How Steve Sparks's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Steve Sparks posted a career Range Factor of 1.43, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1995, posting 2.06, well below the league average of 2.94 that year. The lowest point came in 2003 at .471, well below the league average of 3.03 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.75 in 2002 to .471 in 2003 and 1.0 in 2004. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .471 to 2.06 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Steve Sparks Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Steve Sparks
| Steve Sparks
Range Factor |
|---|
| Career | 1.426 |
| Season Avg. | 1.426 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.426 |
| More Info | See More |
Steve Sparks Range Factor Per Season
Steve Sparks's Range Factor 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 Range Factor by Team
Steve Sparks's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Steve Sparks Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Steve Sparks's career Range Factor 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 Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Steve Sparks's seasonal Range Factor 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 Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Steve Sparks's MLB career with Range Factor 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.
