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: 46-13

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 40, Entered with runners on base: 33

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	261	4	Apr 19	NYY		MIL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	99	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.40	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.028	1.81	0.03%	0.08	9t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
2	262	7	Apr 25	NYY		OAK	L,3-4	8-11		5	3.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.13	12	4	4	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.415	2.74	0.29%	1.43	8t --3 2 out tie	11t 3 out tie
3	263	11	Apr 30(1)	NYY		MIN	W,5-4	7-GF	BW(1-0)	4	2.1	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.50	2.40	11	4	1	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.47	-0.005	3.78	0.00%	0.12	7t 12- 2 out a1	9t end tie
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
4	264	16	May 7	NYY	@	OAK	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	2.40	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.11	0.01%	0.37	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
5	265	17	May 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-3	8-GF	S(2)	0	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.16	1.92	5	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.066	.88	0.03%	-0.40	8b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
6	266	20	May 12	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-3	8-GF	S(3)	3	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.86	1.57	4	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.040	.30	0.02%	0.54	8b 1-- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
7	267	23	May 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	8-GF	S(4)	3	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.54	1.97	7	3	3	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.118	1.81	0.08%	0.17	8b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
8	268	26	May 21(1)	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	9-GF	S(5)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	2.00	3	1	2	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.71	0.060	1.85	0.04%	0.15	9t 123 0 out a5	9t end a 3
9	269	27	May 21(2)	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	8-GF	S(6)	-1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.23	2.13	7	2	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.67	0.326	2.96	0.22%	1.11	8t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
10	270	29	May 24	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	8-GF	S(7)	2	2.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	2.16	9	6	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.126	1.54	0.10%	-0.25	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
11	271	32	May 27	NYY		DET	L,1-2	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.96	2.24	6	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.060	.79	0.05%	0.75	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
12	272	34	May 29(1)	NYY		DET	W,5-1	9-GF	S(8)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	2.24	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.003	.12	0.00%	0.30	9t --3 2 out a4	9t end a 4
13	273	35	May 29(2)	NYY		DET	W,4-2	8-GF	S(9)	-1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.86	2.16	6	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.157	1.31	0.11%	0.75	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
14	274	37	May 31	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-4	7-GF	S(10)	1	2.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.16	2.14	11	4	3	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	0.135	2.74	0.09%	-0.83	7b 1-3 2 out a3	9b end a 1
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
15	275	40	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,18-10	9-GF(13)	W(2-0)	2	5.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.95	2.22	18	10	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.462	1.14	0.26%	1.99	9b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 8
16	276	42	Jun 4(2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	9-GF	BL(2-1)	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.27	2.68	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	-0.830	3.99	-0.46%	-2.41	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b end d 1
17	277	44	Jun 7	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-5	6-GF	S(11)	2	3.2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.13	2.34	12	2	4	1	2	1		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.258	.90	0.13%	1.53	6b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
18	278	48	Jun 11	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	2.34	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.021	.57	0.01%	0.38	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
19	279	50	Jun 14	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	7-GF	S(12)	2	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	2.29	8	4	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.132	.52	0.06%	1.53	7t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
20	280	53	Jun 17(2)	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	8-GF	S(13)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.96	2.21	7	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.16	0.612	3.44	0.30%	2.22	8t -23 0 out a1	9t end a 1
21	281	54	Jun 20	NYY		KCR	W,4-2	7-GF	S(14)	2	2.1	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.13	2.17	11	4	1	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.116	1.06	0.06%	0.12	7t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
22	282	61	Jun 29	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	7-GF	S(15)	8	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	2.10	10	6	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.20	0.318	1.87	0.16%	1.13	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
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
23	283	65	Jul 2(2)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	7-GF	S(16)	2	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.98	2.03	10	6	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.164	.93	0.11%	1.13	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
24	284	68	Jul 6	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-2	6-GF	S(17)	3	3.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.91	2.07	12	5	4	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.094	.52	0.06%	1.52	6b 1-3 2 out a3	9b end a 4
25	285	70	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,1-0	11-GF(11)	S(18)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.89	2.00	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.01	0.299	4.83	0.17%	0.77	11b 1-- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
26	286	71	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-6	8-GF	S(19)	0	1.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.04	2.03	6	2	1	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.035	.67	0.03%	-0.15	8b 1-- 1 out a4	9b end a 3
27	287	76	Jul 14(2)	NYY		OAK	L,0-1	8-GF		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	2.01	7	2	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.060	.80	0.05%	0.75	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
28	288	83	Jul 22(1)	NYY		CAL	L,0-1	8-GF	L(2-2)	7	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.13	2.10	11	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.91	-0.227	1.45	-0.10%	-0.25	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
29	289	85	Jul 23	NYY		CAL	L,3-6	7-GF		0	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.07	2.06	11	4	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.11	0.012	.08	0.01%	1.13	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
30	290	86	Jul 27	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	7-GF	S(20)	3	2.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.03	2.06	9	4	1	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.083	.55	0.04%	1.12	7t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 4
31	291	87	Jul 28(1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-6	9-GF	BL(2-3)	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	1.30	2.24	5	1	2	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	-0.717	1.88	-0.34%	-2.68	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end d 1
32	292	91	Jul 31(1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-2	8-GF	S(21)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.26	2.26	8	4	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.110	1.32	0.07%	1.16	8b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
33	293	92	Jul 31(2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	8-GF	S(22)	-1	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.22	2.25	7	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	0.286	3.30	0.22%	0.80	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
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
34	294	97	Aug 4	NYY	@	MIL	W,9-4	9-GF	S(23)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	2.22	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.005	.25	0.00%	0.38	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
35	295	99	Aug 6(1)	NYY	@	MIL	W,3-0	9-GF	S(24)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	2.16	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.027	.97	0.03%	0.38	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
36	296	100	Aug 6(2)	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-4	9-GF(10)	W(3-3)	-1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.15	2.11	7	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.174	3.26	0.18%	0.75	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 2
37	297	101	Aug 8	NYY		DET	W,4-2	7-GF	BW(4-3)	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.10	2.09	11	3	4	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.46	0.260	6.99	0.45%	1.44	7t 1-3 0 out a1	9t end a 2
38	298	103	Aug 9(2)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	9-GF	S(25)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	2.04	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.131	4.87	0.20%	0.38	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
39	299	104	Aug 10	NYY		DET	W,1-0	9-GF	S(26)	0	1.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.08	2.03	6	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.57	0.131	15.06	0.21%	0.38	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
40	300	106	Aug 12	NYY		MIL	W,10-6	7-GF	S(27)	1	3.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1.38	2.05	16	5	4	1	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.09	0.401	2.30	0.51%	-0.41	7t -23 0 out a1	9t end a 4
41	301	107	Aug 13(1)	NYY		MIL	W,5-3	8-GF	S(28)	0	1.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.36	2.14	7	1	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.21	0.169	8.13	0.26%	0.80	8t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 2
42	302	114	Aug 20	NYY	@	TEX	W,2-0	8-GF(10)	W(5-3)	6	3.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.31	2.13	12	7	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.31	0.262	6.18	0.42%	1.11	8b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 2
43	303	117	Aug 25(1)	NYY		KCR	W,4-1	8-GF	W(6-3)	4	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	2.11	6	2	2	2	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	0.275	5.12	0.44%	1.45	8t 1-3 1 out tie	9t end a 3
44	304	120	Aug 27(1)	NYY		KCR	W,7-6	9-GF	W(7-3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	2.12	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.110	2.78	0.12%	0.38	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
45	305	121	Aug 27(2)	NYY		KCR	W,9-8	8-9	BS(5)	-1	0.2	5	4	3	0	0	1	0	1.57	2.27	7	1	2	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	-0.850	5.14	-0.99%	-5.17	8t 12- 1 out a4	9t 12- 0 out d1
46	306	122	Aug 29(1)	NYY		TEX	W,7-6	11-GF(11)	W(8-3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.55	2.23	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.15	0.110	4.46	0.14%	0.38	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
47	307	124	Aug 30	NYY		TEX	W,3-1	8-GF	S(29)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	2.21	6	2	2	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.121	1.97	0.14%	0.79	8t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
Sep/Oct				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
48	308	129	Sep 4(1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	7-GF(8)	L(8-4)	4	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.59	2.22	9	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.99	-0.192	9.95	-0.57%	-0.20	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
49	309	130	Sep 4(2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-2	9-GF	S(30)	-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.58	2.20	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.039	3.09	0.10%	0.60	9b -2- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
50	310	131	Sep 5	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-6	9-GF	S(31)	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.75	2.20	6	3	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.16	0.030	10.19	0.08%	-2.24	9b 1-- 0 out a4	9b end a 1
51	311	135	Sep 9	NYY	@	DET	W,3-1	8-GF	S(32)	3	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.73	2.19	6	4	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	0.104	7.86	0.16%	0.59	8b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
52	312	138	Sep 12	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	7-GF	S(33)	2	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.68	2.20	11	6	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	0.395	12.53	1.25%	1.48	7t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
53	313	142	Sep 17	NYY		BAL	W,2-1	7-GF	S(34)	4	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.63	2.15	12	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	0.318	2.24	0.20%	1.13	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
54	314	144	Sep 21	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.79	2.18	7	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.41	-0.088	.39	-0.05%	-1.62	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
55	315	147	Sep 24(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	7-8	BS(6)	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.84	2.15	7	5	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	0.151	1.94	0.05%	1.13	7b 1-3 0 out a1	8b 3 out tie
56	316	148	Sep 24(2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	9-GF	S(35)	-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.82	2.11	3	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.036	.44	0.02%	1.87	9b -23 0 out a5	9b end a 5
57	317	149	Sep 27	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	8-GF	BL(8-5)	2	1.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.98	2.12	9	3	2	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.94	-0.856	13.34	-1.39%	-3.60	8b 12- 1 out a3	9b end d 1
58	318	150	Sep 28	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	11-GF(12)	W(9-5)	0	2.0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1.94	2.17	10	1	3	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.18	0.279	1.55	0.06%	0.80	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 1
59	319	152	Oct 1(2)	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	2.18	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.38	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
							46-13		W-L:9-5,Sv:35,BSv:7	1.8	107.2	84	25	23	29	75	3	0	1.92	2.18	427	1.62		7%	2%	61		52	27%	0	0	0	388	11	3	7	12	5	4	1.86	4.391	3.24	3.88%	19.33

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