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Steve Sparks

Steven William Sparks

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 2, 1965 in Tulsa, OK
High School: Holland Hall (Tulsa, OK)
School: Sam Houston State University
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 5th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1995
Final Game: September 26, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- 1995
- 2001
- 1996
- 2002
- 1998
- 2003
- 1999
- 2004
- 2000
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1995
- 2001
- 1996
- 2002
- 1998
- 2003
- 1999
- 2004
- 2000
HR Log
vs. Batter
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1995	29	MIL	AL	9	11	.450	4.63	33	27	2	3	0	0	202.0	210	111	104	17	86	1	96	5	1	5	875	107	1.465	9.4	0.8	3.8	4.3	1.12	RoY-9
1996	30	MIL	AL	4	7	.364	6.60	20	13	2	1	0	0	88.2	103	66	65	19	52	0	21	3	0	6	406	79	1.748	10.5	1.9	5.3	2.1	0.40

1998	32	ANA	AL	9	4	.692	4.34	22	20	1	0	0	0	128.2	130	66	62	14	58	0	90	5	0	6	562	109	1.461	9.1	1.0	4.1	6.3	1.55
1999	33	ANA	AL	5	11	.313	5.42	28	26	1	0	0	0	147.2	165	101	89	21	82	0	73	9	0	8	688	90	1.673	10.1	1.3	5.0	4.4	0.89
2000	34	DET	AL	7	5	.583	4.07	20	15	5	1	1	1	104.0	108	55	47	7	29	0	53	4	0	6	446	115	1.317	9.3	0.6	2.5	4.6	1.83
2001	35	DET	AL	14	9	.609	3.65	35	33	2	8	1	0	232.0	244	110	94	22	64	1	116	6	2	8	982	117	1.328	9.5	0.9	2.5	4.5	1.81
2002	36	DET	AL	8	16	.333	5.52	32	30	0	3	0	0	189.0	238	134	116	23	67	3	98	12	2	8	868	77	1.614	11.3	1.1	3.2	4.7	1.46
2003	37	TOT	AL	0	6	.000	4.88	51	0	26	0	0	2	107.0	114	68	58	13	37	4	54	3	0	3	460	89	1.411	9.6	1.1	3.1	4.5	1.46
2003	37	DET	AL	0	6	.000	4.72	42	0	24	0	0	2	89.2	95	57	47	11	34	4	49	3	0	3	386	91	1.439	9.5	1.1	3.4	4.9	1.44
2003	37	OAK	AL	0	0		5.71	9	0	2	0	0	0	17.1	19	11	11	2	3	0	5	0	0	0	74	78	1.269	9.9	1.0	1.6	2.6	1.67
2004	38	ARI	NL	3	7	.300	6.04	29	18	6	0	0	0	120.2	139	89	81	18	45	2	57	5	0	4	545	76	1.525	10.4	1.3	3.4	4.3	1.27
9 Seasons				59	76	.437	4.88	270	182	45	16	2	3	1319.2	1451	800	716	154	520	11	658	52	5	54	5832	94	1.494	9.9	1.1	3.5	4.5	1.27
162 Game Avg.				9	11	.437	4.88	41	27	7	2	0	0	199	218	120	108	23	78	2	99	8	1	8	877	94	1.494	9.9	1.1	3.5	4.5	1.27

DET (4 yrs)				29	36	.446	4.45	129	78	31	12	2	3	614.2	685	356	304	63	194	8	316	25	4	25	2682	97	1.430	10.0	0.9	2.8	4.6	1.63
ANA (2 yrs)				14	15	.483	4.92	50	46	2	0	0	0	276.1	295	167	151	35	140	0	163	14	0	14	1250	98	1.574	9.6	1.1	4.6	5.3	1.16
MIL (2 yrs)				13	18	.419	5.23	53	40	4	4	0	0	290.2	313	177	169	36	138	1	117	8	1	11	1281	96	1.552	9.7	1.1	4.3	3.6	0.85
ARI (1 yr)				3	7	.300	6.04	29	18	6	0	0	0	120.2	139	89	81	18	45	2	57	5	0	4	545	76	1.525	10.4	1.3	3.4	4.3	1.27
OAK (1 yr)				0	0		5.71	9	0	2	0	0	0	17.1	19	11	11	2	3	0	5	0	0	0	74	78	1.269	9.9	1.0	1.6	2.6	1.67

AL (8 yrs)				56	69	.448	4.77	241	164	39	16	2	3	1199.0	1312	711	635	136	475	9	601	47	5	50	5287	97	1.490	9.8	1.0	3.6	4.5	1.27
NL (1 yr)				3	7	.300	6.04	29	18	6	0	0	0	120.2	139	89	81	18	45	2	57	5	0	4	545	76	1.525	10.4	1.3	3.4	4.3	1.27

