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Steve Sparks P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
18	270	1319.7	59	76	3	4.88	-4.8

Birth Date	7-2-1965
Height	5' 11"
Weight	190 lbs

Age	58 years, 9 months, 16 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
1995	MIL	MLB	33	27	202.0	9	11	0	210	86	96	17	101	9.4	3.8	0.8	4.3	0%	.288	1.47	4.63	4.63	112	6.22	127.3	-0.8
1996	MIL	MLB	20	13	88.7	4	7	0	103	52	21	19	98	10.5	5.3	1.9	2.1	0%	.270	1.75	7.41	6.60	138	9.67	190.8	-3.4
1998	ANA	MLB	22	20	128.7	9	4	0	130	58	90	14	96	9.1	4.1	1.0	6.3	0%	.294	1.46	4.70	4.34	111	5.18	107.3	1.0
1999	ANA	MLB	28	26	147.7	5	11	0	165	82	73	21	95	10.1	5.0	1.3	4.4	0%	.286	1.67	5.90	5.42	125	7.09	137.9	-1.2
2000	DET	MLB	20	15	104.0	7	5	1	108	29	53	7	84	9.3	2.5	0.6	4.6	0%	.286	1.32	4.02	4.07	98	5.45	104.8	0.9
2001	DET	MLB	35	33	232.0	14	9	0	244	64	116	22	100	9.5	2.5	0.9	4.5	0%	.287	1.33	4.23	3.65	101	5.14	106.6	1.7
2002	DET	MLB	32	30	189.0	8	16	0	238	67	98	23	98	11.3	3.2	1.1	4.7	0%	.322	1.61	4.85	5.52	108	6.44	138.3	-1.8
2003	DET	0	42	0	89.7	0	6	2	95	34	49	11	99	9.5	3.4	1.1	4.9	0%	.291	1.44	4.83	4.72	107	5.47	114.6	-0.1
2003	OAK	0	9	0	17.3	0	0	0	19	3	5	2	94	9.9	1.6	1.0	2.6	0%	.266	1.27	4.53	5.71	96	4.94	103.6	0.1
2004	ARI	MLB	29	18	120.7	3	7	0	139	45	57	18	99	10.4	3.4	1.3	4.3	0%	.288	1.52	5.18	6.04	118	6.70	138.3	-1.2
2003	TOT	MLB	51	0	107.0	0	6	2	114	37	54	13	98	9.6	3.1	1.1	4.5	0%	.000	1.41	4.78	4.88	106	5.38	112.8	0.0
Career		MLB	270	182	1319.7	59	76	3	1451	520	658	154	97	9.9	3.5	1.1	4.5	49%	.292	1.49	4.94	4.88	112	6.21	126.8	-4.8

