Sparky Lyle

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 182lb (185cm, 82kg)

Born: July 22, 1944 in Du Bois, PA us

High School: Reynoldsville-Sykesville HS (Reynoldsville, PA)

Debut: July 4, 1967 (Age 22-347d, 12,591st in major league history)
vs. CAL 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1982 (Age 38-067d)
vs. SEA 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: Albert Walter Lyle

Nicknames: Sparky or The Count

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.2

ERA

2.88

899

238

1390.1

873

WHIP

1.275

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	NYY		MIL	W,3-0	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 11	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-5		20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (2)	Apr 16	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-4	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	11 (3)	Apr 20	NYY		TOR	W,7-5	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	12	Apr 21	NYY		TOR	W,8-6	GF	2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	16 (3)	Apr 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	18 (1)	Apr 27	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	19	Apr 29	NYY		SEA	W,3-0	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	21 (1)	May 1	NYY		SEA	W,5-2	GF	12	3.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
10	27 (5)	May 11	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-5	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	31 (3)	May 15	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	32	May 16	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-8	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	33	May 17	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-2	GF	25	6.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
14	36 (2)	May 21	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	37	May 22 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,1-5		5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	41 (3)	May 25 (1)	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	43 (1)	May 27	NYY		CHW	W,8-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	44	May 28	NYY		CHW	L,4-9	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	47 (2)	May 31	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	48	Jun 1	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	49	Jun 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-3	GF	10	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	51 (1)	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	52	Jun 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
24	57 (4)	Jun 10	NYY		MIN	W,4-1	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	58	Jun 11	NYY		MIN	W,6-5	GF	15	4.0	1	0	1	2	0	P
26	60 (1)	Jun 13	NYY		KCR	L,3-8		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	64 (3)	Jun 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	68 (3)	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,12-11		11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	69	Jun 24	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	71 (1)	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	73 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	L,5-8	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	76 (2)	Jul 1	NYY		DET	L,1-5		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	77	Jul 2	NYY		DET	W,6-4	GF	15	4.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
34	79 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	NYY		DET	L,6-10		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	81 (1)	Jul 5	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GF	14	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	83 (1)	Jul 8	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-5	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	84	Jul 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	86 (1)	Jul 11	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4		1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	88 (1)	Jul 13	NYY	@	MIL	L,8-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	89	Jul 14	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-3	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	91 (1)	Jul 16	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-5	GF	9	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	94 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		MIL	L,4-5		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	95	Jul 22	NYY		MIL	L,3-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	98 (2)	Jul 26	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	99	Jul 27	NYY		BAL	L,4-6	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	101 (1)	Jul 29	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-0	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	108 (6)	Aug 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-9	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	114 (5)	Aug 13	NYY		CAL	L,5-6	GF	25	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
49	117 (2)	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	W,11-10		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	118	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	121 (1)	Aug 20	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-2	GF	5	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	122	Aug 21	NYY	@	TEX	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	126 (2)	Aug 25	NYY		MIN	W,6-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	127	Aug 26	NYY		TEX	W,6-5	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	130 (2)	Aug 29	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
58	131	Aug 30	NYY		SEA	W,6-5	GF	14	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	132	Aug 31	NYY		SEA	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	136 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	7	1.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
61	138 (1)	Sep 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	GF	18	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
62	143 (4)	Sep 11 (1)	NYY		TOR	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	144	Sep 11 (2)	NYY		TOR	L,4-6	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
64	147 (2)	Sep 15	NYY		BOS	L,3-7		11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	149 (1)	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,9-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	150	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	151	Sep 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
68	155 (3)	Sep 25 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,2-0	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	156	Sep 26	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
70	157	Sep 27	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	GF	7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
71	160 (2)	Sep 30	NYY		DET	L,2-5	GF	8	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
72	161	Oct 1	NYY		DET	L,7-10		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							72gm		137.0	2	22	2	26	0