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Tully Sparks

Thomas Frank Sparks

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 12, 1874 in Etna, GA
School: Beloit College (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1897
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Brewers/Pirates/Americans/Giants 1897-1910

Final Game: June 8, 1910
Died: July 15, 1937 in Anniston, AL
Buried: Edgemont Cemetery, Anniston, AL
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:20PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #559. Jumbo McGinnis… #560. Aaron Sele… #561. Ed Brandt… #562. TULLY SPARKS… #563. Carl Weilman… #564. Mike Timlin… #565. Mark Prior… 

Standard Pitching

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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
1897 22 PHI NL 0 1 .000 10.13 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 12 9 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 39 43 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1899 24 PIT NL 8 6 .571 3.86 28 17 10 8 0 0 170.0 180 101 73 1 82 53 10 1 4 756 99 1.541 9.5 0.1 4.3 2.8 0.65
1901 26 MLA AL 7 17 .292 3.51 29 26 3 18 0 0 210.0 228 157 82 5 93 62 14 0 6 941 102 1.529 9.8 0.2 4.0 2.7 0.67
1902 27 TOT MLB 11 19 .367 3.79 33 29 4 27 1 1 265.2 293 155 112 6 81 79 11 0 0 1139 85 1.408 9.9 0.2 2.7 2.7 0.98
1902 27 BOS AL 7 9 .438 3.47 17 15 2 15 1 0 142.2 151 83 55 4 40 37 7 0 0 602 103 1.339 9.5 0.3 2.5 2.3 0.93
1902 27 NYG NL 4 10 .286 4.17 16 14 2 12 0 1 123.0 142 72 57 2 41 42 4 0 0 537 68 1.488 10.4 0.1 3.0 3.1 1.02
1903 28 PHI NL 11 15 .423 2.72 28 28 0 27 0 0 248.0 248 109 75 3 56 88 8 0 5 1008 114 1.226 9.0 0.1 2.0 3.2 1.57
1904 29 PHI NL 7 16 .304 2.65 26 25 1 19 3 0 200.2 208 109 59 1 43 67 5 0 4 847 103 1.251 9.3 0.0 1.9 3.0 1.56
1905 30 PHI NL 14 11 .560 2.18 34 26 8 20 3 1 259.2 217 86 63 2 73 98 9 0 1 1003 133 1.117 7.5 0.1 2.5 3.4 1.34
1906 31 PHI NL 19 16 .543 2.16 42 37 5 29 6 3 316.2 244 99 76 4 62 114 10 0 2 1231 121 0.966 6.9 0.1 1.8 3.2 1.84
1907 32 PHI NL 22 8 .733 2.00 33 31 2 24 3 1 265.0 221 78 59 2 51 90 7 0 0 1028 121 1.026 7.5 0.1 1.7 3.1 1.76
1908 33 PHI NL 16 15 .516 2.60 33 31 1 24 2 2 263.1 251 98 76 3 51 85 8 0 0 1034 92 1.147 8.6 0.1 1.7 2.9 1.67
1909 34 PHI NL 6 11 .353 2.96 24 16 6 6 1 0 121.2 126 54 40 4 32 40 3 0 2 485 88 1.299 9.3 0.3 2.4 3.0 1.25
1910 35 PHI NL 0 2 .000 6.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.0 22 12 10 2 2 4 2 0 0 72 54 1.600 13.2 1.2 1.2 2.4 2.00
12 Seasons 121 137 .469 2.82 314 270 40 203 19 8 2343.2 2250 1067 734 33 630 780 87 1 24 9583 103 1.229 8.6 0.1 2.4 3.0 1.24
162 Game Avg. 14 16 .469 2.82 37 31 5 24 2 1 273 262 124 85 4 73 91 10 0 3 1116 103 1.229 8.6 0.1 2.4 3.0 1.24
PHI (9 yrs) 95 95 .500 2.48 224 198 23 150 18 7 1698.0 1549 654 467 21 374 586 52 0 14 6747 109 1.133 8.2 0.1 2.0 3.1 1.57
NYG (1 yr) 4 10 .286 4.17 16 14 2 12 0 1 123.0 142 72 57 2 41 42 4 0 0 537 68 1.488 10.4 0.1 3.0 3.1 1.02
PIT (1 yr) 8 6 .571 3.86 28 17 10 8 0 0 170.0 180 101 73 1 82 53 10 1 4 756 99 1.541 9.5 0.1 4.3 2.8 0.65
BOS (1 yr) 7 9 .438 3.47 17 15 2 15 1 0 142.2 151 83 55 4 40 37 7 0 0 602 103 1.339 9.5 0.3 2.5 2.3 0.93
MLA (1 yr) 7 17 .292 3.51 29 26 3 18 0 0 210.0 228 157 82 5 93 62 14 0 6 941 102 1.529 9.8 0.2 4.0 2.7 0.67
NL (11 yrs) NL 107 111 .491 2.70 268 229 35 170 18 8 1991.0 1871 827 597 24 497 681 66 1 18 8040 104 1.189 8.5 0.1 2.2 3.1 1.37
AL (2 yrs) AL 14 26 .350 3.50 46 41 5 33 1 0 352.2 379 240 137 9 133 99 21 0 6 1543 103 1.452 9.7 0.2 3.4 2.5 0.74

