Louis
Sparks
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 3, 1982 in Usa
 
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
2004 22 UT GE   2 1 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2005 23 UT GE   2 1 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2006 24 UT GE   3 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2007 25 UT GE   3 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2008 26 UT GE   3 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 1 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   3 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 27 UT GE     3 3 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2010 28 UT GE     3 3 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2011 29 UT GE     3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
2012 30 UT GE     3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2013 31 UT GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2014 32 UT GE $ 300,000   3 3 4 6 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2015 33 UT GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2016 34 UT GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2017 35 UT GE     2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 22 A   38 41 4 11 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 13 .268 .286 .317 .603 3.4  
2005 23 A   127 446 44 136 21 0 13 65 1 2 17 88 .305 .330 .439 .770 60.4  
2006 24 A   125 451 54 126 15 0 12 58 1 1 35 86 .279 .331 .392 .724 58.1  
2007 25 A   134 487 54 134 18 0 14 64 0 0 31 100 .275 .319 .398 .717 60.8  
2008 26 A   123 469 74 147 26 0 15 83 3 2 28 90 .313 .352 .465 .817 71.8  
2009 27 A   130 475 72 142 17 0 29 111 1 2 40 65 .299 .353 .518 .871 83.2  
2010 28 A   136 482 78 154 20 1 31 101 2 1 60 59 .320 .395 .558 .953 100.0  
2011 29 AAA   127 434 44 113 19 3 20 71 0 3 26 67 .260 .302 .456 .758 58.2  
    A   5 17 3 4 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 .235 .316 .588 .904 3.0  
2012 30 AAA   137 485 64 115 19 0 29 80 1 3 49 76 .237 .307 .456 .763 69.3  
2013 31 UT GE 67 146 16 33 10 0 4 23 0 0 6 26 .226 .260 .377 .636 14.4 2.0
2014 32 UT GE 96 267 16 48 10 0 2 26 0 0 16 60 .180 .226 .240 .465 13.9 0.0
2015 33 UT GE 55 132 8 19 5 0 0 8 0 0 2 34 .144 .167 .182 .348 0.6 0.0
2016 34 UT GE 61 138 12 18 4 0 1 6 0 0 8 25 .130 .189 .181 .370 1.8 0.0
2017 35 AAA   138 439 46 98 6 0 22 62 1 1 37 77 .223 .284 .387 .671 50.7  
4 Years Sim 279 683 52 118 29 0 7 63 0 0 32 145 .173 .214 .246 .460 30.8 2.0
3 Years AAA 402 1358 154 326 44 3 71 213 2 7 112 220 .240 .302 .434 .735 178.2  
8 Years A 818 2868 383 854 122 1 115 494 8 8 214 502 .298 .348 .461 .810 440.8  
11 Years Minors 1220 4226 537 1180 166 4 186 707 10 15 326 722 .279 .333 .452 .786 618.9  
162 Game Average 396 30 68 16 0 4 36 0 0 18 84 .173 .214 .246 .460 17.9  
Career Highs 96 267 16 48 10 0 4 26 0 0 16 60 .226 .260 .377 .636 14.4  
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   439 32 72 20 0 3 37 0 0 23 89 .164 .210 .230 .440 15.8
vs LH   244 20 46 9 0 4 26 0 0 9 56 .189 .223 .275 .497 12.8
Home 131 323 23 52 14 0 3 26 0 0 15 75 .161 .206 .232 .438 11.0
Away 148 360 29 66 15 0 4 37 0 0 17 70 .183 .222 .258 .480 17.6
RISP   160 0 36 10 0 1 54 0 0 7 33 .225 .251 .306 .558 11.6
Pinch Hitting   42 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .119 .119 .143 .262 -0.8
Close/Late   105 8 24 8 0 1 16 0 0 3 22 .229 .248 .333 .581 7.9
Mar/Apr 44 93 5 17 3 0 1 11 0 0 3 21 .183 .210 .247 .457 3.8
May 44 109 9 21 7 0 0 5 0 0 4 20 .193 .235 .257 .492 5.0
June 50 121 8 16 4 0 2 9 0 0 9 26 .132 .192 .215 .407 3.7
July 35 84 5 18 4 0 1 13 0 0 4 16 .214 .247 .298 .545 5.8
August 51 132 12 20 4 0 2 13 0 0 7 34 .152 .199 .227 .426 4.4
Sep/Oct 55 144 13 26 7 0 1 12 0 0 5 28 .181 .216 .250 .466 5.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2013 31 UT GE C 55 38 370.3 196 11 0 0 1.000 5.03 41 10 .244 1 2.0
2014 32 UT GE C 89 77 692.7 306 37 9 0 .974 4.46 88 27 .307 4 2.3
2015 33 UT GE C 44 35 333.3 142 20 3 0 .982 4.37 55 18 .327 0 2.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 34 UT GE C 50 38 346.3 181 12 2 0 .990 5.02 44 10 .227 0 1.2
  C 238 188 1742.7 825 80 14 0 .985 4.67 228 65 .285 5 7.6
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   239 188 1744.7 825 80 14 0 .985 4.67 228 65 .285 5 7.6
Career Highs   89 77 692.7 306 37 9 0 1.000 5.03 88 27 .327 4  
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 72nd overall pick, by Utah in 2004
Injured on 7/10/2006 with a Broken Ribs, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 6/28/2007 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/14/2008 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Injured on 9/6/2008 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 6/21/2010 with a Fractured Nose, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/15/2012 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/7/2013, off William Lund (Was)
Hit first career homerun on 6/1/2013, off Nick Lewis (Wis)