Steve Sparks
Milwaukee Brewers 1995–1996; Anaheim Angels 1998–1999; Detroit Tigers 2000–2003; Oakland Athletics 2003; Arizona Diamondbacks 2004
Percentile snapshot
2002 season — qualified pitchers
of 85 qualified 2002 pitchers (min 161 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.6 |
| 1996 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.4 |
| 1998 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 117.0 | 47.0 | .366 | 1.7 |
| 1999 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 147.8 | 148.6 | .421 | 0.6 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8 |
| 2001 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116.2 | -100.0 | .000 | 3.9 |
| 2002 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115.2 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.8 |
| 2003 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 |
| 2004 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .129 | .258 | -55.0 | -34.0 | .116 | -1.0 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 210 | 104 | 86 | 96 | 17 | 202.0 | 4.63 | 1.465 | 4.28 | 4.64 | 94.3 | 106.1 | 2.6 |
| 1996 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 65 | 52 | 21 | 19 | 88.7 | 6.60 | 1.748 | 2.13 | 7.42 | 144.6 | 77.8 | -0.4 |
| 1998 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 62 | 58 | 90 | 14 | 128.7 | 4.34 | 1.461 | 6.30 | 4.71 | 101.2 | 107.3 | 1.7 |
| 1999 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 89 | 82 | 73 | 21 | 147.7 | 5.42 | 1.673 | 4.45 | 5.91 | 122.6 | 88.9 | 0.6 |
| 2000 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 108 | 47 | 29 | 53 | 7 | 104.0 | 4.07 | 1.317 | 4.59 | 4.03 | 83.9 | 118.1 | 1.8 |
| 2001 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 244 | 94 | 64 | 116 | 22 | 232.0 | 3.65 | 1.328 | 4.50 | 4.24 | 99.1 | 117.3 | 3.9 |
| 2002 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 238 | 116 | 67 | 98 | 23 | 189.0 | 5.52 | 1.614 | 4.67 | 4.86 | 114.4 | 76.9 | -0.8 |
| 2003 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 58 | 37 | 54 | 13 | 107.0 | 4.88 | 1.411 | 4.54 | 4.79 | 109.2 | 89.9 | 0.5 |
| 2004 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 81 | 45 | 57 | 18 | 120.7 | 6.04 | 1.525 | 4.25 | 5.19 | 115.6 | 74.3 | -1.0 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-06-08 | LAA @ SF Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004-06-01 | SF @ AZ Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004-05-09 | PHI @ AZ Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004-07-19 | SF @ AZ Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004-09-03 | AZ @ SF Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-09-14 | MIL @ DET Gameday | 7.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 2002-07-21 | MIN @ DET Gameday | 6.2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002-08-06 | TEX @ DET Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002-08-21 | SEA @ DET Gameday | 7.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2001-07-29 | CLE @ DET Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.