NAME     : Steve Sparks
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : USA
 
  BIRTHDAY : 7/2/1965
  AGE      : 38
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 180
 
  POSITION : Pitcher
  ROLE     : Starter
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : Minor league contract
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Average
  TEAM LEADER              : Some ability
  CONSISTENCY              : Normal
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : GREAT
  INJURY RATING            : Durable

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Pitcher : D (Fielding Pct. : .984)
PITCHING RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Duration as Starter : B Duration as Reliever : * Holding Runners : B Groundball Pct. : 65 Avoiding Runs : 0 Avoiding Hits : 3 (VS. RHB : 4, VS. LHB : 3, Talent Fair) Avoiding Doubles : 5 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Fair) Avoiding Homeruns : 4 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 3, Talent Fair) Avoiding BB's : 5 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Average) Getting Strikeouts : 2 (VS. RHB : 2, VS. LHB : 2, Talent Fair) Throwing Velocity : 6 Pitch Assortment : , Knuckleball, Fastball, Changeup, Curveball
PITCHING STATS : Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K Overall 7.99 1 8 0 12 12 71.0 114 69 63 36 16 At Home 10.13 0 4 0 6 6 32.0 57 38 36 16 7 Away 6.23 1 4 0 6 6 39.0 57 31 27 20 9 Last Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 This Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr/Mar 10.69 1 4 0 6 6 32.0 58 42 38 20 9 May 5.06 0 3 0 5 5 32.0 45 19 18 11 5 June 9.00 0 1 0 1 1 7.0 11 8 7 5 2 July 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 August 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
CAREER STATS : YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS 1995 4.63 9 11 0 33 3 0 202.0 104 86 96 MIL 1996 6.65 4 7 0 20 1 0 88.0 65 52 21 MIL 1998 4.36 9 4 0 22 0 0 128.0 62 58 90 ANA 1999 5.45 5 11 0 28 0 0 147.0 89 82 73 ANA 2000 4.07 7 5 1 20 1 1 104.0 47 29 53 DET 2001 3.65 14 9 0 35 8 1 232.0 94 64 116 DET 2002 4.44 10 11 0 24 2 0 168.1 83 48 48 DET Total ERA : 4.79 Total Wins : 59 Total Losses: 66 Total Saves : 1 Total SHO : 2 Total CG : 16 Total K's : 513 Total BB's : 455
PLAYER HISTORY
Injured on 4/2/2002 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 8 weeks... Injured on 7/1/2003 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks... Released by Detroit on 7/29/2003...