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: 11-22 / in Starts: 10-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 1

1995 Pitching Game Log

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1995 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	1	3	Apr 28	MIL		OAK	W,8-7	4-5		99	2.0	1	1	1	2	3	1	0	4.50	9.60	8	35	16	8	2	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.000	1.07	0.00%	0.20	4t --- 0 out tie	5t 3 out d1
May				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
2	2	9	May 5	MIL	@	NYY	L,4-6	6-GF(8)		6	3.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	0	5.40	4.70	14	45	26	8	6	3	6	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	2	0	.22	-0.047	.28	-0.04%	-0.31	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
3	3	14	May 11	MIL		DET	L,0-8	1-6		5	5.1	3	4	4	8	4	0	0	6.10	5.43	25	114	58	20	10	8	5	2	0	0		2	0	1	1	0	15	2	0	0	1	1	0	.48	0.096	.61	0.07%	1.94	1t 12- 0 out d4	6t 123 1 out d5
4	4	21	May 19	MIL	@	TEX	W,1-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	7	7.1	5	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.57	4.80	29	103	55	22	3	11	11	4	3	0	67			0	1	1	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.518	1.35	0.34%	4.09	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
5	5	25	May 23	MIL	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS-6	L(1-1)	3	6.0	10	5	5	1	1	2	0	4.56	5.51	27	95	59	15	5	9	16	7	1	0	32			1	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.206	1.07	-0.17%	-1.55	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
6	6	30	May 29	MIL		MIN	L,5-7	6-8		5	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.05	5.09	10	43	28	14	3	7	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.081	.34	0.04%	1.79	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
Jun				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
7	7	34	Jun 3	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	3.12	4.40	28	92	62	14	12	13	11	2	3	0	76			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.442	.94	0.25%	3.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
8	8	38	Jun 8	MIL		CLE	L,7-8	GS-7		4	7.0	8	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.46	4.30	32	120	68	19	7	10	17	5	3	0	44			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	0.066	1.09	0.04%	0.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
9	9	42	Jun 12	MIL		TEX	L,2-4	CG	L(1-2)	3	9.0	8	4	4	4	4	1	0	3.55	4.43	36	117	74	23	8	11	17	8	2	0	55			1	0	1	30	2	1	0	2	2	0	1.04	0.098	.61	0.04%	1.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
10	10	46	Jun 17	MIL	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	1	0	3.17	4.38	33	117	73	23	7	16	10	6	1	0	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.512	.58	0.18%	4.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
11	11	50	Jun 22	MIL	@	TOR	W,9-0	GS-7	W(3-2)	4	7.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	1	2.84	4.29	27	115	69	21	10	12	9	2	3	0	72			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.45	0.171	.35	0.08%	3.95	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a9
12	12	55	Jun 27	MIL		BAL	L,3-11	GS-6	L(3-3)	4	5.2	8	7	7	4	2	0	0	3.48	4.31	28	108	67	12	7	11	11	7	1	0	23			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.19	-0.181	.68	-0.06%	-1.25	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d2
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
13	13	60	Jul 2	MIL		NYY	W,7-6	GS-8	W(4-3)	4	7.2	8	6	4	3	6	0	0	3.60	4.15	33	130	76	21	10	15	9	6	0	0	46			0	1	1	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.98	0.142	.33	0.03%	0.22	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a3
14	14	65	Jul 7	MIL	@	CAL	W,9-3	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	4	3	2	7	3	1	0	3.44	4.36	37	146	80	22	8	15	12	1	1	0	65			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	1	1	.76	-0.002	.50	0.00%	2.07	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
15	15	68	Jul 12	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS-7	L(5-4)	4	6.1	9	8	8	3	1	2	0	3.97	4.62	31	93	57	17	3	12	15	9	0	0	21			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.337	.51	-0.15%	-3.74	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d5
16	16	73	Jul 17	MIL		OAK	W,13-4	GS-7	W(6-4)	4	6.1	8	3	2	5	4	0	0	3.90	4.60	31	124	68	29	7	8	14	7	1	0	46			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	.63	-0.033	.65	-0.02%	0.86	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a9
