Jim Lyttle

Jim Lyttle

Infobox MLB retired
name = Jim Lyttle


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position = Outfielder
birthdate = birth date and age|1946|5|20
deathdate =
bats =Left
throws = Right
debutdate =May 17
debutyear =1969
debutteam =New York Yankees
finaldate =October 3
finalyear =1976
finalteam =Los Angeles Dodgers
stat1label = Batting average
stat1value =.248
stat2label =Home runs
stat2value =9
stat3label =Runs batted in
stat3value =70
teams =
*New York Yankees (1969-1971)
*Chicago White Sox (1972)
*Montreal Expos (1973-1976)
*Los Angeles Dodgers (1976)
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James Lawrence Lyttle Jr. (born May 20, 1946) is a former major league baseball player from Hamilton, Ohio. He played as an outfielder for the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He also played seven seasons of baseball in Japan with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Nankai Hawks.

Lyttle graduated from Florida State University, and was drafted in the first round of the 1966 amateur draft by the New York Yankees. He made his major league debut with the Yankees in 1969, and recorded a .310 batting average in 87 games in 1970. He was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1971, and played in 42 games as a defensive backup with the White Sox before being sent off to various teams from 1973 to 1974. He spent three years with the Montreal Expos, and ended his major league career with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1976.

He signed with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in the Japanese Central League in 1977, and immediately became a vital part of the team in his first year, playing right field, and batting cleanup along with Koji Yamamoto and Sachio Kinugasa. The Carp won consecutive league championships from 1979 to 1980, and Lyttle contributed immensely to the team's Japan Series victory over the Kintetsu Buffaloes, where he was awarded the series MVP award. His strong arm won him the outfield Japanese golden glove award four years in a row from 1978, and he played his best season in 1981, leading the league in hits while slugging 33 home runs and 100 RBIs, with a .318 batting average. He also played in 472 consecutive games until 1981. He played six total seasons with the Carp; the longest of any non-Japanese player, and is regarded as the best non-Japanese player ever to play for the team. He spent the 1983 season with the Nankai Hawks before retiring.

Lyttle currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida, where he owns a ranch. He also coaches baseball at Florida Atlantic University.

External links

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* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Lyttle Baseball-reference.com bullpen]


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