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 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
1964 22 DET AL 5 6 .455 3.00 21 11 7 3 2 0 84.0 62 33 28 4 45 1 71 3 0 6 354 122 1.274 6.6 0.4 4.8 7.6 1.58
1965 23 DET AL 13 8 .619 3.18 30 28 1 6 0 0 167.0 142 69 59 13 75 5 127 3 0 7 713 110 1.299 7.7 0.7 4.0 6.8 1.69
1966 24 DET AL 2 7 .222 5.30 29 13 4 0 0 0 91.2 103 57 54 14 52 0 61 3 0 6 420 66 1.691 10.1 1.4 5.1 6.0 1.17
1967 25 DET AL 16 9 .640 3.76 37 37 0 11 5 0 217.2 186 103 91 20 85 2 153 8 2 7 920 87 1.245 7.7 0.8 3.5 6.3 1.80
1968 26 DET AL 10 10 .500 3.70 34 31 1 7 1 0 182.1 169 81 75 14 77 3 110 7 0 5 781 81 1.349 8.3 0.7 3.8 5.4 1.43
1969 27 DET AL 6 8 .429 4.76 23 16 3 3 2 0 92.2 78 55 49 5 77 1 41 1 0 7 421 79 1.673 7.6 0.5 7.5 4.0 0.53
1970 28 MON NL 0 4 .000 7.06 9 6 2 1 0 0 29.1 34 25 23 7 25 3 23 2 0 4 146 58 2.011 10.4 2.1 7.7 7.1 0.92
7 Seasons 52 52 .500 3.94 183 142 18 31 10 0 864.2 774 423 379 77 436 15 586 27 2 42 3755 86 1.399 8.1 0.8 4.5 6.1 1.34
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .500 3.94 38 30 4 6 2 0 181 162 89 79 16 91 3 123 6 0 9 786 86 1.399 8.1 0.8 4.5 6.1 1.34
DET (6 yrs) 52 48 .520 3.84 174 136 16 30 10 0 835.1 740 398 356 70 411 12 563 25 2 38 3609 88 1.378 8.0 0.8 4.4 6.1 1.37
MON (1 yr) 0 4 .000 7.06 9 6 2 1 0 0 29.1 34 25 23 7 25 3 23 2 0 4 146 58 2.011 10.4 2.1 7.7 7.1 0.92
AL (6 yrs) 52 48 .520 3.84 174 136 16 30 10 0 835.1 740 398 356 70 411 12 563 25 2 38 3609 88 1.378 8.0 0.8 4.4 6.1 1.37
NL (1 yr) 0 4 .000 7.06 9 6 2 1 0 0 29.1 34 25 23 7 25 3 23 2 0 4 146 58 2.011 10.4 2.1 7.7 7.1 0.92

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
1968 26 DET AL WS W STL 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 54.0 27.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 54.0 27.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1964 22 DET AL 21 354 300 33 62 8 0 4 0 2 45 71 .207 .313 .273 .586 .253 82 8 3 2 4 1
1965 23 DET AL 30 713 622 69 142 22 5 13 8 2 75 127 .228 .312 .342 .655 .265 213 11 3 8 5 5
1966 24 DET AL 29 420 358 57 103 5 1 14 9 7 52 61 .288 .382 .425 .806 .313 152 5 3 6 1 0
1967 25 DET AL 37 920 818 103 186 27 8 20 12 3 85 153 .227 .305 .353 .658 .256 289 19 8 5 4 2
1968 26 DET AL 34 781 688 81 169 23 2 14 14 7 77 110 .246 .326 .346 .672 .273 238 11 7 6 3 3
1969 27 DET AL 23 421 338 55 78 14 3 5 7 2 77 41 .231 .373 .334 .708 .248 113 12 1 3 2 1
1970 28 MON NL 9 146 115 25 34 5 1 7 2 2 25 23 .296 .421 .539 .960 .307 62 2 2 1 3 3
7 Seasons 183 3755 3239 423 774 104 20 77 52 25 436 586 .239 .332 .355 .687 .268 1149 68 27 31 22 15
162 Game Avg. 38 786 678 89 162 22 4 16 11 5 91 123 .239 .332 .355 .687 .268 240 14 6 6 5 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1964 22 DET AL 21 11 4 5 2 0 2 6 5 .545 0 1 3 2 6 55% 54 88 23 9 1 2 7 4.0 3.4 5.9
1965 23 DET AL 30 28 12 8 8 2 2 16 12 .571 0 4 6 0 16 57% 55 82 31 15 4 12 11 3.8 3.8 5.7
1966 24 DET AL 29 13 2 7 4 1 1 5 8 .385 0 2 0 0 2 15% 37 63 17 17 6 3 6 4.3 4.1 4.0
1967 25 DET AL 37 37 16 9 12 3 1 23 14 .622 3 5 11 5 18 49% 53 89 26 34 14 19 7 5.1 5.6 5.9
1968 26 DET AL 34 31 9 10 12 1 3 16 14 .533 3 6 7 1 13 42% 51 76 20 29 7 18 9 4.0 3.9 5.6
1969 27 DET AL 23 16 6 7 3 0 1 8 8 .500 2 1 3 2 7 44% 46 83 18 23 14 8 6 3.7 4.1 5.1
1970 28 MON NL 9 6 0 4 2 0 1 1 5 .167 0 2 1 0 2 33% 42 74 30 6 1 2 3 2.2 0.3 4.2
7 Seasons 183 142 49 50 43 7 11 75 66 .532 8 21 31 10 64 45% 50 89 17 133 47 64 49 4.2 4.2 5.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1964 22 DET AL 21 10 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0.957 1 1 7 0 2 8 1 9 6 1 6 0 5.8
1965 23 DET AL 30 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.012 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 10.0
1966 24 DET AL 29 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 44% 3 0.827 0 3 13 0 1 15 6 10 14 1 14 2 7.4
1968 26 DET AL 34 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 1 1.145 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 9.3
1969 27 DET AL 23 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.141 1 0 6 0 1 6 0 7 4 1 4 1 5.0
1970 28 MON NL 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.858 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 1 4.0
6 Seasons 146 41 18 3 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 13 6 46% 1.026 3 5 31 1 4 36 8 33 30 3 30 4 6.6

