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Joe Sparma

Joseph Blase Sparma

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 4, 1942 in Massillon, OH
High School: Massillon HS (Massillon, OH)
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1964
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Expos 1964-1970

Final Game: May 12, 1970
Died: May 14, 1986 in Columbus, OH
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Worthington, OH
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Standard Batting

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
1964 22 DET AL 23 26 25 3 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 11 .160 .192 .320 .512 39 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 23 DET AL 30 60 52 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 25 .135 .179 .154 .332 -5 8 0 0 4 1 0 1
1966 24 DET AL 29 25 23 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .217 .217 .261 .478 35 6 1 0 2 0 0 1
1967 25 DET AL 37 90 74 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 33 .054 .091 .054 .145 -57 4 0 0 13 0 0 1
1968 26 DET AL 34 67 60 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 24 .133 .148 .150 .298 -11 9 0 0 6 0 0 1
1969 27 DET AL 23 33 29 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .138 .167 .138 .305 -15 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1970 28 MON NL 9 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
7 Yrs 185 309 269 11 32 3 2 0 11 0 0 10 108 .119 .150 .145 .295 -15 39 1 0 29 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 271 236 10 28 3 2 0 10 0 0 9 95 .119 .150 .145 .295 -15 34 1 0 25 1 0
DET (6 yrs) 176 301 263 11 32 3 2 0 11 0 0 9 106 .122 .150 .148 .298 -14 39 1 0 28 1 0
MON (1 yr) 9 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 1 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 176 301 263 11 32 3 2 0 11 0 0 9 106 .122 .150 .148 .298 -14 39 1 0 28 1 0
NL (1 yr) 9 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1964 22 DET AL 23 26 -2 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .505 .501 0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
1965 23 DET AL 30 60 -8 -0 0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 $9,000 1
1966 24 DET AL 29 25 -1 -0 -0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 -0.0 2 $18,000 1
1967 25 DET AL 37 90 -12 -0 0 0 10 -2 -0.3 2 0 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 -0.0 0 $ 1
1968 26 DET AL 34 67 -8 0 0 0 7 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1969 27 DET AL 23 33 -5 -0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $23,500 1
1970 28 MON NL 9 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
7 Seasons 185 309 -38 -1 1 0 34 -4 -0.6 9 5 -0.5 .498 .500 -0.4 -0.1 5 $50,500
DET (6 yrs) 176 301 -36 -1 0 0 33 -4 -0.5 8 5 -0.5 .498 .500 -0.4 -0.1 5 $50,500
MON (1 yr) 9 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1964 22 DET AL 26 21 2 2.6 98 .286 .160 .258 .192 .327 .320 .401 .512 .727 39 .284 -2.4 -0.2 .429 .200 .160
1965 23 DET AL 60 50 2 1.1 93 .250 .135 .252 .179 .322 .154 .386 .332 .708 -5 .082 -7.2 -0.8 .244 .077 .019
1966 24 DET AL 25 21 1 1.3 92 .278 .217 .251 .217 .319 .261 .388 .478 .706 35 .115 -2.0 -0.2 .316 .043 .043
1967 25 DET AL 90 83 1 0.3 87 .098 .054 .247 .091 .316 .054 .370 .145 .686 -57 .012 -14.8 -1.7 .100 .041 .000
1968 26 DET AL 67 58 2 0.9 82 .222 .133 .241 .148 .311 .150 .357 .298 .668 -11 .081 -8.2 -1.0 .192 .033 .017
1969 27 DET AL 33 28 1 1.0 99 .190 .138 .260 .167 .338 .138 .392 .305 .730 -15 .062 -4.7 -0.5 .200 .034 .000
1970 28 MON NL 8 7 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .266 .143 .339 .000 .406 .143 .745 -58 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .167 .000
7 Yrs 309 268 9 0.9 90 .198 .119 .250 .150 .320 .145 .378 .295 .698 -15 .066 -40.8 -4.5 .206 .063 .026
162 Game Avg. 271 235 8 0.9 90 .198 .119 .250 .150 .320 .145 .378 .295 .698 -15 .066 -40.8 -4.5 .206 .063 .026
DET (6 yrs) 301 261 9 0.9 90 .203 .122 .249 .150 .320 .148 .377 .298 .697 -14 .069 -39.4 -4.3 .207 .061 .027
MON (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .266 .143 .339 .000 .406 .143 .745 -58 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .167 .000
AL (6 yrs) 301 261 9 0.9 90 .203 .122 .249 .150 .320 .148 .377 .298 .697 -14 .069 -39.4 -4.3 .207 .061 .027
NL (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .266 .143 .339 .000 .406 .143 .745 -58 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .167 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 26 DET AL WS STL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1964 22 DET AL 26 0.0% 42.3% 3.9% 7.7% 50% 11.00 2.3 6.3 1.00 54%
1965 23 DET AL 60 0.0% 41.7% 5.0% 1.7% 14% 8.33 2.1 17.3 2.25 47%
1966 24 DET AL 25 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 4.0% 20% 4.6 23.0 2.75 72%
1967 25 DET AL 90 0.0% 36.7% 3.3% 0.0% 0% 11.00 2.2 74.0 3.89 46%
1968 26 DET AL 67 0.0% 35.8% 1.5% 1.5% 13% 24.00 2.5 30.0 1.83 54%
1969 27 DET AL 33 0.0% 24.2% 3.0% 0.0% 0% 8.00 3.6 1.22 64%
1970 28 MON NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 12.5% 0.0% 2.00 3.0 50%
7 Yrs 309 0.0% 35.0% 3.2% 1.6% 16% 10.80 2.5 24.5 2.28 52%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.5% 8.3% 6.1% 28% 1.88 5.8 42.6 9.2 1.12 72%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 22 DET AL -2.4 -0.2 26 0.1 0.5 -0.4 .83 -0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.95 -1.2 0
1965 23 DET AL -7.3 -0.8 63 -0.6 0.6 -1.1 .95 -0.7 0.1 -7.6 -0.8 1.06 -7.4 0
1966 24 DET AL -2.0 -0.2 25 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .90 -0.2 0.0 -2.4 -0.3 0.91 -2.5 0
1967 25 DET AL -14.8 -1.7 90 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 .78 -1.4 0.2 -15.7 -1.7 1.13 -13.7 0
1968 26 DET AL -8.2 -1.0 67 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 .94 -0.7 0.1 -7.6 -0.9 0.98 -6.9 0
1969 27 DET AL -4.7 -0.5 33 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .79 -0.5 0.1 -5.5 -0.6 1.00 -5.1 0
1970 28 MON NL -1.4 -0.1 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 1.02 -0.1 -0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.86 -1.4 0
7 Yrs -40.8 -4.5 312 -2.6 2.5 -5.1 .87 -3.9 0.8 -39.9 -4.3 1.03 -38.1 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 22 DET AL 0 0 60% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1965 23 DET AL 0 0 40% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1966 24 DET AL 1 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1967 25 DET AL 5 0 14% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1968 26 DET AL 1 0 22% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1969 27 DET AL 0 0 20% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1970 28 MON NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 7 0 26% 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 20% 8 8 0 5 3 2 2 1 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1964 22 DET AL 26 19% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 15 4 27% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1965 23 DET AL 60 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 13 0 0% 16 3 19% 40 3 8% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1966 24 DET AL 25 36% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 1 20% 5 1 20% 13 1 8% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
1967 25 DET AL 90 38% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 100% 24 0 0% 27 9 33% 79 1 1% 6 1 17% 3 1 33% 0
1968 26 DET AL 67 18% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 11 0 0% 12 1 8% 45 2 4% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
1969 27 DET AL 33 21% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 6 0 0% 6 1 17% 21 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1970 28 MON NL 8 13% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 309 27% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 35 29 83% 66 1 2% 73 15 21% 219 11 5% 16 3 19% 6 2 33% 0
MLB Averages 53% 78% 10% 30% 14% 47% 51%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 22 23 26 25 3 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 11 .160 .192 .320 .512 39 8 0 0 0 0 0
1965 23 53 86 77 7 11 1 2 0 7 0 0 4 36 .143 .183 .208 .391 10 16 0 0 4 1 0
1966 24 82 111 100 7 16 2 2 0 8 0 0 4 41 .160 .190 .220 .410 15 22 1 0 6 1 0
1967 25 119 201 174 8 20 2 2 0 9 0 0 7 74 .115 .148 .149 .298 -14 26 1 0 19 1 0
1968 26 153 268 234 10 28 3 2 0 11 0 0 8 98 .120 .148 .150 .298 -13 35 1 0 25 1 0
1969 27 176 301 263 11 32 3 2 0 11 0 0 9 106 .122 .150 .148 .298 -14 39 1 0 28 1 0
1970 28 185 309 269 11 32 3 2 0 11 0 0 10 108 .119 .150 .145 .295 -15 39 1 0 29 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1964 22 23 27 26 4 5 0 2 0 5 0 1 11 .192 .222 .346 .568 2 23
1965 23 30 61 53 6 8 1 0 0 4 0 3 25 .151 .193 .170 .363 2 30
1966 24 29 24 22 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 .182 .182 .227 .409 1 29
1967 25 37 90 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33 .000 .039 .000 .039 0 37
1968 26 34 69 62 3 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 24 .161 .175 .177 .352 2 34
1969 27 23 34 30 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .167 .194 .167 .360 1 23
1970 28 9 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 9
7 Yrs 185 313 273 14 32 3 2 0 13 0 10 108 .117 .148 .143 .291 8 185
162 Game Avg. 162 274 239 12 28 3 2 0 11 0 9 95 .117 .148 .143 .291 7 185

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1967 AL  13 (5th)

                                         

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