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: 11-17 / in Starts: 11-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 0

1999 Pitching Game Log

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1999 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	76	3	Apr 8	ANA		CLE	L,1-9	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	7	6	6	3	3	1	1	13.50	7.88	22	85	49	14	8	6	9	3	1	0	24			1	0	0	17	2	1	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.289	.64	-0.18%	-3.66	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
2	77	8	Apr 13	ANA	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	6.0	7	3	2	3	7	0	0	7.20	4.53	28	131	74	32	6	8	10	4	2	0	52			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.044	1.10	-0.03%	0.33	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
3	78	13	Apr 18	ANA		SEA	L,5-8	GS-5	L(0-3)	4	4.1	8	7	7	1	2	2	1	9.42	6.06	24	89	50	17	6	4	16	9	2	0	20			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	.79	-0.459	1.01	-0.35%	-5.07	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
4	79	18	Apr 24	ANA	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-6		5	5.2	5	2	0	3	4	0	0	6.75	5.28	28	103	61	16	5	6	15	8	1	0	56			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.40	0.088	1.37	0.05%	1.09	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a1
5	80	23	Apr 30	ANA		CHW	W,3-1	GS-8		5	7.2	5	1	1	5	4	0	0	5.20	4.94	33	133	67	25	3	15	9	2	0	0	64			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.363	1.27	0.23%	3.20	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
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
6	81	28	May 5	ANA	@	DET	W,4-1	GS-8	W(1-3)	4	8.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	4.29	4.62	28	99	57	17	5	11	11	4	2	0	72			0	1	1	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.471	1.19	0.28%	3.68	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
7	82	33	May 11	ANA	@	NYY	W,9-7	GS-3		5	3.0	4	5	5	3	4	1	1	5.12	4.94	17	80	40	16	4	3	6	2	0	0	32			1	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.343	.95	-0.17%	-3.27	1b start a 3	3b 3 out d2
8	83	38	May 16	ANA		TBD	L,4-7	GS-5	L(1-4)	4	4.0	10	6	6	0	3	2	0	5.91	5.24	21	70	47	16	7	7	11	5	2	0	21			0	1	0	20	3	2	0	0	1	0	.59	-0.258	.54	-0.14%	-3.66	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d6
9	84	43	May 22	ANA	@	TBD	W,8-6	GS-5		5	5.0	5	4	4	6	1	0	4	6.04	5.61	29	91	45	19	2	8	10	4	0	0	36			1	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.30	-0.174	1.24	-0.10%	-1.05	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
10	85	49	May 29	ANA		KCR	W,4-3	GS-9	W(2-4)	6	8.1	5	3	3	5	3	0	0	5.63	5.40	35	125	70	21	10	12	15	2	2	0	59			1	0	0	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.356	.77	0.19%	3.60	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a4
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
11	86	58	Jun 8	ANA	@	SFG	L,2-6	GS-7	L(2-5)	9	6.1	8	3	3	4	2	1	0	5.49	5.51	29	106	66	11	6	9	14	5	1	0	43			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.068	.85	0.04%	0.95	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
12	87	64	Jun 16	ANA	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS-7		7	6.1	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	5.24	5.30	28	106	65	15	10	8	13	6	2	0	54			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.007	1.09	0.00%	1.13	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out tie
13	88	69	Jun 22	ANA	@	SEA	W,4-2	GS-3		5	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.02	5.23	11	39	25	5	3	6	3	0	1	0	57			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.166	.56	0.07%	1.81	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
14	89	74	Jun 27	ANA		OAK	W,4-3	GS-6	W(3-5)	4	5.0	4	2	2	6	2	1	0	4.93	5.44	25	115	59	22	4	9	8	2	1	0	47			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.031	.68	-0.02%	0.07	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a3
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
15	90	78	Jul 2	ANA	@	OAK	W,10-6	GS-5		4	4.2	7	5	3	4	2	0	0	4.98	5.41	25	99	53	20	3	12	7	2	1	0	32			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.331	.87	-0.11%	-2.48	1b start a 2	5b 1-- 2 out d1
16	91	83	Jul 7	ANA		SEA	W,10-3	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	8.0	12	3	2	0	5	2	0	4.74	5.38	32	108	76	22	8	13	14	6	1	0	53			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.75	0.026	.53	0.01%	1.68	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
17	92	86	Jul 11	ANA	@	COL	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.68	5.34	3	10	7	2	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.70	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
18	93	89	Jul 17	ANA		LAD	L,3-13	GS-4	L(4-6)	5	3.2	9	7	7	2	4	2	0	5.17	5.51	22	101	60	19	9	4	12	4	2	0	17			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.338	.75	-0.16%	-4.79	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d6
19	94	94	Jul 22	ANA	@	TEX	L,7-9	GS-6	L(4-7)	4	5.1	8	8	3	2	1	2	0	5.16	5.68	26	93	55	14	4	8	15	7	4	0	29			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	-0.510	.35	-0.10%	-4.94	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out d3
20	95	99	Jul 27	ANA	@	TBD	W,10-5	GS-5		4	4.2	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	5.28	5.59	23	79	47	17	3	7	12	5	1	0	32			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.065	.05	0.00%	-1.53	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out a2
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
21	96	103	Aug 1	ANA		MIN	W,2-1	GS-8	W(5-7)	4	8.0	2	1	0	3	3	0	1	4.90	5.46	30	89	59	19	7	18	5	2	1	0	76			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.37	0.501	.03	0.01%	3.68	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
22	97	108	Aug 6	ANA		BOS	L,1-5	GS-6	L(5-8)	4	6.0	6	3	3	5	4	2	0	4.88	5.63	29	94	50	12	11	7	13	2	3	0	47			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.019	.01	0.00%	0.51	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
23	98	113	Aug 11	ANA		CLE	L,3-4	GS-6	L(5-9)	4	5.0	7	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.90	5.64	23	93	55	13	5	9	12	2	4	0	41			0	0	0	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.110	.00	0.00%	-1.58	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out d3
24	99	118	Aug 17	ANA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8		5	8.0	2	2	2	6	2	1	0	4.74	5.69	31	116	64	20	7	9	14	2	2	0	66			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.459	.00	0.00%	2.77	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
25	100	123	Aug 22	ANA		DET	L,3-12	GS-6	L(5-10)	4	5.0	8	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.90	5.69	24	94	58	15	7	9	10	3	1	0	32			1	0	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-2.93	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out d4
26	101	128	Aug 28	ANA	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-6		5	5.1	6	6	6	4	1	0	1	5.09	5.69	27	102	55	21	5	10	11	6	2	0	29			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.326	.00	0.00%	-2.94	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 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
27	102	133	Sep 2	ANA	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-5	L(5-11)	4	4.2	9	6	6	2	1	2	0	5.30	5.81	25	95	57	16	6	6	16	4	5	0	21			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	.99	-0.264	.00	0.00%	-3.23	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d5
28	103	136	Sep 5	ANA		NYY	L,3-8	4-5		2	1.2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	5.42	5.84	10	36	17	6	0	4	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-1.19	4t --- 0 out d2	5t -2- 2 out d4
							11-17		W-L:5-11	4.6	147.2	165	101	89	82	73	21	9	5.42	5.84	688	2581	58%	18%	6%	0.78		19%	8%	0	43	0	---%	12	5	3	587	31	3	0	6	8	6	1.04	-1.345	.62	-0.49%	-17.15

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