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1964 22 DET AL 354 40% 1.1% 20.1% 12.7% 3.4% 19% 1.36 65% 72 8 11%
1965 23 DET AL 713 49% 1.8% 17.8% 10.5% 5.6% 28% 1.15 68% 133 11 8%
1966 24 DET AL 420 39% 3.3% 14.5% 12.4% 4.8% 19% 1.17 68% 90 5 6%
1967 25 DET AL 920 45% 2.2% 16.6% 9.2% 6.0% 30% 1.23 71% 169 19 11%
1968 26 DET AL 781 47% 1.8% 14.1% 9.9% 5.0% 23% 1.29 73% 154 11 7%
1969 27 DET AL 421 54% 1.2% 9.7% 18.3% 5.2% 28% 1.76 70% 92 12 13%
1970 28 MON NL 146 40% 4.8% 15.8% 17.1% 8.9% 38% 1.48 60% 31 2 6%
7 Seasons 3755 46% 2.1% 15.6% 11.6% 5.4% 26% 1.29 69% 741 68 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1964 22 DET AL 354 62 4 0 11 4 0 2 2 27 13 5 48% 2 6 2 125 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1965 23 DET AL 713 142 13 0 17 4 9 8 5 35 17 9 49% 12 7 6 254 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
1966 24 DET AL 420 103 14 0 12 11 3 7 7 27 11 4 41% 3 6 3 179 9 7 56% 8 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 9 0
1967 25 DET AL 920 186 20 0 16 8 12 8 12 40 24 5 60% 15 7 3 328 12 3 80% 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1968 26 DET AL 781 169 14 1 12 7 7 7 7 42 23 8 55% 6 5 3 311 14 7 67% 12 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 14 0
1969 27 DET AL 421 78 5 1 13 2 3 3 2 25 15 1 60% 4 7 1 173 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1970 28 MON NL 146 34 7 0 2 4 3 2 5 16 6 5 38% 2 4 1 62 2 2 50% 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 0
7 Seasons 3755 774 77 2 83 40 37 37 40 212 109 37 51% 44 42 19 1432 52 25 68% 49 22 2 1 1 2 6 0 101 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1964 22 5 6 .455 3.00 21 11 7 3 2 0 84.0 62 33 28 4 45 1 71 3 0 6 354 122 1.274 6.6 0.4 4.8 7.6 1.58 122
1965 23 18 14 .563 3.12 51 39 8 9 2 0 251.0 204 102 87 17 120 6 198 6 0 13 1067 114 1.291 7.3 0.6 4.3 7.1 1.65 114
1966 24 20 21 .488 3.70 80 52 12 9 2 0 342.2 307 159 141 31 172 6 259 9 0 19 1487 96 1.398 8.1 0.8 4.5 6.8 1.51 96
1967 25 36 30 .545 3.73 117 89 12 20 7 0 560.1 493 262 232 51 257 8 412 17 2 26 2407 92 1.338 7.9 0.8 4.1 6.6 1.60 92
1968 26 46 40 .535 3.72 151 120 13 27 8 0 742.2 662 343 307 65 334 11 522 24 2 31 3188 89 1.341 8.0 0.8 4.0 6.3 1.56 89
1969 27 52 48 .520 3.84 174 136 16 30 10 0 835.1 740 398 356 70 411 12 563 25 2 38 3609 88 1.378 8.0 0.8 4.4 6.1 1.37 88
1970 28 52 52 .500 3.94 183 142 18 31 10 0 864.2 774 423 379 77 436 15 586 27 2 42 3755 86 1.399 8.1 0.8 4.5 6.1 1.34 86

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1964 22 5 3 .625 3.26 80.0 63 32 29 4 46 68 3 1.363 7.1 5.2 7.7 1.48 0.5 21
1965 23 9 8 .529 3.66 160.0 151 72 65 14 80 122 3 1.444 8.5 4.5 6.9 1.53 0.8 30
1966 24 3 6 .333 6.35 85.0 110 67 60 15 56 57 3 1.953 11.6 5.9 6.0 1.02 1.6 29
1967 25 9 13 .409 4.74 205.0 204 120 108 22 93 144 9 1.449 9.0 4.1 6.3 1.55 1.0 37
1968 26 7 11 .389 5.24 165.0 192 107 96 16 87 100 8 1.691 10.5 4.7 5.5 1.15 0.9 34
1969 27 3 6 .333 5.22 88.0 79 57 51 5 78 39 1 1.784 8.1 8.0 4.0 0.50 0.5 23
1970 28 1 2 .333 7.07 28.0 34 24 22 7 25 22 2 2.107 10.9 8.0 7.1 0.88 2.3 9
7 Seasons 37 49 .430 4.78 811.0 833 479 431 83 465 552 29 1.600 9.2 6.1 1.19 0.9 183

* 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

Wins s c a p y
1967 AL  16 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1967 AL  .640 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 AL  6.844 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1967 AL  37 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1967 AL  11 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1967 AL  5 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 AL  85 (10th)
1968 AL  77 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1967 AL  91 (7th)
1968 AL  75 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 AL  8 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 11 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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