Sparky Lyle vs. Billy Taylor — Career Comparison

Sparky Lyle
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Billy Taylor
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Billy Taylor a clear advantage over Sparky Lyle across the core pitching metrics. Billy Taylor led in home run suppression (HR9+ 168 vs 106), strikeout rate (K%+ 129 vs 77), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 131 vs 96). Billy Taylor was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Sparky Lyle and Billy Taylor

Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
899
5.82
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
8.79
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.64
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.44
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.49
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.78
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.57
56.57
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
1.54
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.77
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
2.88
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
4.21
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4171
27
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
974
27
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1390.1
9
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
324.2
9
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1292
8.36
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
8.7
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.54
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
3.11
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
3.69
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.52
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.89
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
873
5.65
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
8.51
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.974
0.974
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.43
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5794
37.51
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1414
39.2
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
4.1
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
5.38
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
3.36
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
4.77
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.54
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.39
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.3
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.61
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.61
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.377
1.377
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
33.46
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1236
34.26
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Sparky Lyle and Billy Taylor

Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
899
5.82
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
8.79
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4170
27
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
974
27
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1390
9
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
324.2
9
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.35
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.42
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.28
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.11
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.14
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.77
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.52
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.63
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.52
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.174
0.174
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sparky Lyle and Billy Taylor

Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
899
6129.55
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
317
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
600
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
531.82
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
102.27
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
88.64
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.64
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.64
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.41
30.07
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
115.91
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
136.36
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
54.55
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
27.27
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
81.82
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.58
31.22
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.09
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
26
177.27
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.09
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.82
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.82
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA