How Joe Sparks's Runs Compares to Similar Players

Joe Sparks totaled 6 career Runs, well below the league average of 140.1 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 1 season, the Runs arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Runs arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 1 season.

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Joe Sparks Runs Per Season

Joe Sparks's Runs for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro American League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Sparks Runs per season line chart

Joe Sparks Runs by Team

Joe Sparks's career Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Sparks career Runs by team bar chart

Joe Sparks Cumulative Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Joe Sparks's career Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Joe Sparks Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Sparks Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Sparks's seasonal Runs alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Joe Sparks Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Sparks Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Sparks's MLB career with Runs alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Joe Sparks Runs season-by-season breakdown table