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There s always a measure of satisfaction in finishing what you ve started a good book, an ambitious project or, in the case of the pitchers on this list, a baseball game. Right-hander Steve Sparks experienced that satisfaction many times. He tossed his last Minor League frame in 2005, but remains ahead of anybody who s taken the hill in this millennium with 44 completed starts across 12 Minor League seasons with 10 different clubs.
The native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, notched at least one complete effort in all but one of those years 2005, his final season in pro ball. That year he made 14 combined starts between Triple-A Portland and Triple-A Sacramento and posted a 7-5 mark with a 5.92 ERA. He was limited to just three starts with the Beavers for the first half of that season because of injury.