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: 18-15 / in Starts: 16-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 1

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 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	118	3	Apr 13	DET		CHW	W,5-2	GS-5		99	4.1	5	2	1	3	2	0	1	2.08	4.23	22	8	3	0	0	5	46			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	-0.125	2.65	-0.14%	-0.84	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out a1
2	119	7	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.68	2.61	36	10	14	0	2	7	76			3	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	1	.99	0.305	2.60	0.48%	3.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	120	11	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(1-1)	5	8.0	7	2	1	3	3	0	0	0.84	2.67	33	10	10	3	1	7	62			1	1	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	1	.76	0.025	2.66	0.05%	1.01	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
4	121	14	Apr 28(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-8	L(1-2)	3	7.2	4	2	2	4	1	0	0	1.24	2.94	30	17	4	1	0	4	60			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	0.097	5.29	0.21%	1.62	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out tie
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	122	19	May 2	DET		MIN	L,2-3	GS-5		3	5.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	1.59	2.80	20	7	3	1	0	4	53			2	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	-0.068	4.67	-0.16%	-0.04	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
6	123	23	May 6	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS-5	L(1-3)	3	5.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.08	2.67	20	7	2	0	0	7	43			0	2	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.167	2.76	-0.36%	-1.10	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
7	124	27	May 11	DET	@	WSA	W,12-2	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	4	2	2	3	6	0	0	2.06	2.55	33	11	9	1	2	4	74			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.041	1.74	0.09%	1.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
8	125	31	May 17	DET		WSA	W,7-3	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	3	3	3	2	5	2	0	2.21	2.91	32	14	9	1	2	2	72			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.348	4.75	-0.85%	0.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
9	126	36	May 21	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(3-4)	3	8.0	8	3	3	3	7	0	0	2.35	2.77	34	9	7	1	0	8	58			0	1	0	31	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.52	-0.066	7.18	-0.19%	0.23	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
10	127	40	May 26	DET	@	OAK	L,6-7	GS-4		4	4.0	9	6	6	1	1	0	1	3.00	2.81	23	8	3	0	0	9	20			2	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.310	4.27	-0.82%	-4.57	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
11	128	44	May 30	DET	@	CAL	W,7-3	GS-8	W(4-4)	3	7.1	7	3	3	3	3	1	1	3.07	3.01	33	10	9	0	2	7	52			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.120	4.37	0.32%	-0.52	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
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
12	129	49	Jun 3	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-5	L(4-5)	3	4.2	8	4	4	4	3	0	0	3.33	3.05	26	8	6	2	0	5	31			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.315	8.07	-0.99%	-2.35	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d3
13	130	53	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-9	W(5-5)	2	8.2	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.31	3.18	34	13	11	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.095	5.82	0.30%	0.27	1b start a 2	9b 12- 2 out a2
14	131	58	Jun 11(2)	DET		MIN	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	1	1	5	0	1	3.17	3.08	28	7	10	3	0	4	67			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	.91	0.027	5.17	0.09%	0.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
15	132	62	Jun 15	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS-4	L(5-6)	3	4.0	5	5	5	3	1	1	0	3.49	3.25	19	4	6	1	0	5	30			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.358	6.76	-1.13%	-3.40	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
16	133	66	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,5-8	GS-7	L(5-7)	3	6.2	8	5	5	4	8	1	0	3.69	3.28	31	7	5	1	0	7	42			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.484	7.08	-1.61%	-2.34	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d1
17	134	71	Jun 23(2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS-8	W(6-7)	3	7.0	6	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.54	3.24	30	8	7	1	2	6	62			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.06	0.130	7.41	0.55%	0.69	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
18	135	76	Jun 30	DET		CHW	L,0-12	GS-3	L(6-8)	6	2.2	3	6	6	2	1	0	2	3.92	3.31	15	6	1	0	0	3	27			1	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.253	6.17	-0.74%	-2.53	1t start tie	3t 123 2 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
19	136	80	Jul 4	DET		CAL	W,13-10	GS-2		3	1.1	3	4	2	1	2	1	0	4.03	3.40	8	1	1	0	1	3	37			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.216	3.31	-0.57%	-2.01	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d2
20	137	84	Jul 7(2)	DET		OAK	W,7-6	GS-6	W(7-8)	2	5.0	4	2	2	4	4	2	0	4.01	3.60	23	6	5	2	0	4	51			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.104	3.74	-0.24%	-1.00	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a3
21	138	87	Jul 13	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS-6		5	6.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.97	3.65	25	6	7	1	0	5	55			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.110	3.96	0.24%	0.42	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a1
22	139	91	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-2	L(7-9)	3	1.0	5	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.14	3.71	8	0	1	0	0	5	33			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.306	5.08	-0.90%	-2.58	1b start tie	2b 12- 0 out tie
23	140	96	Jul 21(2)	DET		BAL	L,1-4	4-6		3	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.06	3.69	8	2	5	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.098	3.14	0.43%	2.07	4t -23 1 out d3	6t 3 out d3
24	141	99	Jul 25	DET	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG(6)	W(8-9)	3	6.0	1	1	0	6	5	0	0	3.88	3.69	25	10	3	0	0	1	67			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	0.156	6.57	0.52%	1.19	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a3
25	142	103	Jul 29	DET		NYY	L,2-7	GS-6	L(8-10)	3	5.0	9	5	5	1	7	1	0	4.06	3.66	25	6	3	0	0	8	35			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.332	6.72	-0.96%	-3.04	1t start tie	6t --- 0 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
26	143	107	Aug 2	DET	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS-3		3	2.2	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.11	3.66	15	2	4	0	0	6	37			0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	-0.106	4.74	-0.30%	-1.23	1b start a 4	3b 1-3 2 out a2
27	144	111	Aug 6 susp	DET		CLE	W,5-2	GS-4		3	3.1	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	4.14	3.67	15	4	5	1	1	4	43			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	-0.193	7.19	-0.58%	-1.23	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d1
28	145	116	Aug 11(1)	DET		BOS	W,5-4	1-4		4	2.2	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	4.07	3.64	13	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.016	1.79	0.05%	0.46	1t --- 2 out d4	4t 12- 1 out d3
29	146	120	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	GS-4		2	3.1	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.98	3.62	15	5	1	1	0	2	55			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.086	4.45	0.19%	0.73	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out a1
30	147	129	Aug 23(2)	DET	@	NYY	T,3-3	GS-6		8	5.1	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.90	3.61	23	9	7	0	0	2	55			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.048	3.21	0.07%	0.41	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a1
Sept				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	148	141	Sep 2(2)	DET	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS-5		9	5.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.90	3.64	20	7	4	1	0	5	51			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.026	1.86	-0.03%	-0.22	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
32	149	154	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(9-10)	14	9.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.75	3.57	30	12	10	0	0	5	74			0	2	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	0.266	.00	0.00%	2.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
33	150	157	Sep 21	DET	@	WSA	W,4-3	6-GF	BW(10-10)	3	4.0	4	1	1	2	2	1	0	3.71	3.62	18	3	7	1	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.46	0.200	.00	0.00%	0.46	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
34	151	162	Sep 27	DET		WSA	L,1-3	GS-3		5	3.0	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.70	3.56	11	3	2	0	1	2	55			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.17	1t start tie	3t 3 out tie
							18-15		W-L:10-10,BSv:1	3.8	182.1	169	81	75	77	110	14	7	3.70	3.56	781	1.30		6%	4%	159	51	2	0%	14	7	0	688	23	2	3	11	3	6	1.14	-1.949	4.39	-6.98%	-10.67

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