Roy Face vs. Joe Sparma — Career Comparison

Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Joe Sparma
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Sparma built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Face as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Face posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.320 compared to 3.94 and 1.417 for Joe Sparma. By the career numbers, Roy Face had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Face and Joe Sparma

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
5.55
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
1.9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.48
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.54
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.62
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.54
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.26
52.26
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.6
77.6
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.32
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
3.48
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
3.94
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2594
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
864.2
9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1347
8.82
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
8.06
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.92
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.8
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
2.37
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
436
4.54
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
877
5.74
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
6.1
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.1
6.1
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.21
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.44
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.28
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5691
37.25
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3755
39.08
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
3.87
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
4.4
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.399
1.399
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5315
34.79
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3288
34.22
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Roy Face and Joe Sparma

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
6.07
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
1.91
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.48
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3773
27
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2593
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1257.2
9
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
864.1
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.74
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.59
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.52
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.02
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.16
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
2.36
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.77
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
2.26
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
1.61
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.76
95.76
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.18
91.18
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.373
0.373
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.847
0.847
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.6
77.6
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Face and Joe Sparma

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
853
2391.59
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
185
359.22
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
214
600
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
309
600
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
543.93
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
522.33
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
86.92
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
62.14
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
27
52.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.83
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.88
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.71
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.93
13.82
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.92
11.49
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
95.33
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
75.73
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
92.52
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
81.55
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.23
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
21.36
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
7
19.63
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
21.36
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.86
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
42.72
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
5.73
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-1.66
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.42
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
108
209.71
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
2.86
2.86
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
18
50.47
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
56.31
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.94
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.94
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA