#64 Tully Sparks, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, Brooklyn Superbas Sunday, 10/22/1903 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Tully Sparks
12/12/1874 28 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) 2 / 6 (Fair) 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 $ 4,814,286 1903 (Arbitration eligible) 5 Year(s), 18 Days (878 total Days) 172 Day(s) 5 Year(s), 18 Days (878 total Days) 6 Year(s) Arbitration eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 10 | 10 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 10 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 10 | 10 | |
Talent | 3 | 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 | | | | |
8/16 | BSN | L 3-4 | * | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | L | | | | |
8/21 | SLN | L 2-3 | * | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | L | | | | |
8/25 | NYG | W 6-2 | * | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
8/29 | @PHI | W 4-2 | * | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
9/2 | CIN | W 4-3 | * | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
9/6 | @PIT | W 6-3 | * | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | W | | | | |
9/10 | BSN | W 2-0 | * | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
9/14 | CHN | W 2-1 | * | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
9/28 | @CIN | W 7-3 | * | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | | PoG | | | |
10/2 | CHN | L 0-7 | * | 9 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 42 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2.66 | 362.1 | 321 | 134 | 107 | 56 | 148 | 35 | 83.3 | 2 | 31 | 73.8 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 2.66 | 310.0 | 275 | 115 | 92 | 48 | 127 | | | | | |
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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 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 1.98 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 572 | 149 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 54 | 59 | 31 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .294 | .339 | .633 |
vs. RHB | 769 | 172 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 75 | 25 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .224 | .239 | .272 | .511 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 21 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2.49 | 184.2 | 152 | 64 | 51 | 27 | 74 |
Road | 21 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2.84 | 177.2 | 169 | 70 | 56 | 29 | 74 |
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 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2.83 | 70.0 | 73 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 19 |
May | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.14 | 63.0 | 40 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 31 |
June | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.97 | 59.0 | 64 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 15 |
July | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.08 | 60.2 | 53 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 25 |
August | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.03 | 62.0 | 49 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.02 | 47.2 | 42 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 24 |
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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 |
Total | 188 | 188 | 95 | 72 | 0 | 2.67 | 1608.2 | 1516 | 587 | 478 | 8 | 275 | 600 | 157 | 17 | 1.11 | .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 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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 |
Total | 188 | 550 | 62 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 28 | 15 | 75 | 1 | 0 | .113 | .136 | .147 | .283 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 42 | 42 | 29 | 78 | 2 | 108 | 1 | .991 | 362.1 | 2.68 | | | | |
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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...
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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
| WHIP 1901 - 1.04 - 6th 1902 - 1.11 - 10th
| Wins 1901 - 26 - 2nd
| IP 1901 - 378.2 - 6th 1902 - 374.0 - 8th
| CG 1899 - 31 - 8th 1901 - 37 - 5th 1902 - 37 - 2nd
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SHO 1899 - 4 - 3rd 1901 - 6 - 3rd 1902 - 4 - 8th
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