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: 17-13 / in Starts: 16-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 0

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	22	4	Apr 17	DET	@	CAL	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.02	8	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.32	0.029	.86	0.05%	0.85	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
May				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	23	15	May 2(2)	DET		BOS	L,3-10	GS-2	L(0-1)	14	2.0	3	4	4	4	3	1	0	9.00	7.02	13	1	2	0	0	3	33			0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	.65	-0.298	1.73	-0.48%	-3.11	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
3	24	24	May 12	DET	@	WSA	W,5-2	GS-7	W(1-1)	9	6.2	6	1	1	5	7	0	0	4.22	4.30	29	7	5	0	0	5	60			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.44	0.246	2.93	0.30%	1.81	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
4	25	29	May 16(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-3	L(1-2)	3	2.0	4	3	3	3	0	1	0	5.68	5.75	12	2	3	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.198	3.40	-0.31%	-2.07	1b start tie	3b --- 0 out d3
5	26	34	May 22	DET		BAL	W,8-4	GS-9	W(2-2)	5	8.2	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	5.06	4.95	38	13	10	0	0	9	52			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.01	0.139	2.23	0.19%	-0.11	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out a4
6	27	39	May 27	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	9	1	0	3.86	4.07	31	7	10	0	0	5	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.321	1.59	0.49%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	28	44	May 31(2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	2.97	3.53	35	15	10	3	0	4	79			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	2	.61	0.202	1.57	0.31%	2.91	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
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
8	29	47	Jun 6	DET	@	CLE	L,1-10	GS-4	L(4-3)	5	4.0	5	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.32	3.46	19	2	5	0	0	5	41			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.19	-0.153	2.78	-0.22%	-1.23	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
9	30	51	Jun 11(1)	DET		MIN	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.47	3.51	25	9	5	1	0	5	48			0	0	0	20	2	0	2	2	1	0	1.32	-0.139	3.75	-0.24%	-0.34	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
10	31	57	Jun 17	DET		BOS	W,6-5	GS-4		5	3.2	5	4	3	1	5	1	0	3.74	3.55	18	4	3	2	0	5	41			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.286	1.96	-0.38%	-2.69	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d3
11	32	60	Jun 20(1)	DET		KCA	W,12-8	3-7	W(5-3)	2	4.2	6	0	0	4	2	0	0	3.43	3.61	23	5	6	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.106	2.60	0.18%	1.49	3t --- 0 out d6	7t 123 2 out a4
12	33	67	Jun 27(1)	DET	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS-6		6	6.0	5	4	2	3	8	1	0	3.39	3.60	27	5	6	1	1	5	55			1	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.09	-0.191	3.86	-0.41%	-1.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
13	34	76	Jul 5(2)	DET		NYY	W,5-4	GS-7	W(6-3)	7	7.0	5	2	2	4	8	1	0	3.31	3.62	29	9	3	1	0	5	63			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.070	2.07	0.07%	1.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
14	35	80	Jul 9	DET	@	KCA	W,7-5	GS-4		3	3.2	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.39	3.66	18	2	8	0	0	4	43			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	-0.102	1.79	-0.09%	-0.99	1b start a 2	4b 123 2 out tie
15	36	95	Jul 27(2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	GS-7	W(7-3)	17	7.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.10	3.48	27	8	8	1	0	5	71			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.417	1.96	0.46%	3.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
16	37	99	Jul 31	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-4	L(7-4)	3	3.2	6	4	4	2	0	0	1	3.39	3.54	18	5	4	0	0	6	31			0	1	0	14	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.382	3.02	-0.49%	-2.56	1b start a 2	4b 1-- 2 out d2
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
17	38	104	Aug 4	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-6	L(7-5)	3	6.0	4	3	3	6	4	1	1	3.46	3.76	27	6	6	1	0	4	50			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.162	2.20	-0.20%	-0.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
18	39	110	Aug 11(1)	DET		KCA	W,6-2	CG	W(8-5)	6	9.0	6	2	2	2	6	2	0	3.33	3.85	34	11	9	3	0	6	71			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.213	.20	0.06%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	40	115	Aug 15(1)	DET		CAL	W,9-2	CG	W(9-5)	3	9.0	7	2	1	0	3	0	0	3.14	3.68	34	15	9	1	0	7	70			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	.25	0.094	.25	0.06%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
20	41	121	Aug 20(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-1		4	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.11	3.71	6	2	0	0	0	1	50			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.047	1.31	0.02%	0.47	1b start tie	1b 3 out tie
21	42	123	Aug 22	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG(5)	W(10-5)	1	5.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.05	3.64	20	6	4	0	0	4	57			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.187	.83	0.07%	1.33	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
22	43	126	Aug 25	DET	@	KCA	L,0-5	GS-3	L(10-6)	2	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.23	3.71	12	4	2	0	0	5	35			1	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.162	.77	-0.09%	-1.50	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 out d2
23	44	130	Aug 29	DET	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.07	3.61	36	10	13	1	0	7	71			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.79	0.614	.28	0.06%	2.83	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
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
24	45	134	Sep 2	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS-7	W(12-6)	3	7.0	6	3	0	8	9	0	0	2.91	3.60	36	9	4	0	2	6	60			3	0	0	28	0	1	1	0	0	2	1.74	0.090	.27	0.01%	0.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
25	46	139	Sep 6	DET		BOS	L,1-4	GS-8	L(12-7)	3	8.0	6	4	2	4	12	1	0	2.87	3.55	34	8	4	0	0	6	66			1	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	.63	-0.101	.06	-0.01%	-0.46	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
26	47	144	Sep 11	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-8	W(13-7)	4	7.2	6	3	3	2	6	0	1	2.91	3.47	32	6	11	1	0	6	59			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.125	.01	0.00%	0.25	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a2
27	48	149	Sep 18	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-6		6	6.0	3	3	3	0	6	1	0	2.97	3.44	21	9	3	1	0	3	60			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-0.40	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
28	49	154	Sep 24	DET		CLE	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.95	3.38	26	9	8	0	0	5	61			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.97	0.112	.00	0.00%	1.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
29	50	158	Sep 28(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-1		3	0.1	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.11	3.44	4	1	0	0	0	0	36			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-1.05	1b start tie	1b 123 1 out tie
30	51	162	Oct 3	DET	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS-5	L(13-8)	4	5.0	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.18	3.41	21	6	6	1	0	4	48			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.148	.00	0.00%	-0.85	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
							17-13		W-L:13-8	4.0	167.0	142	69	59	75	127	13	3	3.18	3.41	713	1.20		5%	1%	140	55	0	---%	8	2	0	622	22	5	5	11	5	12	1.01	0.480	1.43	-0.61%	5.41

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