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Full name Albert Walter Lyle
Born July 22, 1944, DuBois, Pennsylvania
First Game: July 4, 1967; Final Game: September 27, 1982
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 1" Weight: 182
Named AL Cy Young Award Winner by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1977)
Named AL Fireman of the Year by The Sporting News (1972)
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                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1967 BOS A Daily Splits 27 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 0.0 1967 BOS A 1968 BOS A Daily Splits 49 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0.0 1968 BOS A 1969 BOS A Daily Splits 71 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 .167 .118 0.0 1969 BOS A 1970 BOS A Daily Splits 63 13 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .071 .000 0.0 1970 BOS A 1971 BOS A Daily Splits 50 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.0 1971 BOS A 1972 NY A Daily Splits 59 21 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .190 .227 .238 0.0 1972 NY A 1973 NY A 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1973 NY A 1974 NY A Daily Splits 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1974 NY A 1975 NY A 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1975 NY A 1976 NY A 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1976 NY A 1977 NY A 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1977 NY A 1978 NY A 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1978 NY A 1979 TEX A 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1979 TEX A 1980 TEX A 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1980 TEX A 1980 PHI N 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1980 PHI N 1980 Total 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1980 Total 1981 PHI N Daily Splits 48 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .400 0.0 1981 PHI N 1982 PHI N Daily Splits 34 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 0.0 1982 PHI N 1982 CHI A 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1982 CHI A 1982 Total 45 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 0.0 1982 Total Total NL ( 3 Years) 92 7 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .429 .556 .429 0.0 Total NL Total AL (15 Years) 807 71 6 12 2 0 0 3 3 0 24 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 .169 .203 .197 0.0 Total AL Total (16 Years) Splits 899 78 8 15 2 0 0 4 5 0 26 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 .192 .241 .218 0.0 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

       Division Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1981 PHI N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1981 PHI N

League Championship Series Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1976 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1976 NY A 1977 NY A 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1977 NY A 1978 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1978 NY A Total ( 3 Years) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1976 NY A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1976 NY A 1977 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 NY A Total ( 2 Years) Splits 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1973 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1973 AL 1977 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1977 AL Total ( 2 Years) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                         Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1967 BOS A Daily Splits 27 0 0 0 11 5 43.1 33 173 3 13 11 14 1 42 0 2 5 2 2 5 1 3 1 1 2 2.28 - 0.5 1967 BOS A 1968 BOS A Daily Splits 49 0 0 0 29 11 65.2 67 274 6 25 20 14 2 52 2 1 5 0 1 10 3 7 6 6 1 2.74 - 0.2 1968 BOS A 1969 BOS A Daily Splits 71 0 0 0 44 17 102.2 91 439 8 33 29 48 4 93 6 5 8 1 1 14 3 12 12 8 3 2.54 - 2.0 1969 BOS A 1970 BOS A Daily Splits 63 0 0 0 40 20 67.1 62 297 5 37 29 34 5 51 7 1 1 1 1 11 1 6 7 1 7 3.88 - -0.3 1970 BOS A 1971 BOS A Daily Splits 50 0 0 0 36 16 52.1 41 209 5 16 16 23 2 37 3 3 4 0 0 3 1 7 0 6 4 2.75 - 1.5 1971 BOS A 1972 NY A Daily Splits 59 0 0 0 56 35 107.2 84 427 3 25 23 29 7 75 5 5 5 0 0 11 3 12 5 9 5 1.92 - 3.1 1972 NY A 1973 NY A Daily Splits 51 0 0 0 45 27 82.1 66 330 4 30 23 18 2 63 4 2 3 0 0 6 0 6 10 5 9 2.51 - 2.0 1973 NY A 1974 NY A Daily Splits 66 0 0 0 59 15 114 93 469 6 30 21 43 7 89 8 5 7 1 0 11 0 9 11 9 3 1.66 - 2.9 1974 NY A 1975 NY A Daily Splits 49 0 0 0 37 6 89.1 94 387 1 34 31 36 5 65 4 3 5 2 1 14 1 5 3 5 7 3.12 - 0.9 1975 NY A 1976 NY A Daily Splits 64 0 0 0 58 23 103.2 82 420 5 33 26 42 7 61 9 4 3 0 0 8 2 13 6 7 8 2.26 - 2.3 1976 NY A 1977 NY A Daily Splits 72 0 0 0 60 26 137 131 554 7 41 33 33 6 68 5 5 10 2 0 12 5 18 10 13 5 2.17 - 4.3 1977 NY A 1978 NY A Daily Splits 59 0 0 0 33 9 111.2 116 470 6 46 43 33 8 33 9 7 1 4 0 20 3 16 10 9 3 3.47 - 0.5 1978 NY A 1979 TEX A Daily Splits 67 0 0 0 53 13 95 78 384 9 37 33 28 6 48 10 1 2 0 0 13 0 6 7 5 8 3.13 - 1.6 1979 TEX A 1980 TEX A Daily Splits 49 0 0 0 32 8 80.2 97 353 9 47 42 28 6 43 5 3 1 0 2 15 3 10 5 3 2 4.69 - -0.5 1980 TEX A 1980 PHI N Daily Splits 10 0 0 0 5 2 14 11 59 0 5 3 6 1 6 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1.93 - 0.1 1980 PHI N 1980 Total 59 0 0 0 37 10 94.2 108 412 9 52 45 34 7 49 6 5 2 0 2 19 3 10 6 3 2 4.28 - -0.4 1980 Total 1981 PHI N Daily Splits 48 0 0 0 19 2 75 85 332 4 40 37 33 9 29 12 4 3 1 2 17 2 6 3 9 6 4.44 - -1.0 1981 PHI N 1982 PHI N Daily Splits 34 0 0 0 11 2 36.2 50 167 3 23 21 12 3 12 1 1 1 0 0 7 0 3 2 3 3 5.15 - -0.8 1982 PHI N 1982 CHI A Daily Splits 11 0 0 0 6 1 12 11 50 0 4 4 7 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 3.00 - 0.1 1982 CHI A 1982 Total 45 0 0 0 17 3 48.2 61 217 3 27 25 19 3 18 1 2 2 0 0 8 1 5 2 3 3 4.62 - -0.7 1982 Total Total NL ( 3 Years) 92 0 0 0 35 6 125.2 146 558 7 68 61 51 13 47 14 7 5 1 2 28 2 9 6 12 9 4.37 - -1.7 Total NL Total AL (15 Years) 807 0 0 0 599 232 1264.2 1146 5236 77 451 384 430 68 826 77 48 61 13 8 154 27 132 93 87 67 2.73 - 21.1 Total AL Total (16 Years) Splits 899 0 0 0 634 238 1390.1 1292 5794 84 519 445 481 81 873 91 55 66 14 10 182 29 141 99 99 76 2.88 - 19.4 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