17	17	78	Jul 22	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-7	L(6-5)	4	6.0	6	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.01	4.63	27	100	55	15	4	15	8	3	1	0	40			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.074	1.31	-0.06%	-0.11	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d1
18	18	83	Jul 27	MIL		CAL	L,3-9	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	4.00	4.49	27	106	67	19	4	12	10	4	2	0	54			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.20	0.113	1.82	0.10%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
19	19	86	Jul 30	MIL		CAL	L,3-8	5-9		2	4.2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.00	4.49	18	64	39	11	5	10	6	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	1	0	0	.36	0.082	.39	0.05%	0.43	5t --- 0 out d3	9t 1-3 2 out d5
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
20	20	88	Aug 2	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS-8	W(7-5)	2	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	2	0	3.92	4.59	27	114	68	19	6	11	12	6	1	0	61			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.172	1.00	0.11%	1.55	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a3
21	21	91	Aug 5	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-4		2	4.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.80	4.55	16	50	33	9	4	3	8	5	1	0	55			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.227	1.27	0.15%	2.32	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
22	22	95	Aug 10	MIL		TOR	L,4-8	GS-7	L(7-6)	4	6.0	11	5	5	3	2	0	1	3.96	4.54	29					6	17	12	1	0	29			0	0	0	24	4	0	0	2	0	0	1.36	-0.142	1.50	-0.09%	-1.05	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d2
23	23	100	Aug 15	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.83	4.46	30	102	66	19	10	9	15	9	2	0	59			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.363	2.33	0.36%	3.10	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
24	24	105	Aug 20	MIL	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS-8	L(7-7)	4	7.2	10	7	7	2	3	2	0	4.05	4.56	35	135	79	16	13	11	19	9	4	0	32			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.63	-0.229	1.84	-0.16%	-1.05	1b start a 1	8b -23 2 out tie
25	25	111	Aug 26	MIL		MIN	W,7-6	GS-9		5	8.1	8	5	5	3	4	1	0	4.12	4.57	33	104	70	17	12	16	10	4	1	0	48			2	0	1	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.91	0.182	1.54	0.19%	1.70	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a4
26	26	114	Aug 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.15	4.56	5	12	8	1	1	2	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.01	-0.003	.03	0.00%	-0.43	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
27	27	116	Aug 31	MIL	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS-7		1	7.0	10	5	4	4	1	1	0	4.20	4.64	33					13	14	6	0	1	36			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.08	-0.216	2.30	-0.28%	-0.98	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
28	28	121	Sep 5	MIL		CLE	L,3-7	GS-7	L(7-8)	4	6.1	11	5	4	0	0	0	1	4.25	4.60	30	99	59	15	4	14	15	5	5	0	33			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	-0.137	1.15	-0.08%	-0.42	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
29	29	124	Sep 9	MIL		TEX	L,4-10	GS-2	L(7-9)	3	1.0	5	5	5	1	0	2	0	4.48	4.76	9	41	19	6	2	3	5	3	0	0	22			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.331	.80	-0.18%	-4.75	1t start tie	2t 1-3 0 out d4
30	30	128	Sep 14	MIL	@	DET	W,6-3	GS-8	W(8-9)	4	7.1	5	3	3	4	10	1	1	4.45	4.73	32	126	78	24	13	9	8	4	1	0	62			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.10	0.115	.04	0.00%	0.90	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a4
31	31	133	Sep 19	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-7	L(8-10)	4	6.0	8	5	5	3	4	0	0	4.55	4.69	31	125	72	21	10	9	15	8	1	0	37			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.275	.00	0.00%	-2.51	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d2
32	32	138	Sep 24	MIL		BAL	W,5-1	GS-8	W(9-10)	4	7.1	3	1	1	5	2	0	0	4.42	4.68	29	105	59	15	6	10	12	3	1	0	65			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	.85	0.252	.00	0.00%	2.78	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
33	33	143	Sep 30	MIL		BOS	L,1-9	GS-7	L(9-11)	5	6.2	15	8	8	0	5	0	1	4.63	4.60	35	105	78	22	6	9	20	13	1	0	17			2	0	0	33	5	2	0	1	1	0	.43	-0.318	.00	0.00%	-4.18	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d7
							11-22		W-L:9-11	3.8	202.0	210	111	104	86	96	17	5	4.63	4.60	875	2985	60%	17%	7%	0.89		25%	6%	1	47	2	0%	16	7	4	767	42	5	1	30	12	8	.94	1.101	.89	0.73%	16.20

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