Glenn Sparkman Stats: Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics

Glenn Sparkman

P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 32

Draft: 2013 | Rd: 20, #594, Kansas City Royals | Wharton County Junior College

	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	SO	WHIP
2018	0	3	4.46	15	3	38.1	27	1.62
2019	4	11	6.02	31	23	136	81	1.51
2020	0	0	5.40	4	0	5	2	2.00
4 Seasons	4	14	5.99	52	26	180.1	111	1.59

	G	W-L	ERA	IP	SO	WHIP
2018	15	0-3	4.46	38.1	27	1.62
2019	31	4-11	6.02	136	81	1.51
2020	4	0-0	5.40	5	2	2.00
4 Seasons	52	4-14	5.99	180.1	111	1.59

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Standard MLB Batting Statistics

	Season	Tm	LG	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	HBP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
	2019	KC	AL	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
	1 Season	KC	AL	50	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Advanced MLB Batting Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	PA	TB	LOB	SAC	SF	BABIP	XBH	GIDP	GIDPO	NP	P/PA	K/PA	HR/PA	BB/K	ISO	ROE	WO
2019	KC	AL	2	0	1	0	0	.000	0	0	0	6	3.000	.000	.000	.---	.000	0	0
1 Season	KC	AL	2	0	1	0	0	.000	0	0	0	6	3.000	.000	.000	.---	.000	0	0

Standard MLB Pitching Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	BF	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2017	TOR	AL	12	0	0	63.00	2	0	1.0	9	7	7	0	1	1	10.00
2018	KC	AL	176	0	3	4.46	15	3	38.1	47	20	19	3	15	27	1.62
2019	KC	AL	606	4	11	6.02	31	23	136.0	164	96	91	30	41	81	1.51
2020	KC	AL	27	0	0	5.40	4	0	5.0	9	6	3	0	1	2	2.00
4 Seasons	2 Teams		821	4	14	5.99	52	26	180.1	229	129	120	33	58	111	1.59

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Standard MLB Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT%
2017	TOR	AL	P	2	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2018	KC	AL	P	15	3	38.1	8	2	5	1	0	.875
2019	KC	AL	P	31	23	136.0	19	5	14	0	1	1.000
2020	KC	AL	P	4	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000
4 Seasons	2 Teams		P	52	26	180.1	28	7	19	2	1	.929

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Standard Minor League Batting Statistics

No Minor League Hitting Statistics.

Standard Minor League Pitching Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2013	Idaho Falls Chukars	PIO	ROK	1	0	1.72	20	0	2	36.2	25	8	7	1	10	47	0.95
2014	Wilmington Blue Rocks	CAR	A(Adv)	8	3	1.56	29	18	1	121.0	94	28	21	2	25	117	0.98
2015	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	TEX	AA	2	2	3.60	4	4	0	20.0	17	9	8	1	9	21	1.30
2016	4 Teams		Minors	2	7	5.22	16	16	0	60.1	70	38	35	6	10	65	1.33
2016	AZL Royals	AZL	ROK	1	3	5.40	7	7	0	16.2	19	12	10	1	1	17	1.20
2016	Lexington Legends	SAL	A(Full)	0	2	6.91	3	3	0	14.1	21	11	11	2	3	19	1.67
2016	Wilmington Blue Rocks	CAR	A(Adv)	1	0	3.86	2	2	0	11.2	9	5	5	1	1	9	0.86
2016	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	TEX	AA	0	2	4.58	4	4	0	17.2	21	10	9	2	5	20	1.47
2017	4 Teams		Minors	2	4	2.37	10	6	1	30.1	27	12	8	3	10	17	1.22
2017	Dunedin Blue Jays	FSL	A(Adv)	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	3.1	3	3	0	0	1	3	1.20
2017	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	EAS	AA	1	1	3.12	2	2	0	8.2	6	3	3	2	3	6	1.04
2017	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	TEX	AA	0	0	2.61	3	2	0	10.1	11	3	3	0	5	5	1.55
2017	2 Teams		AA	1	1	2.84	5	4	0	19.0	17	6	6	2	8	11	1.32
2017	Buffalo Bisons	INT	AAA	1	2	2.25	4	1	1	8.0	7	3	2	1	1	3	1.00
2018	2 Teams		Minors	8	3	3.65	18	18	0	101.0	111	45	41	10	12	74	1.22
2018	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	TEX	AA	3	2	2.94	6	6	0	33.2	35	13	11	0	1	26	1.07
2018	Omaha Storm Chasers	PCL	AAA	5	1	4.01	12	12	0	67.1	76	32	30	10	11	48	1.29
2019	Omaha Storm Chasers	PCL	AAA	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	6.1	4	1	0	0	1	4	0.79
2021	St. Paul Saints	AAA E	AAA	0	0	3.00	2	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	1	0	6	0.67
	2 Teams		ROK	2	3	2.87	27	7	2	53.1	44	20	17	2	11	64	1.03
	3 Teams		AAA	6	3	3.51	20	14	1	84.2	89	37	33	12	13	61	1.20
	2 Teams		AA	6	7	3.39	19	18	0	90.1	90	38	34	5	23	78	1.25
	2 Teams		A+	9	4	1.72	32	21	1	136.0	106	36	26	3	27	129	0.98
	Lexington Legends	ALPB	A	0	2	6.91	3	3	0	14.1	21	11	11	2	3	19	1.67
Career Minors	10 Teams			23	19	2.88	101	63	4	378.2	350	142	121	24	77	351	1.13

