#64 Tully Sparks, Starting Pitcher, 32 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Thursday, 10/26/1907 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Tully Sparks
12/12/1874 32 USA,GA,ETNA 5"10 190
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 4 / 6 (Popular) Average GREAT Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 6,000,000 1908 9 Year(s), 18 Days (1566 total Days) 172 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 18 Days (1566 total Days) 10 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 2 | 10 | 10 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 2 | 10 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 2 | 10 | 10 | |
Talent | 2 | 10 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 10 56 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/24 | CHN | W 2-1 | * | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
8/28 | @BSN | W 5-1 | * | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | W | PoG | | | |
9/1 | BRO | W 3-2 | * | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
9/5 | PHI | W 4-3 | * | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
9/9 | @CIN | W 1-0 | * | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | W | PoG | | | |
9/13 | @NYG | W 5-3 | * | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
9/17 | CHN | W 7-1 | * | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
9/23 | BRO | L 1-6 | * | 6.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | L | | | | |
9/28 | PIT | W 4-2 | * | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
10/2 | @NYG | W 6-1 | * | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | W | PoG | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 40 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1.90 | 345.0 | 301 | 92 | 73 | 34 | 114 | 32 | 80.0 | 4 | 34 | 85.0 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 1.90 | 310.0 | 271 | 83 | 66 | 31 | 103 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 3.0 | .9 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 1.79 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 676 | 177 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 54 | 20 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .277 | .322 | .599 |
vs. RHB | 592 | 124 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 38 | 14 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 | .222 | .247 | .468 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 22 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1.94 | 190.0 | 169 | 47 | 41 | 17 | 71 |
Road | 18 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1.86 | 155.0 | 132 | 45 | 32 | 17 | 43 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.14 | 63.0 | 59 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 26 |
May | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.15 | 37.2 | 37 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 12 |
June | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.45 | 62.0 | 49 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
July | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.85 | 60.0 | 58 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 20 |
August | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.83 | 54.0 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
Sept./Oct. | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.98 | 68.1 | 58 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 17 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1898 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.66 | 44.0 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1.18 | .250 | BRO |
1899 | 37 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2.93 | 313.1 | 295 | 121 | 102 | 3 | 76 | 113 | 31 | 4 | 1.18 | .278 | BRO,NL |
1900 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3.37 | 136.1 | 148 | 61 | 51 | 2 | 33 | 41 | 13 | 1 | 1.33 | .305 | BRO |
1901 | 44 | 44 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2.35 | 378.2 | 340 | 124 | 99 | 2 | 53 | 158 | 37 | 6 | 1.04 | .267 | BRO,NL |
1902 | 44 | 44 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2.55 | 374.0 | 376 | 129 | 106 | 0 | 41 | 126 | 37 | 4 | 1.11 | .285 | BRO |
1903 | 42 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2.66 | 362.1 | 321 | 134 | 107 | 1 | 56 | 148 | 35 | 2 | 1.04 | .268 | BRO,NL |
1904 | 45 | 45 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 2.69 | 391.2 | 364 | 136 | 117 | 2 | 45 | 131 | 35 | 6 | 1.04 | .268 | BRO,NL |
1905 | 46 | 46 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 3.01 | 398.1 | 394 | 148 | 133 | 0 | 43 | 128 | 39 | 2 | 1.10 | .285 | SLN,NL |
1906 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3.02 | 247.2 | 253 | 93 | 83 | 2 | 26 | 75 | 24 | 2 | 1.13 | .288 | SLN,NL |
1907 | 40 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1.90 | 345.0 | 301 | 92 | 73 | 3 | 34 | 114 | 32 | 4 | 0.97 | .259 | SLN |
Total | 347 | 347 | 189 | 121 | 0 | 2.66 | 2991.1 | 2828 | 1056 | 884 | 15 | 423 | 1048 | 287 | 31 | 1.09 | .276 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1897, AAA | 35 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 2.89 | 56.0 | 55 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 19 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1.32 | .310 |
1898, AAA | 40 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 1.73 | 73.0 | 67 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 1.22 | .310 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1904 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 18.0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 18.0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1898 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | BRO |
1899 | 37 | 111 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .180 | .195 | .225 | .420 | BRO,NL |
1900 | 16 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .120 | .083 | .203 | BRO |
1901 | 44 | 139 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .101 | .119 | .151 | .270 | BRO,NL |
1902 | 44 | 125 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .072 | .087 | .088 | .175 | BRO |
1903 | 42 | 112 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .107 | .153 | .143 | .295 | BRO,NL |
1904 | 45 | 135 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .136 | .148 | .284 | BRO,NL |
1905 | 46 | 138 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .113 | .181 | .295 | SLN,NL |
1906 | 28 | 92 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .129 | .174 | .303 | SLN,NL |
1907 | 40 | 116 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .124 | .112 | .236 | SLN |
Total | 347 | 1031 | 115 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 53 | 24 | 134 | 1 | 1 | .112 | .131 | .150 | .281 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 40 | 40 | 27 | 64 | 7 | 92 | 1 | .989 | 345.0 | 2.40 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1897... Had first career hit on 9/17/1898, off Con Murphy (CHN)... Earned first career win on 9/25/1898... Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1899, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1899, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1899, going 5-3, 2.03... Injured on 5/25/1899 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks... Was selected to the 1899 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1900, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1901, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Injured on 5/12/1901 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week... Was selected to the 1901 Allstar game... 1/31/1902: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,814,286 through salary arbitration... Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1902, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Injured on 9/29/1902 with a Sore Back, out for one week... 1/31/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,814,286 through salary arbitration... Was selected to the 1903 Allstar game... Injured on 9/14/1903 with a Stiff Elbow, out for 2 weeks... 1/31/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,814,286 through salary arbitration... Was selected to the 1904 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1904, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA... Won Pitcher Of The Year in 1904, going 28-13, 2.69 ERA... Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 2/4/1905 to a 4-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1905, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Was selected to the 1905 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1906 Allstar game... Injured on 8/5/1906 with a Inflamed Tricep Tendon, out for 2 weeks... Injured on 5/5/1907 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week... Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1907, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1907, going 5-1, 0.83...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1899 - 2.93 - 7th 1901 - 2.35 - 3rd 1902 - 2.55 - 7th 1904 - 2.69 - 9th
| WHIP 1901 - 1.04 - 6th 1902 - 1.11 - 10th 1903 - 1.04 - 6th 1904 - 1.04 - 4th 1905 - 1.10 - 8th
| Wins 1901 - 26 - 2nd 1903 - 22 - 8th 1904 - 28 - 1st 1905 - 26 - 2nd
| IP 1901 - 378.2 - 6th 1902 - 374.0 - 8th 1904 - 391.2 - 2nd 1905 - 398.1 - 3rd
| CG 1899 - 31 - 8th 1901 - 37 - 5th 1902 - 37 - 2nd 1903 - 35 - 5th 1904 - 35 - 5th 1905 - 39 - 1st
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SHO 1899 - 4 - 3rd 1901 - 6 - 3rd 1902 - 4 - 8th 1904 - 6 - 1st
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