Ken Tatum vs Sparky Lyle

Ken TatumSparky Lyle

Ken Tatum and Sparky Lyle compared on their MLB careers: Ken Tatum played 6 seasons, 1969 to 1974, Sparky Lyle 16 seasons, 1967 to 1982. Ken Tatum has 16 wins to Sparky Lyle's 99. Sparky Lyle won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ken Tatum and Sparky Lyle career totals
176GP899
16W99
12L76
2.9ERA2.9
282.2IP1390.1
156K873
117BB481
1.2WHIP1.3
52SV238

Where each stands all time

Ken Tatum and Sparky Lyle all-time places
Ken TatumAll-time rankSparky Lyle
—Saves42nd (238)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Ken Tatum: 0 championships; none on file
  • Sparky Lyle: 3 championships; AL Cy Young

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Ken Tatum and Sparky Lyle season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1969721.361967122.28
2nd1970742.941968612.74
3rd1971244.191969832.54
4th1972023.071970173.88
5th1973009.001971642.75
6th1974004.791972951.92
7th————1973592.51
8th————1974931.66
9th————1975573.12
10th————1976782.26
11th————19771352.17
12th————1978933.47
13th————1979583.13
14th————1980324.28
15th————1981964.44
16th————1982334.62

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA