Joe Sparma
Joseph Blase Sparma
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 4, 1942 in Massillon, OH
High School: Massillon (Massillon, OH)
School: Ohio State University
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1964
Final Game: May 12, 1970
Died: May 14, 1986 in Columbus, OH
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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
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 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 .253 .179 .323 .154 .388 .332 .711 -5 .082 -7.3 -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 .246 .091 .316 .054 .369 .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 .338 .000 .406 .143 .744 -58 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .167 .000
7 Seasons 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 -4.4 .207 .061 .027
MON (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .266 .143 .338 .000 .406 .143 .744 -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 -4.4 .207 .061 .027
NL (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .266 .143 .338 .000 .406 .143 .744 -58 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .167 .000

Postseason Batting

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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 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons 309 0.0% 35.0% 3.2% 1.6% 16% 10.80 2.5 24.5 2.28 52%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 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% 2 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% 2 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% 6 0 0% 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% 4 1 25% 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 0 0% 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 Seasons 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% 15 1 7% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 9 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 -15 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 -14 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

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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 57 53 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 3 25 .151 .193 .170 .363 2 30
1966 24 29 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 29
1967 25 37 82 77 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 5 33 .091 .146 .091 .237 1 37
1968 26 34 63 62 2 10 1 0 0 2 0 1 24 .161 .175 .177 .352 2 34
1969 27 23 31 30 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .167 .194 .167 .360 1 23
1970 28 9 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 9
7 Seasons 185 290 277 12 35 2 2 0 12 0 12 108 .126 .162 .148 .310 9 185
162 Game Avg. 162 254 243 11 31 2 2 0 11 0 11 95 .126 .162 .148 .310 8 185

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1967 AL  13 (5th)

                                         

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