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Tully Sparks

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Full Name: Thomas Frank Sparks Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/160 First Game: September 15, 1897
Birthdate: December 12, 1874 Final Game: June 8, 1910
Birthplace: Etna, Georgia MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: July 15, 1937
Deathplace: Anniston, Alabama
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on December 12, 1874 in Etna, Georgia, Tully Sparks (Thomas Frank Sparks) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Giants and Boston Americans over the course of his 12 year career. Sparks broke into the bigs on September 15, 1897 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.86 ERA in 170 innings pitched in 1899, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tully Sparks's best season was 1907, when he posted a 2.00 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 90 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1897 PHI N 1 1 0 1 1.12 0 9 9 1 0 0 8 12 0 4 0 0 0
1899 PIT N 28 17 8 6 3.86 53 101 73 8 0 0 170 180 1 82 0 4 10
1901 MIL A 29 26 7 16 3.51 62 157 82 18 0 0 210 228 5 93 0 6 14
1902 NY N 15 13 4 10 3.76 40 62 48 11 0 1 115 123 2 40 0 0 4
1902 BOS A 17 15 7 9 3.47 37 83 55 15 1 0 142.2 151 4 40 0 0 8
1902 Total 32 28 11 19 3.60 77 145 103 26 1 1 257.2 274 6 80 0 0 12
1903 PHI N 28 28 11 15 2.72 88 109 75 27 0 0 248 248 3 56 0 5 8
1904 PHI N 26 25 7 16 2.65 67 109 59 19 3 0 200.2 208 1 43 0 4 5
1905 PHI N 34 26 14 11 2.18 98 86 63 20 3 1 259.2 217 2 73 0 1 9
1906 PHI N 42 37 19 16 2.16 114 101 76 29 6 3 316.2 244 4 62 0 2 10
1907 PHI N 33 31 22 8 2.00 90 78 59 24 3 1 265 221 2 51 0 0 7
1908 PHI N 33 31 16 15 2.60 85 98 76 24 2 2 263.1 251 3 51 0 0 8
1909 PHI N 24 16 6 11 2.96 40 54 40 6 1 0 121.2 126 4 32 0 2 3
1910 PHI N 3 3 0 2 6.00 4 12 10 0 0 0 15 22 2 2 0 0 2
Total NL 267 228 107 111 2.67 679 819 588 169 18 8 1983 1852 24 496 0 18 66
Total AL 46 41 14 25 3.50 99 240 137 33 1 0 352.2 379 9 133 0 6 22
Total 313 269 121 136 2.79 778 1059 725 202 19 8 2335.2 2231 33 629 0 24 88

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1897 PHI N P 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1899 PIT N P 28 0 0 5 41 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .852
1901 MIL A P 29 0 0 6 60 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .892
1902 NY N P 15 0 0 6 42 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1902 BOS A P 17 0 0 7 42 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1902 Total P 32 0 0 13 84 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1903 PHI N P 28 0 0 14 59 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .901
1904 PHI N P 26 0 0 11 35 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .920
1905 PHI N P 34 0 0 9 45 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1906 PHI N P 42 0 0 20 66 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1907 PHI N P 33 0 0 10 50 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1908 PHI N P 33 0 0 15 65 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .930
1909 PHI N P 24 0 0 4 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1910 PHI N P 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 313 0 0 107 544 46 20 0 0 0 0 0 .934

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1897 PHI N 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1899 PIT N 28 62 8 8 0 5 .129 .239 .194 2 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
1901 MIL A 29 71 3 12 0 4 .169 .244 .225 2 1 5 0 2 3 0 0 0
1902 NY N 15 37 3 5 0 1 .135 .238 .162 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0
1902 BOS A 17 52 2 8 0 5 .154 .214 .192 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
1902 Total 32 89 5 13 0 6 .146 .224 .180 3 0 9 0 0 3 0 0 0
1903 PHI N 28 92 7 10 0 5 .109 .155 .130 2 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 0
1904 PHI N 26 76 6 8 0 2 .105 .128 .118 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1905 PHI N 34 94 8 12 0 5 .128 .163 .170 2 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 0
1906 PHI N 42 104 6 16 0 9 .154 .207 .212 4 1 7 0 0 3 0 0 0
1907 PHI N 33 89 1 3 0 2 .034 .075 .034 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 0
1908 PHI N 33 77 1 4 0 2 .052 .120 .052 0 0 6 0 0 11 0 0 0
1909 PHI N 24 36 0 5 0 1 .139 .184 .139 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
1910 PHI N 3 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 267 675 40 71 0 32 .105 .160 .132 12 3 43 1 1 27 0 0 0
Total AL 46 123 5 20 0 9 .163 .231 .211 4 1 9 0 2 4 0 0 0
Total 313 798 45 91 0 41 .114 .171 .144 16 4 52 1 3 31 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Philadelphia Phillies (February, 1900).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Milwaukee (American) (March 1, 1900).
  • Released by New York Giants (July 17, 1902).
  • Signed by Boston Americans (@August, 1902).

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