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: 34-17

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 37

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	320	3	Apr 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	6-GF	BL(0-1)	99	2.2	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.38	8.57	12	5	3	0	2	3		3	3	2	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.562	1.92	-0.46%	-1.41	6b 123 1 out a2	9b end d 1
2	321	9	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-4	8-GF(8)	BS(2)	8	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.40	10.67	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.62	-0.389	3.79	-0.34%	-1.63	8b -23 1 out a1	8b end d 2
3	322	13	Apr 22	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-4	5-7	L(0-2)	4	3.0	4	3	2	1	4	1	0	5.68	8.09	15	3	3	2	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.423	1.85	-0.35%	-1.61	5b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d1
4	323	16	Apr 25	NYY		CHW	L,0-3	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.91	7.34	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.10	0.01%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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	324	20	May 1	NYY		KCR	W,6-1	7-GF	S(1)	5	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.60	5.67	8	3	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.285	1.32	0.23%	2.27	7t -23 1 out a1	9t end a 5
6	325	23	May 5	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-4	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.77	4.64	8	3	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	2	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.025	.18	0.02%	1.87	6b 1-- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
7	326	26	May 9	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-0	8-GF	S(2)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.40	3.97	6	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.285	2.42	0.24%	1.62	8b -2- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
8	327	29	May 13(1)	NYY		BAL	W,4-0	8-GF	S(3)	3	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.12	3.86	7	3	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.72	0.098	1.30	0.11%	1.89	8t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
9	328	32	May 16	NYY		MIL	W,11-4	6-GF	S(4)	2	3.2	6	3	1	0	6	0	0	2.18	3.05	18	3	3	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	.18	0.069	.31	0.07%	-1.14	6t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 7
10	329	34	May 18	NYY		MIL	L,5-6	6-GF	L(0-3)	1	3.2	4	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.96	2.77	16	5	2	0	1	4		3	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	-0.323	4.86	-0.37%	-0.10	6t 123 1 out tie	9t end d 1
11	330	36	May 20(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-2	9-GF	S(5)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.84	2.76	3	2	1	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	0.178	3.79	0.16%	0.48	9b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
12	331	37	May 20(2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	9-GF	S(6)	-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	2.76	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.041	1.38	0.04%	0.90	9b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 4
13	332	40	May 23	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	7-GF	W(1-3)	2	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.51	2.71	10	4	2	0	2	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	0.434	7.48	0.54%	1.70	7b -2- 1 out tie	9b end a 1
14	333	42	May 25	NYY		TEX	W,9-7	8-GF	S(7)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.37	2.50	6	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.161	2.44	0.16%	1.10	8t -2- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
15	334	46	May 30	NYY		OAK	W,4-3	8-GF	W(2-3)	4	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.25	2.53	7	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	0.257	5.07	0.27%	0.95	8t 1-- 1 out tie	9t 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
16	335	49	Jun 2	NYY		CAL	W,2-0	8-GF	S(8)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.12	2.48	6	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.136	1.52	0.14%	0.92	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
17	336	50	Jun 3	NYY		CAL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(9)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.06	2.37	5	1	1	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.30	0.261	11.03	0.27%	0.43	9t 12- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
18	337	51	Jun 5	NYY	@	TEX	W,8-6	9-GF	S(10)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	2.37	3	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.86	0.041	6.77	0.04%	0.21	9b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
19	338	52	Jun 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-2	8-GF	S(11)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.93	2.27	6	2	1	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.209	2.43	0.23%	1.25	8b 1-3 0 out a3	9b end a 3
20	339	54	Jun 8	NYY	@	KCR	W,8-1	7-GF	S(12)	1	2.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.82	2.36	10	3	4	0	2	2		3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.027	.25	0.03%	1.79	7b 123 2 out a6	9b end a 7
21	340	55	Jun 9	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-4	9-GF	S(13)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	2.37	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.093	2.46	0.11%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
22	341	58	Jun 13	NYY	@	OAK	W,8-3	8-GF	S(14)	3	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.11	2.40	10	5	0	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.158	1.44	0.18%	-0.72	8b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 5
23	342	60	Jun 15	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	S(15)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.06	2.36	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	0.177	4.74	0.21%	0.43	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
24	343	63	Jun 17(2)	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-1	7-GF	S(16)	1	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.96	2.33	8	4	2	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.062	.62	0.07%	1.27	7b 12- 2 out a4	9b end a 4
25	344	64	Jun 19	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	9-GF	S(17)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	2.33	5	1	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	0.152	6.31	0.21%	0.07	9t -2- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
