⚾ Sparky Lyle New York Yankees Autographed Pinstripe Baseball Jersey — Framed 35x39 — JSA Authenticated — DuBois, Pennsylvania — 1977 AL Cy Young Award (First AL Reliever) — 1977 & 1978 World Series Champion — New York Yankees Reliever Extraordinaire — James Spence Authentication Certified

⚾ The Bronx Zoo era of New York Yankees baseball produced some of the most colorful, combative, and talented personalities the sport had seen — the late 1970s Yankees who fought publicly and won championships anyway, managed by Billy Martin, owned by George Steinbrenner, and headlined by a clubhouse of outsized personalities playing under the most intense media spotlight in baseball. Albert Walter 'Sparky' Lyle was the left-handed relief ace at the center of that circus — the closer who set up and shut down Yankees opponents from 1972 through 1978, who won the 1977 American League Cy Young Award as the first relief pitcher in the history of the award to claim it in the American League, and who came along for two World Series championships in the most memorable consecutive championship years of the era. This autographed Yankees pinstripe jersey, authenticated by James Spence Authentication (JSA), carries Lyle's signature on the most iconic uniform in baseball. Condition: NOS.

🌟 DuBois, Pennsylvania — The Slider — The Yankees Trade

Albert Walter Lyle was born on July 22, 1944, in DuBois, Pennsylvania, and developed one of the most effective left-handed sliders in the American League before the New York Yankees traded Danny Cater to the Boston Red Sox to acquire him in March 1972 — one of the most lopsided trades in the history of the rivalry between the two franchises. Lyle arrived in New York with the slider that would make him the most dependable reliever in the AL through the mid-1970s and the Cy Young Award winner in 1977. Condition: NOS.

🏆 1977 Cy Young Award — The First AL Reliever — The Championship Seasons

Sparky Lyle's 1977 season was historic: 13 wins, 26 saves, a 2.17 ERA across 72 appearances, and the AL Cy Young Award — the first time in the award's history that an American League relief pitcher had claimed the prize. The Yankees won the World Series in both 1977 (over the Dodgers) and 1978 (over the Dodgers again), with Lyle as the bullpen centerpiece who protected leads and delivered the performances that championship teams require from their relievers in October. Condition: NOS.

📋 JSA Authentication — The New York Yankees Pinstripes

This Sparky Lyle New York Yankees pinstripe jersey carries James Spence Authentication (JSA) certification, confirming the autograph against known Lyle exemplars by trained authenticators. Displayed in a framed 35x39 presentation, the Yankees pinstripes connect Lyle's signature to the Bronx Zoo era — the chaotic, championship-winning Yankees teams of the late 1970s that produced the most compelling storylines in the sport's history during those seasons. Condition: NOS.

⚾⭐ Sparky Lyle. DuBois, Pennsylvania. The slider. Boston. The trade. New York Yankees. The Bronx Zoo. Billy Martin. George Steinbrenner. The closer. 1977. Cy Young. First AL reliever. World Series. Dodgers. 1978. World Series. Dodgers again. The pinstripes. JSA. Framed 35x39. Condition: NOS.