Standard Minor League Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT%
2013	Idaho Falls Chukars	PIO	ROK	P	20	0	36.2	7	2	5	0	0	1.000
2014	Wilmington Blue Rocks	CAR	A(Adv)	P	29	18	121.0	18	2	14	2	0	.889
2015	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	TEX	AA	P	4	4	20.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000
2016	4 Teams		Minors	P	16	16	60.1	6	4	2	0	0	1.000
2016	AZL Royals	AZL	ROK	P	7	7	16.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000
2016	Lexington Legends	SAL	A(Full)	P	3	3	14.1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000
2016	Wilmington Blue Rocks	CAR	A(Adv)	P	2	2	11.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
2016	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	TEX	AA	P	4	4	17.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
2017	4 Teams		Minors	P	10	6	30.1	5	1	4	0	1	1.000
2017	Dunedin Blue Jays	FSL	A(Adv)	P	1	1	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2017	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	EAS	AA	P	2	2	8.2	3	1	2	0	0	1.000
2017	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	TEX	AA	P	3	2	10.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
2017	2 Teams		AA	P	5	4	19.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000
2017	Buffalo Bisons	INT	AAA	P	4	1	8.0	1	0	1	0	1	1.000
2018	2 Teams		Minors	P	18	18	101.0	17	2	15	0	1	1.000
2018	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	TEX	AA	P	6	6	33.2	5	0	5	0	0	1.000
2018	Omaha Storm Chasers	PCL	AAA	P	12	12	67.1	12	2	10	0	1	1.000
2019	Omaha Storm Chasers	PCL	AAA	P	2	1	6.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
2021	St. Paul Saints	AAA E	AAA	P	2	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
	2 Teams		ROK	P	27	7	53.1	9	4	5	0	0	1.000
	3 Teams		AAA	P	20	14	84.2	15	3	12	0	2	1.000
	2 Teams		AA	P	19	18	90.1	15	4	11	0	0	1.000
	2 Teams		A+	P	32	21	136.0	19	2	15	2	0	.895
	Lexington Legends	ALPB	A	P	3	3	14.1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000
Career Minors	10 Teams			P	101	63	378.2	60	14	44	2	2	.967

