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Glenn Sparkman

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: May 11, 1992 in Victoria, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 20th round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wharton County Junior College (Wharton, TX).

High School: Ganado HS (Ganado, TX)

School: Wharton County Junior College (Wharton, TX)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2021 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2021): 3.001 • Arb Eligible: 2021 • Free Agent: 2024

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council

Full Name: Glenn Michael Sparkman

Nicknames: Sparky

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

5.99

180.1

111

WHIP

1.591

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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
2013	21	0.0	Idaho Falls	PION	Rk	KCR	1	0	1.000	1.72	1.96	20	0	13	0	0	2	36.2	25	8	7	1	10	1	47	1	1	1	144	0.955	6.1	0.2	2.5	11.5	4.70
2014	22	-0.7	Wilmington	CARL	A+	KCR	8	3	.727	1.56	2.08	29	18	3	0	0	1	121.0	94	28	21	2	25	0	117	0	4	4	471	0.983	7.0	0.1	1.9	8.7	4.68
2015	23	-1.4	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	2	2	.500	3.60	4.05	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.0	17	9	8	1	9	0	21	1	0	1	85	1.300	7.7	0.5	4.1	9.5	2.33
2016	24		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AA-Rk-A-A+	KCR	2	7	.222	5.22	5.67	16	16	0	0	0	0	60.1	70	38	35	6	10	0	65	3	2	3	259	1.326	10.4	0.9	1.5	9.7	6.50
2016	24	-0.4	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	0	2	.000	4.58	5.09	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.2	21	10	9	2	5	0	20	0	0	0	78	1.472	10.7	1.0	2.5	10.2	4.00
2016	24	1.1	Wilmington	CARL	A+	KCR	1	0	1.000	3.86	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	9	5	5	1	1	0	9	2	1	0	47	0.857	6.9	0.8	0.8	6.9	9.00
2016	24	2.2	Lexington	SALL	A	KCR	0	2	.000	6.91	6.91	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	21	11	11	2	3	0	19	0	1	1	63	1.674	13.2	1.3	1.9	11.9	6.33
2016	24	3.1	Royals	ARIZ	Rk	KCR	1	3	.250	5.40	6.48	7	7	0	0	0	0	16.2	19	12	10	1	1	0	17	1	0	2	71	1.200	10.3	0.5	0.5	9.2	17.00
2017	25		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AA-AAA-A+	TOR	2	4	.333	2.37	3.56	10	6	3	0	0	1	30.1	27	12	8	3	10	0	17	0	0	0	126	1.220	8.0	0.9	3.0	5.0	1.70
2017	25	-1.4	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	1	2	.333	2.25	3.38	4	1	2	0	0	1	8.0	7	3	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	30	1.000	7.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	3.00
2017	25	0.9	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	0	0		2.61	2.61	3	2	1	0	0	0	10.1	11	3	3	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	46	1.548	9.6	0.0	4.4	4.4	1.00
2017	25	0.7	New Hampshire	EL	AA	TOR	1	1	.500	3.12	3.12	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	6	3	3	2	3	0	6	0	0	0	34	1.038	6.2	2.1	3.1	6.2	2.00
2017	25	1.9	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	0	1	.000	0.00	8.10	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	16	1.200	8.1	0.0	2.7	8.1	3.00
2017	25	-3.6	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	0	0		63.00	63.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	9	7	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	10.000	81.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2018	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	KCR	8	3	.727	3.65	4.01	18	18	0	0	0	0	101.0	111	45	41	10	12	0	74	2	2	4	417	1.218	9.9	0.9	1.1	6.6	6.17
2018	26	-0.6	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	5	1	.833	4.01	4.28	12	12	0	0	0	0	67.1	76	32	30	10	11	0	48	1	2	2	280	1.292	10.2	1.3	1.5	6.4	4.36
2018	26	1.9	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	3	2	.600	2.94	3.48	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.2	35	13	11	0	1	0	26	1	0	2	137	1.069	9.4	0.0	0.3	7.0	26.00
2018	26	-2.6	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	3	.000	4.46	4.70	15	3	3	0	0	0	38.1	47	20	19	3	15	3	27	1	1	3	176	1.617	11.0	0.7	3.5	6.3	1.80
2019	27	0.3	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	0	0		0.00	1.42	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	23	0.789	5.7	0.0	1.4	5.7	4.00
2019	27	-1.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	4	11	.267	6.02	6.35	31	23	2	1	1	0	136.0	164	96	91	30	41	1	81	6	2	6	606	1.507	10.9	2.0	2.7	5.4	1.98
2020	28	-0.2	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	0		5.40	10.80	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	6	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	27	2.000	16.2	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00
2021	29	1.8	St. Paul	AAAE	AAA	MIN	0	0		3.00	3.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	11	0.667	6.0	3.0	0.0	18.0
2021	29	2.8	Orix	JPWL	Fgn		0	1	.000	13.50	13.50	1			0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	11	2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5	13.5	3.00
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 (4 seasons)					Majors		4	14	.222	5.99	6.44	52	26	6	1	1	0	180.1	229	129	120	33	58	4	111	7	3	9	821	1.591	11.4	1.6	2.9	5.5	1.91
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		23	19	.548	2.88	3.38	101	63	19	0	0	4	378.2	350	142	121	24	77	1	351	7	9	14	1536	1.128	8.3	0.6	1.8	8.3	4.56
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		0	1	.000	13.50	13.50	1			0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	11	2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5	13.5	3.00
All Levels (9 Seasons)							27	34	.443	3.91	4.40	154	89	25	1	1	4	561.0	583	274	244	58	136	5	465	14	12	24	2368	1.282	9.4	0.9	2.2	7.5	3.42

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		6	3	.667	3.51	3.93	20	14	2	0	0	1	84.2	89	37	33	12	13	0	61	1	2	3	344	1.205	9.5	1.3	1.4	6.5	4.69
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		6	7	.462	3.39	3.79	19	18	1	0	0	0	90.1	90	38	34	5	23	0	78	2	0	3	380	1.251	9.0	0.5	2.3	7.8	3.39
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		9	4	.692	1.72	2.38	32	21	3	0	0	1	136.0	106	36	26	3	27	0	129	2	5	4	534	0.978	7.0	0.2	1.8	8.5	4.78
A (1 season)					Minors		0	2	.000	6.91	6.91	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	21	11	11	2	3	0	19	0	1	1	63	1.674	13.2	1.3	1.9	11.9	6.33
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		2	3	.400	2.87	3.38	27	7	13	0	0	2	53.1	44	20	17	2	11	1	64	2	1	3	215	1.031	7.4	0.3	1.9	10.8	5.82