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 Pitching

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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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 1.238 6.7 0.7 4.5 4.5 1.00
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 1.683 9.1 0.8 6.0 3.9 0.65
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 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 78 1.429 8.7 1.0 4.1 4.0 0.96
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 65 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 75 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 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 34 163 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 40 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 1 395 150 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 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 50 2.217 16.4 0.0 3.5 0.0 0.00
8 Seasons 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 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 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 96 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 81 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 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 34 163 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 90 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 84 1.391 8.3 0.8 4.2 4.2 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 22 OAK AL 47 282 244 29 51 2 2 5 6 1 34 34 .209 .309 .295 .604 .222 72 12 2 0 2 5
1969 23 OAK AL 27 210 176 24 47 5 2 4 4 4 31 20 .267 .383 .386 .769 .283 68 5 2 1 0 6
1971 25 CIN NL 7 43 41 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 .195 .209 .220 .429 .229 9 0 0 0 1 0
1972 26 CIN NL 33 245 211 33 55 11 0 6 4 2 26 25 .261 .347 .398 .745 .269 84 5 3 3 2 3
1973 27 MIL AL 7 59 41 11 13 2 0 0 1 0 14 3 .317 .492 .366 .857 .325 15 1 2 0 2 5
1973 27 TOT NL 36 206 171 24 43 9 0 4 5 2 26 21 .251 .353 .374 .728 .264 64 3 2 5 2 7
1973 27 CIN NL 28 172 142 22 35 9 0 3 4 2 22 19 .246 .353 .373 .727 .264 53 1 2 5 1 7
1973 27 STL NL 8 34 29 2 8 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 .276 .353 .379 .732 .259 11 2 0 0 1 0
1973 27 TOT MLB 43 265 212 35 56 11 0 4 6 2 40 24 .264 .385 .373 .757 .277 79 4 4 5 4 12
1974 28 MIL AL 20 395 353 32 94 14 0 3 4 4 31 57 .266 .327 .331 .659 .304 117 14 4 1 6 0
1975 29 MIL AL 18 320 273 46 81 13 0 5 11 3 40 21 .297 .389 .399 .789 .306 109 9 2 4 1 3
1976 30 MIL AL 3 37 32 7 14 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 .438 .472 .500 .972 .424 16 3 0 1 1 1
8 Seasons 198 1797 1542 208 406 59 4 27 38 17 206 188 .263 .353 .359 .712 .282 554 52 17 15 17 30
162 Game Avg. 61 553 474 64 125 18 1 8 12 5 63 58 .263 .353 .359 .712 .282 170 16 5 5 5 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1968 22 OAK AL 47 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44 44 44 24 13 1 0 2.0 2.3 3.3
1972 26 CIN NL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 55 55 55 10 5 0 1 3.0 4.5 6.0
1974 28 MIL AL 20 10 7 2 1 0 0 8 2 .800 0 0 3 0 7 70% 55 78 34 18 4 3 6 6.7 7.4 6.7
1975 29 MIL AL 18 11 1 5 5 0 1 6 5 .545 1 2 0 0 3 27% 42 64 27 22 11 4 4 3.7 3.1 4.2
4 Seasons 118 23 9 8 6 0 1 15 8 .652 1 2 3 0 11 48% 48 78 27 74 33 8 11 4.9 5.5 5.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1968 22 OAK AL 47 46 16 3 3 5 4 1 80% 10 5 27 6 22% 9 1.156 17 7 22 11 6 29 17 29 22 13 23 11 4.3
1969 23 OAK AL 27 27 9 1 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 25 9 36% 6 0.542 5 4 18 3 2 22 14 13 17 6 19 6 5.1
1971 25 CIN NL 7 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 0 2 1 50% 6 1.256 2 1 4 2 0 5 2 5 4 0 4 3 4.7
1972 26 CIN NL 33 32 10 2 3 0 0 0 3 3 13 7 54% 6 0.737 10 4 18 3 6 23 6 26 16 5 16 10 4.8
1973 27 TOT MLB 43 43 20 1 4 5 2 3 40% 5 0 32 14 44% 1.001 10 10 23 7 3 33 17 26 19 11 20 10 3.9
1973 27 TOT NL 36 36 15 1 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 24 11 46% 0.622 6 9 21 4 3 29 13 23 15 8 15 10 3.9
1973 27 CIN NL 28 28 10 1 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 18 7 39% 5 0.686 5 9 14 3 3 22 10 18 13 5 13 8 4.1
1973 27 STL NL 8 8 5 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 4 67% 8 0.300 1 0 7 1 0 7 3 5 2 3 2 2 3.0
1973 27 MIL AL 7 7 5 0 1 3 1 2 33% 3 0 8 3 38% 8 2.324 4 1 2 3 0 4 4 3 4 3 5 0 4.1
1974 28 MIL AL 20 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50% 5 0.780 2 4 4 0 1 9 8 2 8 0 8 1 8.1
1975 29 MIL AL 18 7 2 0 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 12 6 50% 1 1.219 1 4 2 2 0 5 6 1 5 2 5 1 9.1
1976 30 MIL AL 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 1.457 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 7.7
8 Seasons 198 175 64 8 15 15 9 6 60% 25 9 126 49 39% 0.941 48 36 91 28 19 128 72 103 94 37 98 42 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1968 22 OAK AL 282 44% 1.8% 12.1% 12.1% 3.2% 18% 2.40 73% 56 12 21%
1969 23 OAK AL 210 39% 1.9% 9.5% 14.8% 5.2% 23% 2.68 72% 39 5 13%
1971 25 CIN NL 43 35% 0.0% 16.3% 2.3% 2.3% 13% 1.50 81% 8 0 0%
1972 26 CIN NL 245 31% 2.5% 10.2% 10.6% 6.9% 31% 1.03 74% 49 5 10%
1973 27 TOT MLB 265 38% 1.5% 9.1% 15.1% 5.7% 27% 1.18 71% 50 4 8%
1973 27 TOT NL 206 39% 1.9% 10.2% 12.6% 6.3% 30% 1.19 72% 31 3 10%
1973 27 CIN NL 172 37% 1.7% 11.1% 12.8% 7.0% 34% 1.29 70% 21 1 5%
1973 27 STL NL 34 50% 2.9% 5.9% 11.8% 2.9% 13% 0.83 79% 10 2 20%
1973 27 MIL AL 59 32% 0.0% 5.1% 23.7% 3.4% 15% 1.17 68% 19 1 5%
1974 28 MIL AL 395 41% 0.8% 14.4% 7.9% 4.3% 18% 1.28 76% 88 14 16%
1975 29 MIL AL 320 49% 1.6% 6.6% 12.5% 5.6% 22% 1.30 78% 61 9 15%
1976 30 MIL AL 37 32% 0.0% 0.0% 8.1% 5.4% 14% 1.30 89% 10 3 30%
8 Seasons 1797 40% 1.5% 10.5% 11.5% 5.0% 22% 1.48 75% 361 52 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1968 22 OAK AL 282 51 5 0 7 4 1 1 4 15 5 0 33% 4 6 0 108 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1969 23 OAK AL 210 47 4 1 7 2 2 3 1 12 5 2 42% 1 2 2 96 4 4 50% 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0
1971 25 CIN NL 43 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 1 0 18 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 26 CIN NL 245 55 6 0 2 5 1 2 4 11 7 4 64% 6 6 0 102 4 2 67% 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
1973 27 TOT MLB 265 56 4 0 18 1 3 3 1 22 11 2 50% 4 4 0 116 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 15 0
1973 27 TOT NL 206 43 4 0 11 1 3 3 1 15 6 2 40% 2 3 0 81 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 9 0
1973 27 CIN NL 172 35 3 0 6 0 3 2 1 9 3 2 33% 2 3 0 70 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 0
1973 27 STL NL 34 8 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 6 3 0 50% 0 0 0 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 27 MIL AL 59 13 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 71% 2 1 0 35 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1974 28 MIL AL 395 94 3 0 7 2 1 1 2 20 12 3 60% 8 1 1 161 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1975 29 MIL AL 320 81 5 0 8 3 2 3 2 24 10 3 42% 8 6 2 132 11 3 79% 10 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1976 30 MIL AL 37 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 1 0 21 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Seasons 1797 406 27 1 49 17 10 13 14 109 54 14 50% 33 27 5 754 38 17 69% 36 13 2 3 0 1 6 1 69 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1968 22 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 1.238 6.7 0.7 4.5 4.5 1.00 85
1969 23 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 1.417 7.7 0.7 5.1 4.2 0.83 81
1970 24 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 1.417 7.7 0.7 5.1 4.2 0.83 81
1971 25 5 5 .500 3.43 81 1 26 0 0 6 126.0 106 55 48 9 66 11 61 4 0 9 535 90 1.365 7.6 0.6 4.7 4.4 0.92 90
1972 26 8 8 .500 3.65 114 2 36 0 0 6 182.2 161 88 74 15 92 14 86 7 0 15 780 86 1.385 7.9 0.7 4.5 4.2 0.93 86
1973 27 9 12 .429 4.07 157 2 56 0 0 8 239.0 217 123 108 19 132 26 110 11 1 19 1045 79 1.460 8.2 0.7 5.0 4.1 0.83 79
1974 28 16 14 .533 3.59 177 12 61 3 0 8 333.0 311 155 133 22 163 26 167 15 1 20 1440 92 1.423 8.4 0.6 4.4 4.5 1.02 92
1975 29 17 21 .447 3.78 195 23 63 3 0 9 400.1 392 201 168 27 203 29 188 17 1 26 1760 90 1.486 8.8 0.6 4.6 4.2 0.93 90
1976 30 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 1.500 9.0 0.6 4.5 4.1 0.91 89

