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Tully Sparks
Thomas Frank Sparks

Bats Right, Throws Right
School Beloit College

Debut September 15, 1897
Final Game June 8, 1910
Born December 12, 1874 in Etna, GA
Died July 15, 1937 in Anniston, AL

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1897 22 PHI NL   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    8.0   12    9    9   0    4    0   0   0    41       0 10.13  4.18   41 2.000
 1899 24 PIT NL   8   6  28  17   8   0  10  0  170.0  180  101   73   1   82   53  10   4     0       1  3.86  3.81   99 1.541
 1901 26 MLA AL   7  16  29  26  18   0   3  0  210.0  228  157   82   5   93   62  14   6     0       0  3.51  3.59  102 1.529
 1902 27 TOT     11  19  32  28  26   1   4  1  257.7  274  145  103   6   80   77  12   0     0       0  3.60  3.23   90 1.374
         NYG NL   4  10  15  13  11   0   2  1  115.0  123   62   48   2   40   40   4   0     0       0  3.76  2.81   75 1.417
         BOS AL   7   9  17  15  15   1   2  0  142.7  151   83   55   4   40   37   8   0     0       0  3.47  3.57  103 1.339
 1903 28 PHI NL  11  15  28  28  27   0   0  0  248.0  248  109   75   3   56   88   8   5  1008       0  2.72  3.10  114 1.226
 1904 29 PHI NL   7  16  26  25  19   3   1  0  200.7  208  109   59   1   43   67   5   4   895       0  2.65  2.73  103 1.251
 1905 30 PHI NL  14  11  34  26  20   3   8  1  259.7  217   86   63   2   73   98   9   1  1003       0  2.18  2.90  133 1.117
 1906 31 PHI NL  19  16  42  37  29   6   5  3  316.7  244  101   76   4   62  114  10   2  1231       0  2.16  2.60  120 0.966
 1907 32 PHI NL  22   8  33  31  24   3   2  1  265.0  221   78   59   2   51   90   7   0  1028       0  2.00  2.41  121 1.026
 1908 33 PHI NL  16  15  33  31  24   2   2  2  263.3  251   98   76   3   51   85   8   0  1034       0  2.60  2.39   92 1.147
 1909 34 PHI NL   6  11  24  16   6   1   6  0  121.7  126   54   40   4   32   40   3   2   485       0  2.96  2.59   87 1.299
 1910 35 PHI NL   0   2   3   3   0   0   0  0   15.0   22   12   10   2    2    4   2   0    72       0  6.00  3.11   52 1.600
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .471 121 136 313 269 202  19  41  8 2335.7 2231 1059  725  33  629  778  88  24  6797       1  2.79  2.91  104 1.224
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  15  36  31  23   2   4  0  272.7  260  123   84   3   73   90  10   2   794   0   0  2.79  2.91  104 1.224
 Career High     22  19  42  37  29   6  10  3  316.7  274  157  103   6   93  114  14   6  1231   0   1  2.00  3.81  133 0.966

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1897 22 PHI NL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1899 24 PIT NL  28   62    8    8   2  1   0    5   0      9      .129  .239  .194   20   12   0           0    
 1901 26 MLA AL  29   71    3   12   2  1   0    4   0      5      .169  .244  .225   33   16   3           2    
 1902 27 TOT     32   89    5   13   3  0   0    6   0      9      .146  .224  .180   17   16   3           0    
         NYG NL  15   37    3    5   1  0   0    1   0      5      .135  .238  .162   24    6   2           0    
         BOS AL  17   52    2    8   2  0   0    5   0      4      .154  .214  .192   12   10   1           0    
 1903 28 PHI NL  28   92    7   10   2  0   0    5   0      5      .109  .155  .130  -16   12   3           0    
 1904 29 PHI NL  26   76    6    8   1  0   0    2   0      2      .105  .128  .118  -24    9   0           0    
 1905 30 PHI NL  34   94    8   12   2  1   0    5   0      4      .128  .163  .170    1   16   3           0    
 1906 31 PHI NL  42  104    6   16   4  1   0    9   0      7      .154  .207  .212   31   22   3           0    
 1907 32 PHI NL  33   89    1    3   0  0   0    2   0      3      .034  .075  .034  -66    3   4           1    
 1908 33 PHI NL  33   77    1    4   0  0   0    2   0      6      .052  .120  .052  -45    4  11           0    
 1909 34 PHI NL  24   36    0    5   0  0   0    1   0      2      .139  .184  .139   -0    5   1           0    
 1910 35 PHI NL   3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     313  798   45   91  16  4   0   41   0  0  52   1  .114  .171  .144   -5  115  31   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        413   23   47   8  2   0   21   0  0  27   1  .114  .171  .144   -5   60  16   0   0   2   0
 Career High     42  104    8   16   4  1   0    9   0  0   9   1                          22  11   0   0   2   0