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Rankings

Runs

Year	R	Rank
2019	96	10th in AL

Doubles

Year	2B	Rank
2019	34	17th in AL

Home Runs

Year	HR	Rank
2019	30	9th in AL

Hits

Year	H	Rank
2019	164	18th in AL

Losses

Year	Losses	Rank
2019	11	13th in AL

Total Bases

Year	TB	Rank
2019	292	15th in AL

Awards

MiLB.com Organization All-Star

Year	Team
2014

Baseball America High Class A All-Star

Year	Team
2014

CAR Pitcher of the Year

Year	Team
2014

CAR Player of the Month

Month	Team
07/2014

CAR Pitcher of the Week

Week	Team
07/07/2014

Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	05/18/2021	St. Paul Saints released RHP Glenn Sparkman.
	05/03/2021	RHP Glenn Sparkman assigned to St. Paul Saints from Twins Alternate Training Site.
	02/12/2021	RHP Glenn Sparkman assigned to St. Paul Saints.
	02/12/2021	RHP Glenn Sparkman assigned to St. Paul Saints.
	12/14/2020	Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Glenn Sparkman to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
	12/14/2020	Minnesota Twins signed free agent P Glenn Sparkman.
	12/14/2020	Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Glenn Sparkman to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
	12/14/2020	RHP Glenn Sparkman assigned to Rochester Red Wings.
	12/14/2020	RHP Glenn Sparkman assigned to Rochester Red Wings.
	11/23/2020	Kansas City Royals released RHP Glenn Sparkman.
	11/20/2020	Kansas City Royals designated RHP Glenn Sparkman for assignment.
	10/30/2020	Kansas City Royals activated RHP Glenn Sparkman from the 60-day injured list.
	08/07/2020	Kansas City Royals transferred RHP Glenn Sparkman from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. Right forearm strain.
	08/05/2020	Kansas City Royals placed RHP Glenn Sparkman on the 10-day injured list retroactive to August 3, 2020.
	05/06/2019	Kansas City Royals recalled RHP Glenn Sparkman from Omaha Storm Chasers.
	05/02/2019	Kansas City Royals optioned RHP Glenn Sparkman to Omaha Storm Chasers.
	05/01/2019	Kansas City Royals recalled Glenn Sparkman from Omaha Storm Chasers.
	04/21/2019	Kansas City Royals optioned RHP Glenn Sparkman to Omaha Storm Chasers.
	04/08/2019	Kansas City Royals recalled Glenn Sparkman from Omaha Storm Chasers.
	03/19/2019	Kansas City Royals optioned RHP Glenn Sparkman to Omaha Storm Chasers.
	09/04/2018	Kansas City Royals recalled Glenn Sparkman from Omaha Storm Chasers.
	08/23/2018	Kansas City Royals optioned RHP Glenn Sparkman to Omaha Storm Chasers.
	08/13/2018	Kansas City Royals recalled Glenn Sparkman from Omaha Storm Chasers.
	08/12/2018	Kansas City Royals optioned RHP Glenn Sparkman to Omaha Storm Chasers.
	07/08/2018	Kansas City Royals selected the contract of Glenn Sparkman from Omaha Storm Chasers.
	05/12/2018	RHP Glenn Sparkman assigned to Omaha Storm Chasers from Northwest Arkansas Naturals.
	01/05/2018	Kansas City Royals invited non-roster RHP Glenn Sparkman to spring training.
	10/10/2017	Northwest Arkansas Naturals activated RHP Glenn Sparkman from the 7-day disabled list.
	07/27/2017	Northwest Arkansas Naturals placed RHP Glenn Sparkman on the 7-day disabled list retroactive to July 25, 2017.
	07/09/2017	RHP Glenn Sparkman assigned to Northwest Arkansas Naturals.
	07/08/2017	RHP Glenn Sparkman returned to Kansas City Royals from Toronto Blue Jays.
	07/03/2017	Toronto Blue Jays designated RHP Glenn Sparkman for assignment.
	06/30/2017	Toronto Blue Jays activated RHP Glenn Sparkman from the 60-day disabled list.
	06/18/2017	Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Glenn Sparkman on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons.
	06/07/2017	Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Glenn Sparkman on a rehab assignment to New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
	06/01/2017	Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Glenn Sparkman on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays.
	04/10/2017	Toronto Blue Jays transferred RHP Glenn Sparkman from the 10-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. Fractured right thumb.
	04/02/2017	Toronto Blue Jays placed RHP Glenn Sparkman on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to March 30, 2017. Fractured right thumb.
	12/08/2016	Toronto Blue Jays claimed RHP Glenn Sparkman off waivers from Kansas City Royals.
	08/17/2016	RHP Glenn Sparkman assigned to Northwest Arkansas Naturals from Wilmington Blue Rocks.
	08/08/2016	RHP Glenn Sparkman assigned to Wilmington Blue Rocks from Lexington Legends.
	07/23/2016	RHP Glenn Sparkman assigned to Lexington Legends from Northwest Arkansas Naturals.
	06/20/2016	Northwest Arkansas Naturals sent RHP Glenn Sparkman on a rehab assignment to AZL Royals.
	04/06/2016	Northwest Arkansas Naturals placed RHP Glenn Sparkman on the 7-day disabled list.
	09/25/2015	Northwest Arkansas Naturals activated RHP Glenn Sparkman from the 7-day disabled list.
	04/30/2015	Northwest Arkansas Naturals placed RHP Glenn Sparkman on the 7-day disabled list.
	04/08/2015	RHP Glenn Sparkman assigned to Northwest Arkansas Naturals from Wilmington Blue Rocks.
	04/02/2014	RHP Glenn Sparkman assigned to Wilmington Blue Rocks from Idaho Falls Chukars.
	06/19/2013	RHP Glenn Sparkman assigned to Idaho Falls Chukars.
	06/11/2013	Kansas City Royals signed RHP Glenn Sparkman.

