Sparky Lyle
1967–1982 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers
888G
.192AVG
.241OBP
.218SLG
More career statistics
15H
0HR
4RBI
1SB
99–76W–L
1,390.1IP
873K
2.88ERA
0GS
238SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 888 | 899 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 88 | 89 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 888 | 88 | 78 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .192 | .241 | .218 | .459 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,390.3 | 899 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 76 | 238 | 1,292 | 519 | 445 | 84 | 481 | 873 | 0 | 0 | 2.88 | 1.275 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1971-06-29 to 1971-07-27
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 8 strikeouts | 1968-08-11 | 1 in 35 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 6 scoreless innings | 1974-09-11 | 1 in 33 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 9 | 2 home runs allowed | 1968-05-26 | 1 in 21 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 |  Boston Red Sox | 27 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | .250 | 43 | 42 |
| 1968 | Boston Red Sox | 49 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | 65 | 52 |
| 1969 | Boston Red Sox | 71 | 17 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .118 | 102 | 93 |
| 1970 | Boston Red Sox | 63 | 13 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | 67 | 51 |
| 1971 | Boston Red Sox | 50 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 1.000 | 52 | 37 |
| 1972 |  New York Yankees | 59 | 21 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .190 | 107 | 75 |
| 1973 | New York Yankees | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 82 | 63 |
| 1974 | New York Yankees | 66 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 114 | 89 |
| 1975 | New York Yankees | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 89 | 65 |
| 1976 | New York Yankees | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 103 | 61 |
| 1977 | New York Yankees | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 137 | 68 |
| 1978 | New York Yankees | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 111 | 33 |
| 1979 |  Texas Rangers | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 95 | 48 |
| 1980 | Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 94 | 49 |
| 1981 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 48 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 1 | .400 | 75 | 29 |
| 1982 | Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .500 | 48 | 18 |