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: 23-14 / in Starts: 23-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1967 Pitching Game Log

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1967 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	81	4	Apr 15	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS-5		99	4.1	9	3	3	1	4	0	0	6.23	1.39	22	3	5	0	0	9	36			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.227	1.63	-0.27%	-1.62	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d2
2	82	8	Apr 20	DET		CAL	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	2	5	2	0	4.76	4.04	27	8	7	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.131	2.34	-0.19%	-0.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	83	12	Apr 25	DET		KCA	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	5	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.66	3.38	34	9	10	2	0	5	79			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.221	1.34	0.30%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
4	84	16	Apr 30(2)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.42	3.79	27	9	5	1	0	7	42			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.027	2.17	-0.05%	-0.50	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a4
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
5	85	20	May 7	DET		BAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-0)	6	9.0	3	0	0	4	1	0	1	2.55	3.84	32	13	10	0	0	3	78			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.01	0.344	3.24	0.66%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
6	86	24	May 13	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS-5		5	5.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	2.90	4.08	23	7	4	0	0	6	43			1	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.141	5.04	-0.35%	-0.77	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
7	87	28	May 17	DET	@	WSA	W,8-1	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	3	1	1	3	10	1	0	2.55	3.84	33	9	8	0	0	3	84			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.127	1.35	0.28%	2.54	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
8	88	32	May 21(2)	DET		NYY	L,5-6	GS-3		3	2.0	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.16	3.81	11	3	2	0	0	4	32			1	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.353	5.73	-0.96%	-3.06	1t start tie	3t --3 0 out tie
9	89	36	May 26	DET		WSA	W,10-5	GS-4		4	3.0	8	5	5	1	4	0	1	3.81	3.70	19	4	2	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.35	-0.433	5.29	-1.02%	-3.69	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out tie
10	90	40	May 30(2)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GS-3		3	2.2	2	1	1	5	1	0	0	3.79	3.87	14	2	4	0	0	2	46			1	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.060	6.84	-0.21%	-0.45	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d1
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
11	91	43	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	W,9-5	GS-7	W(5-0)	2	6.1	5	5	4	4	5	0	0	3.98	3.77	28	7	7	0	0	5	46			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	.68	0.192	2.82	0.48%	-0.71	1b start a 1	7b 123 1 out a7
12	92	49	Jun 6(2)	DET	@	KCA	W,7-1	CG	W(6-0)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	3.61	3.44	33	8	10	1	0	6	78			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.186	2.06	0.54%	2.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
13	93	53	Jun 11	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	GS-6		4	5.2	5	3	3	1	6	1	0	3.69	3.42	24	3	9	0	0	5	52			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.156	4.55	-0.43%	-0.85	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out tie
14	94	57	Jun 15	DET	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS-7		3	6.1	7	3	2	3	0	0	0	3.63	3.46	29	11	8	1	0	7	46			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.53	0.017	7.04	0.05%	0.65	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a1
15	95	60	Jun 18	DET		KCA	L,4-8	GS-3	L(6-1)	2	2.0	4	4	4	4	3	0	1	3.96	3.55	15	2	1	0	0	4	31			2	0	0	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.350	3.01	-0.87%	-4.49	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out d4
16	96	65	Jun 22	DET		MIN	W,5-2	CG	W(7-1)	3	9.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.78	3.43	32	15	7	0	0	4	73			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	1	1	.73	0.174	2.87	0.41%	1.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	97	70	Jun 28	DET		CLE	W,7-4	GS-6	W(8-1)	5	6.0	6	3	3	5	6	0	1	3.82	3.44	30	4	8	0	0	6	49			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.087	4.63	-0.16%	-0.47	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
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
18	98	74	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-1)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.51	3.35	33	9	13	2	0	5	77			2	0	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.05	0.403	3.80	0.87%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
