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Robert
Sparling		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: October 24, 1946 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 26 LV FL $ 628,500   1 4 5 4 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1974 27 HON JL     2 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 7 6 7
1975 28 HON JL     2 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 7 6 7
1976 29 HON JL $ 300,000   5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1977 30 CHA JL $ 1,000,000   5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1978 31 CHA JL $ 1,000,000   5 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1979 32 CHA JL $ 1,000,000   5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings     1 4 5 4 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 7 6 7
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000   5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 26 LV FL $ 628,500 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
1974 27 HON JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
1975 28 HON JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
1976 29 HON JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
1977 30 CHA JL $ 1,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
1978 31 CHA JL $ 1,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
1979 32 CHA JL $ 1,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 26 AAA   8 9 .471 27 27 3 0 0 177.7 203 101 28 62 147 5.12 .286 .343 .461 .804  
1974 27 AAA   3 3 .500 7 7 0 0 0 49.3 51 25 7 14 49 4.56 .263 .313 .402 .715  
    AA   1 2 .333 3 3 1 0 0 23.7 18 7 3 7 33 2.66 .212 .272 .341 .613  
1975 28 AAA   5 11 .313 18 18 0 0 0 110.3 137 68 9 57 114 5.55 .300 .378 .425 .804  
1976 29 HON JL 2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 36.0 33 12 4 20 38 3.00 .244 .340 .385 .725 2.2
    AAA   8 8 .500 19 19 0 0 0 121.3 117 49 11 49 129 3.63 .251 .322 .340 .662  
1977 30 CHA JL 2 8 .200 16 12 2 0 0 106.3 88 52 15 62 94 4.40 .227 .338 .366 .704 2.5
  HON JL 2 3 .400 13 9 1 0 0 40.7 45 29 8 24 37 6.42 .283 .378 .472 .850 0.0
  TOT   4 11 .267 29 21 3 0 0 147.0 133 81 23 86 131 4.96 .243 .350 .397 .747 2.5
1978 31 CHA JL 5 10 .333 20 20 0 0 0 125.7 139 71 17 61 102 5.09 .281 .359 .455 .813 1.2
    AAA   4 3 .571 10 10 2 1 0 71.3 60 24 5 28 88 3.03 .224 .297 .336 .633  
1979 32 AAA   5 3 .625 10 10 0 0 0 71.0 52 27 5 30 93 3.42 .202 .285 .275 .560  
3 Years Sim 11 23 .324 54 46 3 0 0 308.7 305 164 44 167 271 4.78 .259 .352 .420 .772 6.0
6 Years AAA 33 37 .471 91 91 5 1 0 601.0 620 294 65 240 620 4.40 .263 .332 .391 .722  
1 Years AA 1 2 .333 3 3 1 0 0 23.7 18 7 3 7 33 2.66 .212 .272 .341 .613  
7 Years Minors 34 39 .466 94 94 6 1 0 624.6 638 301 68 247 653 4.34 .262 .329 .389 .719  
Season Average 3 7 .300 18 15 1 0 0 102.9 101 54 14 55 90 4.78 .259 .352 .420 .772  
Career Highs 5 11 .500 29 21 3 0 0 147.0 139 81 23 86 131 5.09 .281 .359 .455 .813  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   125 78 17 74 135   .223 .313 .369 .682
vs LH   180 86 27 93 136   .292 .385 .466 .851
Home 5 12 .294 30 25 0 0 0 161.7 159 95 28 89 143 5.29 .260 .354 .441 .795
Away 6 11 .353 24 21 3 0 0 147.0 146 69 16 78 128 4.22 .258 .348 .396 .745
Mar/Apr 2 6 .250 11 11 1 0 0 68.3 80 41 12 40 47 5.40 .300 .391 .494 .885
May 1 6 .143 10 7 0 0 0 41.3 46 33 9 19 38 7.19 .279 .353 .533 .887
June 4 3 .571 14 9 1 0 0 71.7 67 31 10 35 67 3.89 .245 .330 .391 .721
July 0 1 .000 5 5 0 0 0 30.3 22 17 4 16 26 5.04 .202 .304 .330 .634
August 0 4 .000 5 5 1 0 0 30.7 35 22 4 17 32 6.46 .292 .380 .442 .821
Sep/Oct 4 3 .571 9 9 0 0 0 66.3 55 20 5 40 61 2.71 .227 .337 .322 .659
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1976 29 HON JL 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.6 0.0
1977 30 CHA JL 16 29 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .069 .100 .138 .238 -0.6 0.0
  HON JL 13 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .071 .000 .071 -0.8 0.0
  TOT   29 42 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 18 .048 .091 .095 .186 -1.4 0.0
1978 31 CHA JL 20 42 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 20 .119 .159 .143 .302 -0.3 0.0
3 Years Sim 54 97 6 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 40 .082 .119 .113 .232 -2.3 0.0
162 Game Average 291 18 24 9 0 0 6 0 0 12 120 .082 .119 .113 .232 -7.0  
Career Highs 29 42 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 20 .119 .159 .143 .302 -0.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   58 5 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 23 .103 .133 .138 .271 -0.9
vs LH   39 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 .051 .098 .077 .174 -1.7
Home 30 44 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 14 .091 .130 .136 .267 -0.7
Away 24 53 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 26 .075 .109 .094 .203 -1.8
RISP   19 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.8
Close/Late   7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
Mar/Apr 11 24 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .083 .154 .083 .237 -0.4
May 7 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.7
June 14 25 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .160 .160 .240 .400 0.4
July 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2
August 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
Sep/Oct 9 23 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .087 .087 .130 .217 -0.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1976 29 HON JL P 5 5 36.0 2 9 1 1 .917 2.75    
1977 30 CHA JL P 16 12 106.3 4 10 1 2 .933 1.18    
  HON JL P 13 9 40.7 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.33    
  TOT   P 29 21 147.0 6 14 1 3 .952 1.22    
1978 31 CHA JL P 20 20 125.7 8 24 1 4 .970 2.29    
Career Totals   54 46 308.7 16 47 3 8 .955 1.84    
Career Highs   29 21 147.0 8 24 1 4 .970 2.75    
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History
Drafted in 35th round, 832nd overall pick, by Las Vegas in 1973
Injured on 5/25/1973 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Released by Las Vegas on 4/21/1974
Signed as a free agent by Honolulu on 7/2/1974 to a minor league deal
Injured on 4/17/1976 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/5/1976
Had first career hit on 9/22/1976, off Lank Bechard (VAN)
Traded from Honolulu to Charlotte on 6/21/1977 (Going to CHA: P R. Sparling. Going to HON: 1B B. Oberdorsten)
Injured on 5/26/1979 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
 
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