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| Name | Team | Age |
| Ross Sparks | Retired (2003, Age 38) | Died (2033, Age 68) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 1, Pick 3 (1987) |
SS | L/L |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Reggie Smith League | 0 | 15 years (42 games) |
| Total Rating
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Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
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Mentor vs LHP
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| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 3/28/1965 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alt Pos (RF) | Alt Pos (SS) | Alt Pos (CF) |
| (95.3 %) | (92.8 %) | (84.7 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | POS | Team | G | GS | INN | TC | PO | A | E | DP | +/- | RF
|
FPCT |
| 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 | 1B | BOS | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 10.00 | 1.000 |
| 2B | BOS | 117 | 117 | 1032.33 | 607 | 260 | 336 | 11 | 79 | -13 | 5.20 | .982 | |
| 1989 | 2B | BOS | 48 | 45 | 401.66 | 253 | 115 | 133 | 5 | 35 | -3 | 5.56 | .980 |
| 1990 | 1B | BOS | 3 | 3 | 26.66 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 11.48 | 1.000 |
| 2B | BOS | 28 | 26 | 233.0 | 134 | 55 | 77 | 2 | 21 | +3 | 5.10 | .985 | |
| 1991 | 1B | BOS-OAK | 19 | 19 | 157.66 | 173 | 168 | 5 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 9.88 | 1.000 |
| 2B | BOS-OAK | 46 | 41 | 320.66 | 187 | 63 | 124 | 0 | 20 | +8 | 5.25 | 1.000 | |
| 3B | BOS-OAK | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2.00 | 1.000 | |
| SS | BOS-OAK | 4 | 3 | 28.0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.79 | 1.000 | |
| 1992 | 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 | |
| SS | OAK | 83 | 82 | 728.66 | 376 | 132 | 238 | 6 | 36 | -8 | 4.57 | .984 | |
| 1993 | 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 | |
| SS | OAK | 110 | 109 | 982.0 | 478 | 190 | 280 | 8 | 55 | -6 | 4.31 | .983 | |
| CF | OAK | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | NaN | |
| RF | OAK | 2 | 2 | 20.0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 1.000 | |
| 1994 | 2B | OAK | 5 | 4 | 38.0 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.68 | .960 |
| SS | OAK | 117 | 112 | 1013.66 | 537 | 175 | 347 | 15 | 62 | +15 | 4.63 | .972 | |
| 1995 | 2B | OAK | 3 | 3 | 28.33 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 6.99 | 1.000 |
| SS | OAK | 117 | 116 | 1039.33 | 500 | 135 | 349 | 16 | 55 | -2 | 4.19 | .968 | |
| 1996 | 2B | OAK | 2 | 2 | 19.66 | 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 | |
| SS | OAK | 108 | 108 | 962.66 | 491 | 194 | 289 | 8 | 69 | -1 | 4.52 | .984 | |
| 1997 | 2B | OAK | 11 | 11 | 95.33 | 46 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4.25 | .978 |
| SS | OAK | 118 | 118 | 1044.66 | 545 | 184 | 347 | 14 | 79 | +3 | 4.57 | .974 | |
| 1998 | 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 | |
| SS | OAK | 104 | 103 | 896.33 | 481 | 175 | 298 | 8 | 64 | +8 | 4.75 | .983 | |
| RF | OAK | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1.000 | |
| 1999 | 2B | OAK | 10 | 10 | 81.0 | 45 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5.00 | 1.000 |
| SS | OAK | 120 | 120 | 1048.33 | 529 | 167 | 345 | 17 | 67 | +12 | 4.40 | .968 | |
| 2000 | 2B | OAK | 25 | 25 | 203.33 | 109 | 49 | 60 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.82 | 1.000 |
| SS | OAK | 105 | 105 | 893.66 | 418 | 142 | 267 | 9 | 44 | -1 | 4.12 | .978 | |
| 2001 | 2B | OAK | 5 | 0 | 10.66 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 1.000 |
| 3B | OAK | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.82 | 1.000 | |
| SS | OAK | 113 | 107 | 939.0 | 461 | 154 | 296 | 11 | 57 | -5 | 4.31 | .976 | |
