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

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-31

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 28

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	28	2	Apr 11	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	7-7		99	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	---	---	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	-0.100	7.88	-0.14%	-0.64	7b 12- 1 out tie	7b 123 1 out tie
2	29	5	Apr 16	BOS		DET	L,2-9	8-GF		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.89	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.81	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
3	30	10	Apr 21	BOS		CLE	L,0-7	7-GF		4	3.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.60	2.19	15	2	7	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.11	0.00%	-0.78	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 7
4	31	15	Apr 29	BOS		MIN	L,2-11	8-GF		7	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.86	3.81	9	1	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.19	8t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 9
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	32	17	May 1	BOS		CAL	L,3-5	8-8		1	0.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.91	3.89	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.066	1.53	-0.08%	-0.69	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 1-3 1 out d1
6	33	20	May 4	BOS		OAK	L,2-4	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.32	3.47	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.012	.37	0.01%	0.41	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
7	34	21	May 5	BOS		OAK	L,2-3	8-8		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.00	3.16	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.063	1.05	0.06%	1.49	8t -23 0 out d2	8t 12- 2 out d2
8	35	29	May 14	BOS		WSA	W,5-4	8-GF(10)	W(1-0)	8	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	2.64	11	5	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.92	0.329	3.12	0.32%	1.22	8t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
9	36	30	May 15	BOS		WSA	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.92	2.47	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.030	2.03	0.03%	0.19	9t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
10	37	32	May 17	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	8-GF	W(2-0)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.51	2.18	7	3	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.154	3.56	0.20%	0.81	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 2
11	38	35	May 20	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-5	8-9		2	2.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.76	2.14	11	4	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.71	0.051	4.02	0.07%	-0.28	8b --- 0 out d1	9b 3 out tie
12	39	40	May 26	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-5	8-GF	BL(2-1)	5	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	3.57	3.63	5	3	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.78	-0.507	6.64	-0.73%	-0.58	8b 1-3 1 out a1	9b end d 1
13	40	44	May 30	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.46	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.36	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	41	48	Jun 3	BOS		DET	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.32	3.44	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.51	0.117	8.91	0.14%	0.32	9t --3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
15	42	49	Jun 4(1)	BOS		DET	W,2-0	9-GF	S(3)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	3.42	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	0.066	5.78	0.08%	0.39	9t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
16	43	50	Jun 4(2)	BOS		DET	L,0-2	7-8		-1	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.05	3.50	6	3	2	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.056	2.16	-0.08%	0.12	7t 123 2 out d1	8t 3 out d2
17	44	55	Jun 13(1)	BOS		CAL	L,2-4	8-8	BS(2)	8	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.32	3.35	6	1	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	-0.419	3.02	-0.26%	-1.64	8t 12- 0 out a1	8t 3 out d2
18	45	62	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.42	3.31	9	3	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.018	.32	-0.02%	-0.22	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
19	46	67	Jun 23(2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-10	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	3.28	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.40	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
20	47	68	Jun 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-6	5-5		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	3.25	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.021	.76	-0.02%	-0.22	5b 12- 1 out d3	5b 3 out d4
21	48	70	Jun 27	BOS		CLE	W,9-3	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.08	3.33	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.59	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 6
22	49	71	Jun 29(1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	7-8		1	1.2	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.54	3.74	8	4	0	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	.10	-0.049	.13	-0.04%	-2.50	7t 1-3 1 out d3	8t 3 out d7
23	50	73	Jun 30	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	10-10		0	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.45	4.29	4	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	-0.396	1.81	-0.15%	-2.84	10t 1-- 0 out tie	10t -2- 1 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	51	75	Jul 2	BOS		OAK	W,4-3	7-GF	W(3-1)	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.02	3.95	10	3	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.92	0.309	1.18	0.11%	2.17	7t 12- 0 out d1	9t end a 1
25	52	76	Jul 3	BOS		OAK	W,4-3	9-GF(11)	W(4-1)	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.71	3.71	9	3	3	2	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	0.578	1.87	0.24%	2.12	9t -23 1 out tie	11t end tie
