Joe Sparma

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: February 4, 1942 in Massillon, OH us

Died: May 14, 1986 in Columbus, OH

Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Worthington, OH

High School: Massillon HS (Massillon, OH)

School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)

Debut: May 20, 1964 (Age 22-106d, 9,858th in MLB history)
vs. WSA 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 12, 1970 (Age 28-097d)
vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Joseph Blase Sparma

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1968 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

W

L

ERA

3.94

G

183

GS

142

SV

IP

864.2

SO

586

WHIP

1.399

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
1963	21	DET-min	A,AA	2	5	.286	4.95	14	9		4	1		60.0	52	41	33	1	49	2	63	0	1	9				1.683	7.8	0.2	7.4	9.5	1.29	DSU,KNX NORL,SALL
1964	22	DET-min	AA	2	4	.333	3.46	7	6		0	1		39.0	38	17	15	4	25	1	23	1	0	3				1.615	8.8	0.9	5.8	5.3	0.92	KNX SOUL
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	123	3.25	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	3.41	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	5.01	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	3.61	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	82	3.56	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	4.85	1.673	7.6	0.5	7.5	4.0	0.53
1970	28	MON-min	AAA	3	13	.188	8.22	24	23		1	0	0	116.0	157	120	106	10	92	3	76	9	0	19				2.147	12.2	0.8	7.1	5.9	0.83	BUF IL
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	59	6.93	2.011	10.4	2.1	7.7	7.1	0.92
1971	29	DET-min	AAA	2	5	.286	6.05	25	10		1	1	0	58.0	45	52	39	6	72	1	43	3	1	10				2.017	7.0	0.9	11.2	6.7	0.60	TOL IL
7 Yrs				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	3.92	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	3.92	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	3.81	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	59	6.93	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	3.81	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	59	6.93	2.011	10.4	2.1	7.7	7.1	0.92