Joe Sparma
Born: February 4, 1942, Massillon, OH Died: May 14, 1986, Columbus, OHHeight: 6'1" Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Ohio State
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1964 Detroit AL 22 5 6 3.00 21 11 3 3 7 0 2 84.0 62 354 33 28 4 44 1 3 71 1965 Detroit AL 23 13 8 3.18 30 28 6 1 1 0 0 167.0 142 713 69 59 13 70 5 3 127 1966 Detroit AL 24 2 7 5.30 29 13 0 12 4 0 0 91.2 103 420 57 54 14 52 0 3 61 1967 Detroit AL 25 16 9 3.76 37 37 11 0 0 0 5 217.2 186 920 103 91 20 83 2 8 153 1968 Detroit AL 26 10 10 3.70 34 31 7 2 1 0 1 182.1 169 781 81 75 14 74 3 7 110 1969 Detroit AL 27 6 8 4.76 23 16 3 4 3 0 2 92.2 78 421 55 49 5 76 1 1 41 1970 Montreal NL 28 0 4 7.06 9 6 1 1 2 0 0 29.1 34 146 25 23 7 22 3 2 23 TOTALS 52 52 3.94 183 142 31 23 18 0 10 864.2 774 3755 423 379 77 421 15 27 586
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1964 Detroit AL 21 300 33 62 82 8 0 4 2 4 0 2 44 1 3 71 8 .207 .273 .312 1965 Detroit AL 30 622 69 142 213 22 5 13 8 5 8 2 70 5 3 127 11 .228 .342 .312 1966 Detroit AL 29 358 57 103 152 5 1 14 6 1 9 7 52 0 3 61 5 .288 .425 .382 1967 Detroit AL 37 818 103 186 289 27 8 20 5 4 12 3 83 2 8 153 19 .227 .353 .305 1968 Detroit AL 34 688 81 169 238 23 2 14 6 3 14 7 74 3 7 110 11 .246 .346 .326 1969 Detroit AL 23 338 55 78 113 14 3 5 3 2 7 2 76 1 1 41 12 .231 .334 .373 1970 Montreal NL 9 115 25 34 62 5 1 7 1 3 2 2 22 3 2 23 2 .296 .539 .421
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1964 Detroit AL 22 23 25 3 4 8 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 .160 .320 .192 1965 Detroit AL 23 30 52 4 7 8 1 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 25 0 .135 .154 .179 1966 Detroit AL 24 29 23 0 5 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 .217 .261 .217 1967 Detroit AL 25 37 74 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 33 0 .054 .054 .091 1968 Detroit AL 26 34 60 2 8 9 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 0 .133 .150 .148 1969 Detroit AL 27 23 29 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 .138 .138 .167 1970 Montreal NL 28 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .143 TOTALS 185 269 11 32 39 3 2 0 11 29 1 0 0 10 0 0 108 1 .119 .145 .150
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1964 Detroit AL P 84.0 11 21 5 16 1 2 .955 2.25 0 2 0 1965 Detroit AL P 167.0 28 30 11 25 6 1 .857 1.94 8 2 0 1966 Detroit AL P 91.2 13 29 5 8 2 1 .867 1.28 9 7 0 1967 Detroit AL P 217.2 37 37 16 20 2 1 .947 1.49 12 3 0 1968 Detroit AL P 182.1 31 34 9 19 2 0 .933 1.38 14 7 0 1969 Detroit AL P 92.2 16 23 9 7 0 2 1.000 1.55 7 2 0 1970 Montreal NL P 29.1 6 9 2 3 2 0 .714 1.53 2 2 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1963).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to Montreal Expos in exchange for Jerry Robertson (December 3, 1969).
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