Steve Sparks

Age: 59

Bats/Throws: R/R

5'11" / 190

DOB: 7/2/1965

(59 years, 9 months, 25 days)

Stats

Partial SeasonsPostseasonMLB Regular Season

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
1995	MIL	MLB	29	9	11	0	33	27	202.0	4.28	3.83	0.76	.288	68.5%			4.63	4.60		2.4
1996	MIL	MLB	30	4	7	0	20	13	88.2	2.13	5.28	1.93	.270	70.0%			6.60	7.34		-0.9
1998	ANA	MLB	32	9	4	0	22	20	128.2	6.30	4.06	0.98	.294	73.2%			4.34	4.62		1.5
1999	ANA	MLB	33	5	11	0	28	26	147.2	4.45	5.00	1.28	.286	68.4%			5.42	5.84		0.5
2000	DET	MLB	34	7	5	1	20	15	104.0	4.59	2.51	0.61	.286	65.5%			4.07	3.94		2.1
2001	DET	MLB	35	14	9	0	35	33	232.0	4.50	2.48	0.85	.287	72.0%			3.65	4.19		3.2
2002	DET	MLB	36	8	16	0	32	30	189.0	4.67	3.19	1.10	.322	64.3%	46.5%	10.2%	5.52	4.76	4.84	1.2
2003	2 Tms	MLB	37	0	6	2	51	0	107.0	4.54	3.11	1.09	.286	63.3%	46.3%	10.7%	4.88	4.72	4.81	0.0
2003	DET	MLB	37	0	6	2	42	0	89.2	4.92	3.41	1.10	.291	64.3%	43.3%	10.6%	4.72	4.77	4.87	-0.1
2003	OAK	MLB	37	0	0	0	9	0	17.1	2.60	1.56	1.04	.266	57.3%	60.0%	11.1%	5.71	4.47	4.49	0.0
2003	OAK	MLB	37	0	0	0	1	0	4.0	2.25	6.75	2.25	.083	83.3%	61.5%	33.3%	4.50	8.03	5.88
2004	ARI	MLB	38	3	7	0	29	18	120.2	4.25	3.36	1.34	.288	61.1%	41.0%	11.2%	6.04	5.29	5.29	0.6
Total	- - -	MLB		59	76	3	270	182	1319.2	4.49	3.55	1.05	.292	67.7%	44.9%	10.6%	4.88	4.90	4.96	10.6
Postseason	- - -	MLB		0	0	0	1	0	4.0	2.25	6.75	2.25	.083	83.3%	61.5%	33.3%	4.50	8.03	5.88

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
1995	MIL	MLB	29	9	11	0	33	27	202.0	4.28	3.83	0.76	.288	68.5%			4.63	4.60		2.4
1996	MIL	MLB	30	4	7	0	20	13	88.2	2.13	5.28	1.93	.270	70.0%			6.60	7.34		-0.9
1998	ANA	MLB	32	9	4	0	22	20	128.2	6.30	4.06	0.98	.294	73.2%			4.34	4.62		1.5
1999	ANA	MLB	33	5	11	0	28	26	147.2	4.45	5.00	1.28	.286	68.4%			5.42	5.84		0.5
2000	DET	MLB	34	7	5	1	20	15	104.0	4.59	2.51	0.61	.286	65.5%			4.07	3.94		2.1
2001	DET	MLB	35	14	9	0	35	33	232.0	4.50	2.48	0.85	.287	72.0%			3.65	4.19		3.2
2002	DET	MLB	36	8	16	0	32	30	189.0	4.67	3.19	1.10	.322	64.3%	46.5%	10.2%	5.52	4.76	4.84	1.2
2003	2 Tms	MLB	37	0	6	2	51	0	107.0	4.54	3.11	1.09	.286	63.3%	46.3%	10.7%	4.88	4.72	4.81	0.0
2003	DET	MLB	37	0	6	2	42	0	89.2	4.92	3.41	1.10	.291	64.3%	43.3%	10.6%	4.72	4.77	4.87	-0.1
2003	OAK	MLB	37	0	0	0	9	0	17.1	2.60	1.56	1.04	.266	57.3%	60.0%	11.1%	5.71	4.47	4.49	0.0
2003	OAK	MLB	37	0	0	0	1	0	4.0	2.25	6.75	2.25	.083	83.3%	61.5%	33.3%	4.50	8.03	5.88
2004	ARI	MLB	38	3	7	0	29	18	120.2	4.25	3.36	1.34	.288	61.1%	41.0%	11.2%	6.04	5.29	5.29	0.6
Total	- - -	MLB		59	76	3	270	182	1319.2	4.49	3.55	1.05	.292	67.7%	44.9%	10.6%	4.88	4.90	4.96	10.6
Postseason	- - -	MLB		0	0	0	1	0	4.0	2.25	6.75	2.25	.083	83.3%	61.5%	33.3%	4.50	8.03	5.88