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
1987	HEL	Rk	PIO	10	9	57.7	6	3	0	68	20	47	8		10.6	3.1	1.2	7.3	0%	.000	1.53	5.49	4.68	0	0.00	0.0
1988	BLT	A	MDW	25	24	164.0	9	13	0	162	51	96	8		8.9	2.8	0.4	5.3	0%	.000	1.30	3.49	3.79	0	0.00	0.0
1989	STO	A+	CLF	23	22	164.0	13	5	0	125	53	126	6		6.9	2.9	0.3	6.9	0%	.000	1.09	2.66	2.41	0	0.00	0.0
1990	STO	A+	CLF	19	19	129.3	10	7	0	136	31	77	4		9.5	2.2	0.3	5.4	0%	.000	1.29	3.15	3.69	0	0.00	0.0
1990	ELP	AA	TXS	7	6	30.3	1	2	0	43	15	17	4		12.8	4.5	1.2	5.0	0%	.000	1.91	5.27	6.53	0	0.00	0.0
1991	STO	A+	CLF	24	24	179.7	9	10	0	160	98	139	4		8.0	4.9	0.2	7.0	0%	.000	1.44	3.48	3.06	0	0.00	0.0
1991	ELP	AA	TXS	4	4	17.0	1	2	0	30	9	10	1		15.9	4.8	0.5	5.3	0%	.000	2.29	4.65	9.53	0	0.00	0.0
1992	ELP	AA	TXS	28	22	140.7	9	8	1	159	50	79	11		10.2	3.2	0.7	5.1	0%	.000	1.49	4.22	5.37	0	0.00	0.0
1993	NWO	AAA	AA	29	28	180.3	9	13	0	174	80	104	17		8.7	4.0	0.8	5.2	0%	.000	1.41	4.58	3.84	0	0.00	0.0
1994	NWO	AAA	AA	28	27	183.7	10	12	0	183	68	105	23		9.0	3.3	1.1	5.1	0%	.000	1.37	4.95	4.46	0	0.00	0.0
1995	MIL	MLB	AL	33	27	202.0	9	11	0	210	86	96	17	101	9.4	3.8	0.8	4.3	0%	.288	1.47	4.63	4.63	112	6.22	127.3
1996	MIL	MLB	AL	20	13	88.7	4	7	0	103	52	21	19	98	10.5	5.3	1.9	2.1	0%	.270	1.75	7.41	6.60	138	9.67	190.8
1996	NWO	AAA	AA	11	10	57.7	2	6	0	64	35	27	8		10.0	5.5	1.2	4.2	0%	.000	1.72	5.69	4.99	0	0.00	0.0
1998	ANA	MLB	AL	22	20	128.7	9	4	0	130	58	90	14	96	9.1	4.1	1.0	6.3	0%	.294	1.46	4.70	4.34	111	5.18	107.3
1998	MID	AA	TXS	7	7	40.7	0	4	0	49	15	34	3		10.8	3.3	0.7	7.5	0%	-.885	1.57	3.92	7.08	0	0.00	0.0
1998	VAN	AAA	PCL	4	4	28.0	0	4	0	23	6	19	2		7.4	1.9	0.6	6.1	0%	-.778	1.04	3.77	2.89	0	0.00	0.0
1999	ANA	MLB	AL	28	26	147.7	5	11	0	165	82	73	21	95	10.1	5.0	1.3	4.4	0%	.286	1.67	5.90	5.42	125	7.09	137.9
2000	DET	MLB	AL	20	15	104.0	7	5	1	108	29	53	7	84	9.3	2.5	0.6	4.6	0%	.286	1.32	4.02	4.07	98	5.45	104.8
2000	TOL	AAA	INT	16	14	90.7	5	7	0	86	41	44	8		8.5	4.1	0.8	4.4	0%	-.839	1.40	4.67	3.77	0	0.00	0.0
2001	DET	MLB	AL	35	33	232.0	14	9	0	244	64	116	22	100	9.5	2.5	0.9	4.5	0%	.287	1.33	4.23	3.65	101	5.14	106.6
2002	DET	MLB	AL	32	30	189.0	8	16	0	238	67	98	23	98	11.3	3.2	1.1	4.7	0%	.322	1.61	4.85	5.52	108	6.44	138.3
2003	DET	MLB	AL	42	0	89.7	0	6	2	95	34	49	11	99	9.5	3.4	1.1	4.9	0%	.291	1.44	4.83	4.72	107	5.47	114.6
2003	OAK	MLB	AL	9	0	17.3	0	0	0	19	3	5	2	94	9.9	1.6	1.0	2.6	0%	.266	1.27	4.53	5.71	96	4.94	103.6
2004	ARI	MLB	NL	29	18	120.7	3	7	0	139	45	57	18	99	10.4	3.4	1.3	4.3	0%	.288	1.52	5.18	6.04	118	6.70	138.3
2005	POR	AAA	PCL	3	3	17.7	2	0	0	15	6	9	1	59	7.6	3.1	0.5	4.6	0%	-.875	1.19	4.24	2.03	108	6.52	128.5
2005	SAC	AAA	PCL	12	11	66.0	5	5	0	87	26	31	10	59	11.9	3.5	1.4	4.2	0%	-1.116	1.71	5.81	6.95	113	6.10	120.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1997-03-24	1997-09-29	60-DL	189	161	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	1997-06-12	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2004	ARI	$500,000
2003	DET, OAK	$4,500,000
2002	DET	$3,000,000
2001	DET	$625,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$8,625,000
4 yr	Total	$8,625,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 144 d

Details
Triple-A 4/05 signed as a free agent from AZ 1/05 (minor-league contract) 1 year/$0.5M (04) contract purchased 9/03 assigned Double-A 8/03 signed as a free agent from DET 8/03 designated for assignment 8/03 2 year/$8M (02-03)+$5M 04 club option $0.5M buyout 02:$3M, 03:$4.5M 1 year/$0.65M (01)

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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