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

Debut: April 10, 1968 (Age 22-207d, 10,276th in MLB 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

Relatives: Father of Ed Sprague

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

W

L

ERA

3.84

G

198

GS

SV

IP

408.0

SO

188

WHIP

1.500

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1966	20	STL-min	A	1	1	.500	1.64	2	2		1	1		11.0	9	5	2	0	5	0	3	1	0	0				1.273	7.4	0.0	4.1	2.5	0.60	RKH WCRS
1967	21	STL-min	A,WRk	16	10	.615	2.72	47	33		6	4		218.0	169	100	66	12	88	4	153	17	6	7				1.179	7.0	0.5	3.6	6.3	1.74	MOD,CNS CALL,FLIL
1968	22	OAK	AL	3	4	.429	3.28	47	1	16	0	0	4	68.2	51	29	25	5	34	5	34	2	0	6	282	85	3.91	1.238	6.7	0.7	4.5	4.5	1.00
1969	23	OAK-min	AAA	7	5	.583	3.57	15	15		5	0	0	111.0	121	63	44	4	50	4	66	3	3	7				1.541	9.8	0.3	4.1	5.4	1.32	IWA AA
1969	23	OAK	AL	1	1	.500	4.47	27	0	9	0	0	2	46.1	47	24	23	4	31	6	20	2	0	2	210	77	4.90	1.683	9.1	0.8	6.0	3.9	0.65

1970	24	OAK-min	AAA	8	9	.471	3.90	26	21		9	3	0	150.0	156	80	65	11	48	4	95	10	1	13				1.360	9.4	0.7	2.9	5.7	1.98	IWA AA
1971	25	CIN-min	AAA	9	6	.600	3.25	39	19		5	0	5	155.0	156	65	56	11	68	9	112	7	1	11				1.445	9.1	0.6	3.9	6.5	1.65	INA AA
1971	25	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	7	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	8	2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	43		1.45	0.818	6.5	0.0	0.8	5.7	7.00
1972	26	CIN	NL	3	3	.500	4.13	33	1	10	0	0	0	56.2	55	33	26	6	26	3	25	3	0	6	245	79	4.43	1.429	8.7	1.0	4.1	4.0	0.96
1973	27	STL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.25	3	0		0	0	0	8.0	6	2	2	0	6	0	7	0	0	0				1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	7.9	1.17	TUL AA
1973	27	TOT	MLB	1	4	.200	5.43	43	0	20	0	0	2	56.1	56	35	34	4	40	12	24	4	1	4	265	66	4.98	1.704	8.9	0.6	6.4	3.8	0.60
1973	27	TOT	NL	1	3	.250	4.63	36	0	15	0	0	1	46.2	43	24	24	4	26	7	21	2	1	3	206	76	4.58	1.479	8.3	0.8	5.0	4.1	0.81
1973	27	CIN	NL	1	3	.250	5.12	28	0	10	0	0	1	38.2	35	22	22	3	22	7	19	2	1	3	172	67	4.45	1.474	8.1	0.7	5.1	4.4	0.86
1973	27	STL	NL	0	0		2.25	8	0	5	0	0	0	8.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	34	172	5.19	1.500	9.0	1.1	4.5	2.3	0.50
1973	27	MIL	AL	0	1	.000	9.31	7	0	5	0	0	1	9.2	13	11	10	0	14	5	3	2	0	1	59	42	6.91	2.793	12.1	0.0	13.0	2.8	0.21
1974	28	MIL	AL	7	2	.778	2.39	20	10	5	3	0	0	94.0	94	32	25	3	31	0	57	4	0	1	395	151	2.90	1.330	9.0	0.3	3.0	5.5	1.84
1975	29	MIL	AL	1	7	.125	4.68	18	11	2	0	0	1	67.1	81	46	35	5	40	3	21	2	0	6	320	82	4.80	1.797	10.8	0.7	5.3	2.8	0.53
1976	30	MIL	AL	0	2	.000	7.04	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.2	14	7	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	37	52	3.81	2.217	16.4	0.0	3.5	0.0	0.00
8 Yrs				17	23	.425	3.84	198	23	64	3	0	9	408.0	406	208	174	27	206	30	188	17	1	27	1797	89	4.09	1.500	9.0	0.6	4.5	4.1	0.91
162 Game Avg.				5	7	.425	3.84	61	7	20	1	0	3	126	125	64	54	8	63	9	58	5	0	8	553	89	4.09	1.500	9.0	0.6	4.5	4.1	0.91

MIL (4 yrs)				8	12	.400	3.83	48	21	13	3	0	2	178.2	202	96	76	8	88	9	81	8	0	9	811	97	3.87	1.623	10.2	0.4	4.4	4.1	0.92
CIN (3 yrs)				5	6	.455	4.06	68	1	21	0	0	1	106.1	98	57	48	9	49	10	51	5	1	10	460	82	4.13	1.382	8.3	0.8	4.1	4.3	1.04
OAK (2 yrs)				4	5	.444	3.76	74	1	25	0	0	6	115.0	98	53	48	9	65	11	54	4	0	8	492	81	4.31	1.417	7.7	0.7	5.1	4.2	0.83
STL (1 yr)				0	0		2.25	8	0	5	0	0	0	8.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	34	172	5.19	1.500	9.0	1.1	4.5	2.3	0.50

AL (6 yrs)				12	17	.414	3.80	122	22	38	3	0	8	293.2	300	149	124	17	153	20	135	12	0	17	1303	91	4.04	1.543	9.2	0.5	4.7	4.1	0.88
NL (3 yrs)				5	6	.455	3.94	76	1	26	0	0	1	114.1	106	59	50	10	53	10	53	5	1	10	494	86	4.20	1.391	8.3	0.8	4.2	4.2	1.00

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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