Steve Sparks

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 187lb (183cm, 84kg)

Born: July 2, 1965 in Tulsa, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 5th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX).

High School: Holland Hall HS (Tulsa, OK)

School: Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX)

Debut: April 28, 1995 (Age 29-300d, 16,601st in major league history)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 26, 2004 (Age 39-086d)
vs. SDP 4.0 IP, 9 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Steven William Sparks

Nicknames: Phone Book

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.2

ERA

4.88

270

182

1319.2

658

WHIP

1.494

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-44

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 30

2003 Pitching Game Log

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2003 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	191	4	Apr 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	2-GF(8)		99	6.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.35	3.18	25	103	65	22	7	6	17	4	6	0		1	0	0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.092	.34	0.05%	3.32	2b --3 1 out d4	8b end d 3
2	192	6	Apr 6	DET	@	CHW	L,2-10	8-8	BS(1)	1	0.2	2	6	0	3	0	0	0	1.23	4.39	8	36	16	5	2	1	4	2	2	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.55	-0.347	2.07	-0.17%	-4.63	8b 1-3 0 out a1	8b 1-3 2 out d5
3	193	9	Apr 11	DET		CHW	L,0-5	8-GF		4	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.89	4.42	11	36	26	9	2	5	5	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	.25	-0.010	.15	0.00%	-0.99	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
4	194	12	Apr 15	DET	@	MIN	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		3	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.53	3.87	4	16	12	3	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.043	.20	0.01%	1.08	7b 1-3 2 out d2	8b end d 2
5	195	16	Apr 19	DET	@	KCR	L,2-9	3-6		3	3.1	6	4	4	0	3	0	0	4.50	3.25	15	50	35	9	7	6	6	3	3	0		3	2	1	0	0	15	2	0	0	1	0	0	.50	-0.086	.17	-0.02%	-2.85	3b 123 1 out d1	6b 1-- 2 out d7
6	196	20	Apr 24	DET	@	OAK	L,0-2	7-7		4	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	3.23	5	10	9	2	0	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.97	-0.072	.22	-0.01%	-0.46	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d2
7	197	23	Apr 27	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.94	3.28	4	16	9	3	4	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.032	.12	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	198	25	May 1(1)	DET		BAL	L,2-5	8-GF		3	1.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.15	3.49	8	28	14	5	1	4	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.006	.10	0.00%	0.28	8t 123 2 out d2	9t end d 3
9	199	30	May 5	DET	@	BAL	W,6-1	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.79	3.24	5	24	14	5	2	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.074	.05	0.00%	1.49	8b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 5
10	200	32	May 7	DET	@	BAL	W,9-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	3.23	3	7	6	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.009	.01	0.00%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
11	201	35	May 11	DET	@	TBD	W,9-2	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.43	3.13	3	11	7	3	2	0	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 7
12	202	36	May 13	DET		OAK	L,1-3	7-GF		1	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.04	3.07	10	34	23	9	5	4	3	1	1	0		3	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.40	-0.079	.17	-0.01%	0.60	7t 123 1 out tie	9t end d 2
13	203	39	May 16	DET		SEA	L,3-6	6-7		2	2.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.16	2.95	9	38	19	6	3	3	2	2	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	8	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.11	-0.045	.10	0.00%	0.01	6t 12- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d3
14	204	42	May 19	DET	@	CLE	L,9-10	5-6		2	1.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.62	3.07	7	19	13	2	2	4	2	2	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.19	-0.159	.11	-0.01%	-0.93	5b 1-- 1 out a1	6b 3 out tie
