Sparky Lyle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1944
Place of Birth: DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Sparky Lyle
- Albert Walter "Sparky" Lyle (born July 22, 1944) is an American former left-handed relief pitcher who spent sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1967 through 1982.
- He was a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox. A three-time All-Star, he won the American League (AL) Cy Young Award in 1977.
- He led the American League (AL) in saves in 1972 and 1976.
- With the Yankees, Lyle was a member of the World Series champions in 1977 and 1978, both over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Lyle co-authored, with Peter Golenbock, The Bronx Zoo, a 1979 tell-all book which chronicled the dissension within the Yankees in its World Series Championship seasons of 1977 and 1978.
- From 1998–2012, Lyle served as manager of the Somerset Patriots, a minor league baseball team of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
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