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1897 22 PHI NL    3    3    0   0.0   105| .000  .295| .000  .358| .000  .392| .000  .750|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1     
 1899 24 PIT NL   71   54    3   1.4    99| .129  .289| .239  .351| .194  .376| .433  .727|  20  .118  -6.8  -0.7     
 1901 26 MLA AL   81   62    4   1.7    93| .169  .278| .244  .334| .225  .373| .469  .707|  33  .152  -6.2  -0.6     
 1902 27 TOT     101   79    3   1.0    90| .146  .278| .224  .334| .180  .362| .404  .697|  17  .078  -9.4  -1.1     
         NYG NL   44   34    1   0.8    77| .135  .265| .238  .320| .162  .326| .400  .647|  24  .062  -3.1  -0.4     
         BOS AL   57   45    2   1.2   100| .154  .288| .214  .345| .192  .388| .406  .733|  12  .086  -6.3  -0.7     
 1903 28 PHI NL  100   85    2   0.6    86| .109  .268| .155  .330| .130  .349| .285  .678| -16  .033 -13.5  -1.5     
 1904 29 PHI NL   78   68    1   0.4    77| .105  .256| .128  .315| .118  .331| .246  .646| -24  .020 -11.1  -1.3     
 1905 30 PHI NL  101   85    3   0.9    81| .128  .260| .163  .321| .170  .339| .333  .661|   1  .082 -11.5  -1.3     
 1906 31 PHI NL  114   91    5   1.4    76| .154  .253| .207  .319| .212  .322| .419  .641|  31  .195  -8.6  -1.0     
 1907 32 PHI NL   97   90    0   0.0    74| .034  .251| .075  .317| .034  .319| .109  .636| -66  .000 -17.0  -2.1     
 1908 33 PHI NL   94   84    0   0.0    74| .052  .250| .120  .312| .052  .322| .172  .634| -45  .000 -12.7  -1.6     
 1909 34 PHI NL   39   32    1   0.8    77| .139  .253| .184  .321| .139  .326| .323  .647|  -0  .078  -4.3  -0.5     
 1910 35 PHI NL    5    5    0   0.0    90| .000  .266| .000  .341| .000  .353| .000  .694|-100  .000  -1.3  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      884  738   22   0.8    83| .114  .263| .171  .325| .144  .342| .315  .667|  -5  .060 -103.4 -11.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1897 22 PHI NL   P    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .909  3.00  2.10  3.38  2.59    1    8.0
 1899 24 PIT NL   P   28      5   41    8    1  .852  .909  1.64  2.24  2.44  2.68   17  170.0
 1901 26 MLA AL   P   29      6   60    8    1  .892  .930  2.28  2.51  2.83  2.99   26  210.0
 1902 27 TOT      P   32     13   84    5    4  .951  .931  3.03  2.54  3.39  2.93   28  257.7
         NYG NL   P   15      6   42    3    3  .941  .934  3.20  2.41  3.76  2.72   13  115.0
         BOS AL   P   17      7   42    2    1  .961  .928  2.88  2.65  3.09  3.10   15  142.7
 1903 28 PHI NL   P   28     14   59    8    0  .901  .924  2.61  2.43  2.65  2.87   28  248.0
 1904 29 PHI NL   P   26     11   35    4    3  .920  .941  1.77  2.62  2.06  3.03   25  200.7
 1905 30 PHI NL   P   34      9   45    0    3 1.000  .942  1.59  2.42  1.87  2.97   26  259.7
 1906 31 PHI NL   P   42     20   66    3    4  .966  .948  2.05  2.40  2.44  3.05   37  316.7
 1907 32 PHI NL   P   33     10   50    4    1  .938  .949  1.82  2.27  2.04  2.97   31  265.0
 1908 33 PHI NL   P   33     15   65    6    3  .930  .954  2.42  2.13  2.73  2.99   31  263.3
 1909 34 PHI NL   P   24      4   31    0    0 1.000  .941  1.46  1.95  2.59  2.84   16  121.7
 1910 35 PHI NL   P    3      0    5    0    0 1.000  .943  1.67  1.77  3.00  2.82    3   15.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1897 22 PHI NL   P    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .909  3.00  2.10  3.38  2.59    1    8.0
 1899 24 PIT NL   P   28      5   41    8    1  .852  .909  1.64  2.24  2.44  2.68   17  170.0
 1901 26 MLA AL   P   29      6   60    8    1  .892  .930  2.28  2.51  2.83  2.99   26  210.0
 1902 27 TOT      P   32     13   84    5    4  .951  .931  3.03  2.54  3.39  2.93   28  257.7
         NYG NL   P   15      6   42    3    3  .941  .934  3.20  2.41  3.76  2.72   13  115.0
         BOS AL   P   17      7   42    2    1  .961  .928  2.88  2.65  3.09  3.10   15  142.7
 1903 28 PHI NL   P   28     14   59    8    0  .901  .924  2.61  2.43  2.65  2.87   28  248.0
 1904 29 PHI NL   P   26     11   35    4    3  .920  .941  1.77  2.62  2.06  3.03   25  200.7
 1905 30 PHI NL   P   34      9   45    0    3 1.000  .942  1.59  2.42  1.87  2.97   26  259.7
 1906 31 PHI NL   P   42     20   66    3    4  .966  .948  2.05  2.40  2.44  3.05   37  316.7
 1907 32 PHI NL   P   33     10   50    4    1  .938  .949  1.82  2.27  2.04  2.97   31  265.0
 1908 33 PHI NL   P   33     15   65    6    3  .930  .954  2.42  2.13  2.73  2.99   31  263.3
 1909 34 PHI NL   P   24      4   31    0    0 1.000  .941  1.46  1.95  2.59  2.84   16  121.7
 1910 35 PHI NL   P    3      0    5    0    0 1.000  .943  1.67  1.77  3.00  2.82    3   15.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 313    107  544   46   20  .934  .937  2.08  2.35  2.51  2.95  269 2335.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       313    107  544   46   20  .934  .937  2.08  2.35  2.51  2.95  269   2336