26	53	83	Jul 12	BOS	@	CAL	W,3-2	8-GF	S(5)	8	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.50	3.58	8	3	3	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	2.67	0.201	2.61	0.12%	-0.34	8b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 1
27	54	84	Jul 13	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-6	8-8		0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	3.58	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.71	-0.196	1.69	-0.12%	-2.00	8b 1-- 1 out a3	8b 1-- 1 out a1
28	55	88	Jul 17	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-5	7-8	BW(5-1)	3	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.58	3.42	7	3	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	-0.053	3.83	-0.04%	0.21	7b 12- 1 out a1	8b 3 out tie
29	56	92	Jul 21(1)	BOS		WSA	W,4-3	9-GF	S(6)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.55	3.41	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	0.104	4.70	0.07%	0.28	9t -2- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
30	57	94	Jul 22	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-6	9-GF	S(7)	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.72	3.39	4	2	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.030	1.74	0.02%	-2.25	9b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 1
31	58	97	Jul 27	BOS	@	WSA	L,4-5	6-GF(8)		4	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.46	3.18	12	3	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.083	.78	0.06%	1.09	6b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
32	59	102	Jul 31	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	9-GF		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	3.17	2	2	0	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.39	-0.041	.54	-0.03%	-1.29	9t 123 2 out d2	9t end d 4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	60	104	Aug 2(1)	BOS		CAL	L,2-3	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.35	3.11	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.114	1.32	0.06%	1.36	8t 12- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
34	61	105	Aug 2(2)	BOS		CAL	W,6-1	8-GF	S(8)	-1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.20	3.03	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.037	.19	0.01%	0.81	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 5
35	62	107	Aug 3(2)	BOS		CAL	W,5-3	7-8	BW(6-1)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.09	2.96	5	0	3	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.058	1.37	0.03%	0.28	7t --3 1 out a1	8t 3 out tie
36	63	110	Aug 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-2	8-GF	S(9)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.96	2.82	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.006	.04	0.00%	0.80	8b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
37	64	114	Aug 10	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	7-7	BS(5)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.90	2.69	4	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	-0.103	5.34	-0.12%	-0.25	7b 1-- 0 out a1	7b 3 out tie
38	65	115	Aug 11(1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	7-12	BS(6)	0	5.2	2	1	0	1	8	0	0	2.60	2.42	21	7	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.97	0.263	2.51	0.20%	1.16	7b --- 1 out a1	12b 3 out tie
39	66	116	Aug 11(2)	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	9-GF		-1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	2.42	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.75	-0.187	4.59	-0.09%	-0.71	9b 1-3 1 out tie	9b end d 1
40	67	120	Aug 14(2)	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	7-GF	S(10)	2	2.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.48	2.35	11	3	3	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.092	.31	0.02%	0.26	7t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
41	68	122	Aug 16	BOS		DET	L,0-4	8-8		1	0.1	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.78	2.42	6	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.32	-0.095	.18	-0.03%	-3.05	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 123 1 out d4
42	69	123	Aug 17	BOS		DET	L,9-10	7-8		0	1.1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.72	2.39	6	0	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	-0.164	.61	-0.03%	-0.21	7t 12- 2 out tie	8t 3 out d1
43	70	131	Aug 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	7-8	H(1)	7	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.85	2.44	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	-0.180	.08	0.00%	-0.67	7b -2- 2 out a1	8b 12- 0 out a1
44	71	136	Aug 30	BOS		WSA	L,1-5	9-9	BS(7)	4	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	2.44	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.85	-0.400	.06	0.00%	-1.37	9t 12- 0 out a1	9t 1-3 0 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
45	72	149	Sep 14	BOS		MIN	L,3-7	9-GF		14	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2.95	2.66	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.59	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
46	73	151	Sep 16	BOS		BAL	L,1-8	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	2.66	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.41	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
47	74	157	Sep 23	BOS	@	WSA	L,5-6	8-9	BS(8)	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	2.65	5	3	2	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.61	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.24	8b 123 1 out a2	9b 3 out tie
48	75	160	Sep 27	BOS		NYY	W,12-2	9-GF	S(11)	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.78	2.66	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.41	9t --- 0 out a10	9t end a10
49	76	162	Sep 29	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.74	2.63	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.41	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
							18-31		W-L:6-1,Sv:11,BSv:8,Hld:1	2.3	65.2	67	25	20	14	52	6	0	2.74	2.63	274	1.96		7%	0%	63		50	42%	0	0	1	257	10	3	2	7	1	6	1.35	-0.395	1.51	-0.11%	-5.86

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