Jamie Arnold vs. Glenn Sparkman — Career Comparison

Jamie Arnold
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Glenn Sparkman
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Glenn Sparkman built a career as a starting pitcher and Jamie Arnold as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jamie Arnold posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.73 and WHIP 1.652 compared to 5.99 and 1.614 for Glenn Sparkman. By the career numbers, Jamie Arnold had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jamie Arnold and Glenn Sparkman

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
2.6
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.3
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.2
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.58
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.7
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.73
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
5.99
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
27
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180.1
9
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
9.89
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
11.43
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.89
9.89
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.58
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.65
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
4.82
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.89
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.2
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
3.49
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
5.54
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.54
5.54
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.937
0.937
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.45
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.83
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.35
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
41.04
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
821
40.97
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.91
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
6.73
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
6.44
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.73
6.73
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.44
6.44
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.5
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.74
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.5
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.634
1.634
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.592
1.592
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
34.64
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
37.18
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.04
41.04
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.97
40.97

Fielding Stats for Jamie Arnold and Glenn Sparkman

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
2.6
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.3
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
27
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180.1
9
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.83
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.95
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.41
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.4
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.24
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.3
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.1
93.1
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jamie Arnold and Glenn Sparkman

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
50
1428.57
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
15600
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
542.86
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
24.16
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
17.01
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Glenn Sparkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Glenn Sparkman
Career
Per 600 PA