How Joe Sparma's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Joe Sparma posted a career Equivalent Average of .375, well below the league average of .748 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1966, posting .520, well below the league average of .692 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at .283, well below the league average of .681 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .366 in 1968 to .379 in 1969 and .313 in 1970. 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 7 seasons.

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Joe Sparma Equivalent Average Per Season

Joe Sparma's Equivalent Average 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.
Joe Sparma Equivalent Average per season line chart

Joe Sparma Equivalent Average by Team

Joe Sparma's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Joe Sparma Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Sparma's career Equivalent Average 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.
Joe Sparma Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Sparma Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Sparma's seasonal Equivalent Average 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 Sparma Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Sparma Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Sparma's MLB career with Equivalent Average 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 Sparma Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table