STEVE SPARKS

| Retired | Played: 1986-2004

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 179th in HB
Positions: P-505, OF-1
Full Name: Steven William Sparks
Born: Jul 2, 1965 (47.325) in Tulsa,Oklahoma

MLB Debut: Apr 28, 1995 (29.300)

Control
50

K-Rating
26

Efficiency
48

vsPower
56

Ht/Wt: 6-0 / 180 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Holland Hall (Tulsa,OK)
College: Sam Houston State University
Drafted: Milwaukee Brewers: 1987-5-123 (June-Reg)

Tags: Knuckleballers || Pitcher of Month

TBC Player ID: 463
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Only

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1986	Sam Houston State	NCAA	NCAA			20	-	3	2	3.82	24	1	0	0		3	40.0	31	25	17		22	29			1.33	6.97	--	4.95	6.52	0.76	--	--
1987	Sam Houston State	NCAA	NCAA			21	-	11	0	1.94	14	13	10	4		1	88.0	73	23	19		30	62			1.17	7.47	--	3.07	6.34	0.48	--	--
1987	Helena	Pio	Rk	-	mil	21	32	6	3	4.68	10	9	2	0	0	0	57.2	68	44	30	8	20	47	5		1.53	10.61	1.25	3.12	7.34	0.43	--	--
1988	Beloit	Midw	A	-	mil	22	43	9	13	3.79	25	24	5	1	0	0	164.0	162	80	69	8	51	96	5		1.30	8.89	0.44	2.80	5.27	0.53	--	--
1989	Stockton	Calif	A+	-	mil	23	7	13	5	2.41	23	22	3	2	0	0	164.0	125	55	44	6	53	126	6		1.09	6.86	0.33	2.91	6.91	0.42	--	--
1990	Stockton	Calif	A+	-	mil	24	24	10	7	3.69	19	19	5	1	0	0	129.1	136	63	53	4	31	77	7		1.29	9.46	0.28	2.16	5.36	0.40	--	--
1990	El Paso	Tex	AA	-	mil	24	-	1	2	6.53	7	6	0	0	1	0	30.1	43	24	22	4	15	17	2		1.91	12.76	1.19	4.45	5.04	0.88	--	--
1991	Stockton	Calif	A+	-	mil	25	7	9	10	3.06	24	24	8	2	0	0	179.2	160	70	61	4	98	139	13		1.44	8.01	0.20	4.91	6.96	0.71	--	--
1991	El Paso	Tex	AA	-	mil	25	-	1	2	9.53	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.0	30	22	18	1	9	10	2		2.29	15.88	0.53	4.76	5.29	0.90	--	--
1992	El Paso	Tex	AA	23	mil	26	14	9	8	5.37	28	22	3	0	3	1	140.2	159	99	84	11	50	79	6	3	1.49	10.17	0.70	3.20	5.05	0.63	--	--
1993	New Orleans	Amer	AAA	19	mil	27	5	9	13	3.84	29	28	7	1	0	0	180.1	174	89	77	17	80	104	7		1.41	8.68	0.85	3.99	5.19	0.77	--	--
1994	New Orleans	Amer	AAA	-	mil	28	3	10	12	4.46	28	27	5	1	0	0	183.2	183	101	91	23	68	105	14	3	1.37	8.97	1.13	3.33	5.15	0.65	--	--
1995	Milwaukee	AL	MLB	50	mil	29	33	9	11	4.63	33	27	3	0	2	0	202.0	210	111	104	17	86	96	5	1	1.47	9.36	0.76	3.83	4.28	0.90	.295	0.93
1996	New Orleans	Amer	AAA	-	mil	30	28	2	6	4.99	11	10	3	2	0	0	57.2	64	43	32	8	35	27	6	0	1.72	9.99	1.25	5.46	4.21	1.30	--	--
1996	Milwaukee	AL	MLB	50	mil	30	-	4	7	6.60	20	13	1	0	2	0	88.2	103	66	65	19	52	21	6	0	1.75	10.45	1.93	5.28	2.13	2.48	.274	0.83
1998	Midland	Tex	AA	-	ana	32	-	0	4	7.08	7	7	0	0	0	0	40.2	49	38	32	3	15	34	3	1	1.57	10.84	0.66	3.32	7.52	0.44	--	--
1998	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	-	ana	32	-	0	4	2.89	4	4	2	0	0	0	28.0	23	11	9	2	6	19	2	0	1.04	7.39	0.64	1.93	6.11	0.32	--	--
1998	Anaheim	AL	MLB	23	ana	32	-	9	4	4.34	22	20	0	0	1	0	128.2	130	66	62	14	58	90	6	0	1.46	9.09	0.98	4.06	6.30	0.64	.297	0.79
1999	Anaheim	AL	MLB	23	ana	33	-	5	11	5.42	28	26	0	0	1	0	147.2	165	101	89	21	82	73	8	0	1.67	10.06	1.28	5.00	4.45	1.12	.292	0.78
2000	Toledo	IL	AAA	16	det	34	-	5	7	3.77	16	14	1	0	0	0	90.2	86	53	38	8	41	44	0	1	1.40	8.54	0.79	4.07	4.37	0.93	--	--
