#91 Jeff Sparks, Reliever, 31 yrs, Philadelphia Phillies

#91 Jeff Sparks, Reliever, 31 yrs, Philadelphia Phillies
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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Jeff Sparks

4/4/1972
31
USA,TX,Houston
6"3
215

Reliever
R
R

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1.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 350,000
2003 (Arbitration eligible)
3 Year(s), 125 Days (641 total Days)
74 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 74 Days (1278 total Days)
9 Year(s)
Arbitration eligible
Out of Option Years

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	10	3	8	88-91 Mph
Versus LHB	10	3	7
Versus RHB	10	3	9
Talent	10	4	8

Pitching Ratings
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3
70
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	4	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	4	1	1	2
Versus RHP	1	4	1	1	2
Talent	1	3	1	1	2

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3
3
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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 6 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/11	PIT	W 12-11		1	0	0	0	2	0
4/13	@ARI	W 15-7		2	1	1	1	1	3	W
4/17	@LAD	L 5-14		2	2	1	1	1	3
4/21	ATL	L 8-19		0.1	5	7	4	3	0
5/18	@CIN	W 17-3		2	1	0	0	0	2
5/24	LAD	W 7-6		1	1	0	0	0	2	W

Pitching Stats 2003

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	6	0	2	0	0	6.48	8.1	10	9	6	7	10	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	15	0	5	0	0	6.48	21.0	26	23	15	18	26

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	6	1	18.4	10.8	10.8	7.6	5	2	40.0	3	0	.0	9.87

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	19	5	1	0	2	3	7	4	7	0	0	0	.263	.391	.632	1.023
vs. RHB	14	5	1	0	1	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	.357	.471	.643	1.113

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	3	0	1	0	0	15.43	2.1	6	7	4	5	2
Road	3	0	1	0	0	3.00	6.0	4	2	2	2	8
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

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	4	0	1	0	0	10.13	5.1	8	9	6	7	6
May	2	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.0	2	0	0	0	4
June	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1996	24	0	2	1	1	13.92	32.1	49	56	50	8	33	29	0	0	2.54	.390	KC
1997	13	0	2	1	0	9.53	17.0	24	21	18	2	22	21	0	0	2.71	.458	CAL FLO
1999	40	0	2	4	0	7.59	42.2	46	41	36	7	45	58	0	0	2.13	.371	FLO
2000	87	3	4	2	0	4.89	105.0	84	59	57	16	54	128	0	0	1.31	.282	FLO
2001	39	0	4	2	2	5.40	55.0	54	37	33	8	25	73	0	0	1.44	.348	FLO CAL
2003	6	0	2	0	0	6.48	8.1	10	9	6	3	7	10	0	0	2.04	.350	CAL PHI
Total	209	3	16	10	3	6.91	260.1	267	223	200	44	186	319	0	0	1.74	.343

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1995, AAA	6	0	0	1	0	11.81	5.1	7	8	7	2	2	4	0	0	1.69	.278
1996, AAA	48	0	2	2	0	5.55	47.0	48	32	29	5	31	57	0	0	1.68	.352
1997, AAA	40	0	4	2	2	2.59	55.2	39	18	16	2	34	66	0	0	1.31	.294
1998, AA	73	0	1	0	2	2.20	81.2	42	21	20	4	45	107	0	0	1.07	.226
1999, AA	8	0	1	0	3	0.00	10.1	2	0	0	0	3	12	0	0	0.48	.100
1999, AAA	25	0	5	0	0	2.18	33.0	20	8	8	1	17	42	0	0	1.12	.275
2002, AAA	42	0	4	3	3	5.26	49.2	39	30	29	9	35	87	0	0	1.49	.341

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1996	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KC
1997	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CAL FLO
1999	40	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	FLO
2000	87	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.111	.200	.222	.422	FLO
2001	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	FLO CAL
2003	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	CAL PHI
Total	209	15	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	8	0	0	.200	.250	.333	.583

Fielding Stats 2003

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

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Pitcher

1.000

8.1

1.08

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 3/4/1995 to a minor league deal...
Earned first career win on 9/5/1996...
Traded from California to Florida on 7/25/1997 (Going to FLO: P Doug Drabek, P David Wells, P Jeff Sparks, 3B Scott Spiezio. Going to CAL: 1B Michael Cuddyer, CF Ntema Ndungidi)...
Injured on 8/14/1998 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days...
Had first career hit (double) on 8/6/1999, off Mike Schooler (PIT)...
Traded from Florida to California on 2/2/2001 (Going to FLO: P Jose Antonio Nunez, CF Alex Sanchez. Going to CAL: P Jeff Sparks, 1B David Bell)...
2/2/2002: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
2/2/2003: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
Traded from California to Philadelphia on 3/4/2003 (Going to PHI: P Brett Tomko, P Jeff Sparks, 2B Deivi Cruz. Going to CAL: 2B Jose Valentin)...

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