Platoon Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Kansas City Royals	MLB	vs Left				4			1.1	9	4			0	1	0	3.75
Kansas City Royals	MLB	vs Right				4			3.2	18	5			0	0	2	1.36

Monthly Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Kansas City Royals	MLB	July	0	0	3.00	2	0	0	3.0	13	3	1	1	0	1	2	1.33
Kansas City Royals	MLB	August	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	14	6	5	2	0	0	0	3.00

Baserunner Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Bases Empty	4	3.0	13	3	1	2	1.33
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Runner at 1st	4	0.2	5	3	0	0	4.50
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Runners at 1st & 2nd	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0.00
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Runners at 1st & 3rd	2	0.0	3	2	0	0	-.--
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Runner at 2nd	3	0.2	4	1	0	0	1.50
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Runners at 2nd & 3rd	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0.00
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Scoring Position	4	1.1	9	3	0	0	2.25

Game Type Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Home Games	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	14	6	5	2	0	0	3.00
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Away Games	0	0	3.00	2	0	0	3.0	13	3	1	1	1	2	1.33
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Day Games	0	0	3.86	2	0	0	2.1	12	3	2	1	1	0	1.71
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Night Games	0	0	6.75	2	0	0	2.2	15	6	4	2	0	2	2.25
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Leading Off				4			1.1	5	0			1	0	0.75

Outs Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Kansas City Royals	MLB	No Outs	4	1.2	6	0	1	0	0.60
Kansas City Royals	MLB	One Out	4	1.2	6	1	0	1	0.60
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Two Outs	4	1.2	15	8	0	1	4.80

Inning Splits

Team	L	Type	ERA	G	IP	BF	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Seventh Inning	3.86	3	2.1	11	2	2	1	1	1	1.29
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Eighth Inning	0.00	2	2.0	9	3	0	0	0	1	1.50
Kansas City Royals	MLB	Ninth Inning	27.00	1	0.2	7	4	4	2	0	0	6.00

Platoon Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	vs Left				2			1.2	5	0			0	0	4	0.00
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	vs Right				2			1.1	6	2			1	0	2	1.50

Monthly Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	May	0	0	3.00	2	0	0	3.0	11	2	1	1	1	0	6	0.67
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	First Half	0	0	3.00	2	0	0	3.0	11	2	1	1	1	0	6	0.67

Baserunner Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	SO	WHIP
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Bases Empty	1	2.0	7	1	1	5	0.50
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Bases Loaded	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	-.--
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Runners at 1st & 2nd	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0.00
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Runners at 2nd & 3rd	1	0.2	2	0	0	1	0.00
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Scoring Position	1	1.0	4	1	0	1	1.00

Game Type Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	SO	WHIP
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Away Games	0	0	3.00	2	0	0	3.0	11	2	1	1	1	6	0.67
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Night Games	0	0	3.00	2	0	0	3.0	11	2	1	1	1	6	0.67
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Leading Off				1			0.2	2	0			0	2	0.00
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Late / Close				1			0.0	1	1			0	0	-.--

Outs Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	SO	WHIP
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	No Outs	2	1.0	4	1	0	2	1.00
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	One Out	2	1.0	4	1	1	3	1.00
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Two Outs	2	1.0	3	0	0	1	0.00

Inning Splits

Team	L	Type	ERA	G	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	SO	WHIP
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Fifth Inning	9.00	1	1.0	4	1	1	1	1	2	1.00
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Sixth Inning	0.00	1	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0.00
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Seventh Inning	0.00	1	1.0	4	1	0	0	0	1	1.00

