Ed Sprague

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: July 25, 1967 in Castro Valley, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 26th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Mary's HS (Stockton, CA) and the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (25th) of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).

High School: St. Mary's HS (Stockton, CA)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: May 7, 1991 (Age 23-286d, 15,920th in major league history)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 7, 2001 (Age 34-074d)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

National Team: us USA (Oly,College,18U)

Full Name: Edward Nelson Sprague

Twitter: @EdSprague

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Relatives: Son of Ed Sprague

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.7

4095

1010

152

.247

506

RBI

558

OBP

.319

SLG

.419

OPS

.737

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	TOR	@	OAK	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 3	TOR	@	OAK	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 5	TOR	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 6	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 7	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 9	TOR		CAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 10	TOR		CAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	8	Apr 11	TOR		CAL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 12	TOR		SEA	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
10	10	Apr 13	TOR		SEA	L,3-14	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
11	11	Apr 14	TOR		SEA	L,4-9	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
12	12	Apr 15	TOR		DET	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	13	Apr 16	TOR		DET	L,8-13	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	3B
14	14	Apr 17	TOR	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
15	15	Apr 18	TOR	@	CAL	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
16	16	Apr 19	TOR	@	SEA	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
17	17	Apr 20	TOR	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
18	18	Apr 21	TOR	@	SEA	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
19	19	Apr 22	TOR	@	SEA	W,16-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
20	20	Apr 24	TOR		OAK	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
21	21	Apr 25	TOR		OAK	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
22	22	Apr 26	TOR		CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	23	Apr 27	TOR		CLE	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
24	24	Apr 28	TOR		CLE	L,3-17	GS	34	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	25	Apr 30	TOR		MIL	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	26	May 1	TOR		MIL	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
27	27	May 2	TOR		MIL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
28	28	May 3 susp	TOR	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
29	29	May 4	TOR	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
30	30	May 5	TOR	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
31	31	May 7	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
32	32	May 8	TOR	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
33	33	May 9	TOR	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
34	34	May 10	TOR		BOS	L,5-6	CG	46	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
35	35	May 11	TOR		BOS	W,9-8	CG	54	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
36	36	May 12	TOR		BOS	W,8-7	CG	43	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
37	37	May 14	TOR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
38	38	May 15	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	39	May 16	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
40	40	May 17	TOR	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
41	41	May 18	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
42	42	May 19	TOR	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
43	43	May 20	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
44	44	May 21	TOR	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
45	45	May 22	TOR	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	42	10.2	3	1	0	4	1	3B
46	46	May 23	TOR		MIN	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
47	47	May 24	TOR		MIN	L,0-4	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
48	48	May 25	TOR		MIN	L,4-6	CG	48	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
49	49	May 26	TOR		MIN	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
50	50	May 27	TOR		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
51	51	May 28	TOR		CHW	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
52	52	May 29	TOR		CHW	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
53	53	May 31	TOR		KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	54	Jun 1	TOR		KCR	W,5-3	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	55	Jun 2	TOR		KCR	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
56	56	Jun 4	TOR	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
57	58 (1)	Jun 6	TOR	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
58	59	Jun 7	TOR	@	TEX	L,7-10	CG	44	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
59	61 (1)	Jun 9	TOR	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
60	62	Jun 10	TOR		NYY	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
61	64 (1)	Jun 12	TOR		NYY	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
62	69 (4)	Jun 18	TOR	@	SEA	W,11-3	GS	13	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
63	71 (1)	Jun 20	TOR	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
64	72	Jun 21	TOR	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
65	73	Jun 22	TOR	@	OAK	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
66	76 (2)	Jun 26	TOR		SEA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
67	77	Jun 27	TOR		SEA	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
68	78	Jun 28	TOR		MIL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	79	Jun 29	TOR		MIL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
70	80	Jun 30	TOR		MIL	W,15-2	GS	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	81	Jul 1	TOR		BAL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
