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Mike Schmidt League
6-1-2335
Mike Sparks Right Field
Retired (1976, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .287 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .793 Status Deceased (2020) Option Years 0  
H 2248 Age at Death 80 Date of Birth 03-28-1940
HR 218 Drafted Round 1, Pick 1
(1958)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(138 games)
RBI 967
SB 181
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A+ Contact vs. L A+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B- Velocity D    Mentor vR A-
Speed C+ Bunt D  Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF B- (58.3%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF D- (8.8%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1958 Minors 18 55.00 5 / 9 4 / 11 6 / 6 5 / 7 6 / 6 12 / 12 4 / 4 42 / 55
1958 Majors 18 1.01 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1959 Minors 19 55.00 4 / 8 2 / 8 4 / 6 4 / 6 4 / 4 11 / 12 11 / 11 40 / 55
1960 Minors 20 46.00 1 / 7 1 / 5 4 / 6 3 / 5 9 / 9 3 / 6 7 / 8 28 / 46
1961 Minors 21 13.00 0 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 2 / 4 7 / 13
1961 Majors 21 37.87 1 / 7 1 / 3 0 / 2 3 / 7 3 / 6 4 / 7 2 / 5 14 / 37
1962 Majors 22 58.15 2 / 10 0 / 7 3 / 7 5 / 6 7 / 7 7 / 16 2 / 5 26 / 58
1963 Majors 23 49.90 2 / 11 2 / 5 1 / 2 3 / 9 6 / 6 6 / 10 1 / 6 21 / 49
1964 Majors 24 65.71 3 / 16 2 / 8 2 / 9 3 / 5 9 / 10 4 / 7 5 / 10 28 / 65
1965 Majors 25 60.06 2 / 11 3 / 7 4 / 10 1 / 11 3 / 4 1 / 6 4 / 11 18 / 60
1966 Majors 26 61.21 0 / 8 0 / 8 1 / 10 4 / 6 4 / 13 2 / 10 3 / 6 14 / 61
1967 Majors 27 59.39 0 / 5 1 / 10 2 / 9 1 / 4 4 / 9 4 / 11 3 / 11 15 / 59
1968 Majors 28 63.80 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 6 1 / 10 0 / 12 1 / 63
1969 Majors 29 54.79 0 / 9 1 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 7 0 / 11 1 / 8 3 / 54
1970 Majors 30 64.89 0 / 17 0 / 4 0 / 7 1 / 9 0 / 4 2 / 12 0 / 11 3 / 64
1971 Majors 31 62.29 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 6 1 / 9 1 / 62
1972 Majors 32 64.59 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 12 0 / 13 1 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 10 1 / 64
1973 Majors 33 64.09 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 14 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 64
1974 Majors 34 62.69 0 / 2 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 14 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 62
1975 Majors 35 42.69 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 42
1976 Majors 36 11.14 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 11
Total 0 0 0 20 / 162 18 / 138 29 / 141 34 / 146 59 / 134 57 / 166 46 / 158 263 / 1045
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Mike Sparks has retired from the Baltimore Avengers
1969-08-08Mike Sparks of the Baltimore Avengers is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1969-07-15Mike Sparks of the Baltimore Avengers is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1967-05-14Mike Sparks of the Baltimore Avengers is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1961-05-30The Baltimore Beer Batters have promoted Pat Brown to the major league team. The Baltimore Beer Batters have promoted Mike Sparks to the major league team. The Baltimore Beer Batters have sent Bud Weathers to the minors. The Baltimore Beer Batters have sent Italo Murray to the minors.
1958-04-11The Baltimore Beer Batters have promoted Bert Cieslak to the major league team. The Baltimore Beer Batters have sent Mike Sparks to the minors.
1958-04-02The Baltimore Beer Batters have promoted Mike Sparks to the major leagues.