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Reggie Smith League
4-10-2048
Ross Sparks Shortstop
Retired (2003, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .266 Total Rating 60   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .768 Status Deceased (2033) Option Years 0  
H 1806 Age at Death 68 Date of Birth 03-28-1965
HR 286 Drafted Round 1, Pick 3
(1987)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(42 games)
RBI 1048
SB 107
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 49 Contact vs. L 45 Endurance 55   Ldrship 71
Power vs. R 82 Power vs. L 75 Velocity 4   Mentor vR 100
Speed 38 Bunt 40 Control 8   Mentor vL 100
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS 100 (100%) Range 63 WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm 81 WS Appearances 0
2B 81 (81.0%) CF 84 (84.7%)   Health 1 LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF 95 (95.3%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1987 2B BOS 104 104 925.0 505 221 269 15 44 -31 4.77 .970
LF BOS 5 5 45.0 12 11 0 1 0 -1 2.20 .917
1988 2B BOS 117 117 1032.1 607 260 336 11 79 -13 5.20 .982
1B BOS 2 2 18.0 20 20 0 0 2 +1 10.00 1.000
1989 2B BOS 48 45 401.2 253 115 133 5 35 -3 5.56 .980
1990 2B BOS 28 26 233.0 134 55 77 2 21 +3 5.10 .985
1B BOS 3 3 26.2 34 33 1 0 4 +1 11.48 1.000
1991 2B BOS-OAK 46 41 320.2 187 63 124 0 20 +8 5.25 1.000
1B BOS-OAK 19 19 157.2 173 168 5 0 9 -1 9.88 1.000
SS BOS-OAK 4 3 28.0 18 9 9 0 3 0 5.79 1.000
3B BOS-OAK 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 2.00 1.000
1992 SS OAK 83 82 728.2 376 132 238 6 36 -8 4.57 .984
2B OAK 20 17 152.0 103 41 61 1 15 -4 6.04 .990
3B OAK 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1993 SS OAK 110 109 982.0 478 190 280 8 55 -6 4.31 .983
RF OAK 2 2 20.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 2.70 1.000
2B OAK 3 2 19.0 15 7 8 0 3 0 7.11 1.000
3B OAK 1 1 8.0 3 0 2 1 0 0 2.25 .667
CF OAK 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1994 SS OAK 117 112 1013.2 537 175 347 15 62 +15 4.63 .972
2B OAK 5 4 38.0 25 10 14 1 2 0 5.68 .960
1995 SS OAK 117 116 1039.1 500 135 349 16 55 -2 4.19 .968
2B OAK 3 3 28.1 22 10 12 0 2 -1 6.99 1.000
1996 SS OAK 108 108 962.2 491 194 289 8 69 -1 4.52 .984
2B OAK 2 2 19.2 9 5 4 0 1 +1 4.12 1.000
3B OAK 2 2 18.0 7 2 5 0 1 -1 3.50 1.000
1997 SS OAK 118 118 1044.2 545 184 347 14 79 +3 4.57 .974
2B OAK 11 11 95.1 46 22 23 1 0 -1 4.25 .978
1998 SS OAK 104 103 896.1 481 175 298 8 64 +8 4.75 .983
1B OAK 9 7 67.0 79 77 2 0 4 -2 10.61 1.000
2B OAK 5 4 39.0 19 11 8 0 1 +1 4.38 1.000
3B OAK 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 .000
RF OAK 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1999 SS OAK 120 120 1048.1 529 167 345 17 67 +12 4.40 .968
2B OAK 10 10 81.0 45 17 28 0 7 0 5.00 1.000
2000 SS OAK 105 105 893.2 418 142 267 9 44 -1 4.12 .978
2B OAK 25 25 203.1 109 49 60 0 12 0 4.82 1.000
2001 SS OAK 113 107 939.0 461 154 296 11 57 -5 4.31 .976
3B OAK 2 1 11.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.82 1.000
2B OAK 5 0 10.2 8 5 3 0 1 0 6.75 1.000
2002 SS OAK-BOS 93 92 802.2 397 128 259 10 50 -4 4.34 .975
LF OAK-BOS 31 31 271.1 63 61 1 1 0 -5 2.06 .984
2B OAK-BOS 3 1 14.0 7 4 3 0 1 0 4.50 1.000
2003 CF BOS 40 40 351.0 103 97 3 3 0 -4 2.56 .971
LF BOS 34 34 291.1 65 61 4 0 0 +1 2.01 1.000
RF BOS 13 13 106.2 26 25 1 0 0 -1 2.19 1.000
Pos Total SS 1192 1175 10379.0 5231 1785 3324 122 641 +11 4.43 .977
2B 435 412 3613.0 2094 895 1163 36 244 -40 5.13 .983
LF 70 70 607.2 140 133 5 2 0 -5 2.04 .986
CF 41 40 352.0 103 97 3 3 0 -4 2.56 .971
1B 33 31 269.1 306 298 8 0 19 -1 10.23 1.000
RF 16 15 128.2 33 32 1 0 0 -1 2.31 1.000
3B 8 7 64.0 15 3 9 3 1 -2 1.69 .800
Total 1795 1750 15413.2 7922 3243 4513 166 905 -42 4.53 .979
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2003-11-01Ross Sparks has retired from the Boston Red Sox
2003-07-15The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team.
