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Historical player · 1967–1982

Sparky Lyle

B/T L/L · HT 73 · WT 182 · Born 7/22/1944 · From DuBois, PA USA · Debut 1967-07-04 · Final 1982-09-27

Career · batting

899

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.192 · 0.459

Career · pitching

899

1,390.3

W-L

99-76

238

873

ERA

2.88

WHIP

1.28

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1967–1971

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Hits

#902 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 A. Almonte

↓ 1 A. Tomberlin

RBI

#940 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 I. Andrews

↓ 1 G. Wilson

Runs

#886 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Agbayani

↓ 1 P. Appleton

#941 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Anderson

↓ 1 N. Altrock

Career with the New York Yankees · 1972–1978

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Hits

#945 on the Yankees

↑ 1 J. Beggs

↓ 1 E. Wilkinson

RBI

#961 on the Yankees

↑ 1 F. Barnes

Runs

#924 on the Yankees

↑ 1 D. Anna

↓ 1 B. Bailey

#939 on the Yankees

↑ 1 D. Anna

Career with the Philadelphia Phillies · 1980–1982

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Hits

#1,295 on the Phillies

↑ 1 A. Benedict

↓ 1 W. Wyatt

RBI

#1,244 on the Phillies

↑ 1 K. Abbott

#561 on the Phillies

↑ 1 F. Andrews

Runs

#1,171 on the Phillies

↑ 1 S. Andrews

↓ 1 J. Adduci

#1,081 on the Phillies

↑ 1 T. Adams

↓ 1 J. Anderson

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1982–1982

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Career with the Texas Rangers · 1979–1980

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

#10,938 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Alexander

↓ 1 S. Yerkes

RBI

#11,452 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Abadie

↓ 1 E. Zosky

#7,932 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Aase

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1967	Red Sox	AL	27	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	0.250	0.250	0.375
1968	Red Sox	AL	49	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.125	0.125	0.125
1969	Red Sox	AL	71	17	0	2	0	1	0	1	6	0.118	0.167	0.118
1970	Red Sox	AL	63	13	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.000	0.071	0.000
1971	Red Sox	AL	50	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
1972	Yankees	AL	59	21	2	4	1	1	0	1	10	0.190	0.227	0.238
1973	Yankees	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1974	Yankees	AL	66	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1975	Yankees	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1976	Yankees	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1977	Yankees	AL	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1978	Yankees	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1979	Rangers	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1980	Rangers	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1980	Phillies	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1981	Phillies	NL	48	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0.400	0.500	0.400
1982	Phillies	NL	34	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.500	0.667	0.500
1982	White Sox	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			899	78	8	15	2	4	1	5	26	0.192	0.241	0.218

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1967	Red Sox	AL	1	2	27	5	43.3	33	11	14	42	2.28	1.08
1968	Red Sox	AL	6	1	49	11	65.7	67	20	14	52	2.74	1.23
1969	Red Sox	AL	8	3	71	17	102.7	91	29	48	93	2.54	1.35
1970	Red Sox	AL	1	7	63	20	67.3	62	29	34	51	3.88	1.43
1971	Red Sox	AL	6	4	50	16	52.3	41	16	23	37	2.75	1.22
1972	Yankees	AL	9	5	59	35	107.7	84	23	29	75	1.92	1.05
1973	Yankees	AL	5	9	51	27	82.3	66	23	18	63	2.51	1.02
1974	Yankees	AL	9	3	66	15	114.0	93	21	43	89	1.66	1.19
1975	Yankees	AL	5	7	49	6	89.3	94	31	36	65	3.12	1.46
1976	Yankees	AL	7	8	64	23	103.7	82	26	42	61	2.26	1.20
1977	Yankees	AL	13	5	72	26	137.0	131	33	33	68	2.17	1.20
1978	Yankees	AL	9	3	59	9	111.7	116	43	33	33	3.47	1.33
1979	Rangers	AL	5	8	67	13	95.0	78	33	28	48	3.13	1.12
1980	Rangers	AL	3	2	49	8	80.7	97	42	28	43	4.69	1.55
1980	Phillies	NL	0	0	10	2	14.0	11	3	6	6	1.93	1.21
1981	Phillies	NL	9	6	48	2	75.0	85	37	33	29	4.44	1.57
1982	Phillies	NL	3	3	34	2	36.7	50	21	12	12	5.15	1.69
1982	White Sox	AL	0	0	11	1	12.0	11	4	7	6	3.00	1.50
Career			99	76	899	238	1,390.3	1,292	445	481	873	2.88	1.28

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	899	0	1,390.0	54	198	21	12

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2007	Veterans - Players	6	62	Ballot
2005	Veterans - Players	7	60	Ballot
1991	BBWAA	15	333	Ballot
1990	BBWAA	25	333	Ballot
1989	BBWAA	25	336	Ballot
1988	BBWAA	56	321	Ballot