Postseason Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2003	37	OAK	AL	ALDS	L	BOS	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	17	1.250	4.5	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33
1 ALDS							0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	17	1.250	4.5	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- 1995
- 2001
- 1996
- 2002
- 1998
- 2003
- 1999
- 2004
- 2000
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1995
- 2001
- 1996
- 2002
- 1998
- 2003
- 1999
- 2004
- 2000
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1996	30	MIL	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1998	32	ANA	AL	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	46	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1999	33	ANA	AL	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	148	2	0	0	0	0	0	1

2001	35	DET	AL	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	36	DET	AL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	37	DET	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	38	ARI	NL	27	32	31	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.129	.129	.129	.258	-34	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
10 Seasons				39	44	41	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	17	.122	.143	.146	.289	-25	6	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	183	170	4	21	4	0	0	12	0	0	4	71	.122	.143	.146	.289	-25	25	0	0	8	0	0

DET (4 yrs)				7	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
ANA (2 yrs)				4	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.500	.900	130	2	0	0	1	0	0
ARI (1 yr)				27	32	31	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.129	.129	.129	.258	-34	4	0	0	1	0	0
MIL (2 yrs)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (8 yrs)				12	12	10	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.100	.182	.200	.382	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
NL (1 yr)				27	32	31	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.129	.129	.129	.258	-34	4	0	0	1	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1995	MIL	AL	29	P	33	27	202.0	70	25	43	2	5	.971	3.03	2.06	.960	1.79	0.53	RoY-9
1996	MIL	AL	30	P	20	13	88.2	33	9	23	1	1	.970	3.25	1.60	.961	1.77	0.52
1998	ANA	AL	32	P	22	20	128.2	43	12	31	0	2	1.000	3.01	1.95	.956	1.78	0.50
1999	ANA	AL	33	P	28	26	147.2	45	7	35	3	4	.933	2.56	1.50	.953	1.69	0.47
2000	DET	AL	34	P	20	15	104.0	29	11	17	1	2	.966	2.42	1.40	.955	1.62	0.46
2001	DET	AL	35	P	35	33	232.0	63	20	42	1	1	.984	2.41	1.77	.954	1.75	0.49
2002	DET	AL	36	P	32	30	189.0	58	15	41	2	3	.966	2.67	1.75	.957	1.69	0.48
2003	TOT	AL	37	P	51	0	107.0	25	8	16	1	6	.960	2.02	0.47	.956	1.72	0.49
2003	DET	AL	37	P	42	0	89.2	19	6	12	1	5	.947	1.81	0.43	.958	1.73	0.49
2003	OAK	AL	37	P	9	0	17.1	6	2	4	0	1	1.000	3.12	0.67	.950	1.71	0.49
2004	ARI	NL	38	P	29	18	120.2	31	8	21	2	0	.935	2.16	1.00	.965	1.84	0.47
9 Seasons				P	270	182	1319.2	397	115	269	13	24	.967	2.62	1.42	.957	1.74	0.49
9 Seasons				TOT	270	182	1319.2	397	115	269	13	24	.967	2.62	1.42	.924	1.74	0.49

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Innings Pitched s c a p y 1995 AL 202.0 (10th) 2001 AL 232.0 (4th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2001 AL 8 (1st) 2002 AL 3 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2000 AL 1 (4th) 2001 AL 1 (10th)	Hits s c a p y 1995 AL 210 (9th) 2001 AL 244 (2nd) 2002 AL 238 (2nd)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1995 AL .757 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 2002 AL 16 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1995 AL 104 (8th) 2002 AL 116 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2002 AL 12 (5th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1995 AL 875 (10th) 2001 AL 982 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink Pitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40

Gray Ink Pitching - 12 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 0 (2260), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 5th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1987.

October 15, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

April 1, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

February 1, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

March 23, 2000: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

March 26, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

August 27, 2003: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

August 31, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

October 29, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 6, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 25, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

April 26, 2005: Released by the San Diego Padres.

May 15, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

July 16, 2005: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses

1995	Milwaukee Brewers	$109,000
1996	Milwaukee Brewers	$175,000
1997	Milwaukee Brewers	$175,000
1999	Anaheim Angels	$1,387,500
2001	Detroit Tigers	$650,000
2002	Detroit Tigers	$3,000,000
2003	Detroit Tigers	$4,500,000
2004	Arizona Diamondbacks	$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)		$10,496,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniforms

View Steve Sparks's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 0 (2260), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50