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	ERA	G	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
2020-07-26	Cleveland Indians	Kansas City Royals	9.00	1	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	2.00
2020-07-27	Detroit Tigers	Kansas City Royals	3.00	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.33
July	Kansas City Royals		3.00	2	3.0	3	1	1	1	2	1.33
2020-08-01	Kansas City Royals	Chicago White Sox	7.36	1	0.2	4	4	2	0	0	2.18
2020-08-02	Kansas City Royals	Chicago White Sox	5.40	1	1.1	2	1	0	0	0	2.00
August	Kansas City Royals		9.00	2	2.0	6	5	2	0	0	3.00

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	ERA	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	SO	WHIP
2021-05-04	Omaha Storm Chasers	St. Paul Saints	4.50	1	2.0	1	1	1	1	5	0.50
2021-05-07	Omaha Storm Chasers	St. Paul Saints	3.00	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.67
May	St. Paul Saints		3.00	2	3.0	2	1	1	1	6	0.67

Statcast Statistics

Season	Age	Pitches	Batted Balls	Barrels	Barrel %	Barrel/PA	Exit Velocity	Max EV	Launch Angle	LA Sweet- Spot %	XBA	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	XWOBACON	HardHit%	K%	BB%	ERA	xERA
2017	25	55	10	0	0.0	0.0	82.2	103.5	13.1	60.0	.349	.416	.804	.363	.366	10.0	8.3	8.3	63.00	5.89
2018	26	670	133	4	3.0	2.3	89.0	110.9	9.0	35.3	.266	.384	.342	.312	.339	36.8	15.3	8.5	4.46	4.12
2019	27	2275	478	37	7.7	6.1	90.8	113.6	14.2	39.5	.288	.513	.364	.362	.391	41.8	13.4	6.8	6.02	6.00
2020	28	90	24	2	8.3	7.4	89.7	108.7	16.7	20.8	.261	.454	.346	.308	.317	33.3	7.4	3.7	5.40	4.01
Player		3090	645	43	6.7	5.2	90.3	113.6	13.2	38.3	.284	.483	.365	.350	.377	40.0	13.5	7.1
MLB					7.0	4.8	88.5	122.4	12.3	33.2	.245	.406	.316	.315	.369	36.5	22.2	8.4

! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sparkman relies on 4 pitches.

Slider

(46.7%) ,

Four Seamer

(44.4%) ,

Curveball

(5.6%) ,

Changeup

(3.3%) ,

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Pitch Tracking

Batted Ball Profile

Season	GB %	FB %	LD %	PU %	Pull %	Straight %	Oppo %	Weak %	Topped %	Under %	Flare/Burner %	Solid %	Barrel %	Barrel/PA
2017	20.0	30.0	40.0	10.0	0.0	30.0	70.0	10.0	10.0	40.0	40.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2018	47.4	22.6	27.1	3.0	34.6	37.6	27.8	2.3	39.8	23.3	24.8	6.0	3.0	2.3
2019	37.9	28.2	28.9	5.0	31.0	39.3	29.7	3.6	28.7	27.6	22.6	9.6	7.7	6.1
2020	45.8	20.8	16.7	16.7	20.8	33.3	45.8	4.2	25.0	33.3	29.2	0.0	8.3	7.4
Player	39.8	26.8	28.2	5.1	30.9	38.6	30.5	3.4	30.5	27.1	23.6	8.4	6.7	5.2
MLB	44.4	23.8	24.7	7.1	37.2	37.5	25.2	3.9	32.6	24.8	24.4	5.9	7.0	4.8

! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Similar Pitchers to Glenn Sparkman:

2018 - Drew Rucinski

2018 - Sam Tuivailala

2019 - Dillon Peters

2018 - Austin Pruitt

2018 - Shane Carle

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Pitch Movement

How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.

						Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)				Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
Year	Pitch	Team	Hand	#	MPH	Vertical Drop	vs. Comparable	Horizontal Break	vs. Comparable	Vertical Break	vs. Avg	Horizontal Break	vs. Avg
2020	Curveball	KC	R	5	78.4	56.8	2.6	9.5GLV	-0.6	-12.3	2.6	9.5GLV	0.3
2020	Changeup	KC	R	3	84.7	27.1	-5.1	14.4ARM	0.9	11.0	-4.6	14.4ARM	1.0
2020	Slider	KC	R	42	85.7	38.3	2.5	1.1GLV	-3.8	-1.4	2.8	1.1GLV	-4.2
2020	4-Seam Fastball	KC	R	40	93.2	17.3	-1.2	10.6ARM	2.4	14.1	-1.9	10.6ARM	3.3
2019	Changeup	KC	R	292	85.7	26.3	-4.7	14.1ARM	-0.3	10.7	-3.8	14.1ARM	0.6
2019	Cutter	KC	R	1	86.4	28.0	2.4	14.4ARM	-17.1	7.9	0.1	14.4ARM	-17.0
2019	Slider	KC	R	223	82.3	42.0	2.4	3.2GLV	-3.7	-1.8	3.6	3.2GLV	-1.9
2019	Curveball	KC	R	377	79.1	56.2	2.0	7.6GLV	-2.5	-12.2	2.5	7.6GLV	-1.6
2019	4-Seam Fastball	KC	R	1380	93.4	17.1	-1.1	10.1ARM	2.2	14.0	-1.6	10.1ARM	2.7
2018	Changeup	KC	R	66	85.2	27.3	-5.4	15.1ARM	0.7	10.6	-3.9	15.1ARM	1.8
2018	Curveball	KC	R	56	80.0	57.2	4.3	6.7GLV	-2.3	-13.4	3.8	6.7GLV	-2.5
2018	Slider	KC	R	170	86.4	31.4	-2.8	0.1GLV	-3.8	5.2	-3.4	0.1GLV	-5.2
2018	4-Seam Fastball	KC	R	378	93.9	16.8	-1.0	10.2ARM	2.3	14.4	-1.3	10.2ARM	3.0
2017	4-Seam Fastball	TOR	R	34	94.1	13.3	0.7	10.4ARM	2.4	18.0	0.9	10.4ARM	2.3
2017	Sinker	TOR	R	1	93.2	20.8	0.2	12.4ARM	-2.4	11.5	-0.7	12.4ARM	-3.0
2017	Changeup	TOR	R	2	86.0	25.7	-3.1	11.3ARM	-2.4	11.5	-3.0	11.3ARM	-2.3
2017	Slider	TOR	R	11	86.6	30.1	-1.3	0.1GLV	-2.8	6.4	-2.8	0.1GLV	-4.1
2017	Curveball	TOR	R	7	78.5	59.0	6.2	6.9GLV	-1.5	-13.4	5.4	6.9GLV	-1.7

! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year	Pitch Type	RV/100	Run Value	Pitches	%	PA	BA	SLG	wOBA	Whiff%	K%	PutAway %	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Hard Hit %
2020	Slider	-5.7	-2	42	46.7	13	.417	.500	.496	38.5	15.4	18.2	.318	.473	.368	40.0
2020	4-Seam Fastball	-3.6	-1	40	44.4	12	.364	.455	.404	5.0	0.0	0.0	.195	.463	.252	25.0
2020	Curveball	1.4	0	5	5.6		--	--	--	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Changeup	18.0	1	3	3.3	2	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	--	.277	.297	.249	50.0
2019	4-Seam Fastball	-0.4	-5	1,380	60.7	360	.307	.527	.383	14.7	11.9	12.9	.302	.531	.373	44.7
2019	Curveball	-1.7	-6	377	16.6	104	.271	.469	.357	19.1	12.5	10.1	.288	.526	.366	39.8
2019	Changeup	-0.8	-2	292	12.8	83	.257	.541	.373	11.9	12.0	12.7	.266	.498	.358	32.8
2019	Slider	-5.1	-11	223	9.8	57	.333	.627	.425	36.6	26.3	18.3	.238	.401	.302	40.5
2019	Cutter	23.5	0	1	0.0	1	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	--	.060	.221	.106	0.0
2018	4-Seam Fastball	1.1	4	378	56.4	89	.286	.481	.361	16.1	13.5	12.2	.279	.424	.345	44.8
2018	Slider	-2.6	-4	170	25.4	53	.354	.479	.376	34.8	22.6	20.7	.269	.388	.307	26.3
2018	Changeup	-2.3	-2	66	9.9	12	.273	.455	.283	18.2	8.3	6.3	.356	.446	.353	36.4
2018	Curveball	0.0	0	56	8.4	19	.263	.316	.255	21.4	10.5	11.1	.154	.177	.149	29.4
2017	4-Seam Fastball	-3.9	-1	34	61.8	6	.667	1.000	.717	15.4	16.7	12.5	.305	.360	.286	0.0
2017	Slider	-24.6	-3	11	20.0	2	1.000	1.500	1.075	0.0	0.0	0.0	.496	.645	.502	0.0
2017	Curveball	-30.3	-2	7	12.7	3	1.000	1.000	.833	0.0	0.0	0.0	.384	.433	.472	50.0
2017	Changeup	-42.8	-1	2	3.6	1	1.000	1.000	.900	0.0	0.0	0.0	.255	.255	.230	0.0
2017	Sinker	8.5	0	1	1.8		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

