Sparky Lyle | Baseball Prospectus

Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
16	1390.3	99	76	238	873	2.88	13.4

Standard

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	IP	IP-RP	W	L	SV	BS	QS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
1967	BOS	22	27	43.3	43.3	1	2	5	1	0	173	33	13	11	3	49	14	13	2	42	2.28	2.49	2.68	9.4	1.1
1968	BOS	23	49	65.7	65.7	6	1	11	9	0	274	67	25	20	6	101	14	12	0	52	2.74	2.47	3.68	3.9	0.4
1969	BOS	24	71	102.7	102.7	8	3	17	10	0	439	91	33	29	8	135	48	44	1	93	2.54	2.99	4.23	7.0	0.9
1970	BOS	25	63	67.3	67.3	1	7	20	10	0	297	62	37	29	5	90	34	29	1	51	3.88	3.44	4.65	2.9	0.3
1971	BOS	26	50	52.3	52.3	6	4	16	6	0	209	41	16	16	5	61	23	21	0	37	2.75	3.51	4.01	6.8	0.9
1972	NYA	27	59	107.7	107.7	9	5	35	7	0	427	84	25	23	3	110	29	22	0	75	1.92	2.05	2.55	16.7	1.8
1973	NYA	28	51	82.3	82.3	5	9	27	6	0	330	66	30	23	4	84	18	16	0	63	2.51	2.34	3.14	15.7	1.7
1974	NYA	29	66	114.0	114.0	9	3	15	7	1	471	93	30	21	6	122	43	36	1	89	1.66	2.85	3.85	12.3	1.2
1975	NYA	30	49	89.3	89.3	5	7	6	6	0	387	94	34	31	1	113	36	31	2	65	3.12	2.52	3.54	12.7	1.4
1976	NYA	31	64	103.7	103.7	7	8	23	9	1	420	82	33	26	5	109	42	35	0	61	2.26	3.28	3.84	5.4	0.6
1977	NYA	32	72	137.0	137.0	13	5	26	8	1	554	131	41	33	7	174	33	27	2	68	2.17	3.18	3.83	17.4	1.8
1978	NYA	33	59	111.7	111.7	9	3	9	6	0	470	116	46	43	6	160	33	25	4	33	3.47	3.65	3.90	6.3	0.7
1979	TEX	34	67	95.0	95.0	5	8	13	7	0	384	78	37	33	9	118	28	22	0	48	3.13	3.87	4.62	5.6	0.6
1980	PHI	35	10	14.0	14.0	0	0	2	1	0	59	11	5	3	0	15	6	5	0	6	1.93	3.17	3.78	1.1	0.1
1980	TEX	35	49	80.7	80.7	3	2	8	4	0	353	97	47	42	9	145	28	22	0	43	4.69	4.18	5.22	0.2	0.0
1981	PHI	36	48	75.0	75.0	9	6	2	3	0	332	85	40	37	4	118	33	24	1	29	4.44	3.95	4.84	-1.6	-0.3
1982	CHA	37	11	12.0	12.0	0	0	1	0	0	50	11	4	4	0	14	7	7	0	6	3.00	3.44	3.72	1.5	0.2
1982	PHI	37	34	36.7	36.7	3	3	2	5	0	167	50	23	21	3	66	12	9	0	12	5.15	4.14	5.27	-0.4	0.1
Career			899	1390.3	1390.3	99	76	238	105	3	5796	1292	519	445	84	1784	481	400	14	873	2.88	3.15	3.94	122.9	13.4

