Joe Sparma Autograph

Joe Sparma

Joseph Blase Sparma (February 4, 1942 – May 14, 1986) was a quarterback in collegiate football (1961–1962) and a pitcher in Major League Baseball (1964–1970). More about Joe Sparma

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Current items with a signature of Joe Sparma

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Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail1965 Topps #587 Joe Sparma AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED 1968 Detroit Tigers NICE BOLD AUTO$399.99logo
thumbnail1966 Topps Joe Sparma #267 Detroit Tigers Autographed Baseball Card$29.99logo
thumbnail1967 Topps #13 Joe Sparma AUTO SIGNED Detroit Tigers Autographed$139.99logo
thumbnail1970 Topps #243 Joe Sparma Montreal Expos Signed Auto Autographed (D. 1986)$149.99logo
thumbnailJoe Sparma PSA DNA Signed 1965 Topps Autograph$297.67logo
thumbnailJOE SPARMA Signed 1970 Topps #243 Expos 1968 Tigers PSA/DNA Encapsulated$189.00logo
Born in Massillon, Ohio, Sparma attended Ohio State University and played quarterback on the 1961 and 1962 football teams coached by Woody Hayes. Sparma and his leading receiver, Paul Warfield, led the 1961 Buckeyes to an 8-0-1 season and a Big Ten Conference championship Sparma accounted for 474 yards in the Buckeyes' 1961 50–20 victory over the Michigan Wolverines. Sparma quit the team after three years due to differences with Hayes and opted to pursue a career in Major League Baseball.

Sparma received a $32,000 bonus to sign with the Detroit Tigers in 1963. He played six seasons with Detroit, from 1964 to 1969. In 1965, Sparma was in his first full season with the Tigers, when he was assigned to be the starting pitcher against the Yankees on "Mickey Mantle Day" in New York. When Mantle came to bat for the first time in the game, Sparma walked off the mound, approached Mantle, and said: "You know, I've never had a chance to meet you in person, and I've always admired you." Sparma and Mantle shook hands, and Sparma went back to the mound and struck Mantle out. Mantle turned to Detroit's catcher Bill Freehan and said: "They have a day for me and your manager's got to put some hard-throwing kid out there. Couldn't he have put in some soft-tossing left-hander for me to hit off of, so I could look like a hero in front of all those people?" Read even more about Joe Sparma at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Joe Sparma

In total, we tracked 109 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Joe Sparma (BECKETT BAS SIGNED 1964 TOPPS #512 WILLIE HORTON JOE SPARMA TIGERS AUTOGRAPHED) was sold in October 2019 for $1200.00 while the cheapest item (JOE SPARMA 1967 TOPPS #13 BASEBALL CARD SIGNED) found a new owner for $7.00 in July 2022. The month with the most items sold (5) was March 2010 with an average selling price of $55.00 for an autographed item of Joe Sparma. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2019 with $1200.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $7.00 was July 2022. In average, an autographed item from Joe Sparma is worth $60.89.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Joe Sparma were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail1966 Topps #267 Joe Sparma PSA AUTO Autographed 69296$176.00logo
thumbnail1966 TOPPS JOE SPARMA DETROIT TIGERS AUTOGRAPHED VINTAGE CARD-d.1986 -TOUGH$78.00logo
thumbnail1967 Topps #13 Joe Sparma Tigers AUTO SIGNED BASEBALL CARD ⚾ ULTRA RARE ??$137.00logo
thumbnail1969 Detroit Tigers Ford Lincoln Mercury Advisory Staff - Joe Sparma Signed$125.00logo
thumbnailJoe Sparma #587 Signed 1965 Topps MLB Baseball on Card Signature Autograph$135.50logo
thumbnailJOE SPARMA 1967 TOPPS #13 BASEBALL CARD SIGNED$7.00logo
thumbnailJoe Sparma Signed 1966 Topps Baseball Card Detroit Tigers 1968 WSC JSA COA$99.99logo
thumbnailJOE SPARMA SIGNED CUT HISTORIC AUTOGRAPH WORLD SERIES EDITION /2 1968 WORLD SER.$149.99logo
thumbnailJoe Sparma/1968 Detroit Tigers Autographed JD McCarthy Postcard (d 1996)$51.00logo
thumbnailMLB SIGNED Joe Sparma Detroit Tigers Autographed Postcard Photo - J.D. McCarthy$39.99logo

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