Roy Carlyle

Roy Edward Carlyle
(Dizzy)

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2½", Weight 195 lb.
• School Oglethorpe University
• Debut April 16, 1925
• Final Game September 13, 1926
• Born December 10, 1900 in Buford, GA USA
• Died November 22, 1956 in Norcross, GA USA

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Biographical Information

The brother of Cleo Carlyle, outfielder Roy Carlyle set a Southern Association record with 233 hits while playing for the Memphis Chicks in 1924. However, the mark was broken the following year by Wilbur Good. Nonetheless, this earned him a big league look, first in a one game cameo with the Washington Senators before spending the majority of his career with the Boston Red Sox. Despite a great bat (.312/.348/.450), his fielding (.910) was so wretched that he was gone after 1926, split between the Red Sox and Yankees. Cleo, playing only in 1927, made it three consecutive years of Carlyle boys in the Red Sox outfield, but washed out after that season.

Over the course of his minor league career, Carlyle had a .349 average and never hit below .326 in a full season. While with the Oakland Oaks in 1929, he hit a record 618-foot long homer at Emeryville Park. He had served in the United States Marines during World War I, although he was never deployed in the European theater.

Related Sites

• Roy Carlisle at the SABR Bio Project