Partial SeasonsPostseasonMLB Regular Season

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
1995	MIL	MLB	9	11	4.63	33	27		3	0	0			202.0	875	210	111	104	17	86	1	5	5	1	96
1996	MIL	MLB	4	7	6.60	20	13		1	0	0			88.2	406	103	66	65	19	52	0	3	6	0	21
1998	ANA	MLB	9	4	4.34	22	20		0	0	0			128.2	562	130	66	62	14	58	0	5	6	0	90
1999	ANA	MLB	5	11	5.42	28	26		0	0	0			147.2	688	165	101	89	21	82	0	9	8	0	73
2000	DET	MLB	7	5	4.07	20	15		1	1	1			104.0	446	108	55	47	7	29	0	4	6	0	53
2001	DET	MLB	14	9	3.65	35	33		8	1	0			232.0	982	244	110	94	22	64	1	6	8	2	116
2002	DET	MLB	8	16	5.52	32	30	16	3	0	0	0	0	189.0	868	238	134	116	23	67	3	12	8	2	98
2003	2 Tms	MLB	0	6	4.88	51	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	107.0	460	114	68	58	13	37	4	3	3	0	54
2003	DET	MLB	0	6	4.72	42	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	89.2	386	95	57	47	11	34	4	3	3	0	49
2003	OAK	MLB	0	0	5.71	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.1	74	19	11	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	5
2003	OAK	MLB	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	17	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
2004	ARI	MLB	3	7	6.04	29	18	5	0	0	0	0	0	120.2	545	139	89	81	18	45	2	5	4	0	57
Total	- - -	MLB	59	76	4.88	270	182	21	16	2	3	0	2	1319.2	5832	1451	800	716	154	520	11	52	54	5	658
Postseason	- - -	MLB	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	17	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
1995	MIL	MLB	9	11	4.63	33	27		3	0	0			202.0	875	210	111	104	17	86	1	5	5	1	96
1996	MIL	MLB	4	7	6.60	20	13		1	0	0			88.2	406	103	66	65	19	52	0	3	6	0	21
1998	ANA	MLB	9	4	4.34	22	20		0	0	0			128.2	562	130	66	62	14	58	0	5	6	0	90
1999	ANA	MLB	5	11	5.42	28	26		0	0	0			147.2	688	165	101	89	21	82	0	9	8	0	73
2000	DET	MLB	7	5	4.07	20	15		1	1	1			104.0	446	108	55	47	7	29	0	4	6	0	53
2001	DET	MLB	14	9	3.65	35	33		8	1	0			232.0	982	244	110	94	22	64	1	6	8	2	116
2002	DET	MLB	8	16	5.52	32	30	16	3	0	0	0	0	189.0	868	238	134	116	23	67	3	12	8	2	98
2003	2 Tms	MLB	0	6	4.88	51	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	107.0	460	114	68	58	13	37	4	3	3	0	54
2003	DET	MLB	0	6	4.72	42	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	89.2	386	95	57	47	11	34	4	3	3	0	49
2003	OAK	MLB	0	0	5.71	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.1	74	19	11	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	5
2003	OAK	MLB	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	17	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
2004	ARI	MLB	3	7	6.04	29	18	5	0	0	0	0	0	120.2	545	139	89	81	18	45	2	5	4	0	57
Total	- - -	MLB	59	76	4.88	270	182	21	16	2	3	0	2	1319.2	5832	1451	800	716	154	520	11	52	54	5	658
Postseason	- - -	MLB	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	17	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1