! Note: Years are in reverse order.

! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

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Spin Direction

Year	Pitch Type	Pitches	MPH	Active Spin %	Total Movement (In.)	Spin-Based	Observed	Deviation
2020	4-Seam Fastball	26	93.5	98	17.6	1:15	1:15	0
2020	Slider	36	85.8	21	3.8	8:15	6:45	90

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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

				Runs
Year	Team	PA	Pitches	Heart	Shadow	Chase	Waste	All
2018		173	670	0	4	-3	-3	-2
2019		605	2,273	-10	12	-18	-9	-25

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Plate Discipline

Season	Pitches	Zone %	Zone Swing %	Zone Contact %	Chase %	Chase Contact %	Edge %	1st Pitch Strike %	Swing %	Whiff %	Meatball %	Meatball Swing %
2017	55	52.7	51.7	93.3	23.1	83.3	36.4	58.3	38.2	9.5	5.5	100.0
2018	670	49.6	70.5	83.8	26.0	62.5	41.3	60.9	48.1	22.0	7.6	78.4
2019	2,275	49.7	70.9	88.0	25.3	67.5	42.4	61.7	47.9	17.0	7.4	83.9
2020	90	51.1	76.1	85.7	31.8	57.1	44.4	59.3	54.4	22.4	8.9	62.5
Player	3,090	49.7	70.6	87.1	25.6	66.2	42.1	61.4	48.0	18.2	7.4	82.2
MLB		48.7	67.0	82.0	28.5	57.8	42.6	61.0	47.2	24.9	7.3	76.3

! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year	xwOBA / xERA	xBA	xSLG	xISO	xOBP	Brl	Brl%	EV	Hard Hit%	K%	BB%	Whiff%	Chase Rate	FB Velo	FB Spin	CB Spin	Extension
2018														66	58	46	66
2019	7	6	6	8	17	9	34	6	10	2	71	2	11	51	51	44	80

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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year	Avg HR Trot	Actual HR	xHR	HR-xHR	Doubters	Mostly Gone	No Doubters	No Doubter %
2018	22.1	3	3.4	0	2	2	2	66.7
2019	22.9	30	33.1	-3	12	25	14	46.7
2020	--	0	0.9	-1	1	1	0	--
Player	22.9	33	37.3	-4	15	28	16	48.5

Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.

Standard

Year	Avg HR Trot	Actual HR	xHR	HR-xHR	Doubters	Mostly Gone	No Doubters	No Doubter %
2018	22.1	3	3.3	0	0	1	3	100.0
2019	22.9	30	32.9	-3	12	25	15	50.0
2020	--	0	0.8	-1	1	1	0	--
Player	22.9	33	36.9	-4	13	27	18	54.5

Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Standard" view here accounts for different wall heights and distances but excludes environmental effects. It is based purely on the observed trajectory of the hit.

