Steve Sparks

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 187lb (183cm, 84kg)

Born: July 2, 1965 in Tulsa, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 5th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX).

High School: Holland Hall HS (Tulsa, OK)

School: Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX)

Last Game: September 26, 2004 (Age 39-086d)
vs. SDP 4.0 IP, 9 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Steven William Sparks

Nicknames: Phone Book

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.2

ERA

4.88

270

182

1319.2

658

WHIP

1.494

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1987	21	0.2	Helena	PION	Rk	MIL	6	3	.667	4.68	6.87	10	9	0	2	0	0	57.2	68	44	30	8	20	1	47	4	0	5		1.526	10.6	1.2	3.1	7.3	2.35
1988	22	0.1	Beloit	MIDW	A	MIL	9	13	.409	3.79	4.39	25	24	0	5	1	0	164.0	162	80	69	8	51	2	96	7	5	5		1.299	8.9	0.4	2.8	5.3	1.88
1989	23	0.0	Stockton	CALL	A	MIL	13	5	.722	2.41	3.02	23	22	0	3	2	0	164.0	125	55	44	6	53	0	126	10	0	6		1.085	6.9	0.3	2.9	6.9	2.38
1990	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	MIL	11	9	.550	4.23	4.90	26	25	1	5	1	0	159.2	179	87	75	8	46	0	94	9	1	9		1.409	10.1	0.5	2.6	5.3	2.04
1990	24	0.3	El Paso	TL	AA	MIL	1	2	.333	6.53	7.12	7	6	1	0	0	0	30.1	43	24	22	4	15	0	17	1	0	2		1.912	12.8	1.2	4.5	5.0	1.13
1990	24	1.2	Stockton	CALL	A+	MIL	10	7	.588	3.69	4.38	19	19	0	5	1	0	129.1	136	63	53	4	31	0	77	8	1	7		1.291	9.5	0.3	2.2	5.4	2.48
1991	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	MIL	10	12	.455	3.62	4.21	28	28	0	8	2	0	196.2	190	92	79	5	107	2	149	7	1	15	852	1.510	8.7	0.2	4.9	6.8	1.39
1991	25	0.8	El Paso	TL	AA	MIL	1	2	.333	9.53	11.65	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.0	30	22	18	1	9	0	10	0	1	2	90	2.294	15.9	0.5	4.8	5.3	1.11
1991	25	1.9	Stockton	CALL	A+	MIL	9	10	.474	3.06	3.51	24	24	0	8	2	0	179.2	160	70	61	4	98	2	139	7	0	13	762	1.436	8.0	0.2	4.9	7.0	1.42
1992	26	1.8	El Paso	TL	AA	MIL	9	8	.529	5.37	6.33	28	22	3	3	0	1	140.2	159	99	84	11	50	1	79	8	3	6	613	1.486	10.2	0.7	3.2	5.1	1.58
1993	27	0.4	New Orleans	AA	AAA	MIL	9	13	.409	3.84	4.44	29	28	0	7	1	0	180.1	174	89	77	17	80	1	104	5	2	7	767	1.409	8.7	0.8	4.0	5.2	1.30
1994	28	1.6	New Orleans	AA	AAA	MIL	10	12	.455	4.46	4.95	28	27	0	5	1	0	183.2	183	101	91	23	68	0	105	11	3	14	787	1.367	9.0	1.1	3.3	5.1	1.54
1995	29	0.2	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	9	11	.450	4.63	4.95	33	27	2	3	0	0	202.0	210	111	104	17	86	1	96	5	1	5	875	1.465	9.4	0.8	3.8	4.3	1.12
1996	30	3.5	New Orleans	AA	AAA	MIL	2	6	.250	4.99	6.71	11	10	0	3	2	0	57.2	64	43	32	8	35	0	27	2	0	6	267	1.717	10.0	1.2	5.5	4.2	0.77
1996	30	1.7	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	4	7	.364	6.60	6.70	20	13	2	1	0	0	88.2	103	66	65	19	52	0	21	3	0	6	406	1.748	10.5	1.9	5.3	2.1	0.40