2000	Detroit	AL	MLB	37	det	34	61	7	5	4.07	20	15	1	1	5	1	104.0	108	55	47	7	29	53	6	0	1.32	9.35	0.61	2.51	4.59	0.55	.288	1.10
2001	Detroit	AL	MLB	37	det	35	17	14	9	3.65	35	33	8	1	2	0	232.0	244	110	94	22	64	116	8	2	1.33	9.47	0.85	2.48	4.50	0.55	.292	1.33
2002	Detroit	AL	MLB	37	det	36	42	8	16	5.52	32	30	3	0	0	0	189.0	238	134	116	23	67	98	8	2	1.61	11.33	1.10	3.19	4.67	0.68	.327	1.24
2003	Detroit	AL	MLB	37	det	37	88	0	6	4.72	42	0	0	0	24	2	89.2	95	57	47	11	34	49	3	0	1.44	9.54	1.10	3.41	4.92	0.69	.298	0.92
2003	Oakland	AL	MLB	37	oak	37	88	0	0	5.71	9	0	0	0	2	0	17.1	19	11	11	2	3	5	0	0	1.27	9.87	1.04	1.56	2.60	0.60	--	1.36
2004	Arizona	NL	MLB	23	ari	38	-	3	7	6.04	29	18	0	0	6	0	120.2	139	89	81	18	45	57	4	0	1.52	10.37	1.34	3.36	4.25	0.79	.296	0.74
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MLB Totals (9 years) Career Ranks								59	76	4.88	270	182	16	2	45	3	1321	1451	800	716	154	520	658	54	5	1.49	9.89	1.05	3.54	4.48	0.79	.302	0.95
Minor League Totals (11 years)								84	96	4.05	235	220	44	10	4	1	1465	1462	792	660	107	572	924	78	8	1.39	8.98	0.66	3.51	5.68	0.62	--	--
College Totals (2 years)								14	2	2.53	38	14	10	4	0	4	128	104	48	36	0	52	91	0	0	1.22	7.31	0.00	3.66	6.40	0.57	--	--
AAA Totals (5 years)								26	42	4.11	88	83	18	4	0	0	541	530	297	247	58	230	299	29	4	1.40	8.82	0.96	3.83	4.97	0.77	--	--
AA Totals (4 years)								11	16	6.13	46	39	3	0	4	1	229	281	183	156	19	89	140	13	4	1.62	11.04	0.75	3.50	5.50	0.64	--	--
A+ Totals (3 years)								32	22	3.01	66	65	16	5	0	0	473	421	188	158	14	182	342	26	0	1.27	8.01	0.27	3.46	6.51	0.53	--	--
A Totals (1 year)								9	13	3.79	25	24	5	1	0	0	164	162	80	69	8	51	96	5	0	1.30	8.89	0.44	2.80	5.27	0.53	--	--
Rookie Totals (1 year)								6	3	4.66	10	9	2	0	0	0	58	68	44	30	8	20	47	5	0	1.52	10.55	1.24	3.10	7.29	0.43	--	--
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1993	New Orleans	Amer	AAA	19	mil	27	p	-	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1		--	--	.000
1998	Anaheim	AL	MLB	23	ana	32	p	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500	1	100	0	3	2	0	3.7	.000
1999	Anaheim	AL	MLB	23	ana	33	p	-	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1000	1	33	2	3	2	1	10.4	.500
2001	Detroit	AL	MLB	37	det	35	p	-	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	33	0	4	4	--	--	.000
2002	Detroit	AL	MLB	37	det	36	p	-	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	100	0	2	2	--	--	.000
2004	Arizona	NL	MLB	23	ari	38	p	-	27	31	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	.129	.129	.129	258	16	59	4	32	28	-2	-2.0	.235
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MLB Totals (5 years) Career Ranks									35	41	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	17	0	0	2	0	0	.122	.143	.146	289	20	57	6	44	38	-1.9	-1.3	.208
Minor League Totals (1 year)									31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	--	--	0	1	1	-	-	.000
AAA Totals (1 year)									31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	--	--	0	1	1	-	-	.000
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FIELDING STATISTICS