Partial SeasonsPostseasonMLB Regular SeasonAverages

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
1995	MIL	MLB	4.28	3.83	1.12	0.76	11.0%	9.8%	1.1%	.268	1.47	.288	68.5%	96	98	4.60
1995			6.35	3.56	1.79	1.02	16.2%	9.1%	7.1%	.262	1.42	.294	70.4%			4.55
1996	MIL	MLB	2.13	5.28	0.40	1.93	5.2%	12.8%	-7.6%	.293	1.75	.270	70.0%	128	148	7.34
1996			6.50	3.57	1.82	1.10	16.5%	9.1%	7.5%	.265	1.44	.298	70.0%			4.64
1998	ANA	MLB	6.30	4.06	1.55	0.98	16.0%	10.3%	5.7%	.261	1.46	.294	73.2%	93	100	4.62
1998			6.61	3.41	1.94	1.05	16.9%	8.7%	8.2%	.261	1.40	.296	70.8%			4.49
1999	ANA	MLB	4.45	5.00	0.89	1.28	10.6%	11.9%	-1.3%	.276	1.67	.286	68.4%	110	119	5.84
1999			6.48	3.73	1.74	1.15	16.4%	9.4%	7.0%	.266	1.46	.298	70.3%			4.77
2000	DET	MLB	4.59	2.51	1.83	0.61	11.9%	6.5%	5.4%	.262	1.32	.286	65.5%	86	84	3.94
2000			6.53	3.80	1.72	1.18	16.5%	9.6%	6.9%	.265	1.47	.296	70.2%			4.84
2001	DET	MLB	4.50	2.48	1.81	0.85	11.8%	6.5%	5.3%	.268	1.33	.287	72.0%	84	97	4.19
2001			6.74	3.29	2.05	1.13	17.3%	8.5%	8.9%	.259	1.38	.292	71.2%			4.57
2002	DET	MLB	4.67	3.19	1.46	1.10	11.3%	7.7%	3.6%	.302	1.61	.322	64.3%	128	112	4.76
2002			6.53	3.38	1.93	1.05	16.8%	8.7%	8.1%	.257	1.38	.289	71.7%			4.52
2003	2 Tms	MLB	4.54	3.11	1.46	1.09	11.7%	8.0%	3.7%	.271	1.41	.286	63.3%	111	107	4.72
2003	DET	MLB	4.92	3.41	1.44	1.10	12.7%	8.8%	3.9%	.272	1.44	.291	64.3%	108	108	4.77
2003	OAK	MLB	2.60	1.56	1.67	1.04	6.8%	4.1%	2.7%	.268	1.27	.266	57.3%	127	100	4.47
2003	OAK	MLB	2.25	6.75	0.33	2.25	5.9%	17.6%	-11.8%	.143	1.25	.083	83.3%	100	178	8.03
2003			6.40	3.30	1.94	1.08	16.4%	8.5%	8.0%	.260	1.38	.291	71.2%			4.57
2004	ARI	MLB	4.25	3.36	1.27	1.34	10.5%	8.3%	2.2%	.281	1.52	.288	61.1%	133	117	5.29
2004			6.60	3.36	1.96	1.13	16.9%	8.6%	8.3%	.261	1.40	.293	71.4%			4.62
Total	- - -	MLB	4.49	3.55	1.27	1.05	11.3%	8.9%	2.4%	.276	1.49	.292	67.7%	106	107	4.90
Postseason	- - -	MLB	2.25	6.75	0.33	2.25	5.9%	17.6%	-11.8%	.143	1.25	.083	83.3%	100	178	8.03