15	205	45	May 22	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	11-GF(11)	S(2)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	3.07	3	8	6	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	0.208	.08	0.00%	0.52	11b --- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
16	206	48	May 25	DET	@	CHW	L,5-8	9-GF(12)	L(0-1)	2	3.2	4	3	0	2	3	1	0	3.09	3.47	17	55	33	9	5	8	4	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	1	2	0	2	3.08	0.166	.18	0.01%	-0.50	9b 1-- 0 out tie	12b end d 3
17	207	51	May 28	DET		CLE	L,2-8	7-GF		2	2.2	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.38	3.49	14	41	27	10	4	5	5	3	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	1	.30	-0.073	.01	0.00%	-1.46	7t 1-- 1 out d3	9t end d 6
18	208	52	May 30	DET		NYY	L,0-6	5-8		1	3.2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.29	3.87	12	49	26	12	1	3	8	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	.10	0.020	.00	0.00%	1.05	5t 1-- 1 out d5	8t 3 out d6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	209	54	Jun 1	DET		NYY	L,9-10	10-GF(17)	L(0-2)	1	7.2	5	2	2	1	4	2	0	3.13	4.18	27	91	60	18	7	10	12	3	3	0		3	0	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	3	0	1	2.11	0.778	.06	0.01%	3.13	10t 123 1 out tie	17t end d 2
20	210	57	Jun 5	DET	@	SDP	L,1-5	7-7		3	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.30	4.24	3	12	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.099	.04	0.00%	-1.03	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 1-- 1 out d2
21	211	59	Jun 7	DET	@	SFG	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.42	4.45	4	12	9	5	1	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.49	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
22	212	61	Jun 10	DET		LAD	L,1-3	12-GF(12)	L(0-3)	2	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.72	4.44	5	20	12	3	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	-0.408	.04	0.00%	-1.49	12t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 2
23	213	67	Jun 17	DET		CLE	L,4-7	4-6		6	2.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.55	4.45	9	32	19	7	1	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.26	0.038	.00	0.00%	1.12	4t --- 2 out d4	6t 3 out d4
24	214	69	Jun 19	DET		CLE	L,3-10	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.48	4.44	5	17	12	6	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
25	215	71	Jun 21	DET	@	COL	L,6-9	4-6	L(0-4)	1	2.1	2	4	4	2	2	2	0	4.00	4.90	11	42	22	8	2	3	4	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.337	.00	0.00%	-2.54	4b 1-- 2 out a1	6b 3 out d3
26	216	74	Jun 24	DET	@	BOS	L,1-10	6-7		2	1.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.88	4.77	8	23	17	6	1	2	4	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.56	6b 12- 1 out d7	7b 3 out d7
27	217	76	Jun 26	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	4-6		1	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.88	4.67	9	26	18	5	2	3	5	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.40	4b 1-- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	218	82	Jul 2	DET		TOR	L,2-8	4-5		5	1.2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.92	4.86	7	19	11	3	0	3	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.28	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.30	4t 1-3 1 out d4	5t 3 out d6
29	219	91	Jul 12	DET		BOS	L,2-4	11-GF(11)		9	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.90	4.85	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.44	11t 12- 2 out d2	11t end d 2
30	220	94	Jul 18	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	6-7		5	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	4.79	7	23	14	4	0	5	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.055	.00	0.00%	1.11	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d1
31	221	96	Jul 20	DET	@	CHW	L,1-10	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.71	4.73	3	12	9	2	1	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
32	222	97	Jul 21	DET	@	BOS	L,5-14	3-5		0	3.0	7	6	6	4	2	0	0	4.36	4.77	19	78	42	13	4	4	9	1	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	14	4	0	0	0	1	0	.09	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-4.65	3b -2- 0 out d6	5b 3 out d10
33	223	101	Jul 25	DET		KCR	L,3-8	7-GF		3	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.19	4.65	8	33	22	6	3	4	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.009	.00	0.00%	1.93	7t 12- 1 out d6	9t end d 5