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	IP	FRA	FRA+	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	PPF	PVORP	PWARP	VORP	WARP
1967	BOS	MLB	27	43.3	2.68	137	.221	.243	.312	.364	.266	.268	114	8.8	1.0	9.4	1.1
1968	BOS	MLB	49	65.7	3.68	100	.261	.244	.309	.368	.274	.302	108	5.1	0.6	3.9	0.4
1969	BOS	MLB	71	102.7	4.23	102	.255	.264	.338	.401	.280	.287	106	5.6	0.6	7.0	0.9
1970	BOS	MLB	63	67.3	4.65	99	.254	.262	.339	.404	.273	.277	110	3.2	0.3	2.9	0.3
1971	BOS	MLB	50	52.3	4.01	111	.233	.262	.334	.392	.277	.250	116	4.7	0.5	6.8	0.9
1972	NYA	MLB	59	107.7	2.55	124	.213	.249	.313	.361	.263	.253	96	14.7	1.7	16.7	1.8
1973	NYA	MLB	51	82.3	3.14	127	.216	.264	.333	.393	.269	.253	99	15.7	1.7	15.7	1.7
1974	NYA	MLB	66	114.0	3.85	106	.232	.262	.324	.385	.265	.262	100	11.3	1.2	12.3	1.2
1975	NYA	MLB	49	89.3	3.54	117	.259	.267	.334	.394	.269	.329	99	12.7	1.4	12.7	1.4
1976	NYA	MLB	64	103.7	3.84	100	.227	.262	.323	.373	.264	.247	97	5.4	0.6	5.4	0.6
1977	NYA	MLB	72	137.0	3.83	114	.233	.272	.333	.421	.268	.279	98	17.4	1.8	17.4	1.8
1978	NYA	MLB	59	111.7	3.90	102	.273	.266	.327	.392	.266	.280	93	6.3	0.7	6.3	0.7
1979	TEX	MLB	67	95.0	4.62	102	.227	.276	.337	.425	.272	.231	100	5.6	0.6	5.6	0.6
1980	PHI	MLB	10	14.0	3.78	108	.234	.270	.331	.388	.261	.234	102	1.1	0.1	1.1	0.1
1980	TEX	MLB	49	80.7	5.22	84	.296	.276	.341	.421	.278	.322	100	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
1981	PHI	MLB	48	75.0	4.84	79	.285	.268	.326	.389	.268	.306	103	-3.5	-0.4	-1.6	-0.3
1982	CHA	MLB	11	12.0	3.72	117	.252	.263	.330	.387	.263	.297	99	1.5	0.2	1.5	0.2
1982	PHI	MLB	34	36.7	5.27	69	.295	.270	.330	.392	.266	.336	99	-2.5	-0.3	-0.4	0.1
Career		MLB		1390.3	3.94	105	.247	.264	.329	.394	.269	.278	101	113.3	12.5	122.9	13.4

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	WHIP	ERA	VORP	WARP
1967	BOS	MLB	1	2	5	27	43.3	33	14	42	3	57%	.268	6.9	2.9	0.6	8.7	1.08	2.28	9.4	1.1
1968	BOS	MLB	6	1	11	49	65.7	67	14	52	6	66%	.302	9.2	1.9	0.8	7.1	1.23	2.74	3.9	0.4
1969	BOS	MLB	8	3	17	71	102.7	91	48	93	8	64%	.287	8.0	4.2	0.7	8.2	1.35	2.54	7.0	0.9
1970	BOS	MLB	1	7	20	63	67.3	62	34	51	5	59%	.277	8.3	4.5	0.7	6.8	1.43	3.88	2.9	0.3
1971	BOS	MLB	6	4	16	50	52.3	41	23	37	5	53%	.250	7.1	4.0	0.9	6.4	1.22	2.75	6.8	0.9
1972	NYA	MLB	9	5	35	59	107.7	84	29	75	3	61%	.253	7.0	2.4	0.3	6.3	1.05	1.92	16.7	1.8
1973	NYA	MLB	5	9	27	51	82.3	66	18	63	4	60%	.253	7.2	2.0	0.4	6.9	1.02	2.51	15.7	1.7
1974	NYA	MLB	9	3	15	66	114.0	93	43	89	6	60%	.262	7.3	3.4	0.5	7.0	1.19	1.66	12.3	1.2
1975	NYA	MLB	5	7	6	49	89.3	94	36	65	1	61%	.329	9.5	3.6	0.1	6.5	1.46	3.12	12.7	1.4
1976	NYA	MLB	7	8	23	64	103.7	82	42	61	5	54%	.247	7.1	3.6	0.4	5.3	1.20	2.26	5.4	0.6
1977	NYA	MLB	13	5	26	72	137.0	131	33	68	7	56%	.279	8.6	2.2	0.5	4.5	1.20	2.17	17.4	1.8
1978	NYA	MLB	9	3	9	59	111.7	116	33	33	6	48%	.280	9.3	2.7	0.5	2.7	1.33	3.47	6.3	0.7
1979	TEX	MLB	5	8	13	67	95.0	78	28	48	9	51%	.231	7.4	2.7	0.9	4.5	1.12	3.13	5.6	0.6
1980	TEX	MLB	3	2	8	49	80.7	97	28	43	9	51%	.322	10.8	3.1	1.0	4.8	1.55	4.69	0.2	0.0
1980	PHI	MLB	0	0	2	10	14.0	11	6	6	0	50%	.234	7.1	3.9	0.0	3.9	1.21	1.93	1.1	0.1
1981	PHI	MLB	9	6	2	48	75.0	85	33	29	4	63%	.306	10.2	4.0	0.5	3.5	1.57	4.44	-1.6	-0.3
1982	PHI	MLB	3	3	2	34	36.7	50	12	12	3	53%	.336	12.3	2.9	0.7	2.9	1.69	5.15	-0.4	0.1
1982	CHA	MLB	0	0	1	11	12.0	11	7	6	0	50%	.297	8.2	5.2	0.0	4.5	1.50	3.00	1.5	0.2