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1897 22 PHI NL 8.0 1 9 6 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
1899 24 PIT NL 170.0 17 101 115 1 1.0 14 1.0 $
1901 26 MLA AL 210.0 26 157 143 -4 1.0 -14 -1.2 $
1902 27 NYG NL 123.0 13 62 58 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
1902 27 BOS AL 142.2 15 83 88 4 1.0 5 0.2 $
1903 28 PHI NL 248.0 28 109 151 -6 1.0 42 4.7 $
1904 29 PHI NL 200.2 25 109 101 -8 1.0 -8 -0.2 $
1905 30 PHI NL 259.2 26 86 136 1 1.0 50 5.1 $
1906 31 PHI NL 316.2 37 101 145 0 1.0 44 5.2 $
1907 32 PHI NL 265.0 31 78 116 2 1.0 38 4.4 $
1908 33 PHI NL 263.1 31 98 110 1 1.0 12 1.7 $
1909 34 PHI NL 121.2 16 54 56 1 1.0 2 0.1 $
1910 35 PHI NL 15.0 3 12 8 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
12 Seasons 2343.2 269 1059 1233 -8 1.0 174 19.9 $
PHI (9 yrs) 1698.0 198 656 829 -9 1.0 173 20.3 $
NYG (1 yr) 123.0 13 62 58 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
PIT (1 yr) 170.0 17 101 115 1 1.0 14 1.0 $
BOS (1 yr) 142.2 15 83 88 4 1.0 5 0.2 $
MLA (1 yr) 210.0 26 157 143 -4 1.0 -14 -1.2 $

Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1897 22 PHI NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1899 24 PIT NL 28 71 62 8 8 2 1 0 5 0 9 20 .129 .239 .194 .433 19 12 0 0 1
1901 26 MLA AL 29 81 71 3 12 2 1 0 4 0 5 14 .169 .244 .225 .469 33 16 2 3 1
1902 27 TOT MLB 33 104 92 5 14 3 0 0 6 0 9 17 .152 .228 .185 .413 19 17 0 3 1
1902 27 BOS AL 17 57 52 2 8 2 0 0 5 0 4 7 .154 .214 .192 .407 12 10 0 1 11
1902 27 NYG NL 16 47 40 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 10 .150 .244 .175 .419 30 7 0 2 11
1903 28 PHI NL 28 100 92 7 10 2 0 0 5 0 5 27 .109 .155 .130 .285 -16 12 0 3 1
1904 29 PHI NL 26 78 76 6 8 1 0 0 2 0 2 14 .105 .128 .118 .247 -24 9 0 0 1
1905 30 PHI NL 34 101 94 8 12 2 1 0 5 0 4 21 .128 .163 .170 .333 1 16 0 3 1
1906 31 PHI NL 42 114 104 6 16 4 1 0 9 0 7 20 .154 .207 .212 .419 31 22 0 3 1
1907 32 PHI NL 33 97 89 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 32 .034 .075 .034 .109 -66 3 1 4 1
1908 33 PHI NL 33 94 77 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 27 .052 .120 .052 .172 -45 4 0 11 1
1909 34 PHI NL 24 39 36 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 .139 .184 .139 .323 -0 5 0 1 1
1910 35 PHI NL 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 314 887 801 45 92 16 4 0 41 0 52 203 .115 .172 .145 .317 -5 116 3 31
162 Game Avg. 162 458 413 23 47 8 2 0 21 0 27 105 .115 .172 .145 .317 -5 60 2 16
PHI (9 yrs) 224 631 576 29 58 9 2 0 26 0 29 152 .101 .145 .123 .268 -17 71 1 25
NYG (1 yr) 16 47 40 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 10 .150 .244 .175 .419 30 7 0 2
PIT (1 yr) 28 71 62 8 8 2 1 0 5 0 9 20 .129 .239 .194 .433 19 12 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 17 57 52 2 8 2 0 0 5 0 4 7 .154 .214 .192 .407 12 10 0 1
MLA (1 yr) 29 81 71 3 12 2 1 0 4 0 5 14 .169 .244 .225 .469 33 16 2 3
NL (11 yrs) 268 749 678 40 72 12 3 0 32 0 43 182 .106 .161 .133 .293 -11 90 1 27
AL (2 yrs) 46 138 123 5 20 4 1 0 9 0 9 21 .163 .231 .211 .443 24 26 2 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1897 22 PHI NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1899 24 PIT NL 71 -7 0 0 0 0 2 2 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ 1
1901 26 MLA AL 81 -6 -1 0 0 0 3 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1902 27 NYG NL 47 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 11
1902 27 BOS AL 57 -6 0 0 0 0 2 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 11
1903 28 PHI NL 100 -15 0 0 0 0 5 3 -7 -0.7 -7 -0.7 0.0 $ 1
1904 29 PHI NL 78 -11 0 0 0 0 2 2 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.8 0.0 $ 1
1905 30 PHI NL 101 -12 0 0 0 0 4 3 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 1
1906 31 PHI NL 114 -8 0 0 0 0 4 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1907 32 PHI NL 97 -16 0 0 0 0 3 3 -10 -1.5 -10 -1.2 -0.3 $ 1
1908 33 PHI NL 94 -12 0 0 0 0 3 3 -6 -1.0 -6 -0.7 -0.3 $ 1
1909 34 PHI NL 39 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1910 35 PHI NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
12 Seasons 887 -102 -1 0 0 0 31 26 -46 -5.8 -46 -5.0 -0.8 $
PHI (9 yrs) 631 -80 0 0 0 0 23 18 -39 -5.2 -39 -4.3 -0.9 $
NYG (1 yr) 47 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
PIT (1 yr) 71 -7 0 0 0 0 2 2 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $
BOS (1 yr) 57 -6 0 0 0 0 2 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
MLA (1 yr) 81 -6 -1 0 0 0 3 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1897 PHI NL 22 P 1 8.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 3.00 .920 2.59 2.40
1899 PIT NL 24 P 28 170.0 54 5 41 8 1 .852 2.44 1.64 .910 2.68 2.56
1901 MLA AL 26 P 29 210.0 74 6 60 8 1 .892 2.83 2.28 .930 2.99 2.90
1902 TOT MLB 27 P 33 265.2 102 13 84 5 4 .951 3.29 2.94 .930 2.93 2.86
1902 BOS AL 27 P 17 142.2 51 7 42 2 1 .961 3.09 2.88 .928 3.10 3.03
1902 NYG NL 27 P 16 123.0 51 6 42 3 3 .941 3.51 3.00 .933 2.72 2.68
1903 PHI NL 28 P 28 248.0 81 14 59 8 0 .901 2.65 2.61 .924 2.87 2.81
1904 PHI NL 29 P 26 200.2 50 11 35 4 3 .920 2.06 1.77 .940 3.03 2.95
1905 PHI NL 30 P 34 259.2 54 9 45 0 3 1.000 1.87 1.59 .943 2.97 2.93
1906 PHI NL 31 P 42 316.2 89 20 66 3 4 .966 2.44 2.05 .948 3.05 2.99
1907 PHI NL 32 P 33 265.0 64 10 50 4 1 .938 2.04 1.82 .950 2.97 2.89
1908 PHI NL 33 P 33 263.1 86 15 65 6 3 .930 2.73 2.42 .953 2.99 2.98
1909 PHI NL 34 P 24 121.2 35 4 31 0 0 1.000 2.59 1.46 .940 2.83 2.84
1910 PHI NL 35 P 3 15.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.67 .944 2.82 2.80
12 Seasons P 314 2343.2 697 107 544 46 20 .934 2.50 2.07 .937 2.94 2.88
12 Seasons TOT 314 2343.2 697 107 544 46 20 .934 2.50 2.07 .937 2.94 2.88
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1946 Nominating Vote ( 0.5%)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1906 NL  5.0 (10th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1903 NL  4.7 (8th)
1905 NL  5.1 (5th)
1906 NL  5.2 (3rd)
1907 NL  4.4 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1903 NL  2.72 (9th)
1905 NL  2.18 (6th)
1906 NL  2.16 (7th)
1907 NL  2.00 (9th)
Career  2.82 (107th)

