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Sparky Lyle played 16 major-league seasons (1967-1982) as a P (899). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 9 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 23 | BOS | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .625 | 89 |
| 1968 | 24 | BOS | 49 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .250 | -21 |
| 1969 | 25 | BOS | 71 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .118 | .284 | -17 |
| 1970 | 26 | BOS | 63 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .071 | -78 |
| 1971 | 27 | BOS | 50 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 490 |
| 1972 | 28 | NYA | 59 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .190 | .465 | 44 |
| 1974 | 30 | NYA | 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1981 | 37 | PHI | 48 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .400 | .900 | 166 |
| 1982 | 38 | PHI | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.167 | 243 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 23 | BOS | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 43.1 | 42 | 14 | 2.28 | 141 |
| 1968 | 24 | BOS | 49 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 65.2 | 52 | 14 | 2.74 | 109 |
| 1969 | 25 | BOS | 71 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 102.2 | 93 | 48 | 2.54 | 143 |
| 1970 | 26 | BOS | 63 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 67.1 | 51 | 34 | 3.88 | 96 |
| 1971 | 27 | BOS | 50 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 52.1 | 37 | 23 | 2.75 | 126 |
| 1972 | 28 | NYA | 59 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 107.2 | 75 | 29 | 1.92 | 159 |
| 1973 | 29 | NYA | 51 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 82.1 | 63 | 18 | 2.51 | 152 |
| 1974 | 30 | NYA | 66 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 114 | 89 | 43 | 1.66 | 218 |
| 1975 | 31 | NYA | 49 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 89.1 | 65 | 36 | 3.12 | 121 |
| 1976 | 32 | NYA | 64 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 103.2 | 61 | 42 | 2.26 | 156 |
| 1977 | 33 | NYA | 72 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 137 | 68 | 33 | 2.17 | 187 |
| 1978 | 34 | NYA | 59 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 111.2 | 33 | 33 | 3.47 | 109 |
| 1979 | 35 | TEX | 67 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 95 | 48 | 28 | 3.13 | 135 |
| 1980 | 36 | TEX | 49 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 80.2 | 43 | 28 | 4.69 | 86 |
| 1980 | 36 | PHI | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1.93 | 187 |
| 1981 | 37 | PHI | 48 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 75 | 29 | 33 | 4.44 | 79 |
| 1982 | 38 | CHA | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3.00 | 136 |
| 1982 | 38 | PHI | 34 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 36.2 | 12 | 12 | 5.15 | 70 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | P | 27 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | P | 49 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 1969 | P | 71 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 3 |
| 1970 | P | 63 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | P | 50 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 1972 | P | 59 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | P | 51 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 1974 | P | 66 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| 1975 | P | 49 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| 1976 | P | 64 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 1977 | P | 72 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | P | 59 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 3 |
| 1979 | P | 67 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | P | 59 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | P | 48 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | P | 45 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Sparky Lyle won: Cy Young Award 1977 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1977, 1976, 1974, 1972.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Cy Young Award | AL | 7 | 3 / 120 | 0 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 158 / 336 | 1 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 25 | 7 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 22 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Cy Young Award (winner) | AL | 1 | 56 / 140 | 9 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 79 / 392 | 1 |
Sparky Lyle ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #95 | closers | 1974 | 218 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.