Joe Sparma

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: February 4, 1942 in Massillon, OH us

Died: May 14, 1986 in Columbus, OH

Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Worthington, OH

High School: Massillon HS (Massillon, OH)

School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)

Debut: May 20, 1964 (Age 22-106d, 12,242nd in major league history)
vs. WSA 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 12, 1970 (Age 28-097d)
vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Joseph Blase Sparma

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1968 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

3.94

183

142

864.2

586

WHIP

1.399

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-14 / in Starts: 23-14
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	23 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 90 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	79 (40-25-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 90 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (27-16-8)

Most Driven In
J Price	1
R Oyler	0
M Stanley	0

Most Driven In By
M Stanley	1

1967 Batting Game Log

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1967 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	83	4 (3)	Apr 15	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0					9	1.91	-0.041	3.74	-0.05%	-0.36	P
2	84	8 (3)	Apr 20	DET		CAL	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.08	-0.049	2.61	-0.07%	-0.46	P
3	85	12 (3)	Apr 25	DET		KCA	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.25	-0.028	.56	-0.04%	-1.17	P
4	86	16 (3)	Apr 30 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.87	-0.103	5.42	-0.18%	-1.01	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	87	20 (3)	May 7	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.80	0.027	2.55	0.05%	-0.14	P
6	88	24 (3)	May 13	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.42	0.015	5.86	0.04%	0.23	P
7	89	28 (3)	May 17	DET	@	WSA	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.17	-0.016	.61	-0.04%	-0.64	P
8	90	32 (3)	May 21 (2)	DET		NYY	L,5-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.68	-0.015	3.07	-0.04%	-0.33	P
9	91	36 (3)	May 26	DET		WSA	W,10-5	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.82	-0.099	7.11	-0.23%	-0.83	P
10	92	40 (3)	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.056	.000	.056	9	2.20	0.015	12.51	0.05%	0.17	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	93	43 (2)	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	W,9-5	GS-7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.048	.000	.048	9	.47	-0.024	1.97	-0.06%	-0.79	P
12	94	49 (5)	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.040	.000	.040	9	.57	-0.006	2.79	-0.02%	-0.49	P
13	95	53 (3)	Jun 11	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.038	.000	.038	9	1.12	-0.040	5.14	-0.11%	-0.47	P
14	96	57 (3)	Jun 15	DET	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.034	.000	.034	9	.65	-0.047	3.00	-0.13%	-0.45	P
15	97	60 (2)	Jun 18	DET		KCA	L,4-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.034	.000	.034	9						P
16	98	65 (4)	Jun 22	DET		MIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.031	.061	.031	.092	9	.29	-0.022	1.15	-0.05%	-0.48	P
17	99	70 (4)	Jun 28	DET		CLE	W,7-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.029	.057	.029	.087	9	1.23	-0.064	3.80	-0.12%	-0.76	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	100	74 (3)	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.027	.053	.027	.080	9	.43	-0.031	1.57	-0.07%	-0.66	P
19	101	78 (3)	Jul 7	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.024	.048	.024	.072	9	.55	-0.052	2.28	-0.13%	-1.03	P
20	102	82 (3)	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	WSA	L,3-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.024	.047	.024	.070	9	.19	-0.005	.86	-0.01%	-0.08	P
21	103	86 (3)	Jul 16	DET	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.024	.047	.024	.070	9	1.41	-0.014	5.37	-0.03%	-0.18	P
22	104	90 (3)	Jul 20	DET		WSA	W,8-4	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.022	.043	.022	.066	9	.27	-0.025	.72	-0.04%	-1.22	P
23	105	97 (6)	Jul 29	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.022	.043	.022	.064	9	1.16	-0.030	6.23	-0.10%	-0.28	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	106	101 (3)	Aug 2 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.020	.040	.020	.060	9	.39	-0.031	1.45	-0.07%	-0.74	P
25	107	106 (4)	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.019	.038	.019	.057	9	.77	-0.104	3.00	-0.24%	-1.65	P
26	108	111 (4)	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.019	.036	.019	.055	9	1.12	-0.068	7.69	-0.28%	-0.62	P
27	109	116 (4)	Aug 15	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.018	.036	.018	.054	9	.97	-0.024	5.95	-0.09%	-0.21	P
28	110	120 (3)	Aug 19	DET		CLE	L,0-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.018	.036	.018	.054	9						P
29	111	125 (4)	Aug 23 (1)	DET		MIN	W,10-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.017	.033	.017	.050	9	.39	0.010	2.67	0.04%	-1.35	P
30	112	130 (4)	Aug 27	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.032	.048	.032	.080	9	1.20	-0.068	7.54	-0.26%	-0.40	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	113	135 (4)	Sep 1	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.032	.047	.032	.079	9	.54	-0.013	5.14	-0.07%	-0.14	P
32	114	140 (4)	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.045	.059	.045	.104	9	1.07	-0.003	7.27	-0.01%	-0.10	P
33	115	145 (4)	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.045	.059	.045	.104	9						P
34	116	149 (3)	Sep 15	DET		WSA	W,5-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.045	.059	.045	.104	9						P
35	117	154 (4)	Sep 20	DET		NYY	W,10-1	CG	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.099	.059	.157	9	.41	0.093	3.54	0.48%	1.89	P
36	118	157 (2)	Sep 24	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.056	.095	.056	.151	9	1.69	-0.088	27.30	-0.85%	-0.50	P
37	119	162 (4)	Oct 1 (1)	DET		CAL	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.054	.091	.054	.145	9	.32	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.47	P
							23-14		90	74	1	4	0	0	0	1	3	0	33	0	13	0	5	0	0	0	.054	.091	.054	.145		.78	-0.973	4.09	-2.72%	-15.69

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