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: 8-15 / in Starts: 8-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 0

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	152	5	Apr 13	DET		NYY	W,6-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.2	5	1	1	8	1	0	0	1.35	5.81	31	15	6	1	0	1	53			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	2	0	0	.81	0.190	1.25	0.18%	1.91	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a5
2	153	11	Apr 21	DET	@	WSA	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-0)	7	9.0	2	0	0	8	6	0	0	0.57	4.68	35	10	9	1	0	2	81			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	0.573	2.58	0.59%	3.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	154	16	Apr 26	DET		BOS	L,4-7	GS-2	L(2-1)	4	1.2	3	6	6	4	0	1	0	3.63	5.91	12	2	4	1	0	2	21			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.381	2.41	-0.39%	-5.15	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d6
4	155	19	Apr 29	DET		WSA	W,5-4	GS-4		2	3.0	3	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.43	5.80	16	5	2	0	1	3	39			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.33	-0.230	1.90	-0.20%	-1.91	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 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	156	27	May 9	DET		MIN	L,2-6	7-8		9	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.43	5.51	8	3	3	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.072	.61	-0.04%	-0.05	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d2
6	157	35	May 22	DET	@	CHW	L,3-7	7-7		12	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	5.38	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.04	0.00%	0.48	7b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
7	158	43	May 31	DET	@	SEP	W,3-2	CG	W(3-1)	8	9.0	1	2	0	7	8	0	0	3.06	4.74	34	9	9	0	3	1	82			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.46	0.477	1.62	0.32%	1.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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	159	47	Jun 4	DET	@	CAL	W,5-4	GS-7		3	6.0	8	4	4	6	2	0	0	3.52	4.75	31	9	6	0	0	8	36			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.61	-0.063	1.38	-0.03%	-0.40	1b start a 2	7b 12- 0 out a2
9	160	53	Jun 13	DET	@	KCR	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-1)	8	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.85	4.20	33	14	7	2	1	4	83			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.429	.62	0.21%	4.09	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
10	161	58	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	L(4-2)	4	6.0	5	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.04	4.16	26	9	6	2	0	5	48			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.044	1.35	0.03%	0.66	1b start a 1	7b 12- 0 out a1
11	162	63	Jun 22(2)	DET		WSA	L,5-9	GS-4	L(4-3)	3	3.0	8	6	6	1	0	0	1	3.83	4.18	18	7	1	0	0	8	18			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.369	.80	-0.13%	-3.91	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out d3
12	163	67	Jun 26	DET		NYY	L,0-6	GS-2	L(4-4)	3	1.2	4	5	5	3	0	0	0	4.50	4.28	12	4	2	0	0	3	24			1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.177	.99	-0.07%	-1.80	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d2
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	164	74	Jul 3	DET		BOS	W,4-3	GS-7	W(5-4)	6	6.0	5	3	3	3	5	2	0	4.50	4.51	24	10	6	2	0	0	52			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.071	.50	-0.03%	-0.12	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a2
14	165	78	Jul 7	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS-6	L(5-5)	3	5.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.57	4.44	26	11	10	4	1	0	38			0	0	0	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.130	.98	-0.06%	-0.97	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d2
15	166	82	Jul 11	DET		CLE	L,1-8	GS-3	L(5-6)	3	2.2	2	5	1	2	3	0	0	4.52	4.36	13	4	2	0	0	2	43			1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.04	-0.142	.30	-0.02%	-1.32	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d2
16	167	86	Jul 14	DET	@	WSA	L,0-3	GS-4	L(5-7)	2	3.0	3	3	3	7	0	0	0	4.70	4.57	19	4	5	1	0	3	34			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.239	.37	-0.04%	-3.53	1b start tie	4b 123 0 out d3
17	168	87	Jul 15	DET	@	WSA	L,3-7	6-7		0	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.58	4.53	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.006	.02	0.00%	0.85	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
18	169	93	Jul 20(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	L(5-8)	4	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.66	4.59	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.75	-0.369	1.79	-0.11%	-0.95	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
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
19	170	105	Aug 4	DET		MIN	L,1-7	6-8		14	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.59	4.49	11	6	2	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.001	.01	0.00%	0.43	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
20	171	109	Aug 8(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	GS-7	W(6-8)	3	6.0	6	3	3	4	0	1	0	4.59	4.64	26	11	5	1	0	6	44			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	.71	0.082	.04	0.00%	-0.11	1b start a 3	7b --- 0 out a3
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
21	172	150	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,4-6	9-GF		40	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.53	4.65	6	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
22	173	152	Sep 20	DET		BOS	L,3-6	8-GF		1	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.53	4.61	8	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.05	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
23	174	157	Sep 26	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-4		5	3.1	3	4	4	6	1	1	0	4.76	4.85	18	5	3	1	0	3	33			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.267	.00	0.00%	-2.58	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 1 out d3
							8-15		W-L:6-8	4.1	92.2	78	55	49	77	41	5	1	4.76	4.85	421	1.64		7%	3%	59	46	0	---%	7	2	0	338	14	3	1	12	2	4	1.14	-0.733	1.03	0.21%	-8.14

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