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: 7-22 / in Starts: 5-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 6

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 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	52	7	Apr 19(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-7	3-6		99	4.0	3	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.25	5.80	16	8	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	-0.005	.16	-0.01%	0.92	3b --- 0 out d6	6b 3 out d7
2	53	12	Apr 24(2)	DET	@	WSA	W,4-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	6.0	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	1.80	4.45	24	9	6	0	0	2	63			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.146	2.05	0.22%	1.61	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a3
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
3	54	17	May 1	DET		BAL	L,1-4	GS-5	L(1-1)	6	4.2	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.68	5.08	23	7	7	0	0	4	35			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.215	3.04	-0.37%	-2.50	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d4
4	55	21	May 7	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS-6	L(1-2)	5	6.0	9	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.05	4.25	27	7	5	1	0	9	52			3	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.101	3.31	0.14%	1.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
5	56	26	May 15	DET		CHW	W,8-6	2-6		7	5.0	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	2.81	4.50	20	10	3	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.144	3.39	0.24%	1.60	2t 1-- 0 out tie	6t 3 out d1
6	57	29	May 20(1)	DET	@	BAL	L,4-8	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	6.1	11	8	8	6	4	2	1	4.50	5.34	37	8	7	1	0	11	17			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.388	3.37	-0.81%	-4.83	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d4
7	58	33	May 24(1)	DET		CLE	W,7-6	GS-1		3	0.2	3	4	4	1	0	2	0	5.51	6.17	6	2	0	0	0	3	29			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.332	3.92	-0.91%	-3.65	1t start tie	1t --- 2 out d4
8	59	35	May 25	DET		CLE	L,2-13	6-GF		0	3.2	5	2	2	3	3	0	0	5.45	5.88	19	4	4	1	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-1.81	6t 12- 1 out d9	9t end d11
9	60	41	May 31	DET	@	KCA	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.30	5.69	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
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
10	61	47	Jun 5(2)	DET	@	CAL	W,4-1	GS-6	W(2-3)	4	5.0	4	1	1	5	5	1	0	4.89	5.74	23	4	5	1	1	4	55			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.051	4.55	0.10%	0.74	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
11	62	52	Jun 11	DET		NYY	L,3-6	GS-6	L(2-4)	5	6.0	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	5.03	5.72	25	4	10	0	0	6	43			1	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.251	3.85	-0.60%	-1.32	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
12	63	54	Jun 12(2)	DET		NYY	L,10-12	5-6		0	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.83	5.71	8	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.043	1.57	0.10%	0.89	5t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
13	64	57	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,11-7	GS-3		2	2.2	6	4	4	1	0	2	0	5.26	6.10	16	3	6	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.271	4.04	-0.55%	-2.66	1b start a 4	3b --- 2 out tie
14	65	68	Jun 26(1)	DET		MIN	L,5-7	GS-5	L(2-5)	10	4.1	10	5	5	0	1	0	0	5.65	5.80	22	7	4	0	0	10	24			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.223	5.85	-0.62%	-1.90	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d2
15	66	71	Jun 29	DET	@	CAL	L,2-6	2-4		2	2.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.40	5.60	8	4	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	0.041	1.05	0.11%	1.29	2b 1-- 1 out d5	4b 3 out d3
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
16	67	76	Jul 3(2)	DET		KCA	L,4-10	3-5		3	2.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.17	5.43	9	2	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.032	.56	0.05%	1.37	3t 1-- 1 out d5	5t 3 out d5
17	68	78	Jul 5	DET		CAL	L,3-4	7-8		1	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	5.01	5.45	8	2	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.033	.64	0.05%	0.89	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d2
18	69	81	Jul 8	DET	@	MIN	L,1-6	5-7		2	3.0	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.92	5.20	12	2	3	1	0	3		0	0	2	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.008	.22	0.01%	0.39	5b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d5
19	70	88	Jul 17(2)	DET		CLE	L,2-15	GS-3	L(2-6)	8	2.1	5	5	5	1	3	2	0	5.40	5.44	12	3	0	0	0	5	29			0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.322	2.11	-0.44%	-3.90	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d5
20	71	89	Jul 19	DET	@	BAL	L,3-13	5-5		1	0.1	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	5.37	5.48	5	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.020	.57	-0.04%	-3.28	5b 1-3 1 out d5	5b 12- 2 out d9
21	72	93	Jul 23	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-3		3	2.1	3	2	2	3	3	0	0	5.45	5.43	13	4	0	0	0	3	43			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.176	.48	-0.07%	-2.19	1b start a 4	3b 123 1 out a3
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
22	73	107	Aug 6	DET		BOS	L,2-8	7-8		13	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.30	5.37	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.89	7t --- 0 out d8	8t 3 out d8
23	74	116	Aug 14(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-5	L(2-7)	7	5.0	5	4	3	2	2	1	0	5.31	5.38	21	7	5	0	0	5	43			1	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.201	.23	-0.03%	-1.60	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d1
24	75	118	Aug 16	DET		NYY	W,6-3	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.18	5.36	8	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.062	.08	0.01%	0.89	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
25	76	128	Aug 28	DET	@	NYY	L,1-8	7-GF(8)		11	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.06	5.27	8	2	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.82	7b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 7
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
26	77	135	Sep 2(2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS-1		4	0.2	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	5.55	5.28	7	0	2	0	0	4	23			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.325	.15	-0.02%	-3.12	1b start a 1	1b -23 2 out d2
27	78	150	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,5-6	6-7		15	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.42	5.19	8	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.23	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.89	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
28	79	152	Sep 22(1)	DET		CAL	L,3-5	3-6		3	3.1	5	2	2	0	5	0	1	5.42	5.02	16	2	3	1	0	5		2	0	1	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.26	3t 12- 2 out d2	6t 3 out d3
29	80	162	Oct 2	DET		KCA	L,5-7	8-GF		9	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.30	5.01	8	0	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.89	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
							7-22		W-L:2-7	3.7	91.2	103	57	54	52	61	14	3	5.30	5.01	420	1.23		5%	0%	99	37	9	44%	9	7	0	358	5	1	0	5	1	3	.82	-2.102	2.13	-3.43%	-17.07

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