Wins s c a p y
1906 NL  19 (9th)
1907 NL  22 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1907 NL  .733 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1903 NL  1.226 (10th)
1905 NL  1.117 (10th)
1906 NL  0.966 (3rd)
1907 NL  1.026 (6th)
Career  1.229 (206th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1905 NL  7.521 (6th)
1906 NL  6.935 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1903 NL  2.032 (6th)
1904 NL  1.929 (9th)
1906 NL  1.762 (3rd)
1907 NL  1.732 (5th)
1908 NL  1.743 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1906 NL  42 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1902 NL  1 (5th)
1905 NL  1 (7th)
1906 NL  3 (4th)
1907 NL  1 (8th)
1908 NL  2 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1906 NL  316.7 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1906 NL  37 (3rd)
1907 NL  31 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1906 NL  29 (9th)
1907 NL  24 (9th)
1908 NL  24 (10th)
Career  203 (132nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1906 NL  6 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1906 NL  4 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1901 AL  93 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1908 NL  251 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1903 NL  1.571 (8th)
1906 NL  1.839 (6th)
1907 NL  1.765 (7th)
1908 NL  1.667 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1899 NL  0.053 (5th)
1904 NL  0.045 (7th)
1905 NL  0.069 (7th)
Career  0.127 (67th)

Losses s c a p y
1901 AL  17 (7th)
1903 NL  15 (10th)
Career  137 (219th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1908 NL  76 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1901 AL  14 (6th)
Career  87 (123rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1906 NL  1,231 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1899 NL  10 (2nd)
1905 NL  8 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1905 NL  133 (7th)
1906 NL  121 (8th)
1907 NL  121 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1905 NL  22 (6th)
1906 NL  18 (6th)
1907 NL  14 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1905 NL  2.4 (6th)
1906 NL  2.1 (6th)
1907 NL  1.7 (9th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1906 NL  42 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1905 NL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 69 (355), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 33 (406), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (364), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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