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	18-15 / in Starts: 16-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 67 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	45 (21-17-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 67 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	38 (19-12-6)

Most Driven In
B Freehan	2
R Oyler	0

Most Driven In By
D McAuliffe	2

1968 Batting Game Log

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1968 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	120	3 (2)	Apr 13	DET		CHW	W,5-2	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.23	0.029	2.35	0.03%	0.25	P
2	121	7 (3)	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.55	-0.056	1.45	-0.09%	-0.67	P
3	122	11 (3)	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	GS-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.05	-0.034	3.68	-0.07%	-0.22	P
4	123	14 (2)	Apr 28 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.72	-0.053	2.52	-0.11%	-0.46	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	124	19 (4)	May 2	DET		MIN	L,2-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	1.35	-0.030	5.16	-0.07%	-0.25	P
6	125	23 (3)	May 6	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	1.46	-0.032	5.20	-0.07%	-0.24	P
7	126	27 (3)	May 11	DET	@	WSA	W,12-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.18	-0.019	.66	-0.04%	-0.45	P
8	127	31 (3)	May 17	DET		WSA	W,7-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.105	.105	.211	9	.59	-0.041	2.41	-0.10%	-0.59	P
9	128	36 (4)	May 21	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.095	.095	.190	9	1.47	-0.073	6.97	-0.21%	-0.48	P
10	129	40 (3)	May 26	DET	@	OAK	L,6-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	1.06	-0.024	4.65	-0.06%	-0.18	P
11	130	44 (3)	May 30	DET	@	CAL	W,7-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.080	.080	.160	9	.52	-0.036	2.31	-0.10%	-0.53	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
12	131	49 (4)	Jun 3	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.074	.074	.148	9	1.08	-0.055	5.62	-0.17%	-0.48	P
13	132	53 (3)	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.069	.069	.069	.138	9	.44	-0.024	2.31	-0.08%	-0.32	P
14	133	58 (4)	Jun 11 (2)	DET		MIN	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.065	.065	.065	.129	9	2.40	-0.116	13.61	-0.39%	-0.89	P
15	134	62 (3)	Jun 15	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.063	.063	.125	9	.99	-0.024	5.19	-0.07%	-0.19	P
16	135	66 (3)	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,5-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.057	.057	.057	.114	9	1.34	-0.143	7.43	-0.48%	-1.16	P
17	136	71 (4)	Jun 23 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.053	.053	.105	9	1.38	-0.114	9.70	-0.48%	-2.07	P
18	137	76 (4)	Jun 30	DET		CHW	L,0-12	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.053	.053	.053	.105	9						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
19	138	80 (3)	Jul 4	DET		CAL	W,13-10	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.053	.053	.053	.105	9						P
20	139	84 (3)	Jul 7 (2)	DET		OAK	W,7-6	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.073	.073	.073	.146	9	.78	0.060	3.05	0.14%	0.39	P
21	140	87 (2)	Jul 13	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.091	.091	.114	.205	9	1.03	0.079	3.68	0.17%	0.56	P
22	141	91 (3)	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.133	.244	9	1.37	0.133	6.73	0.39%	1.00	P
23	142	96 (4)	Jul 21 (2)	DET		BAL	L,1-4	4-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.130	.133	.264	9	.32	0.012	2.32	0.05%	0.11	P
24	143	99 (2)	Jul 25	DET	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.104	.122	.125	.247	9	.66	-0.083	3.67	-0.28%	-0.89	P
25	144	103 (3)	Jul 29	DET		NYY	L,2-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.118	.120	.238	9	1.62	-0.077	7.82	-0.22%	-0.57	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
26	145	107 (3)	Aug 2	DET	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.115	.118	.233	9	.32	-0.008	1.52	-0.02%	-0.20	P
27	146	111 (3)	Aug 6 susp	DET		CLE	W,5-2	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.096	.113	.115	.229	9	.69	-0.018	3.43	-0.05%	-0.19	P
28	147	116 (4)	Aug 11 (1)	DET		BOS	W,5-4	1-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.111	.113	.224	9	1.25	-0.030	6.03	-0.09%	-0.38	P
29	148	120 (3)	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.109	.111	.220	9	.55	-0.012	2.03	-0.03%	-0.12	P
30	149	129 (8)	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	NYY	T,3-3	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.107	.109	.216	9	1.34	-0.035	3.37	-0.05%	-0.32	P
Sept		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	150	141 (11)	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS-6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.123	.125	.248	9	1.49	0.143	2.81	0.16%	1.23	P
32	151	154 (12)	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.133	.136	.269	9	.91	0.142	.00	0.00%	0.66	P
33	152	157 (2)	Sep 21	DET	@	WSA	W,4-3	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.148	.150	.298	9	.33	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.10	P
34	153	162 (4)	Sep 27	DET		WSA	L,1-3	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.148	.150	.298	9						P
							18-15		67	60	2	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	24	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	.133	.148	.150	.298		.94	-0.530	3.91	-2.38%	-7.54

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