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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year	HR
2018	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	6	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
2019	30	35	29	39	37	35	38	32	27	25	28	35	38	32	34	34	29	29	33	39	34	36	41	37	31	29	28	38	35	31	24
2020	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	1
Player	33	40	32	44	41	39	43	36	32	28	32	42	41	35	39	39	32	33	38	44	38	41	46	43	33	32	32	42	40	35	28

Standard

Year	HR
2018	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
2019	30	34	31	42	31	34	40	33	29	24	30	39	34	33	40	33	30	29	34	40	32	35	41	36	29	29	24	21	36	35	28
2020	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	1
Player	33	39	34	46	35	37	46	37	34	27	34	44	37	36	45	36	33	32	39	45	36	40	46	42	32	32	28	24	41	39	32

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Year to Year Changes

Metric	2017	2018	+/-		2019	+/-		2020	+/-
Fastball Velocity	94.0	93.9	-0.1	↓	93.4	-0.5	↓	93.2	-0.2	↓
Offspeed Velocity	86.0	85.2	-0.8	↓	85.7	0.5	↑	84.7	-1.0	↓
Breaking Velocity	83.4	84.8	1.4	↑	80.3	-4.5	↓	84.9	4.6	↑
Exit Velocity	82.2	89.0	6.8	↑	90.8	1.8	↑	89.7	-1.1	↓
Launch Angle	13.1	9.0	-4.1	↓	14.2	5.2	↑	16.7	2.5	↑
Barrel %	0.0	3.0	3.0	↑	7.7	4.7	↑	8.3	0.6	↑
Hard Hit %	10.0	36.8	26.8	↑	41.8	5.0	↑	33.3	-8.5	↓
LA Sweet-Spot %	60.0	35.3	-24.7	↓	39.5	4.2	↑	20.8	-18.7	↓
xBA	.349	.266	-0.083	↓	.288	0.022	↑	.261	-0.027	↓
BA	.818	.303	-0.515	↓	.296	-0.007	↓	.360	0.064	↑
xwOBA	.363	.312	-0.051	↓	.362	0.050	↑	.308	-0.054	↓
wOBA	.804	.342	-0.462	↓	.364	0.022	↑	.346	-0.018	↓
xSLG	.416	.384	-0.032	↓	.513	0.129	↑	.454	-0.059	↓
SLG	1.091	.458	-0.633	↓	.527	0.069	↑	.440	-0.087	↓
K%	8.3	15.3	7.0	↑	13.4	-1.9	↓	7.4	-6.0	↓
BB%	8.3	8.5	0.2	↑	6.8	-1.7	↓	3.7	-3.1	↓
Swing %	38.2	48.1	9.9	↑	47.9	-0.2	↓	54.4	6.5	↑
Whiff%	9.5	22.0	12.5	↑	17.0	-5.0	↓	22.4	5.4	↑
In Zone %	52.7	49.6	-3.1	↓	49.7	0.1	↑	51.1	1.4	↑
Out of Zone %	47.3	50.4	3.1	↑	50.3	-0.1	↓	48.9	-1.4	↓
Out of Zone Swing %	23.1	26.0	2.9	↑	25.3	-0.7	↓	31.8	6.5	↑
First Pitch Swing %	16.7	30.5	13.8	↑	26.7	-3.8	↓	33.3	6.6	↑
First Pitch Strike %	58.3	60.9	2.6	↑	61.7	0.8	↑	59.3	-2.4	↓

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Statcast Fielder Positioning

				vs RHH			vs LHH
Year	Alignment Type	PA	wOBA	PA	Total	%	PA	Total	%
2017	Shifts	12	.804	8	0	0.0	4	1	25.0
2018	Shifts	173	.342	94	14	14.9	79	25	31.6
2019	Shifts	605	.364	285	18	6.3	320	68	21.3
2020	Shifts	26	.360	17	6	35.3	9	3	33.3

! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

		Bases Empty				Runners On Base
Season	Team	Pitches	Tempo	Fast %	Slow %	Pitches	Tempo	Fast %	Slow %
2017		3	18.6	0.0%	0.0%	27	24.6	0.0%	3.7%
2018		156	15.5	41.7%	0.0%	140	22.5	0.0%	1.4%
2019		675	15.8	36.7%	0.6%	360	24.6	0.0%	9.7%
2020		22	20.3	0.0%	9.1%	15	23.7	0.0%	0.0%

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Year	Team	Runner Runs	Advances	Thrown Out	Holds	Advance Opportunities	Advance Attempt %	Est. Attempt %	Attempt % Above Average	Safe on Advances	Safe / Opportunity	Safe / Attempt
			Runs Breakdown			How often does the runner attempt to advance				How often was the runner successful in advancing

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Runs

Doubles

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Hits

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Total Bases

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Baseball America High Class A All-Star

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