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
1995	MIL	MLB	4.28	3.83	1.12	0.76	11.0%	9.8%	1.1%	.268	1.47	.288	68.5%	96	98	4.60
1995			6.35	3.56	1.79	1.02	16.2%	9.1%	7.1%	.262	1.42	.294	70.4%			4.55
1996	MIL	MLB	2.13	5.28	0.40	1.93	5.2%	12.8%	-7.6%	.293	1.75	.270	70.0%	128	148	7.34
1996			6.50	3.57	1.82	1.10	16.5%	9.1%	7.5%	.265	1.44	.298	70.0%			4.64
1998	ANA	MLB	6.30	4.06	1.55	0.98	16.0%	10.3%	5.7%	.261	1.46	.294	73.2%	93	100	4.62
1998			6.61	3.41	1.94	1.05	16.9%	8.7%	8.2%	.261	1.40	.296	70.8%			4.49
1999	ANA	MLB	4.45	5.00	0.89	1.28	10.6%	11.9%	-1.3%	.276	1.67	.286	68.4%	110	119	5.84
1999			6.48	3.73	1.74	1.15	16.4%	9.4%	7.0%	.266	1.46	.298	70.3%			4.77
2000	DET	MLB	4.59	2.51	1.83	0.61	11.9%	6.5%	5.4%	.262	1.32	.286	65.5%	86	84	3.94
2000			6.53	3.80	1.72	1.18	16.5%	9.6%	6.9%	.265	1.47	.296	70.2%			4.84
2001	DET	MLB	4.50	2.48	1.81	0.85	11.8%	6.5%	5.3%	.268	1.33	.287	72.0%	84	97	4.19
2001			6.74	3.29	2.05	1.13	17.3%	8.5%	8.9%	.259	1.38	.292	71.2%			4.57
2002	DET	MLB	4.67	3.19	1.46	1.10	11.3%	7.7%	3.6%	.302	1.61	.322	64.3%	128	112	4.76
2002			6.53	3.38	1.93	1.05	16.8%	8.7%	8.1%	.257	1.38	.289	71.7%			4.52
2003	2 Tms	MLB	4.54	3.11	1.46	1.09	11.7%	8.0%	3.7%	.271	1.41	.286	63.3%	111	107	4.72
2003	DET	MLB	4.92	3.41	1.44	1.10	12.7%	8.8%	3.9%	.272	1.44	.291	64.3%	108	108	4.77
2003	OAK	MLB	2.60	1.56	1.67	1.04	6.8%	4.1%	2.7%	.268	1.27	.266	57.3%	127	100	4.47
2003	OAK	MLB	2.25	6.75	0.33	2.25	5.9%	17.6%	-11.8%	.143	1.25	.083	83.3%	100	178	8.03
2003			6.40	3.30	1.94	1.08	16.4%	8.5%	8.0%	.260	1.38	.291	71.2%			4.57
2004	ARI	MLB	4.25	3.36	1.27	1.34	10.5%	8.3%	2.2%	.281	1.52	.288	61.1%	133	117	5.29
2004			6.60	3.36	1.96	1.13	16.9%	8.6%	8.3%	.261	1.40	.293	71.4%			4.62
Total	- - -	MLB	4.49	3.55	1.27	1.05	11.3%	8.9%	2.4%	.276	1.49	.292	67.7%	106	107	4.90
Postseason	- - -	MLB	2.25	6.75	0.33	2.25	5.9%	17.6%	-11.8%	.143	1.25	.083	83.3%	100	178	8.03

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