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Graig Nettles League
3-31-2193
John Sparks Catcher
Retired (2021, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .239 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .635 Status Deceased (2066) Option Years 0  
H 462 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 03-28-1985
HR 43 Drafted Round 3, Pick 38
(2008)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(102 games)
RBI 236
SB 27
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR B-
Speed C- Bunt C  Control D-   Mentor vL F 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range D  WS Rings 0
1B D+ (20.1%) LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 0% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
2012 CIN
119
378
33
75
5
1
8
42
31
 78 3 5
8
 4 4
.542
.261
.280
.082
.198
2013 CIN
72
218
26
58
4
0
10
32
13
 32 0 3
6
 2 4
.725
.303
.422
.156
.266
2014 CIN
21
31
2
4
1
0
0
2
2
 6 1 0
3
 0 0
.367
.206
.161
.032
.129
2015 CIN
29
36
8
14
2
1
2
5
5
 6 1 0
3
 1 1
1.143
.476
.667
.278
.389
2016 KC
35
53
8
15
3
0
0
10
4
 11 1 1
0
 0 0
.679
.339
.340
.057
.283
2017 KC
67
113
15
32
4
1
3
15
6
 23 1 0
0
 0 0
.741
.325
.416
.133
.283
2018 KC
114
266
31
76
12
2
3
29
15
 46 1 1
6
 11 3
.705
.325
.380
.094
.286
2019 KC
136
361
25
82
14
2
5
44
24
 59 1 5
1
 1 5
.592
.274
.319
.091
.227
2020 KC
122
321
27
76
6
0
9
45
28
 64 3 2
0
 1 3
.642
.302
.340
.103
.237
2021 KC
96
153
11
30
3
1
3
12
13
 33 0 1
0
 0 4
.545
.257
.288
.092
.196
Total
811
1930
186
462
54
8
43
236
141
 358 12 18
27
 20 24
.635
.293
.342
.103
.239
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2021-11-01John Sparks has retired from the Kansas City Athletics
2016-07-02The Kansas City Athletics have acquired John Sparks from the waiver wire.
2016-06-21The Cincinnati Crazy Canadiens have designated John Sparks for assignment.
2014-03-25The Cincinnati Crazy Canadiens have promoted John Sparks to the major league team. The Cincinnati Crazy Canadiens have promoted Ted Pennington to the major league team. The Cincinnati Crazy Canadiens have designated Scott Stankiewicz for assignment. The Cincinnati Crazy Canadiens have sent Jim Drew to the minors.
2013-08-06The Cincinnati Crazy Canadiens have sent John Sparks down to the minors.
2012-03-25The Cincinnati Knights have promoted John Sparks to the major league team. The Cincinnati Knights have promoted B.J. Bowman to the major league team.