Joe Sparma
[edit] Biography
Born on February 4, 1942 in Massillon, Ohio, Joe Sparma (Joseph Blase Sparma) played for the Detroit Tigers and Montreal Expos over the course of his 7 year career. Sparma broke into the bigs on May 20, 1964 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.00 ERA in 84 innings pitched in 1964, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Joe Sparma's best season was 1967, when he posted a 3.76 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 153 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1964
| DET
| A
| 21
| 11
| 5
| 6
| 3.00
| 71
| 33
| 28
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 84
| 62
| 4
| 45
| 1
| 6
| 3
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| 30
| 28
| 13
| 8
| 3.18
| 127
| 69
| 59
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 167
| 142
| 13
| 75
| 5
| 7
| 3
|
| 1966
| DET
| A
| 29
| 13
| 2
| 7
| 5.30
| 61
| 57
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 91.2
| 103
| 14
| 52
| 0
| 6
| 3
|
| 1967
| DET
| A
| 37
| 37
| 16
| 9
| 3.76
| 153
| 103
| 91
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 217.2
| 186
| 20
| 85
| 2
| 7
| 8
|
| 1968
| DET
| A
| 34
| 31
| 10
| 10
| 3.70
| 110
| 81
| 75
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 182.1
| 169
| 14
| 77
| 3
| 5
| 7
|
| 1969
| DET
| A
| 23
| 16
| 6
| 8
| 4.76
| 41
| 55
| 49
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 92.2
| 78
| 5
| 77
| 1
| 7
| 1
|
| 1970
| MON
| N
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 7.06
| 23
| 25
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 29.1
| 34
| 7
| 25
| 3
| 4
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 7.06
| 23
| 25
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 29.1
| 34
| 7
| 25
| 3
| 4
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 174
| 136
| 52
| 48
| 3.84
| 563
| 398
| 356
| 30
| 10
| 0
| 835.1
| 740
| 70
| 411
| 12
| 38
| 25
|
| Total
|
|
| 183
| 142
| 52
| 52
| 3.94
| 586
| 423
| 379
| 31
| 10
| 0
| 864.2
| 774
| 77
| 436
| 15
| 42
| 27
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1964
| DET
| A
| P
| 21
| 11
| 84
| 5
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| .955
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| P
| 30
| 28
| 167
| 11
| 25
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 2
| 0
| .857
|
| 1966
| DET
| A
| P
| 29
| 13
| 91.2
| 5
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 7
| 0
| .867
|
| 1967
| DET
| A
| P
| 37
| 37
| 217.2
| 16
| 20
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 3
| 0
| .947
|
| 1968
| DET
| A
| P
| 34
| 31
| 182.1
| 9
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 14
| 7
| 0
| .933
|
| 1969
| DET
| A
| P
| 23
| 16
| 92.2
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| MON
| N
| P
| 9
| 6
| 29.1
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| .714
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 183
| 142
| 864.2
| 57
| 98
| 15
| 7
| 0
| 19
| 52
| 25
| 0
| .912
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1964
| DET
| A
| 23
| 25
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 4
| .160
| .192
| .320
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| 30
| 52
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .135
| .179
| .154
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 25
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| DET
| A
| 29
| 23
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .217
| .217
| .261
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1967
| DET
| A
| 37
| 74
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .054
| .091
| .054
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 33
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| DET
| A
| 34
| 60
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .133
| .148
| .150
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 24
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| DET
| A
| 23
| 29
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .138
| .167
| .138
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| MON
| N
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .143
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .143
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 176
| 263
| 11
| 32
| 0
| 11
| .122
| .150
| .148
| 3
| 2
| 9
| 106
| 0
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 185
| 269
| 11
| 32
| 0
| 11
| .119
| .150
| .145
| 3
| 2
| 10
| 108
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] 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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