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1967-09-21	1967-10-13	DTD	22	9	Left	Elbow	Sprain	Ligament	-	-

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Title	Author	Date
Baseball ProGUESTus: Where the Crazy Closer Comes From	Matthew Callan	2013-04-09
Overthinking It: Remembering Ryan Freel	Ben Lindbergh	2012-12-23
The Platoon Advantage: Shaving an Icon	Michael Bates	2012-09-05
On the Beat: Fireballer in the Hole	John Perrotto	2012-05-31
Sobsequy: Do We Care About Characters?	Adam Sobsey	2012-03-07
Baseball ProGUESTus: Silly Goose: Mariano Rivera and the Myth of the Seven-Out Save	Kevin Baker	2011-10-31
The Lineup Card: 13 Iconic Instances of Facial Hair	Baseball Prospectus	2011-10-19
The BP Wayback Machine: How Do You Rate Relief?	Nate Silver	2011-05-26
Spitballing: Never Tell Me the Odds	Jeremy Greenhouse	2011-04-14
Transaction of the Day: Soriano in Stripes	Christina Kahrl	2011-01-14
You Can Blog It Up: The Surly, Hung-Over Billy Martin All-Stars	Steven Goldman	2010-08-08
One-Hoppers: Bluster and Luster: George Steinbrenner (1930-2010)	Jay Jaffe	2010-07-13
Prospectus Q&A: Eric Nadel	David Laurila	2010-05-02
Prospectus Hit and Run: Penning a New Recipe	Jay Jaffe	2008-10-21
You Could Look It Up: Topping the Twins, Part Deux	Steven Goldman	2008-02-18
The Class of 2008: Relievers	Jay Jaffe	2008-01-04
The Big Picture: Evolving the Save Rule	David Pinto	2007-08-08
Grumpy Old Men: JAWS Tackles the Veterans Committee Ballot	Jay Jaffe	2007-02-26
The Class of 2007: The Pitchers	Jay Jaffe	2007-01-09
You Could Look It Up: The Definition of Insanity	Steven Goldman	2006-09-29
Prospectus Hit List: Week of June 11	Jay Jaffe	2006-06-13
Prospectus Today: No Relief	Joe Sheehan	2006-04-06
Class of 2006: The Relievers	Jay Jaffe	2005-12-20
The Class of 2005: The Pitchers	Jay Jaffe	2004-12-20
Prospectus Today: Where Have You Gone, Sparky Lyle?	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-14
The Class of 2004: Analyzing the Pitchers	Jay Jaffe	2004-01-14
The Impossible Dream: How the 1967 Red Sox Won the Pennant	Mark Armour	2003-03-17

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