34	224	105	Jul 30	DET	@	SEA	L,3-13	1-5		4	4.1	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.32	4.76	22	100	62	21	4	10	8	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.82	1b --- 2 out d9	5b 3 out d9
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	225	109	Aug 3	DET	@	MIN	L,2-7	3-7		3	4.1	4	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.31	4.58	16	54	40	13	5	10	3	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.29	0.027	.00	0.00%	1.64	3b 123 0 out d3	7b 12- 1 out d3
36	226	111	Aug 6	DET		OAK	L,3-9	9-GF		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	4.57	3	8	5	2	0	2	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t 1-- 1 out d6	9t end d 6
37	227	114	Aug 9	DET		MIN	L,4-8	10-GF(10)		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.23	4.53	2	6	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.92	10t 12- 1 out d4	10t end d 4
38	228	116	Aug 11	DET	@	TEX	L,3-9	2-5	L(0-5)	1	4.0	8	6	6	2	2	1	0	4.68	4.64	21	65	42	5	9	7	10	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	1	0	.99	-0.215	.00	0.00%	-3.58	2b --- 0 out d1	5b 3 out d6
39	229	119	Aug 14	DET	@	TEX	L,3-6	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.52	4.60	12	57	37	7	6	6	4	1	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.30	0.050	.00	0.00%	1.81	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
40	230	121	Aug 16	DET	@	ANA	L,7-11	7-GF(8)		1	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	4.53	4.63	8	21	11	4	0	1	5	1	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.07	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.25	7b 1-3 1 out d4	8b end d 6
41	231	123	Aug 18	DET		TEX	L,2-4	15-GF(16)	L(0-6)	1	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	4.63	4.78	11	36	23	5	0	3	7	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	-0.269	.00	0.00%	-0.99	15t --- 0 out tie	16t end d 2
42	232	128	Aug 23	DET		ANA	L,8-14	8-8	BS(2)	4	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.72	4.77	2	11	6	2	1	1	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	-0.564	.00	0.00%	-2.56	8t 12- 2 out a2	8t 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Oakland Athletics
43	233	139	Sep 3	OAK	@	BAL	L,0-9	4-6		10	3.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	4.86	4.85	13	29	21	6	1	7	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.12	-0.004	.14	0.00%	-1.38	4b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d8
44	234	140	Sep 4	OAK	@	BAL	L,5-7	7-GF(8)		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.79	4.81	4	17	11	4	2	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.038	.52	0.03%	1.00	7b 12- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
45	235	142	Sep 6	OAK	@	TBD	L,4-7	4-6		1	2.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.76	4.77	10	33	20	7	2	4	4	1	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.002	1.02	0.00%	0.37	4b -2- 2 out d3	6b 3 out d3
46	236	143	Sep 7	OAK	@	TBD	L,2-11	6-6		0	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.82	4.79	4	14	9	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.024	.34	-0.03%	-1.58	6b -23 1 out d4	6b 3 out d7
47	237	145	Sep 9	OAK		ANA	W,8-1	8-8		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.78	4.78	4	14	9	4	0	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.09	0.00%	0.54	8t --- 0 out a8	8t 3 out a8
48	238	147	Sep 11	OAK		ANA	W,14-4	6-8		1	2.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.74	4.71	10	36	30	7	2	5	4	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	.36	0.032	.67	0.04%	0.70	6t 123 1 out a7	8t 3 out a7
49	239	151	Sep 15	OAK	@	ANA	W,7-4	6-9		3	3.0	5	4	4	0	1	1	0	4.95	4.77	14	44	33	11	2	8	5	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.020	.19	-0.01%	-1.75	6b --- 0 out a7	9b 1-3 0 out a5
50	240	154	Sep 19	OAK		SEA	L,1-6	8-GF		3	2.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.94	4.74	10	38	23	7	2	6	2	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.13	0.002	.07	0.00%	0.08	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
51	241	162	Sep 28	OAK	@	SEA	L,3-9	5-6		8	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.88	4.72	5	16	10	4	0	1	4	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.76	5b 1-- 2 out d7	6b 3 out d6
							7-44		W-L:0-6,Sv:2,BSv:2	2.4	107.0	114	68	58	37	54	13	3	4.88	4.72	460	1622	64%	20%	7%	0.98		16%	8%	0		55	35%	4	3	0	412	26	1	4	18	7	8	.73	-1.183	.15	-0.09%	-7.20

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