Show modern player card
| Name | Team | Age |
| Gene Sparks | Retired (1980, Age 35) | Died (2016, Age 71) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 2, Pick 18 (1966) |
1B | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Reggie Smith League | 0 | 2 years (23 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 7/2/1945 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alt Pos (LF) | Alt Pos (1B) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (96.3 %) | (41.7 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
| 1966 | Minors | 10.00 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 8 / 10 | |||
| 1967 | Minors | 7.00 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 4 / 7 | |||
| 1968 | Minors | 13.00 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 6 / 6 | 1 / 1 | 9 / 13 | |||
| 1969 | Minors | 14.00 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 3 | 8 / 14 | |||
| 1970 | Minors | 10.00 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 5 / 10 | |||
| 1971 | Minors | 17.00 | 0 / 3 | 2 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 3 / 3 | 1 / 2 | 7 / 17 | |||
| 1971 | Majors | 9.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 3 | 3 / 9 | |||
| 1972 | Majors | 11.00 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 3 / 11 | |||
| 1973 | Minors | 26.00 | 3 / 8 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 2 | 9 / 26 | |||
| 1973 | Majors | 0.36 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | |||
| 1974 | Minors | 7.00 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 4 / 7 | |||
| 1975 | Minors | 10.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 10 | |||
| 1975 | Majors | 0.74 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | |||
| 1976 | Minors | 1.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | |||
| 1976 | Majors | 0.87 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | |||
| 1977 | Majors | 3.36 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | |||
| 1978 | Majors | 18.00 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 3 | 2 / 18 | |||
| 1979 | Minors | 2.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | |||
| 1979 | Majors | 40.73 | 153 | 61 | 0 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 10 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 40 |
| 1980 | Minors | 8.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 8 | |||
| 1980 | Majors | 2.14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 |
| Total | 168 | 62 | 0 | 8 / 33 | 7 / 31 | 4 / 30 | 4 / 29 | 8 / 24 | 18 / 33 | 14 / 28 | 63 / 208 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1980-11-01 | Gene Sparks has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1980-06-08 | The Philadelphia Patriots have waived Gene Sparks. |
| 1980-04-18 | The Philadelphia Patriots have promoted Wes Pierce to the major league team. The Philadelphia Patriots have designated Gene Sparks for assignment. |
| 1979-04-11 | The Philadelphia Patriots have promoted Gene Sparks to the major league team. The Philadelphia Patriots have designated Will Hernandez for assignment. |
| 1979-04-01 | The Philadelphia Patriots have acquired Gene Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1977-07-21 | The Baltimore Orioles have acquired Harry Blakely from the waiver wire. The Baltimore Orioles have waived Gene Sparks. |
| 1977-07-05 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Joe Kallio to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Gene Sparks for assignment. |
| 1976-08-14 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Gene Sparks to the major league team. |
| 1976-08-14 | The Baltimore Orioles have acquired Gene Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1976-04-04 | The New York Dirty-Sox have waived Gene Sparks. |
| 1976-03-01 | The New York Dirty-Sox have acquired Gene Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1975-08-13 | The Cleveland Indians have waived Gene Sparks. |
| 1975-07-31 | The Cleveland Indians have acquired Gene Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1975-07-27 | The Boston Red Sox have waived Gene Sparks. |
| 1975-07-07 | The Boston Red Sox have acquired Gene Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1975-07-02 | The New York Dirty-Sox have waived Gene Sparks. |
| 1975-06-26 | The New York Dirty-Sox have promoted Lou Quinones to the major league team. The New York Dirty-Sox have designated Gene Sparks for assignment. |
| 1975-06-15 | The New York Dirty-Sox have acquired Gene Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1975-06-15 | The New York Dirty-Sox have demoted Johnny Gleason to the minor leagues. |
| 1975-06-11 | The Baltimore Orioles have designated Gene Sparks for assignment. |
| 1975-06-01 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Gene Sparks to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have sent Hans Jones to the minors. |
| 1975-05-25 | The Baltimore Orioles have acquired Gene Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1975-05-05 | The Milwaukee Dem Bums have waived Gene Sparks. |
| 1975-04-05 | The Milwaukee Dem Bums have acquired Gene Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1975-04-01 | The Cleveland Indians have waived Gene Sparks. |
| 1974-08-23 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Gary Busby to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Gene Sparks for assignment. |
| 1974-08-23 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Gene Sparks to the major league team. |
| 1974-07-16 | The Cleveland Indians have acquired Gene Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1974-07-09 | The Cleveland Indians have waived Gene Sparks. |
| 1974-06-21 | The Cleveland Indians have acquired Gene Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1974-04-01 | The New York Dirty-Sox have waived Gene Sparks. |
| 1973-08-28 | The New York Dirty-Sox have acquired Gene Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1973-07-13 | The Baltimore Orioles have waived Gene Sparks. |
| 1973-06-01 | The Baltimore Orioles have designated Gene Sparks for assignment. |
| 1973-05-05 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Gene Sparks to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Dick Morrell for assignment. |
| 1973-03-01 | The Baltimore Orioles have acquired Gene Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1971-09-13 | The Cleveland Indians have waived Gene Sparks. |
| 1969-07-11 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Butch Bailey to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Gene Sparks to the minors. |
| 1969-07-03 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Gene Sparks to the major league team. |
| 1968-04-05 | The Cleveland Indians have acquired Gene Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1968-04-01 | The Baltimore Crabmeat have waived Gene Sparks. |