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Steve Sparks

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 187lb (183cm, 84kg)

Born: July 2, 1965 in Tulsa, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 5th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX).

High School: Holland Hall HS (Tulsa, OK)

School: Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX)

Debut: April 28, 1995 (Age 29-300d, 16,601st in major league history)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 26, 2004 (Age 39-086d)
vs. SDP 4.0 IP, 9 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Steven William Sparks

Nicknames: Phone Book

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.2

ERA

4.88

270

182

1319.2

658

WHIP

1.494

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-14 / 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: 17, Entered with runners on base: 3

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	34	4	Apr 6	MIL	@	SEA	L,5-8	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.2	5	7	7	3	1	3	1	11.12	11.82	26	97	53	20	3	10	11	2	2	0	29			1	0	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.57	-0.313	.61	-0.20%	-3.69	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d5
2	35	9	Apr 13	MIL		KCR	L,2-3	GS-8	L(0-2)	6	8.0	1	3	3	4	1	1	1	6.59	8.66	29	106	55	19	3	14	9	2	1	0	65			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.150	1.05	0.09%	1.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
3	36	13	Apr 18	MIL	@	KCR	W,8-2	GS-7	W(1-2)	4	7.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.79	6.61	29	110	66	15	4	8	19	6	1	0	61			0	0	0	29	3	1	0	0	0	1	.82	0.259	.93	0.18%	3.18	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
4	37	18	Apr 23	MIL	@	OAK	L,6-9	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	7.0	10	9	9	3	1	3	1	6.51	7.51	35	133	77	20	7	9	21	3	4	0	19			0	0	0	31	3	1	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.392	.43	-0.27%	-4.75	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d8
5	38	23	Apr 28	MIL		SEA	W,16-9	GS-5		4	4.1	5	8	8	5	2	4	0	7.88	8.89	23	86	39	11	5	5	11	2	3	0	18			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.516	1.03	-0.32%	-5.24	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
6	39	28	May 4	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-10	GS-3	L(1-4)	5	2.2	6	6	6	5	1	2	0	8.83	9.58	17	73	37	19	0	4	7	3	0	0	18			0	0	1	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.367	.76	-0.18%	-4.32	1b start a 1	3b --- 2 out d4
7	40	35	May 13	MIL		CHW	W,6-2	GS-8	W(2-4)	8	7.0	7	2	2	4	1	1	0	7.78	9.05	30	97	49	18	2	12	13	6	0	0	52			0	0	1	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.238	.91	0.12%	2.34	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a2
8	41	40	May 19	MIL	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-4)	5	7.2	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.93	8.16	32	107	67	16	6	12	18	8	3	0	55			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.21	0.341	1.14	0.19%	2.50	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a2
9	42	45	May 24	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(3-5)	4	8.0	10	4	4	3	3	1	0	6.59	7.74	35	114	69	20	9	14	15	6	2	0	46			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.106	1.36	-0.07%	0.58	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
10	43	49	May 29	MIL		MIN	L,7-8	GS-4		4	3.1	8	7	7	4	1	1	0	7.27	7.87	22					8	8	5	0	1	13			1	0	0	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.320	.59	-0.14%	-4.82	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	44	54	Jun 3	MIL		TEX	L,6-9	GS-5	L(3-6)	4	4.1	9	6	5	2	0	1	0	7.48	7.85	23	82	45	9	4	7	14	6	2	0	21			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.220	.35	-0.06%	-3.24	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	45	80	Jul 1	MIL	@	DET	W,2-0	GS-8	W(4-6)	27	7.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.75	7.34	26	79	57	14	9	14	10	3	1	0	67			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.412	.95	0.20%	3.81	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
13	46	85	Jul 6	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS-6	L(4-7)	4	5.0	7	1	1	6	1	0	0	6.43	7.28	24	90	41	14	5	12	5	3	1	0	44			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	0.129	.93	0.06%	1.63	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d1
14	47	89	Jul 13	MIL		TOR	L,7-15	4-6		6	2.1	6	6	6	3	0	2	0	6.92	7.60	15	57	29	7	5	4	8	3	2	0		0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.10	-0.050	.07	-0.02%	-5.44	4t --- 0 out d7	6t 1-3 1 out d9
15	48	91	Jul 15	MIL		DET	L,9-10	5-8		1	2.2	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	6.80	7.51	11	46	25	4	4	4	2	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	.30	0.029	.13	0.01%	1.74	5t 12- 2 out d6	8t 1-- 1 out d2
16	49	98	Jul 22	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.75	7.48	2	5	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.04	0.00%	0.76	8b -2- 1 out d5	8b end d 5
17	50	105	Jul 30(1)	MIL		SEA	L,5-6	5-8		7	3.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	6.51	7.39	13	57	29	10	5	1	7	2	3	0		0	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.076	.33	0.03%	1.22	5t --- 0 out d3	8t -2- 0 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	51	108	Aug 1	MIL		SEA	L,2-9	5-6		1	1.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	6.75	7.41	7					2	3	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.128	.48	-0.04%	-1.69	5t 12- 0 out d2	6t 1-3 0 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	52	158	Sep 25(1)	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-19	8-GF(8)		54	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.67	7.39	3	10	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d17	8b end d17
20	53	162	Sep 29	MIL	@	DET	W,7-5	7-7		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.60	7.34	4	10	9	2	2	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.60	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
							6-14		W-L:4-7	4.5	88.2	103	66	65	52	21	19	3	6.60	7.34	406	1359	56%	16%	5%	0.81		19%	8%	1	39	5	20%	4	2	3	347	20	4	0	13	1	2	.87	-0.758	.77	-0.40%	-12.25

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