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Phil Niekro League
10-26-2088
Tommy Lyttle Third Base
Retired (1975, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .239 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .684 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 201 Age at Death 85 Date of Birth 05-20-1940
HR 28 Drafted Round 1, Pick 8
(1960)		 Majors Svc Time 6 years
(1 games)
RBI 123
SB 14
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C  Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L A  Velocity F    Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt D  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (94.7%) Range B- WS Rings 1
1B D- (11.8%) LF --- Arm A+ WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 3
3B A+ (100%) RF D+ (23.7%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1960 CHN
22
24
3
9
1
0
2
6
3
 5 0 0
0
 0 0
1.111
.444
.667
.292
.375
1961 CHN-LAN
3
12
2
2
0
0
0
3
1
 2 0 0
0
 0 0
.397
.231
.167
.000
.167
1967 NYN-LAN-PIT
32
85
11
25
10
0
0
12
2
 18 0 0
1
 0 4
.722
.310
.412
.118
.294
1968 PIT
44
93
12
26
5
0
4
12
7
 17 0 1
1
 0 4
.789
.327
.462
.183
.280
1969 PIT
73
226
24
53
14
1
11
40
12
 60 0 1
3
 2 5
.723
.272
.451
.217
.235
1970 PIT
76
239
28
55
7
1
7
30
20
 67 0 0
5
 4 6
.645
.290
.356
.126
.230
1971 PIT
20
50
3
8
3
0
1
4
4
 12 0 0
2
 0 2
.502
.222
.280
.120
.160
1974 CHA
28
94
11
20
3
0
3
16
7
 25 1 2
2
 1 3
.610
.269
.340
.128
.213
1975 CHA
6
18
2
3
1
0
0
0
2
 5 0 0
0
 0 0
.472
.250
.222
.056
.167
Total
304
841
96
201
44
2
28
123
58
 211 1 4
14
 7 24
.684
.288
.396
.157
.239
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1975-11-01Tommy Lyttle has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1975-05-16The Chicago Wild Rovers have waived Tommy Lyttle.
1975-04-21The Chicago Wild Rovers have promoted Tracy Williams to the major league team. The Chicago Wild Rovers have designated Tommy Lyttle for assignment.
1974-09-02The Chicago Wild Rovers have re-claimed Tommy Lyttle from the waiver wire.
1974-08-27The Chicago Wild Rovers have designated Tommy Lyttle for assignment.
1974-05-05The Chicago Wild Rovers have promoted Tommy Lyttle to the major league team. The Chicago Wild Rovers have sent Danilo Hendrix to the minors.
1974-05-05The Chicago Wild Rovers have acquired Tommy Lyttle from the waiver wire.
1973-06-02The Pittsburgh Miners have waived Tommy Lyttle.
1971-05-25The Pittsburgh Miners have promoted Frank Baller to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Miners have designated Tommy Lyttle for assignment.
1967-07-02The Pittsburgh Miners have acquired Tommy Lyttle from the waiver wire.
1967-06-21The Los Angeles Dodgers have designated Tommy Lyttle for assignment.
1967-06-21The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired Tommy Lyttle from the waiver wire.
1967-06-11The New York Roosters have designated Tommy Lyttle for assignment.
1967-05-12The New York Roosters have placed Tommy Lyttle on the trade block.
1967-05-01The New York Roosters have promoted Tommy Lyttle to the major league team.
1963-04-11The New York Mets have acquired Tommy Lyttle from the waiver wire.
1963-04-01The Los Angeles Dodgers have waived Tommy Lyttle.
1961-07-23The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired Tommy Lyttle from the waiver wire. The Los Angeles Dodgers have waived John Oyler.
1961-04-18The Chicago GoodFellas have waived Tommy Lyttle.
1961-04-18The Chicago GoodFellas have promoted Billy Gabler to the major league team. The Chicago GoodFellas have promoted Jacob Ganzel to the major league team. The Chicago GoodFellas have promoted Ed DeBerry to the major league team. The Chicago GoodFellas have sent Vern Sandberg to the minors. The Chicago GoodFellas have sent Tommy Lyttle to the minors. The Chicago GoodFellas have sent Karl Kelly to the minors.
1960-04-01The Chicago GoodFellas have auto-promoted Tommy Lyttle to the major leagues.