         Division Series Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1981 PHI N Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 - 1981 PHI N

League Championship Series Pitching Record Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1976 NY A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 1976 NY A 1977 NY A Daily Splits 4 0 0 0 4 0 9.1 7 32 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0.96 - 1977 NY A 1978 NY A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.1 3 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 - 1978 NY A Total ( 3 Years) Splits 6 0 0 0 6 1 11.2 10 43 0 3 3 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2.31 - Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

            World Series Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1976 NY A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.2 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 - 1976 NY A 1977 NY A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 2 0 4.2 2 16 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.93 - 1977 NY A Total ( 2 Years) Splits 4 0 0 0 4 0 7.1 3 26 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.23 - Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

           All-Star Game Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1973 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 1973 AL 1977 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 9 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 - 1977 AL Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 13 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 - Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1967 BOS A Daily Splits P 27 0 0 43.1 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.000 1968 BOS A Daily Splits P 49 0 0 65.2 5 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 .786 1969 BOS A Daily Splits P 71 0 0 102.2 3 19 3 3 0 2 2 4 1 .880 1970 BOS A Daily Splits P 63 0 0 67.1 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1971 BOS A Daily Splits P 50 0 0 52.1 2 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1972 NY A Daily Splits P 59 0 0 107.2 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1973 NY A Daily Splits P 51 0 0 82.1 2 13 2 0 0 0 3 2 1 .882 1974 NY A Daily Splits P 66 0 0 114 3 11 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 .933 1975 NY A Daily Splits P 49 0 0 89.1 2 16 4 1 0 4 3 4 1 .818 1976 NY A Daily Splits P 64 0 0 103.2 3 11 2 1 0 2 6 2 0 .875 1977 NY A Daily Splits P 72 0 0 137 2 22 2 0 0 2 7 7 1 .923 1978 NY A Daily Splits P 59 0 0 111.2 9 18 1 3 0 1 4 6 0 .964 1979 TEX A Daily Splits P 67 0 0 95 2 11 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 .867 1980 TEX A Daily Splits P 49 0 0 80.2 4 10 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1.000 1980 PHI N Daily Splits P 10 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 - 1980 Total P 59 0 0 94.2 4 10 0 0 0 1 5 4 0 1.000 1981 PHI N Daily Splits P 48 0 0 75 6 17 0 0 0 1 8 3 4 1.000 1982 PHI N Daily Splits P 34 0 0 36.2 3 10 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .929 1982 CHI A Daily Splits P 11 0 0 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 1982 Total P 45 0 0 48.2 4 11 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 .938 Total (16 Years) Splits P 899 0 0 1390.1 54 198 21 12 0 17 45 39 12 .923 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

       Division Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1981 PHI N Daily Splits P 3 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -

League Championship Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1976 NY A Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1977 NY A Daily Splits P 4 0 0 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1978 NY A Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 Total ( 3 Years) Splits P 6 0 0 11.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1976 NY A Daily Splits P 2 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1977 NY A Daily Splits P 2 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 2 Years) Splits P 4 0 0 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1973 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1977 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 2 Years) Splits P 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (June 17, 1964).

Selected by Boston Red Sox from Baltimore Orioles in the first-year minor league draft (November 30, 1964).

Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees in exchange for Danny Cater and a player to be named later (March 22, 1972); Boston Red Sox received Mario Guerrero (June 30, 1972).

Traded by New York Yankees with Domingo Ramos, Mike Heath, Larry McCall, Dave Rajsich and cash to Texas Rangers in exchange for Dave Righetti, Juan Beniquez, Mike Griffin, Paul Mirabella and Greg Jemison (November 10, 1978).

Traded by Texas Rangers to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for a player to be named later (September 13, 1980); Texas Rangers received Kevin Saucier (November 19, 1980).

Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago White Sox (August 21, 1982).

Released by Chicago White Sox (October 12, 1982).

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