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Sparky Lyle

Yankees Career team 1972 to 1978
Position P
Born Jul 22, 1944

Key Insights

1982
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Lou Piniella has hit .471/.471/1.000 against Lyle over 17 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

8 for 17 with 2 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .607 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Lyle has struck Rick Monday out 7 times in 10 plate appearances, 70% of everything between them.

7 strikeouts in 10 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Lyle throws than Davey Johnson: 75% of the swings between them come up empty.

14 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 38 matchups on his own record.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Joe Pepitone is 0 for 12 against Lyle, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

13 career plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Lyle has faced Mickey Stanley more than any other hitter: 49 plate appearances, and Mickey Stanley has hit .326/.388/.465 in them.

14 hits, 1 home run and 4 strikeouts across 49 plate appearances.
One opponent he has never solved, not once

Brian Downing is 0 for 14 against Lyle for his career.

6 strikeouts and 1 walk in those 15 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 22, 1944