Jeff Sparks

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: April 4, 1972 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 24th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Mary's University (San Antonio, TX).

High School: Waller HS (Waller, TX)

School: St. Mary's University (San Antonio, TX)

Debut: September 12, 1999 (Age 27-161d, 15,193rd in MLB history)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 0 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 17, 2000 (Age 28-043d)
vs. TEX 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Full Name: James Jeffrey Sparks

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

W

L

ERA

4.15

G

GS

SV

IP

30.1

SO

WHIP

1.615

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1995	23	CIN-min	Rk	2	0	1.000	3.23	16	2	7	0	0	2	39.0	32	19	14	2	27	2	49	0	1	2	172			1.513	7.4	0.5	6.2	11.3	1.81	PRI APPY
1996	24	CIN-min	A,AA	2	7	.222	4.73	49	3	14	0	0	0	91.1	84	52	48	5	47	6	96	9	1	10	404			1.434	8.3	0.5	4.6	9.5	2.04	CHL,CNG SALL,SOUL
1997	25	CIN-min	A,Ind	3	6	.333	5.45	29	9	9	0	0	0	74.1	72	57	45	7	49	1	92	2	1	8	343			1.628	8.7	0.8	5.9	11.1	1.88	BUR,WPG MIDW,NORL
1998	26	WPG	Ind	2	1	.667	3.12	38	0	36	0	0	17	49.0	30	21	17	5	42	1	85	1	0	4	221			1.469	5.5	0.9	7.7	15.6	2.02	WPG NORL
1999	27	PIT-TBD-min	AAA	8	3	.727	3.68	52	0	9	0	0	0	73.1	53	36	30	6	37	1	100	5	0	10	315			1.227	6.5	0.7	4.5	12.3	2.70	NVL,DHM PCL,IL
1999	27	TBD	AL	0	0		5.40	8	0	2	0	0	1	10.0	6	6	6	1	12	1	17	1	0	1	49	94	4.93	1.800	5.4	0.9	10.8	15.3	1.42
2000	28	TBD-min	A+,AAA,AA	1	7	.125	6.66	25	5	8	0	0	3	51.1	29	47	38	4	60	0	58	10	0	9	251			1.734	5.1	0.7	10.5	10.2	0.97	SPT,DHM,ORL FLOR,IL,SOUL
2000	28	TBD	AL	0	1	.000	3.54	15	0	4	0	0	0	20.1	13	8	8	2	18	1	24	2	0	3	90	141	5.00	1.525	5.8	0.9	8.0	10.6	1.33
2001	29	ABY	Ind	8	2	.800	2.00	14	13					85.2	62	23	19	3	27									1.039	6.5	0.3	2.8			ABY ALLA
2003	31	BAN	Ind	4	1	.800	1.23	17	3	10	0	0	5	36.2	25	5	5	1	16	1	50	3	1	0	154			1.118	6.1	0.2	3.9	12.3	3.13	BAN NEAS
2004	32	NAS,PSC	Ind	5	4	.556	3.36	48	3	31	0	0	10	64.1	54	30	24	5	32	2	82	5	1	2	279			1.337	7.6	0.7	4.5	11.5	2.56	NAS,PSC ATLL,CENL
2005	33	NAS,YUC	Ind,AAA	1	2	.333	8.10	16	1	2	0	0	0	16.2	21	17	15	2	22	1	17	3	1	2	94			2.580	11.3	1.1	11.9	9.2	0.77	NAS,YUC ATLL,MEX
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	4.15	23	0	6	0	0	1	30.1	19	14	14	3	30	2	41	3	0	4	139	121	4.98	1.615	5.6	0.9	8.9	12.2	1.37
162 Game Avg.				0	3	.000	4.15	68	0	18	0	0	3	90	56	41	41	9	89	6	121	9	0	12	411	121	4.98	1.615	5.6	0.9	8.9	12.2	1.37

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Player News

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Standard Fielding

Transactions

Other Resources & Links

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Minor, Independent & Mexican Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

1999
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Batting Game Logs

1999
2000

Fielding Game Logs

1999
2000

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

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