Over his major league career, Lytle, a second baseman and outfielder, batted .136 with three runs, eight hits and one doubles in 16 games played.

During the 1890 season, Lytle played in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Colts and the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.

[1] In that game, Lytle played left field and would throw the ball to second base after he caught it, no matter the situation.

He then joined the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, who were also a major league team, and batted .145 with two runs, eight hits, one doubles and eight walks in 15 games played.

In 1899, he began the season with the Wheeling Stogies after being traded with George Kihm by their previous team, the New Castle Quakers, in exchange for John Farrell and William Graffius.