How Steve Sparks's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Steve Sparks posted a career ERA of 4.88, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 2001, posting 3.65, below the starting pitcher average of 4.5 that year. The highest point came in 1996 at 6.6, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.63 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.52 in 2002 to 4.88 in 2003 and 6.04 in 2004. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 9 seasons.
Steve Sparks Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Steve Sparks
| Steve Sparks
ERA | Steve Sparks
Component ERA | Steve Sparks
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 4.88 | 4.91 | 4.82 |
| Season Avg. | 4.88 | 4.91 | 4.82 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.88 | 4.91 | 4.82 |
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Steve Sparks ERA Per Season
Steve Sparks's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Steve Sparks ERA by Team
Steve Sparks's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Steve Sparks ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Steve Sparks's career ERA shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Steve Sparks ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Steve Sparks's seasonal ERA 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.
Steve Sparks ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Steve Sparks's MLB career with ERA 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.