19	99	78	Jul 7	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS-9		4	8.2	5	4	4	2	9	1	0	3.55	3.30	33	9	8	0	0	5	65			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	.84	0.260	3.49	0.65%	1.41	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
20	100	82	Jul 13(1)	DET	@	WSA	L,3-8	GS-4	L(9-2)	5	3.2	8	5	5	1	2	2	0	3.82	3.48	19	4	4	0	0	8	26			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.472	4.90	-1.28%	-3.81	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d2
21	101	86	Jul 16	DET	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS-3	L(9-3)	2	3.0	4	5	5	0	2	1	1	4.08	3.55	15	6	2	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.375	4.47	-0.86%	-3.66	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
22	102	90	Jul 20	DET		WSA	W,8-4	GS-8	W(10-3)	3	7.2	6	4	2	4	6	0	0	3.98	3.49	34	12	6	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.62	0.113	1.66	0.18%	-0.95	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out a4
23	103	97	Jul 29	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-4	L(10-4)	8	4.0	4	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.13	3.56	18	6	3	0	0	4	39			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.247	3.26	-0.80%	-2.46	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
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
24	104	101	Aug 2(1)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(11-4)	3	6.1	5	2	2	4	6	0	0	4.07	3.51	28	7	6	0	0	5	57			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.012	3.08	0.03%	0.41	1b start a 3	7b 123 1 out a3
25	105	106	Aug 6(1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(12-4)	3	9.0	7	3	1	3	7	0	0	3.89	3.42	37	12	8	1	0	7	69			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	1	.94	0.028	3.64	0.06%	0.76	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
26	106	111	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,1-2	GS-7		3	6.2	5	1	0	4	3	0	0	3.73	3.42	29	6	11	0	0	5	61			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	0.084	10.60	0.35%	1.24	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out tie
27	107	116	Aug 15	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS-4	L(12-5)	4	4.0	3	3	3	1	2	2	0	3.80	3.56	16	5	5	0	0	3	45			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	1	0	.47	-0.172	2.90	-0.63%	-1.22	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
28	108	120	Aug 19	DET		CLE	L,0-5	GS-3	L(12-6)	3	2.2	4	5	5	2	3	1	1	4.01	3.64	15	3	2	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.327	4.52	-0.97%	-3.82	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d5
29	109	125	Aug 23(1)	DET		MIN	W,10-0	SHO	W(13-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.81	3.56	31	14	9	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	.38	0.152	2.60	0.63%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
30	110	130	Aug 27	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(13-7)	3	8.0	5	2	2	0	7	1	0	3.74	3.51	28	8	8	0	0	5	71			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.008	4.37	0.03%	1.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
31	111	135	Sep 1	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-3	L(13-8)	4	2.0	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	3.79	3.52	15	6	1	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	2	.95	-0.409	9.05	-2.33%	-4.44	1b start tie	3b 1-3 0 out d2
32	112	140	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-8)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	1	3.62	3.44	31	9	9	0	0	2	89			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.372	6.07	1.52%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
33	113	145	Sep 10(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	GS-1	L(14-9)	4	0.1	4	5	3	0	1	0	0	3.75	3.43	6	1	0	0	0	4	28			1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.371	18.07	-3.06%	-4.47	1b start tie	1b --3 1 out d4
34	114	149	Sep 15	DET		WSA	W,5-4	GS-2		4	1.1	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.86	3.43	8	3	0	0	0	3	36			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.263	11.75	-1.49%	-2.61	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d3
35	115	154	Sep 20	DET		NYY	W,10-1	CG	W(15-9)	4	9.0	7	1	1	2	8	1	0	3.74	3.40	36	14	5	0	0	7	75			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.218	5.01	1.12%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
36	116	157	Sep 24	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS-7		3	6.0	3	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.72	3.45	24	7	7	0	0	3	59			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.84	0.047	13.47	0.45%	0.41	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a3
37	117	162	Oct 1(1)	DET		CAL	W,6-4	GS-8	W(16-9)	6	7.0	7	4	4	2	3	3	1	3.76	3.61	31	12	6	2	0	7	48			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	2	0	2	.97	0.024	.00	0.00%	-1.05	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a2
							23-14		W-L:16-9	3.7	217.2	186	103	91	85	153	20	8	3.76	3.61	920	1.23		2%	0%	184	53		---%	12	3	0	818	27	8	2	19	4	15	.89	-1.619	4.21	-7.31%	-10.29

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