 26 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.23 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1973 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1973 AL
1977 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 9 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 1977 AL
Total Splits 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 13 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1967 BOS A Daily P 27 0 0 43.1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.000
1968 BOS A Daily P 49 0 0 65.2 5 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 .786
1969 BOS A Daily P 71 0 0 102.2 3 19 3 3 0 2 4 2 1 .880
1970 BOS A Daily P 63 0 0 67.1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
1971 BOS A Daily P 50 0 0 52.1 2 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
1972 NY A Daily P 59 0 0 107.2 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 NY A Daily P 51 0 0 82.1 2 13 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 .882
1974 NY A Daily P 66 0 0 114 3 11 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 .933
1975 NY A Daily P 49 0 0 89.1 2 16 4 1 0 4 4 3 1 .818
1976 NY A Daily P 64 0 0 103.2 3 11 2 1 0 2 2 6 0 .875
1977 NY A Daily P 72 0 0 137 2 22 2 0 0 2 7 7 1 .923
1978 NY A Daily P 59 0 0 111.2 9 18 1 3 0 1 6 4 0 .964
1979 TEX A Daily P 67 0 0 95 2 11 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 .867
1980 TEX A Daily P 49 0 0 80.2 4 10 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1.000
1980 PHI N Daily P 10 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -
1980 Total P 59 0 0 94.2 4 10 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 1.000
1981 PHI N Daily P 48 0 0 75 6 17 0 0 0 1 3 8 4 1.000
1982 PHI N Daily P 34 0 0 36.2 3 10 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .929
1982 CHI A Daily P 11 0 0 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1982 Total P 45 0 0 48.2 4 11 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 .938
Total P 899 0 0 1390.1 54 198 21 12 0 17 39 45 12 .923
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Division Series Fielding Record Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1981 PHI N Daily P 3 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1976 NY A Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1977 NY A Daily P 4 0 0 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
1978 NY A Daily P 1 0 0 1.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total P 6 0 0 11.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1976 NY A Daily P 2 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1977 NY A Daily P 2 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 4 0 0 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1973 AL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1977 AL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions 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 and Greg 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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