| 2002 | 2B | OAK-BOS | 3 | 1 | 14.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 1.000 |
| SS | OAK-BOS | 93 | 92 | 802.66 | 397 | 128 | 259 | 10 | 50 | -4 | 4.34 | .975 | |
| LF | OAK-BOS | 31 | 31 | 271.33 | 63 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 2.06 | .984 | |
| 2003 | LF | BOS | 34 | 34 | 291.33 | 65 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2.01 | 1.000 |
| CF | BOS | 40 | 40 | 351.0 | 103 | 97 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -4 | 2.56 | .971 | |
| RF | BOS | 13 | 13 | 106.66 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2.19 | 1.000 | |
| Pos Total | 1B | 33 | 31 | 269.32 | 306 | 298 | 8 | 0 | 19 | -1 | 10.23 | 1.000 | |
| 2B | 435 | 412 | 3612.96 | 2094 | 895 | 1163 | 36 | 244 | -40 | 5.13 | .983 | ||
| 3B | 8 | 7 | 64.0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 1.69 | .800 | ||
| SS | 1192 | 1175 | 10378.95 | 5231 | 1785 | 3324 | 122 | 641 | +11 | 4.43 | .977 | ||
| LF | 70 | 70 | 607.66 | 140 | 133 | 5 | 2 | 0 | -5 | 2.04 | .986 | ||
| CF | 41 | 40 | 352.0 | 103 | 97 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -4 | 2.56 | .971 | ||
| RF | 16 | 15 | 128.66 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2.31 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | 1795 | 1750 | 15413.55 | 7922 | 3243 | 4513 | 166 | 905 | -42 | 4.53 | .979 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 2003-11-01 | Ross Sparks has retired from the Boston Red Sox |
| 2003-07-15 | The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. |
| 2003-05-16 | Ross Sparks of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 22 days. |
| 2002-07-16 | A 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. |
| 2000-06-01 | The Oakland Farms Dairy have placed Ross Sparks on the trade block. |
| 1998-04-08 | The Oakland Farms Dairy have removed Ross Sparks from the trade block. |
| 1998-03-07 | The Oakland Farms Dairy have placed Ross Sparks on the trade block. |
| 1996-05-01 | Ross Sparks of the Oakland Os is injured and is expected to be out 14 days. |
| 1993-05-26 | Ross Sparks of the Oakland Os is injured and is expected to be out 14 days. |
| 1992-05-10 | Ross Sparks of the Oakland Os is injured and is expected to be out 4 days. |
| 1991-08-26 | A 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. |
| 1991-06-21 | The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have designated Don Bremer for assignment. |
| 1991-06-19 | The Boston Red Sox have demoted Ross Sparks to the minor leagues. |
| 1991-05-25 | The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have designated Bill Stump for assignment. |
| 1991-05-19 | The Boston Red Sox have demoted Ross Sparks to the minor leagues. |
| 1991-05-16 | The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have designated Bill Stump for assignment. |
| 1991-05-15 | The Boston Red Sox have sent Ross Sparks down to the minors. |
| 1991-04-23 | Ross Sparks of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 14 days. |
| 1991-04-01 | The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have designated Bryan Behney for assignment. |
| 1990-10-03 | The Boston Red Sox have sent Ross Sparks to the minors. |
| 1990-07-28 | The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. |
| 1990-04-01 | The 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. |
| 1990-04-01 | The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. |
| 1989-10-23 | The 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. |
| 1989-08-30 | The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ross Sparks to the major league team. |
| 1989-06-12 | The 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. |
| 1987-04-30 | The 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. |
| 1987-04-14 | The 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. |
| 1987-04-08 | The 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. |