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: 10-12 / in Starts: 10-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 0

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 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	54	67	Jun 15	ANA	@	TEX	W,8-5	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.2	6	4	4	1	5	1	0	5.40	4.04	27	108	62	17	10	9	12	3	2	0	50			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.72	0.118	1.45	0.14%	0.76	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a4
2	55	72	Jun 20	ANA		TEX	W,8-3	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.1	5	3	3	4	2	1	0	4.85	5.22	27	111	62	14	4	10	11	3	1	0	49			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.053	2.08	0.07%	0.45	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a3
3	56	77	Jun 25	ANA	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-7	W(3-0)	4	7.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.60	4.54	28	113	65	19	11	10	11	6	2	0	66			2	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.271	1.28	0.19%	2.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
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	57	82	Jul 1	ANA		SFG	L,3-6	GS-8		5	7.1	7	2	2	1	7	1	0	3.29	4.24	29	109	66	18	10	10	11	3	1	0	62			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.03	0.128	1.19	0.09%	2.03	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d2
5	58	85	Jul 4	ANA		OAK	L,3-8	6-GF		2	4.0	4	5	5	1	3	1	1	4.31	4.51	18	67	39	9	8	4	9	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.075	.64	-0.06%	-2.69	6t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 6
6	59	89	Jul 11	ANA	@	SEA	L,0-2	GS-7	L(3-1)	6	6.1	4	2	2	5	7	0	0	4.06	4.31	28	122	70	17	13	9	7	3	0	0	59			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.052	1.58	0.05%	0.95	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
7	60	94	Jul 16	ANA		TBD	L,1-8	GS-2	L(3-2)	4	1.0	3	5	5	5	2	0	0	5.12	4.56	12	51	22	8	8	3	2	2	0	0	24			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.373	1.85	-0.33%	-5.45	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out d5
8	61	99	Jul 22	ANA	@	MIN	W,5-3	GS-7		5	7.0	6	3	3	2	7	0	1	4.93	4.23	27	101	60	14	15	10	7	5	0	0	58			1	2	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.053	1.94	0.05%	1.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
9	62	103	Jul 26	ANA	@	KCR	L,4-9	4-6		3	3.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.81	4.04	12	46	31	9	7	4	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.002	.16	0.00%	0.71	4b --- 0 out d7	6b 3 out d6
10	63	106	Jul 29	ANA		NYY	W,10-5	GS-8	W(4-2)	2	7.2	5	5	5	1	7	3	0	4.95	4.42	29	119	77	26	8	9	12	3	0	0	55			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.039	.67	0.04%	1.07	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a7
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
11	64	111	Aug 3	ANA		CLE	W,11-4	GS-6	W(5-2)	4	5.1	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.96	4.55	24	95	58	15	11	6	14	5	1	0	42			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.025	.84	-0.02%	-1.20	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a5
12	65	115	Aug 8(2)	ANA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8		4	7.0	8	3	3	4	4	0	0	4.85	4.46	31	124	71	18	10	9	14	7	2	0	49			0	0	1	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.018	1.90	0.02%	0.45	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out tie
13	66	119	Aug 12	ANA	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-8	W(6-2)	3	7.1	7	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.62	4.44	28	103	66	17	3	14	9	4	1	0	59			0	1	1	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.291	2.22	0.29%	1.95	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
14	67	124	Aug 17	ANA		CHW	W,7-2	GS-7	W(7-2)	4	7.0	9	2	2	0	3	2	0	4.45	4.57	29	98	64	21	4	9	17	7	0	0	54			0	0	1	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.200	1.11	0.22%	2.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
15	68	129	Aug 22	ANA		TOR	W,5-1	GS-7	W(8-2)	4	7.0	7	1	1	3	7	0	1	4.20	4.44	32	135	81	32	11	11	10	6	1	0	63			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.387	2.32	0.42%	3.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
16	69	134	Aug 26(2)	ANA	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-6		3	6.0	6	5	4	3	5	1	0	4.31	4.48	26	97	59	17	10	7	11	4	2	0	44			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.243	1.23	-0.18%	-1.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
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
17	70	140	Sep 2	ANA	@	CLE	W,13-5	GS-7	W(9-2)	6	6.2	8	5	5	5	2	1	1	4.47	4.66	33	133	78	24	2	7	18	9	2	0	35			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.035	.93	0.04%	-1.28	1b start a 2	7b -2- 2 out a8
18	71	144	Sep 8	ANA		MIN	L,0-5	GS-6	L(9-3)	5	6.0	7	3	3	3	1	1	0	4.47	4.76	27	83	49	11	9	10	13	4	1	0	44			2	0	1	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.007	1.60	-0.01%	0.46	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
19	72	147	Sep 12	ANA	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-8		3	7.2	5	0	0	6	6	0	0	4.18	4.70	33	138	76	22	17	8	13	5	2	0	69			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.481	2.81	0.60%	3.97	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a2
20	73	152	Sep 17	ANA	@	TEX	L,6-7	GS-2		4	1.2	7	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.42	4.68	13	53	33	9	8	3	5	2	1	0	26			0	0	0	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.290	7.86	-1.06%	-3.48	1b start a 4	2b -23 2 out a2
21	74	156	Sep 21	ANA		TEX	L,1-9	GS-4	L(9-4)	3	3.2	7	5	3	2	1	0	0	4.51	4.67	21	85	50	18	4	9	9	3	0	0	30			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	1	.85	-0.247	6.39	-1.12%	-3.17	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d5
22	75	161	Sep 26	ANA	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	1	4	5	0	1	4.34	4.62	28	120	65	20	12	10	8	4	0	0	62			2	1	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.229	.00	0.00%	1.81	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
							10-12		W-L:9-4	3.9	128.2	130	66	62	58	90	14	5	4.34	4.62	562	2211	59%	17%	9%	0.79		22%	5%	0	50	0	---%	10	4	5	494	28	1	0	5	3	1	.96	1.093	1.79	-0.59%	4.11

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