Steve Sparks
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 28, 1975 in Mobile, AL
School: University of South Alabama
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 28th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 2000
Final Game: August 2, 2000
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
2000 25 PIT NL 0 0 6.75 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 20 69 2.250 9.0 0.0 11.3 4.5 0.40
1 Season 0 0 6.75 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 20 69 2.250 9.0 0.0 11.3 4.5 0.40
162 Game Avg. 0 0 6.75 68 0 45 0 0 0 91 91 68 68 0 113 0 45 0 0 45 453 69 2.250 9.0 0.0 11.3 4.5 0.40

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 25 PIT NL 3 20 15 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 .267 .450 .333 .783 .308 5 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 20 15 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 .267 .450 .333 .783 .308 5 1 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 68 453 340 68 91 23 0 0 23 0 113 45 .267 .450 .333 .783 .308 113 23 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2000 25 PIT NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 3 0.317 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 4.0 27
1 Season 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 0.317 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 4.0 27

Ratio Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2000 25 PIT NL 20 45% 0.0% 10.0% 25.0% 5.0% 25% 2.25 4.00 65% 15% 0.0% 25% 6 1 17%
1 Season 20 45% 0.0% 10.0% 25.0% 5.0% 25% 2.25 4.00 65% 15% 0.0% 25% 6 1 17%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2000 25 PIT NL 20 80 4.00 40 50% 33% 15% 20% 33% 68% 0% 34% 78% 35% 10% 2 0 5% 1 1 0 100% 1 2 0 0 0
1 Season 20 80 4.00 40 50% 33% 15% 20% 33% 68% 0% 34% 78% 35% 10% 2 0 5% 1 1 0 100% 1 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2000 25 PIT NL 20 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 100% 0 2 0 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1 Season 20 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 100% 0 2 0 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Age 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 ERA+
2000 25 0 0 6.75 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 20 69 2.250 9.0 0.0 11.3 4.5 0.40 69

Neutralized Pitching

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) ·

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2000 25 0 0 6.75 4.0 4 3 3 0 5 2 0 2.250 9.0 11.3 4.5 0.40 0.0 3
1 Season 0 0 6.75 4.0 4 3 3 0 5 2 0 2.250 9.0 4.5 0.40 0.0 3

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page    

Viewed 8,146 times through November 16, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Steve Sparks

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.