2003-05-16Ross Sparks of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
2002-07-16A trade has been completed between the Oakland Farms Dairy and the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox receive Ross Sparks, Jim Autry, Draft Pick 2003 Round 2 OAK (Pep Murray) from the Oakland Farms Dairy in exchange for Carlos Cantwell. Protest This Trade.
2000-06-01The Oakland Farms Dairy have placed Ross Sparks on the trade block.
1998-04-08The Oakland Farms Dairy have removed Ross Sparks from the trade block.
1998-03-07The Oakland Farms Dairy have placed Ross Sparks on the trade block.
1996-05-01Ross Sparks of the Oakland Os is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1993-05-26Ross Sparks of the Oakland Os is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1992-05-10Ross Sparks of the Oakland Os is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
1991-08-26A trade has been completed between the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Os. The Oakland Os receive Juan Marichal, Ross Sparks, Jody Culver, Draft Pick 1993 Round 1 BOS (Johnny Burns), Draft Pick 1992 Round 2 BOS (Binky Marquis) from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jackie Davis, Curt Wilcox, Danny Fisher.
1991-06-21The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have designated Don Bremer for assignment.
1991-06-19The Boston Red Sox have demoted Ross Sparks to the minor leagues.
1991-05-25The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have designated Bill Stump for assignment.
1991-05-19The Boston Red Sox have demoted Ross Sparks to the minor leagues.
1991-05-16The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have designated Bill Stump for assignment.
1991-05-15The Boston Red Sox have sent Ross Sparks down to the minors.
1991-04-23Ross Sparks of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1991-04-01The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have designated Bryan Behney for assignment.
1990-10-03The Boston Red Sox have sent Ross Sparks to the minors.
1990-07-28The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team.
1990-04-01The Boston Red Sox have promoted Dick Holman to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Bill Meyer to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Art Velez to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Harry Rader to the minors. The Boston Red Sox have sent Ross Sparks to the minors. The Boston Red Sox have sent Luis Wilson to the minors.
1990-04-01The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team.
1989-10-23The Boston Red Sox have promoted Harry Rader to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Luis Wilson to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Dick Holman to the minors. The Boston Red Sox have sent Ross Sparks to the minors.
1989-08-30The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team.
1989-06-12The Boston Red Sox have promoted Bill Veltman to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Art Velez to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Dick Holman to the minors. The Boston Red Sox have sent Ross Sparks to the minors.
1987-04-30The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ray Alfonzo to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have designated Edward Blatnik for assignment. The Boston Red Sox have sent Dick Holman to the minors.
1987-04-14The Boston Red Sox have promoted Bill Veltman to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Dick Holman to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted John Hamlin to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Ross Sparks to the minors. The Boston Red Sox have sent Ray Alfonzo to the minors. The Boston Red Sox have sent Scott Forsythe to the minors.
1987-04-08The Boston Red Sox have promoted Dick Holman to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ray Alfonzo to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted John Hamlin to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent John Putnam to the minors. The Boston Red Sox have sent Danny Davis to the minors. The Boston Red Sox have sent Bill Veltman to the minors. The Boston Red Sox have sent Scott Forsythe to the minors.