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1968 22 2 4 .333 5.02 61.0 59 38 34 6 39 30 2 1.607 8.7 5.8 4.4 0.77 0.9 47
1969 23 1 3 .250 5.79 42.0 50 30 27 4 33 18 2 1.976 10.7 7.1 3.9 0.55 0.9 27
1971 25 1 0 1.000 0.00 11.0 8 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.818 6.5 0.8 5.7 7.00 0.0 7
1972 26 2 3 .400 5.60 53.0 64 37 33 7 30 23 3 1.774 10.9 5.1 3.9 0.77 1.2 33
1973 27 1 4 .200 6.45 53.0 60 42 38 4 43 23 4 1.943 10.2 7.3 3.9 0.53 0.7 43
1974 28 6 3 .667 3.03 86.0 99 32 29 3 33 52 4 1.535 10.4 3.5 5.4 1.58 0.3 20
1975 29 3 4 .429 5.34 64.0 85 42 38 5 42 20 2 1.984 12.0 5.9 2.8 0.48 0.7 18
1976 30 0 0 10.50 6.0 15 8 7 0 3 0 0 3.000 22.5 4.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 3
8 Seasons 16 21 .432 4.93 376.0 440 229 206 29 224 173 17 1.766 10.5 4.1 0.77 0.7 198

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