1998	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	ANA	0	8	.000	5.37	6.42	11	11	0	2	0	0	68.2	72	49	41	5	21	0	53	1	1	5	298	1.354	9.4	0.7	2.8	6.9	2.52
1998	32	5.5	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	ANA	0	4	.000	2.89	3.54	4	4	0	2	0	0	28.0	23	11	9	2	6	0	19	1	0	2	114	1.036	7.4	0.6	1.9	6.1	3.17
1998	32	7.7	Midland	TL	AA	ANA	0	4	.000	7.08	8.41	7	7	0	0	0	0	40.2	49	38	32	3	15	0	34	0	1	3	184	1.574	10.8	0.7	3.3	7.5	2.27
1998	32	2.7	ANA	AL	Maj	ANA	9	4	.692	4.34	4.62	22	20	1	0	0	0	128.2	130	66	62	14	58	0	90	5	0	6	562	1.461	9.1	1.0	4.1	6.3	1.55
1999	33	3.8	ANA	AL	Maj	ANA	5	11	.313	5.42	6.16	28	26	1	0	0	0	147.2	165	101	89	21	82	0	73	9	0	8	688	1.673	10.1	1.3	5.0	4.4	0.89
2000	34	7.5	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	5	7	.417	3.77	5.26	16	14	0	1	0	0	90.2	86	53	38	8	41	0	44	4	1	0	397	1.401	8.5	0.8	4.1	4.4	1.07
2000	34	5.1	DET	AL	Maj	DET	7	5	.583	4.07	4.76	20	15	5	1	1	1	104.0	108	55	47	7	29	0	53	4	0	6	446	1.317	9.3	0.6	2.5	4.6	1.83
2001	35	6.5	DET	AL	Maj	DET	14	9	.609	3.65	4.27	35	33	2	8	1	0	232.0	244	110	94	22	64	1	116	6	2	8	982	1.328	9.5	0.9	2.5	4.5	1.81
2002	36	7.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	8	16	.333	5.52	6.38	32	30	0	3	0	0	189.0	238	134	116	23	67	3	98	12	2	8	868	1.614	11.3	1.1	3.2	4.7	1.46
2003	37		2 Teams	AL	Maj	DET-OAK	0	6	.000	4.88	5.72	51	0	26	0	0	2	107.0	114	68	58	13	37	4	54	3	0	3	460	1.411	9.6	1.1	3.1	4.5	1.46
2003	37	8.4	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	6	.000	4.72	5.72	42	0	24	0	0	2	89.2	95	57	47	11	34	4	49	3	0	3	386	1.439	9.5	1.1	3.4	4.9	1.44
2003	37	8.4	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	0		5.71	5.71	9	0	2	0	0	0	17.1	19	11	11	2	3	0	5	0	0	0	74	1.269	9.9	1.0	1.6	2.6	1.67
2004	38	8.8	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	3	7	.300	6.04	6.64	29	18	6	0	0	0	120.2	139	89	81	18	45	2	57	5	0	4	545	1.525	10.4	1.3	3.4	4.3	1.27
2005	39		2 Teams	PCL	AAA	OAK-SDP	7	5	.583	5.92	6.24	15	14	0	0	0	0	83.2	102	58	55	11	32	1	40	2	0	5	381	1.602	11.0	1.2	3.4	4.3	1.25
2005	39	11.8	Portland	PCL	AAA	SDP	2	0	1.000	2.04	3.06	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.2	15	6	4	1	6	0	9	0	0	1	75	1.189	7.6	0.5	3.1	4.6	1.50
2005	39	11.8	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	OAK	5	5	.500	6.95	7.09	12	11	0	0	0	0	66.0	87	52	51	10	26	1	31	2	0	4	306	1.712	11.9	1.4	3.5	4.2	1.19
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (9 seasons)					Majors		59	76	.437	4.88	5.46	270	182	45	16	2	3	1319.2	1451	800	716	154	520	11	658	52	5	54	5832	1.494	9.9	1.1	3.5	4.5	1.27
Minors (12 seasons)					Minors		91	101	.474	4.16	4.94	250	234	4	44	10	1	1547.1	1564	850	715	118	604	8	964	70	17	83	4362	1.401	9.1	0.7	3.5	5.6	1.60
All Levels (18 Seasons)							150	177	.459	4.49	5.18	520	416	49	60	12	4	2867.0	3015	1650	1431	272	1124	19	1622	122	22	137	10194	1.444	9.5	0.9	3.5	5.1	1.44

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		33	47	.413	4.36	5.12	103	97	0	18	4	0	624.0	632	355	302	69	262	2	339	25	6	34	2713	1.433	9.1	1.0	3.8	4.9	1.29
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		11	16	.407	6.14	7.20	46	39	4	3	0	1	228.2	281	183	156	19	89	1	140	9	5	13	887	1.618	11.1	0.7	3.5	5.5	1.57
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		19	17	.528	3.32	3.87	43	43	0	13	3	0	309.0	296	133	114	8	129	2	216	15	1	20	762	1.375	8.6	0.2	3.8	6.3	1.67
A (2 seasons)					Minors		22	18	.550	3.10	3.70	48	46	0	8	3	0	328.0	287	135	113	14	104	2	222	17	5	11		1.192	7.9	0.4	2.9	6.1	2.13
Rk (1 season)					Minors		6	3	.667	4.68	6.87	10	9	0	2	0	0	57.2	68	44	30	8	20	1	47	4	0	5		1.526	10.6	1.2	3.1	7.3	2.35