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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1987	Helena	Pio	Rk	P	10		8	2	6	0	0		1.000	--	--
1988	Beloit	Midw	A	P	25		38	8	29	1	3		.974	--	--
1989	Stockton	Calif	A+	P	23		39	10	25	4	1		.897	--	--
1990	Stockton	Calif	A+	P	19		41	8	28	5	5		.878	--	--
	El Paso	Tex	AA	P	7		10	4	6	0			1.000	--	--
1991	Stockton	Calif	A+	P	24		75	19	53	3	10		.960	--	--
	El Paso	Tex	AA	P	4		9	3	5	1	0		.889	--	--
1992	El Paso	Tex	AA	P	28		60	16	42	2	5		.967	--	--
1993	New Orleans	Amer	AAA	OF	1		1	1	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
	New Orleans	Amer	AAA	P	29		50	9	41	0	2		1.000	--	--
1994	New Orleans	Amer	AAA	P	28		54	16	36	2	5		.963	--	--
1995	Milwaukee	AL	MLB	P	33		70	25	43	2	5	202	.971	2.06	3.03
1996	New Orleans	Amer	AAA	P	11		12	5	7	0	1		1.000	--	--
	Milwaukee	AL	MLB	P	20		33	9	23	1	1	88	.970	1.60	3.27
1998	Midland	Tex	AA	P	7		20	7	13	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	P	4		8	5	3	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Anaheim	AL	MLB	P	22		43	12	31	0	2	128	1.000	1.95	3.02
1999	Anaheim	AL	MLB	P	28		45	7	35	3	4	147	.933	1.50	2.57
2000	Toledo	IL	AAA	P	16		35	11	22	2	2		.943	--	--
	Detroit	AL	MLB	P	20		29	11	17	1	2	104	.966	1.40	2.42
2001	Detroit	AL	MLB	P	35		63	20	42	1	1	232	.984	1.77	2.41
2002	Detroit	AL	MLB	P	32		58	15	41	2	3	189	.966	1.75	2.67
2003	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	9	0	6	2	4	0	1	17	1.000	0.67	3.18
	Detroit	AL	MLB	P	42	0	19	6	12	1	5	89	.947	0.43	1.82
2004	Arizona	NL	MLB	P	29		31	8	21	2	0	120	.935	1.00	2.18
Minor League Totals:				P	235	0	459	123	316	20	34	0	.956	1.87
				OF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

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