Clarence Lester "Dude" Lytle (December 22, 1879March 4, 1937) was an American professional baseball pitcher in the pre-Negro leagues. He played from 1901"Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910 to 1911 with various teams. He played mostly with the Chicago Union Giants.
In 1907, Lytle signed with the new St. Paul Colored Gophers team. Later that year, a 1907 St. Paul newspaper paper noted that Lytle and fellow St. Paul Colored Gophers pitcher Johnny Davis both had no-hitter games to their credit."St. Paul Gophers Base Ball Club" The Appeal, St. Paul, Minnesota, August 31, 1907, Page 3, Columns 3 to 5
Lytle died in Chicago, Illinois, on March 4, 1937, at the age of 57.
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