Ed Sprague
Edward Nelson Sprague Sr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 16, 1945 in Boston, MA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1968
Final Game: June 5, 1976
Relatives: Father of Ed Sprague
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 OAK AL 22 P 47 1 68.2 25 8 15 2 0 .920 3.01 0.49 .960 1.89 0.73
1969 OAK AL 23 P 27 0 46.1 23 5 17 1 1 .957 4.27 0.81 .952 1.88 0.69
1971 CIN NL 25 P 7 0 11.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 1.000 1.88 0.79
1972 CIN NL 26 P 33 1 56.2 9 2 6 1 1 .889 1.27 0.24 .956 1.78 0.73
1973 TOT MLB 27 P 43 0 56.4 19 6 11 2 1 .895 2.72 0.40 .953 1.89 0.75
1973 TOT NL 27 P 36 0 46.2 17 5 10 2 1 .882 2.89 0.42 .953 1.89 0.73
1973 CIN NL 27 P 28 0 38.2 14 3 9 2 0 .857 2.79 0.43 .957 1.89 0.73
1973 STL NL 27 P 8 0 8.0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.38 0.38 .933 1.91 0.72
1973 MIL AL 27 P 7 0 9.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 0.29 .950 1.86 0.86
1974 MIL AL 28 P 20 10 94.0 19 8 9 2 2 .895 1.63 0.85 .947 1.81 0.83
1975 MIL AL 29 P 18 11 67.1 18 7 8 3 0 .833 2.00 0.83 .944 1.87 0.85
1976 MIL AL 30 P 3 0 7.2 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 4.70 1.33 .950 1.88 0.87
8 Seasons P 198 23 408.0 118 36 70 12 6 .898 2.34 0.54 .953 1.85 0.75
8 Seasons TOT 198 23 408.0 118 36 70 12 6 .898 2.34 0.54 .851 1.85 0.75

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 OAK AL 22 47 1 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 OAK AL 23 27 0 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CIN NL 25 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CIN NL 26 33 1 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CIN NL 27 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 STL NL 27 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 MIL AL 27 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MIL AL 28 20 0 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 MIL AL 29 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MIL AL 30 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 198 2 151 198 198 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1968 OAK AL 22 296 76% 38% 20 85% 0 7 1 3 15 13 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
1969 OAK AL 23 221 76% 36% 20 95% 0 5 0 1 17 14 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
1971 CIN NL 25 46 83% 37% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CIN NL 26 257 79% 26% 9 89% 0 3 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1973 CIN NL 27 182 76% 26% 11 82% 0 4 0 2 9 6 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1973 STL NL 27 35 83% 23% 1 100% 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1973 MIL AL 27 61 69% 25% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MIL AL 28 407 77% 28% 15 73% 1 8 0 6 10 4 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 3 33%
1975 MIL AL 29 344 82% 27% 9 67% 0 6 0 6 6 6 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MIL AL 30 41 93% 22% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
8 Seasons 1890 78% 30% 92 84% 1 36 3 19 69 51 11 12 0 9 3 8 7 5 7 0 8 63%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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