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Cesar Cedeno League 10-13-2073 |
| Ed Sparks |  Third BaseRetired (1959, Age 35) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG | .283 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | R/R | |
| OPS | .797 | Status | Deceased (2001) | Option Years | 0
|
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| H | 779 | Age at Death | 77 | Date of Birth | 04-04-1924 | |
| HR | 85 | Drafted | Round 8, Pick 124 (1950) |
Majors Svc Time | 7 years (55 games) |
|
| RBI | 378 | |||||
| SB | 12 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | (78.3%) | Range | WS Rings | 0 | |||
| 1B | (4.1%) | LF | --- | Arm | WS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 2B | (84.6%) | CF | --- |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 3B | (100%) | RF | (69.7%) |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
| Year
|
Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | HBP | SF | SB | CS | E | OPS | OBP | SLG | ISO | AVG | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | CIN | 106 |
330 |
53 |
95
|
15 |
2 |
12 |
48 |
35 |
29 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
2 | 8 | .810 |
.355 |
.455 |
.167 |
.288 |
|
| 1951 | CIN | 126 |
443 |
60 |
115
|
19 |
2 |
11 |
50 |
61 |
69 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
0 | 6 | .734 |
.348 |
.386 |
.126 |
.260 |
|
| 1952 | CIN | 142 |
532 |
76 |
149
|
29 |
5 |
11 |
79 |
63 |
81 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
0 | 15 | .773 |
.357 |
.415 |
.135 |
.280 |
|
| 1953 | CIN-BAL | 126 |
283 |
48 |
88
|
20 |
1 |
11 |
40 |
27 |
34 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
0 | 3 | .877 |
.372 |
.505 |
.194 |
.311 |
|
| 1954 | BAL | 117 |
365 |
60 |
115
|
20 |
3 |
14 |
61 |
47 |
48 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
0 | 5 | .896 |
.394 |
.501 |
.186 |
.315 |
|
| 1955 | BAL | 149 |
139 |
14 |
36
|
7 |
0 |
3 |
20 |
15 |
25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
0 | 0 | .703 |
.329 |
.374 |
.115 |
.259 |
|
| 1956 | BAL | 135 |
169 |
24 |
52
|
10 |
0 |
4 |
19 |
17 |
12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
0 | 1 | .808 |
.370 |
.438 |
.130 |
.308 |
|
| 1957 | BAL | 135 |
178 |
33 |
44
|
7 |
1 |
10 |
30 |
27 |
26 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
0 | 4 | .812 |
.346 |
.466 |
.219 |
.247 |
|
| 1958 | BAL-CHA | 92 |
265 |
37 |
72
|
12 |
1 |
8 |
27 |
28 |
47 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2 | 5 | .757 |
.342 |
.415 |
.143 |
.272 |
|
| 1959 | CHA | 44 |
47 |
7 |
13
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
8 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1 | 1 | .701 |
.340 |
.362 |
.085 |
.277 |
|
| Total | 1172 |
2751 |
412 |
779
|
140 |
15 |
85 |
378 |
325 |
379 | 15 | 27 | 12 |
5 | 48 | .797 |
.359 |
.438 |
.154 |
.283 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1959-11-01 | Ed Sparks has retired from the Chicago Lightning |
| 1959-08-29 | The Chicago Lightning have designated Ed Sparks for assignment. |
| 1959-08-14 | The Chicago Lightning have promoted Ed Sparks to the major league team. |
| 1959-08-06 | The Chicago Lightning have promoted Gavin Blaylock to the major league team. The Chicago Lightning have designated Ed Sparks for assignment. |
| 1959-06-27 | The Chicago Lightning have promoted Ed Sparks to the major league team. |
| 1959-04-10 | The Chicago Lightning have designated Ed Sparks for assignment. |
| 1958-10-23 | The Chicago Lightning have acquired Ed Sparks from the waiver wire. |
| 1958-10-03 | The Baltimore Monumentals have designated Ed Sparks for assignment. |
| 1953-05-23 | A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Surfers and the Baltimore Gnomes. The Baltimore Gnomes receive Ed Sparks from the Cincinnati Surfers in exchange for Draft Pick - 1954 Round 2 (BAL). |
| 1950-07-12 | The Cincinnati Surfers have promoted Ed Sparks to the major league team. The Cincinnati Surfers have sent Frank Stark to the minors. |
| 1950-06-27 | The Cincinnati Surfers have promoted Bob Kimm to the major league team. The Cincinnati Surfers have sent Ed Sparks to the minors. |
| 1950-05-18 | The Cincinnati Surfers have promoted Ed Sparks to the major league team. The Cincinnati Surfers have sent Bob Kimm to the minors. |
| 1950-05-15 | The Cincinnati Surfers have promoted Jess Oyler to the major league team. The Cincinnati Surfers have sent Ed Sparks to the minors. |
| 1950-04-27 | The Cincinnati Surfers have promoted Ed Sparks to the major league team. The Cincinnati Surfers have sent Frank Stark to the minors. |
| 1950-04-17 | The Cincinnati Surfers have promoted Jess Oyler to the major league team. The Cincinnati Surfers have sent Ed Sparks to the minors. |
| 1950-04-05 | The Cincinnati Surfers have promoted Ed Sparks to the major league team. The Cincinnati Surfers have promoted Frank Stark to the major league team. The Cincinnati Surfers have promoted George Hiljus to the major league team. The Cincinnati Surfers have promoted Gary Shoupe to the major league team. The Cincinnati Surfers have promoted Elmer Glaus to the major league team. The Cincinnati Surfers have sent Nomar Fernandez to the minors. The Cincinnati Surfers have sent Rube Jasper to the minors. The Cincinnati Surfers have sent Ellis Eave to the minors. The Cincinnati Surfers have sent Jim Blanton to the minors. The Cincinnati Surfers have sent Tim Brinkopf to the minors. |
| 1950-04-01 | The Cincinnati Surfers have promoted Nomar Fernandez to the major league team. The Cincinnati Surfers have promoted Rube Jasper to the major league team. The Cincinnati Surfers have sent Gary Shoupe to the minors. The Cincinnati Surfers have sent Ed Sparks to the minors. |