26	345	65	Jun 20	NYY		BAL	W,2-1	8-GF	S(18)	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.85	2.36	6	4	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	0.301	6.44	0.46%	0.82	8t -23 1 out a2	9t end a 1
27	346	67	Jun 22	NYY		DET	W,5-4	7-8	BS(3)	1	1.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.17	2.43	7	0	2	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.70	-0.541	7.74	-0.93%	-2.89	7t 1-3 1 out a2	8t 1-- 1 out a1
28	347	69	Jun 24(1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	9-GF	S(19)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	2.43	2	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.23	0.267	12.37	0.47%	0.83	9t 1-- 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
29	348	77	Jul 1(1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	6-GF	S(20)	6	3.1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.00	2.38	10	2	4	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.208	2.40	0.34%	1.95	6t -23 2 out a1	9t end a 3
30	349	80	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	7-GF	S(21)	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.89	2.29	10	2	5	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.261	4.08	0.53%	1.75	7t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
31	350	81	Jul 4(1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	9-GF	BL(2-4)	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.86	2.26	5	3	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.94	-0.547	16.25	-1.08%	-1.17	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
32	351	84	Jul 6	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	9-GF	S(22)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.84	2.23	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.049	2.38	0.08%	0.68	9b -2- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
33	352	88	Jul 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	8-GF	BL(2-5)	2	1.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.11	2.25	9	3	0	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	-0.772	11.72	-1.29%	-2.73	8b -2- 1 out a2	9b end d 1
34	353	90	Jul 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	9-GF	S(23)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	2.22	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.76	0.518	11.81	0.77%	1.49	9b 12- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
35	354	94	Jul 15	NYY		KCR	W,2-0	9-GF	S(24)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.04	2.19	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.067	4.12	0.11%	0.46	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
36	355	95	Jul 17(1)	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	11-GF(12)	W(3-5)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.98	2.17	8	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	0.258	6.71	0.41%	0.92	11t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
37	356	96	Jul 17(2)	NYY		MIN	W,4-1	8-GF	S(25)	-1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	2.18	4	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.096	2.71	0.16%	0.87	8t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 3
38	357	101	Jul 22(2)	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	9-GF	S(26)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.91	2.16	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.067	2.64	0.12%	0.46	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
39	358	102	Jul 26	NYY		MIL	W,1-0	12-GF(12)	W(4-5)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.88	2.13	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.22	0.210	10.38	0.41%	0.83	12t 1-- 0 out tie	12t end tie
40	359	107	Jul 30	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	9-GF	L(4-6)	3	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.00	2.14	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	-0.361	12.27	-0.84%	-0.73	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 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
41	360	109	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	8-GF	L(4-7)	1	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.09	2.16	7	2	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	-0.254	9.01	-0.59%	-0.40	8b 1-- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
42	361	114	Aug 6	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	BL(4-8)	4	0.2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	2.20	2.35	5	2	1	0	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.23	-0.749	8.35	-1.68%	-3.19	9b 1-3 1 out a3	10b end d 1
43	362	118	Aug 10	NYY		OAK	W,10-9	8-9	H(1)	3	1.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.41	2.33	7	1	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.90	-0.042	4.98	-0.07%	-1.15	8t 12- 1 out a3	9t 1-3 2 out a1
44	363	120	Aug 12	NYY		OAK	L,12-13	7-7		1	0.0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.66	2.37	4	0	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.255	3.57	-0.42%	-3.84	7t -23 2 out a5	7t 12- 2 out a1
45	364	127	Aug 20	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.63	2.41	4	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
46	365	129	Aug 22	NYY	@	KCR	L,7-8	7-GF(10)	L(4-9)	1	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	2.52	2.47	13	6	3	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.56	-0.088	3.35	-0.07%	0.69	7b -23 2 out d2	10b end d 1
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
47	366	136	Sep 1	NYY		BAL	L,6-10	6-8		9	3.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.65	2.46	13	6	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	.06	0.002	.02	0.00%	-0.62	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d7
48	367	143	Sep 9	NYY		MIL	L,3-10	9-GF		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.62	2.41	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
49	368	145	Sep 11	NYY		CLE	L,3-7	8-8		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	2.42	3	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.24	8t --- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
50	369	147	Sep 13	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	12-GF(12)	W(5-9)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.57	2.37	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.129	.00	0.00%	0.46	12t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
51	370	150	Sep 16(2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-5	8-GF	S(27)	2	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.51	2.32	7	0	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	0.179	.00	0.00%	0.97	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
							34-17		W-L:5-9,Sv:27,BSv:6,Hld:1	2.2	82.1	66	30	23	18	63	4	0	2.51	2.32	330	1.52		4%	10%	65		60	30%	3	2	1	306	6	0	2	6	2	9	1.74	0.467	3.78	-1.30%	11.15

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