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Glenn Sparkman

Kansas City Royals American League Central

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 215 lb

Born: May 11, 1992 in Victoria, TX, United States
MLB debut: June 30, 2017

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 5.0
ERA: 5.40
FIP: 2.99
K/9: 3.6
FIP−: 67

Glenn Sparkman was a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2020 he struck out 2 batters over 5.0 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.40 was 21.3% higher than the league average of 4.45. Stripping out defence, his 2.99 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.4% of swings (12.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 3.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 7.4%. His 0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2020.

FIP2.99

K/93.6

WHIP2.00

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2020	KC	4	0	5.0	0	0	9	3	2	1	5.40	2.99	2.00	3.6	1.8	121	67	0.1
2019	KC	31	23	136.0	4	11	164	91	81	41	6.02	5.93	1.51	5.4	2.7	134	132	-0.6
2018	KC	15	3	38.1	0	3	47	19	27	15	4.46	4.02	1.62	6.3	3.5	108	97	0.3
2017	TOR	2	0	1.0	0	0	9	7	1	1	63.00	4.16	10.00	9.0	9.0	1,446	95	0.0

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2019	KC	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.6	-117	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2020. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	9	7	4	0	1	0	.571	.556	.714	.513	0.0%
vs RHB	18	18	5	0	0	2	.278	.278	.333	.266	11.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Glenn Sparkman throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Slider	46.7%	42	85.7	2,242	50.0%	38.5%	12	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	44.4%	40	93.2	2,250	27.5%	5.0%	11	—	—

Glenn Sparkman's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.