Tag Archives: Goose Gossage
Sparky Lyle
Sparky Lyle (Baseball. Born, DeBois, Penna., July 22, 1944.) Albert Walter Lyle was a modestly successful reliever in Boston (1967-71) who became a Cy Young Award winner for the Yankees as the American League’s premier closer. Lyle joined the Yankees during spring training in 1972 in a March 22 deal that sent infielder Danny Cater […]
Goose Gossage
Goose Gossage (Baseball. Born, Colorado Springs, CO, July 5, 1951.) A one-time starter who had been converted to a reliever, Richard Michael Gossage signed with the Yankees as a free agent after the 1977 season. The A.L.’s dominant closer for most of his six seasons with the Yankees, Gossage, a righthander with an overpowering fastball, […]
