1. Note that West Germany and Germany are combined into the same country. The data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
   
2. We note that some teams have changed their names over the years. So, when referring to a specific season, we use the team name that was current during that season. Hence, you might see a reference to the 77 Boston Bees teams when making a reference to 1936, even though the team had other names before and later, finally becoming the Boston Braves until moving to Milwaukee. Team data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
   

Steve Sparks of the 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks threw right-handed, played on a losing team, attended Sam Houston State University, played in Bank One Ballpark, and was born in Oklahoma.

• salary ($500K)
• achievement score (-0.6 see References)
• assists (21)
• complete games (0)
• double plays (0)
• games finished (6)
• games played (29)
• games started (18)
• innings pitched (120.7)
• putouts (8)
• saves (0)
• shutouts (0)
• strikeouts (57)
• strikeouts per nine innings (4.3)
• winning percentage (30.0%)
• wins (3)
• balks (0)
• earned run average (6.04)
• earned runs (81)
• errors (2)
• hit by pitch (5)
• hits (139)
• hits per nine innings (10.4)
• homers given up (18)
• homers per nine innings (1.3)
• intentional walks (2)
• losses (7)
• runs allowed (89)
• walks (45)
• walks per nine innings (3.4)
• wild pitches (4)
• age (39 yrs)
• batters faced (545)
• height (6'0")
• innings pitched per game (4.2)
• weight (187 lbs)

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