72	82	Jul 2	TOR		BAL	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	84 (1)	Jul 4	TOR	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
74	85	Jul 5	TOR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
75	86	Jul 6	TOR	@	DET	W,15-0	GS	22	6.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
76	87	Jul 7	TOR	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
77	88	Jul 11	TOR	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
78	89	Jul 12	TOR	@	MIL	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
79	90	Jul 13	TOR	@	MIL	W,15-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
80	91	Jul 14	TOR	@	MIL	W,7-5	CG	43	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
81	92	Jul 15	TOR	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	35	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
82	93	Jul 16	TOR	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
83	94	Jul 17	TOR	@	BAL	L,10-11	CG	41	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
84	95	Jul 18	TOR		DET	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
85	96	Jul 19	TOR		DET	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
86	97	Jul 20	TOR		DET	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
87	98	Jul 21	TOR		DET	W,5-4	CG	45	12.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
88	99	Jul 22	TOR		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
89	100	Jul 23	TOR		CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
90	101	Jul 24	TOR		CLE	L,0-10	GS	33	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
91	102	Jul 25	TOR		OAK	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
92	103	Jul 26	TOR		OAK	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	104	Jul 27	TOR		OAK	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
94	105	Jul 28	TOR		OAK	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
95	106	Jul 30	TOR	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
96	107	Jul 31	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	108	Aug 1	TOR	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
98	109	Aug 2	TOR		CAL	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	1	6	1	8	2	3B
99	110	Aug 3	TOR		CAL	L,6-11	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
100	111	Aug 4	TOR		CAL	W,7-1	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	112	Aug 5	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
102	113	Aug 6	TOR	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
103	114	Aug 7	TOR	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
104	115	Aug 8	TOR	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
105	116	Aug 9	TOR		TEX	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
106	117	Aug 10	TOR		TEX	L,1-12	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
107	118	Aug 11	TOR		TEX	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
108	119	Aug 12	TOR		BOS	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
109	120	Aug 13	TOR		BOS	L,5-7	CG	48	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
110	121	Aug 14	TOR		BOS	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
111	122	Aug 16	TOR	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
112	123	Aug 17	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
113	124	Aug 18	TOR	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
114	125	Aug 19	TOR	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
115	126	Aug 20	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-5	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
116	127	Aug 21	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
117	128	Aug 22	TOR	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	21	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
118	129	Aug 23	TOR	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
119	130	Aug 24	TOR	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
120	131	Aug 25	TOR	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	47	9.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
121	132	Aug 26	TOR		MIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
122	133	Aug 27	TOR		MIN	L,4-6	CG	47	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
123	134	Aug 28	TOR		MIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
124	135	Aug 30	TOR		CHW	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
125	136	Aug 31	TOR		CHW	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	137	Sep 1	TOR		CHW	L,2-4	CG	44	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
127	138	Sep 2	TOR		KCR	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
128	139	Sep 3	TOR		KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
129	140	Sep 4	TOR		KCR	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
130	141	Sep 6	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
131	142	Sep 7	TOR	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
132	143	Sep 8	TOR	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
133	144	Sep 9	TOR		TEX	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
134	145	Sep 10	TOR		TEX	L,8-11	GS	37	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
135	146	Sep 11	TOR		TEX	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
136	147	Sep 13	TOR		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
137	148	Sep 14	TOR		NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
138	149	Sep 15	TOR		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
139	150	Sep 16	TOR		NYY	L,0-10	GS	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
140	151	Sep 17	TOR	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
141	153 (1)	Sep 20	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
142	154	Sep 21	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
143	155	Sep 22	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
144	156	Sep 23	TOR	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
145	159 (2)	Sep 26	TOR		BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
146	160	Sep 27	TOR		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
147	161	Sep 28	TOR		BAL	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
148	162	Sep 29	TOR		BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
							148gm		1285.0	108	218	15	341	29