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William
Sparks		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 175
 
Born: October 24, 1989 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 18 COL NL   4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
2009 19 COL NL   4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
2010 20 COL NL   4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
2011 21 COL NL   4 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 4 5
2012 22 CLE AL   4 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
2013 23 CLE AL   3 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 4 4
2014 24 FLO NL $ 2,750,000 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
2015 25 FLO NL $ 2,750,000 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
2016 26 FLO NL $ 2,750,000 3 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6
2017 27 FLO NL   3 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 6
2018 28 CHN NL   3 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,750,000 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 18 COL NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2009 19 COL NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2010 20 COL NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2011 21 COL NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2012 22 CLE AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2013 23 CLE AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2014 24 FLO NL $ 2,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2015 25 FLO NL $ 2,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2016 26 FLO NL $ 2,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2017 27 FLO NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2018 28 CHN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2008 18 A   4 2 .667 33 0 0 0 0 46.7 53 29 4 27 36 5.59 .288 .379 .413 .792  
2009 19 A   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.3 6 1 1 1 0 2.70 .429 .467 .643 1.110  
2010 20 A   0 1 .000 22 0 0 0 0 41.7 41 20 5 8 24 4.32 .255 .290 .416 .706  
2011 21 AAA   0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 14.0 20 9 3 7 10 5.79 .333 .403 .567 .970  
    AA   3 1 .750 49 0 0 0 3 77.7 67 32 8 41 58 3.71 .242 .340 .361 .701  
2012 22 AAA   6 4 .600 43 0 0 0 2 54.7 52 28 9 27 47 4.61 .259 .346 .448 .794  
2013 23 AAA   5 3 .625 40 0 0 0 4 42.7 38 10 3 13 38 2.11 .244 .302 .346 .648  
2014 24 FLO NL 5 2 .714 46 0 0 0 2 48.0 62 28 5 14 35 5.25 .318 .366 .467 .833 1.6
2015 25 FLO NL 2 3 .400 70 0 0 0 2 70.3 73 29 8 11 52 3.71 .264 .295 .397 .692 5.2
2016 26 FLO NL 0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 0 22.0 30 15 3 8 22 6.14 .326 .379 .446 .824 0.0
    AAA   3 2 .600 38 1 0 0 3 38.7 36 14 6 8 33 3.26 .242 .280 .443 .723  
2017 27 FLO NL 0 1 .000 23 0 0 0 0 22.3 28 18 4 8 14 7.25 .311 .374 .500 .874 0.0
2018 28 CHN NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 4 2 0 1 0 10.84 .444 .500 .667 1.167 0.0
    AAA   1 1 .500 22 0 0 0 13 23.3 25 9 1 9 21 3.47 .278 .343 .356 .699  
5 Years Sim 7 7 .500 157 0 0 0 4 164.3 197 92 20 42 123 5.04 .297 .342 .442 .784 6.8
5 Years AAA 15 10 .600 153 1 0 0 22 173.3 171 70 22 64 149 3.64 .261 .326 .421 .747  
1 Years AA 3 1 .750 49 0 0 0 3 77.7 67 32 8 41 58 3.71 .242 .340 .361 .701  
3 Years A 4 3 .571 58 0 0 0 0 91.7 100 50 10 36 60 4.91 .279 .344 .423 .768  
9 Years Minors 22 14 .611 260 1 0 0 25 342.6 338 152 40 141 267 3.99 .262 .334 .409 .743  
Season Average 1 1 .500 31 0 0 0 0 32.9 39 18 4 8 24 5.04 .297 .342 .442 .784  
Career Highs 5 3 .714 70 0 0 0 2 70.3 73 29 8 14 52 10.84 .444 .500 .667 1.167  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   138 71 15 31 80   .296 .340 .448 .789
vs LH   59 21 5 11 43   .299 .337 .426 .763
Home 2 2 .500 74 0 0 0 1 81.3 97 49 10 19 64 5.42 .296 .334 .445 .779
Away 5 5 .500 83 0 0 0 4 83.0 100 43 10 23 59 4.66 .299 .344 .439 .782
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 27 0 0 0 1 34.3 40 19 6 9 25 4.98 .294 .338 .478 .816
May 0 2 .000 29 0 0 0 1 28.3 34 14 3 8 21 4.45 .301 .347 .442 .790
June 1 1 .500 23 0 0 0 0 24.0 21 12 4 8 22 4.50 .226 .287 .398 .685
July 0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 0 19.7 15 3 1 0 12 1.37 .217 .217 .275 .493
August 4 2 .667 29 0 0 0 1 30.0 41 18 2 8 24 5.40 .331 .371 .435 .807
Sep/Oct 2 1 .667 32 0 0 0 2 28.0 46 26 4 9 19 8.36 .359 .401 .531 .933
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2014 24 FLO NL 46 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
2015 25 FLO NL 70 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2016 26 FLO NL 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2017 27 FLO NL 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
4 Years Sim 156 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0
162 Game Average 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2  
Career Highs 70 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
vs LH   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Home 74 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Away 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
RISP   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
July 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2014 24 FLO NL P 46 0 48.0 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.44    
2015 25 FLO NL P 70 0 70.3 8 13 0 1 1.000 2.69    
2016 26 FLO NL P 17 0 22.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.23    
2017 27 FLO NL P 23 0 22.3 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.02    
2018 28 CHN NL P 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   157 0 164.3 14 28 0 2 1.000 2.30    
Career Highs   70 0 70.3 8 13 0 1 1.000 2.69    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2015 25 FLO NL 0 1 .000 7 0 0 0 1 3.3 5 6 4 1 3 16.22 .333 .375 1.200 1.575
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 7 0 0 0 1 3.3 5 6 4 1 3 16.22 .333 .375 1.200 1.575
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  1. Rheal Cormier (990)
  2. Vic Darensbourg (987)
  3. John Carreras (987)
  4. Johnnie Edwards (986)
  5. Buddy Groom (985)
  6. Mark Manigault (979)
  7. Benjamin Delgado (979)
  8. Jung Bong (979)
  9. Mike Remlinger (978)
  10. Eddie Oropesa (978)
History
Drafted in 7th round, 196th overall pick, by Colorado in 2008
Injured on 6/18/2011 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 4/19/2012 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Traded from Colorado to Cleveland on 6/6/2012 (Going to COL: CF Nook Logan, P Alfredo Simon. Going to CLE: 3B Tairou Kunisada, P William Sparks)
Signed as a free agent by Florida on 2/5/2014 to a 3-year deal worth $2,750,000 per year
Earned first career win on 6/11/2014
Had first career hit on 6/14/2014, off Larry Strope (PIT)
Released by Florida on 7/11/2017
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/27/2018 to a minor league contract
Released by Chicago (N) on 6/30/2018
 
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