Steve Sparks

Position: 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)

Debut: April 28, 1995 (Age 29-300d, 16,601st in major league history)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

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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Team Record in Appearances: 12-8 / in Starts: 9-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 1

2000 Pitching Game Log

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2000 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	104	65	Jun 20	DET	@	TOR	W,18-6	9-GF		99	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	6.13	4	15	9	3	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.62	9b --- 0 out a12	9b end a12
2	105	69	Jun 24(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-6	L(0-1)	3	5.2	9	8	8	5	0	1	1	10.80	8.23	31	109	58	18	0	10	15	4	3	0	14			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.260	.11	-0.02%	-3.79	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out d6
3	106	74	Jun 28	DET		NYY	W,13-6	7-GF	S(1)	3	3.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	9.31	6.96	14	60	38	8	2	6	7	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	1	.08	0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.31	7t --- 0 out a9	9t end a 7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	107	80	Jul 4	DET	@	TBD	W,11-0	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.44	6.70	4	15	9	4	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.59	9b --- 0 out a11	9b end a11
5	108	95	Jul 22(2)	DET		KCR	W,10-6	GS-6		17	5.0	6	5	2	2	3	0	0	6.89	5.56	23	97	57	11	10	9	9	5	1	0	42			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	.79	-0.288	.13	-0.03%	-2.59	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out tie
6	109	99	Jul 26	DET		TBD	L,2-6	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.48	5.41	3	9	6	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
7	110	100	Jul 27	DET	@	TEX	L,3-7	GS-6	L(0-2)	0	5.1	8	4	4	0	3	2	1	6.55	5.91	25	91	55	20	2	7	14	5	2	0	39			0	0	0	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.165	.19	-0.02%	-0.99	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	111	108	Aug 5	DET		MIN	W,4-3	GS-6	W(1-2)	8	6.0	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	6.11	5.92	26	95	59	18	7	9	14	8	0	0	45			1	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.028	.18	0.00%	0.38	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
9	112	113	Aug 10	DET		BAL	W,14-3	GS-8	W(2-2)	4	7.2	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	5.30	5.55	28	91	54	14	4	10	13	4	0	0	66			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.60	0.043	.05	0.00%	2.38	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a12
10	113	115	Aug 12	DET	@	OAK	L,5-9	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.20	5.50	2	11	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.59	8b 1-- 1 out d5	8b end d 5
11	114	118	Aug 15	DET	@	SEA	W,9-0	SHO	W(3-2)	2	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	4.17	4.83	30	110	73	20	10	13	10	5	1	0	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	0	.39	0.263	.08	0.03%	5.06	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a9
12	115	123	Aug 21	DET		OAK	W,3-1	GS-7	W(4-2)	5	6.2	4	1	0	0	7	0	0	3.63	4.35	24	110	68	24	7	8	9	5	0	0	71			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.240	.36	0.05%	2.47	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
13	116	128	Aug 26	DET	@	MIN	W,8-2	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	7.1	5	2	2	4	6	0	0	3.49	4.20	31	108	62	16	11	10	11	6	1	0	62			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.90	0.174	.31	0.04%	2.35	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	117	133	Sep 1	DET		TEX	W,7-5	GS-8	W(6-2)	5	7.1	6	3	3	2	0	0	2	3.51	4.26	30	108	64	19	3	11	15	8	1	0	52			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	2	0	0	.79	0.193	.26	0.04%	1.92	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a5
15	118	138	Sep 6	DET		ANA	L,0-1	GS-8	L(6-3)	4	8.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.25	4.14	32	118	69	20	10	13	14	6	2	0	65			0	1	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.344	.43	0.09%	3.50	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
16	119	142	Sep 10	DET	@	TOR	L,2-6	GS-8	L(6-4)	3	7.2	6	5	3	1	7	0	0	3.28	3.91	31	115	69	26	12	7	16	6	0	0	57			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.079	.08	-0.01%	0.56	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out d2
17	120	146	Sep 15	DET		BOS	L,6-7	GS-5		4	4.1	6	4	4	4	2	0	0	3.53	3.96	23	94	52	23	4	7	10	5	0	0	33			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.236	.02	0.00%	-2.16	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d1
18	121	151	Sep 19	DET		CHW	L,2-6	GS-4	L(6-5)	3	3.1	10	6	4	0	0	1	0	3.80	4.08	21	68	45	8	3	6	15	10	0	0	20			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.324	.00	0.00%	-4.33	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d6
19	122	156	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	W,15-4	GS-8	W(7-5)	5	8.0	10	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.86	4.07	36	131	86	27	12	16	12	4	1	0	50			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.74	1b start tie	8b 3 out a9
20	123	161	Sep 30	DET		MIN	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.0	11	5	5	0	4	0	0	4.07	3.94	28	88	63	15	8	11	13	8	0	0	34			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.07	-0.207	.00	0.00%	-1.26	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d2
							12-8		W-L:7-5,Sv:1	3.7	104.0	108	55	47	29	53	7	4	4.07	3.94	446	1643	61%	18%	6%	0.80		26%	4%	0	49	1	0%	2	1	0	411	28	3	0	11	1	5	.81	-0.240	.14	0.17%	6.28

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