Ed Sprague

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: September 16, 1945 in Boston, MA us

Died: January 10, 2020 in Lodi, CA

High School: Sunset HS (Hayward, CA)

Debut: April 10, 1968 (Age 22-207d, 12,660th in major league history)
vs. BAL 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 5, 1976 (Age 30-263d)
vs. KCR 3.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: Edward Nelson Sprague

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Father of Ed Sprague

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

ERA

3.84

198

408.0

188

WHIP

1.500

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-11 / in Starts: 8-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 8

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	158	5	Apr 12	MIL		BAL	L,3-5	4-GF		99	5.1	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.00	2.95	21	9	6	0	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.50	0.120	.91	0.13%	2.60	4t --3 2 out d5	9t end d 2
2	159	13	Apr 24	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-7	5-GF(8)		11	4.0	6	3	1	0	4	0	0	0.96	1.94	19	7	2	0	2	6		2	1	1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.40	-0.058	.62	-0.05%	-1.14	5b 12- 0 out d2	8b end d 5
3	160	16	Apr 28	MIL	@	MIN	L,5-6	5-6		3	1.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.69	1.83	7	1	1	1	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.081	.75	-0.08%	-1.04	5b 1-3 2 out d2	6b 3 out d4
4	161	17	Apr 30	MIL		TEX	L,10-12	8-GF		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	1.99	5	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.10	0.009	.16	0.01%	0.86	8t 12- 2 out d5	9t end d 3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	162	19	May 3	MIL		CHW	L,3-10	3-4		2	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.32	1.77	6	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.006	.07	0.01%	0.69	3t --- 1 out d8	4t 3 out d7
6	163	27	May 13	MIL	@	BAL	W,9-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	9	6.0	6	4	3	2	2	1	0	2.29	2.78	26	9	8	2	0	5	46			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.090	1.65	-0.09%	-1.31	1b start a 1	7b 12- 0 out a3
7	164	34	May 20	MIL		DET	W,6-4	GS-9	W(2-0)	6	8.0	9	4	2	2	3	0	0	2.28	2.72	36	12	10	0	1	9	53			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.10	-0.190	2.15	-0.22%	-0.76	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
8	165	40	May 26	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-3	L(2-1)	5	2.0	7	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.73	3.18	13	3	2	1	0	6	34			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.224	2.21	-0.30%	-2.85	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out d2
9	166	43	May 29	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-5	3-7		2	4.1	6	2	2	3	4	0	1	2.91	3.23	21	2	5	0	0	6		2	2	1	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	2	0	.57	-0.132	1.09	-0.15%	-0.73	3b 12- 0 out d1	7b 12- 1 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	167	52	Jun 9	MIL		OAK	L,4-5	5-GF		10	5.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.54	2.83	16	4	4	0	1	2		1	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	.48	0.075	1.03	0.10%	1.63	5t 1-- 0 out d3	9t end d 1
11	168	56	Jun 14	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-7	6-6		4	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.93	2.98	6	1	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.142	1.36	-0.13%	-1.95	6b -2- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d4
12	169	61	Jun 20	MIL		BAL	W,6-0	GS-9	W(3-1)	5	8.1	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.42	2.76	31	11	8	1	0	6	75			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.30	0.147	.33	0.10%	3.21	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a6
13	170	66	Jun 26	MIL	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	W(4-1)	5	9.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	1	2.20	2.72	32	12	8	4	3	4	78			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	.43	0.166	.60	0.14%	3.44	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a6
14	171	70	Jun 30(1)	MIL	@	DET	W,4-1	GS-8	W(5-1)	3	7.1	7	1	0	4	2	0	0	1.95	2.83	32	9	10	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	3	0	2	1.27	0.167	2.09	0.17%	1.85	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	172	76	Jul 4	MIL		CLE	W,15-3	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	8	3	3	4	8	0	0	2.08	2.74	36	11	5	0	1	8	63			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.31	0.138	.30	0.08%	1.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
16	173	82	Jul 8	MIL		CHW	W,6-5	GS-7		3	6.1	8	4	4	5	7	1	0	2.36	2.90	30	5	6	0	0	7	43			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	-0.345	1.21	-0.18%	-1.35	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out tie
17	174	87	Jul 14(1)	MIL		TEX	W,9-3	CG	W(7-1)	5	9.0	10	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.43	2.87	36	11	11	0	2	9	56			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	3	1	0	.90	-0.107	1.15	-0.08%	1.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
18	175	92	Jul 19	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS-3	L(7-2)	4	2.0	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.47	2.87	11	5	1	0	1	3	42			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	-0.102	1.97	-0.10%	-1.04	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	176	140	Sep 7	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-4	6-8		49	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.42	2.90	7	4	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.119	.18	0.01%	0.83	6b 1-- 1 out tie	8b -2- 1 out tie
20	177	141	Sep 8	MIL	@	BOS	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	2.90	4	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.014	.02	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
							9-11		W-L:7-2	3.8	94.0	94	32	25	31	57	3	4	2.39	2.90	395	1.30		4%	6%	89	55	12	50%	4	4	1	353	14	0	0	14	6	8	.75	-0.510	1.11	-0.66%	5.56

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