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1903 NL-2.72-9
1905 NL-2.18-6
1906 NL-2.16-7
1907 NL-2.00-8
Car-2.79-96

Wins
1906 NL-19-9
1907 NL-22-3

Won-Loss %
1907 NL-.733-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1903 NL-1.226-10
1905 NL-1.117-10
1906 NL-.966-3
1907 NL-1.026-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1905 NL-7.52-6
1906 NL-6.93-6

Bases on Balls/9IP
1903 NL-2.03-6
1904 NL-1.93-9
1906 NL-1.76-3
1907 NL-1.73-5
1908 NL-1.74-3

Games
1906 NL-42-3

Saves
1902 NL-1-5
1905 NL-1-7
1906 NL-3-4
1907 NL-1-8
1908 NL-2-6

Innings
1906 NL-316.7-4

Games Started
1906 NL-37-3
1907 NL-31-10

Comp. Games
1906 NL-29-9
1907 NL-24-9
1908 NL-24-10

Shutouts
1906 NL-6-3

Home Runs Allow.
1906 NL-4-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
1901 AL-93-7

Hits Allowed
1908 NL-251-7

SO to Walk
1903 NL-1.57-8
1906 NL-1.84-6
1907 NL-1.76-7
1908 NL-1.67-5

Losses
1901 AL-16-8
1903 NL-15-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1908 NL-76-6

Hit Batsmen
1901 AL-14-6
Car-88-88

Batters Faced
1897 NL-41-6
1906 NL-1231-6

Games Finished
1899 NL-10-2
1905 NL-8-4

Adjusted ERA+
1905 NL-133-7
1906 NL-120-8
1907 NL-121-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 69 (347) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 19.0 (317) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 33.0 (388) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
February, 1900: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
March 1, 1900: Purchased by the Milwaukee (American) from the Philadelphia Phillies.
March, 1902: Jumped from the St. Louis Browns to the New York Giants.
July 17, 1902: Released by the New York Giants.
August, 1902: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Americans. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
Before 1903 Season: Jumped from the Boston Americans to the Philadelphia Phillies.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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ERA 1903 NL-2.72-9 1905 NL-2.18-6 1906 NL-2.16-7 1907 NL-2.00-8 Car-2.79-96	Wins 1906 NL-19-9 1907 NL-22-3	Won-Loss % 1907 NL-.733-4	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1903 NL-1.226-10 1905 NL-1.117-10 1906 NL-.966-3 1907 NL-1.026-6	Hits Allowed/9IP 1905 NL-7.52-6 1906 NL-6.93-6	Bases on Balls/9IP 1903 NL-2.03-6 1904 NL-1.93-9 1906 NL-1.76-3 1907 NL-1.73-5 1908 NL-1.74-3
Games 1906 NL-42-3	Saves 1902 NL-1-5 1905 NL-1-7 1906 NL-3-4 1907 NL-1-8 1908 NL-2-6	Innings 1906 NL-316.7-4	Games Started 1906 NL-37-3 1907 NL-31-10	Comp. Games 1906 NL-29-9 1907 NL-24-9 1908 NL-24-10	Shutouts 1906 NL-6-3
Home Runs Allow. 1906 NL-4-5	Bases On Balls Allow. 1901 AL-93-7	Hits Allowed 1908 NL-251-7	SO to Walk 1903 NL-1.57-8 1906 NL-1.84-6 1907 NL-1.76-7 1908 NL-1.67-5	Losses 1901 AL-16-8 1903 NL-15-10	Earned Runs Allow. 1908 NL-76-6
Hit Batsmen 1901 AL-14-6 Car-88-88	Batters Faced 1897 NL-41-6 1906 NL-1231-6	Games Finished 1899 NL-10-2 1905 NL-8-4	Adjusted ERA+ 1905 NL-133-7 1906 NL-120-8 1907 NL-121-10