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

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

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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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1966	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A		3	6	.333	2.66	3.84	13	9		2	1		61.0	39	26	18	0	35	0	36	6	0	7		1.213	5.8	0.0	5.2	5.3	1.03
1966	20	-0.7	Rock Hill	WCRS	A	STL	1	1	.500	1.64	4.09	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
1966	20	-0.2	Eugene	NORW	A-		2	5	.286	2.88	3.78	11	7		1	0		50.0	30	21	16	0	30	0	33	5	0	7		1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.9	1.10
1967	21	-0.3	Modesto	CALL	A	STL	11	7	.611	3.12	4.79	36	22		4	2		156.0	131	83	54	10	68	3	108	13	3	6		1.276	7.6	0.6	3.9	6.2	1.59
1967	21	-0.1	Cardinals	FLIL	WRk	STL	5	3	.625	1.74	2.47	11	11		2	2		62.0	38	17	12	2	20	1	45	4	3	1		0.935	5.5	0.3	2.9	6.5	2.25
1968	22	-5.0	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	3	4	.429	3.28	3.80	47	1	16	0	0	4	68.2	51	29	25	5	34	5	34	2	0	6	282	1.238	6.7	0.7	4.5	4.5	1.00
1969	23	-2.3	Iowa	AA	AAA	OAK	7	5	.583	3.57	5.11	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
1969	23	-4.1	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	1	1	.500	4.47	4.66	27	0	9	0	0	2	46.1	47	24	23	4	31	6	20	2	0	2	210	1.683	9.1	0.8	6.0	3.9	0.65
1970	24	-1.3	Iowa	AA	AAA	OAK	8	9	.471	3.90	4.80	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
1971	25	0.1	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	CIN	9	6	.600	3.25	3.77	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
1971	25	-2.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	0	1.000	0.00	1.64	7	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	8	2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	43	0.818	6.5	0.0	0.8	5.7	7.00
1972	26	-1.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	3	3	.500	4.13	5.24	33	1	10	0	0	0	56.2	55	33	26	6	26	3	25	3	0	6	245	1.429	8.7	1.0	4.1	4.0	0.96
1973	27		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	MIL	1	4	.200	5.43	5.59	43	0	20	0	0	2	56.1	56	35	34	4	40	12	24	4	1	4	265	1.704	8.9	0.6	6.4	3.8	0.60
1973	27	2.3	Tulsa	AA	AAA	STL	1	0	1.000	2.25	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
1973	27	-0.7	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	0	1	.000	9.31	10.24	7	0	5	0	0	1	9.2	13	11	10	0	14	5	3	2	0	1	59	2.793	12.1	0.0	13.0	2.8	0.21
1973	27	-0.3	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	3	.250	5.12	5.12	28	0	10	0	0	1	38.2	35	22	22	3	22	7	19	2	1	3	172	1.474	8.1	0.7	5.1	4.4	0.86
1973	27	-0.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	0		2.25	2.25	8	0	5	0	0	0	8.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	34	1.500	9.0	1.1	4.5	2.3	0.50
1974	28	-0.1	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	7	2	.778	2.39	3.06	20	10	5	3	0	0	94.0	94	32	25	3	31	0	57	4	0	1	395	1.330	9.0	0.3	3.0	5.5	1.84
1975	29	0.9	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	1	7	.125	4.68	6.15	18	11	2	0	0	1	67.1	81	46	35	5	40	3	21	2	0	6	320	1.797	10.8	0.7	5.3	2.8	0.53
1976	30	2.4	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	0	2	.000	7.04	8.22	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.2	14	7	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	37	2.217	16.4	0.0	3.5	0.0	0.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (8 seasons)					Majors		17	23	.425	3.84	4.59	198	23	64	3	0	9	408.0	406	208	174	27	206	30	188	17	1	27	1797	1.500	9.0	0.6	4.5	4.1	0.91
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		39	33	.542	3.36	4.48	132	86		25	6	5	641.0	609	319	239	36	275	20	424	39	8	44		1.379	8.6	0.5	3.9	6.0	1.54
Other (1 season)					Other		5	3	.625	1.74	2.47	11	11		2	2		62.0	38	17	12	2	20	1	45	4	3	1		0.935	5.5	0.3	2.9	6.5	2.25
All Levels (11 Seasons)							61	59	.508	3.44	4.41	341	120	64	30	8	14	1111.0	1053	544	425	65	501	51	657	60	12	72	1797	1.399	8.5	0.5	4.1	5.3	1.31

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		25	20	.556	3.54	4.46	83	55		19	3	5	424.0	439	210	167	26	172	17	280	20	5	31		1.441	9.3	0.6	3.7	5.9	1.63
A (2 seasons)					Minors		12	8	.600	3.02	4.74	38	24		5	3		167.0	140	88	56	10	73	3	111	14	3	6		1.275	7.5	0.5	3.9	6.0	1.52
A- (1 season)					Minors		2	5	.286	2.88	3.78	11	7		1	0		50.0	30	21	16	0	30	0	33	5	0	7		1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.9	1.10