Joe Sparma

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: February 4, 1942 in Massillon, OH us

Died: May 14, 1986 in Columbus, OH

Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Worthington, OH

High School: Massillon HS (Massillon, OH)

School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)

Debut: May 20, 1964 (Age 22-106d, 12,242nd in major league history)
vs. WSA 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 12, 1970 (Age 28-097d)
vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Joseph Blase Sparma

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1968 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

3.94

183

142

864.2

586

WHIP

1.399

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-14 / in Starts: 6-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 1

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	32	May 20	DET	@	WSA	L,3-10	8-GF(8)		99	0.2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	7.11	5	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.04	-0.008	.07	-0.01%	-2.14	8b 12- 1 out d4	8b end d 7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	47	Jun 7(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		17	1.0	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	3.81	6	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.018	.05	-0.01%	-1.56	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
3	3	56	Jun 16(1)	DET		KCA	L,4-7	6-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	1.51	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.013	.06	0.01%	0.92	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
4	4	60	Jun 19	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.89	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.012	.10	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
5	5	63	Jun 23(1)	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	GS-6	L(0-1)	3	6.0	3	2	2	6	5	0	0	1.69	2.61	27	8	5	1	0	3	57			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.008	.67	0.00%	0.82	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
6	6	69	Jun 28(2)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	6-GF	W(1-1)	4	4.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.23	2.74	16	6	5	2	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.02	0.498	1.48	0.15%	1.84	6b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	78	Jul 5(2)	DET		WSA	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-1)	6	9.0	4	0	0	1	10	0	0	0.76	1.97	30	10	5	1	2	4	88			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.425	.32	0.11%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	8	82	Jul 11	DET		BOS	W,8-1	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	5	1	1	2	8	1	0	0.83	2.24	33	9	9	1	0	5	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.277	.26	0.07%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
9	9	87	Jul 15(1)	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	GS-4	L(3-2)	3	4.0	5	4	4	2	3	1	0	1.72	2.63	18	4	5	0	0	4	37			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.316	.56	-0.11%	-2.37	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d3
10	10	90	Jul 18(1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-6	5-6		2	2.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	1.86	2.89	10	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.018	.08	0.00%	-0.10	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
11	11	96	Jul 23	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-5	L(3-3)	4	4.2	6	3	3	7	6	0	0	2.28	3.07	27	2	6	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	2	0	1.15	-0.117	.37	-0.02%	-1.38	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d3
12	12	99	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,2-14	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.18	2.83	7	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.92	8t --- 0 out d13	9t end d13
13	13	106	Jul 31(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-6	L(3-4)	5	6.0	5	4	3	2	3	0	0	2.45	2.80	24	7	7	1	0	5	49			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	.74	-0.180	.02	0.00%	-1.29	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
14	14	109	Aug 2(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	10-GF(11)	L(3-5)	1	1.2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	2.38	2.77	8	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.14	-0.245	.02	0.00%	-0.56	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
15	15	115	Aug 9(1)	DET		KCA	W,4-2	GS-5		6	4.2	3	2	2	6	1	0	1	2.50	3.09	23	7	5	1	0	3	45			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.025	.01	0.00%	-0.17	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out a1
16	16	119	Aug 13	DET	@	MIN	L,3-6	4-7		3	4.0	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	2.34	3.19	15	5	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.049	.00	0.00%	1.83	4b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d3
17	17	125	Aug 19	DET		LAA	W,5-2	GS-7	W(4-5)	5	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.36	3.27	25	6	10	1	0	5	61			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.111	.00	0.00%	1.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
18	18	132	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-4		7	3.2	8	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.61	3.30	19	6	2	0	0	8	32			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	-0.215	.02	0.00%	-1.69	1b start tie	4b -23 2 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
19	19	138	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.70	3.31	6	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.56	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 7
20	20	157	Sep 27	DET		BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-5)	24	9.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.40	3.14	33	10	10	0	0	4	84			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.413	.00	0.00%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	21	162	Oct 2	DET	@	BAL	L,4-10	GS-2	L(5-6)	4	1.2	3	6	6	3	1	0	1	3.00	3.25	12	4	0	0	0	3	23			0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.414	.00	0.00%	-4.51	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d4
							7-14		W-L:5-6	4.1	84.0	62	33	28	45	71	4	3	3.00	3.25	354	1.30		5%	2%	60	54	2	100%	0	2	0	300	8	0	1	8	4	2	.95	0.249	.23	0.18%	3.12

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