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Ed Sprague

Edward Nelson Sprague Sr.

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Reds/Brewers/Cardinals 1968-1976

Final Game: June 5, 1976
Relatives: Father of Ed Sprague
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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 86 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 78 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 66 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 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 34 172 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 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 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 52 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 90 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 90 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 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 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 82 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 1.500 9.0 1.1 4.5 2.3 0.50
AL (6 yrs) AL 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 1.543 9.2 0.5 4.7 4.1 0.88
NL (3 yrs) NL 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 1.391 8.3 0.8 4.2 4.2 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1968 22 OAK AL 68.2 1 29 29 1 1.1 0 -0.5 $
1969 23 OAK AL 46.1 0 24 22 1 .5 -2 -0.4 $
1971 25 CIN NL 11.0 0 2 5 0 1.2 3 0.3 $
1972 26 CIN NL 56.2 1 33 24 2 .7 -9 -1.2 $
1973 27 CIN NL 38.2 0 22 18 1 .6 -4 -0.6 $
1973 27 STL NL 8.0 0 2 5 0 .3 3 0.1 $
1973 27 MIL AL 9.2 0 11 6 0 2.3 -5 -1.1 $
1974 28 MIL AL 94.0 10 32 50 1 .7 18 1.7 $
1975 29 MIL AL 67.1 11 46 41 -2 1.2 -5 -0.7 $
1976 30 MIL AL 7.2 0 7 4 0 1.4 -3 -0.5 $
8 Seasons 408.0 23 208 204 4 .9 -4 -2.9 $
MIL (4 yrs) 178.2 21 96 101 -1 1.0 5 -0.6 $
CIN (3 yrs) 106.1 1 57 47 3 .7 -10 -1.5 $
OAK (2 yrs) 115.0 1 53 51 2 .9 -2 -0.9 $
STL (1 yr) 8.0 0 2 5 0 .3 3 0.1 $

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1968 22 OAK AL 47 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 23 OAK AL 27 7 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 68 2 1 0 2 0 0 1
1971 25 CIN NL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 26 CIN NL 33 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 27 TOT MLB 43 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 27 TOT NL 36 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 27 CIN NL 28 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 27 STL NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1973 27 MIL AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1974 28 MIL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 29 MIL AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 30 MIL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
8 Seasons 198 25 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .045 .045 .091 .136 -60 2 1 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 20 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .045 .045 .091 .136 -60 2 1 0 2 0 0
MIL (4 yrs) 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (3 yrs) 68 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
OAK (2 yrs) 74 14 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .083 .083 .167 .250 -26 2 1 0 2 0 0
STL (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 122 14 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .083 .083 .167 .250 -26 2 1 0 2 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 76 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1968 22 OAK AL 7 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $4,800 1
1969 23 OAK AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1971 25 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1972 26 CIN NL 7 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1973 27 CIN NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $16,000 1
5 Seasons 25 -5 0 0 0 0 2 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $20,800
CIN (3 yrs) 11 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $16,000
OAK (2 yrs) 14 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $4,800

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1968 OAK AL 22 P 47 1 0 68.2 25 8 15 2 0 .920 3.01 0.49 .957 1.89 1.88 6 1 14% 0
1969 OAK AL 23 P 27 0 0 46.1 23 5 17 1 1 .957 4.27 0.81 .951 1.88 1.88 4 4 50% 0
1971 CIN NL 25 P 7 0 0 11.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 .950 1.88 1.90 0 1 100% 0
1972 CIN NL 26 P 33 1 0 56.2 9 2 6 1 1 .889 1.27 0.24 .950 1.78 1.78 4 2 33% 0
1973 TOT MLB 27 P 43 0 0 56.4 19 6 11 2 1 .895 2.72 0.40 .950 1.89 1.87 6 2 25% 1
1973 TOT NL 27 P 36 0 0 46.2 17 5 10 2 1 .882 2.89 0.42 .950 1.89 1.88 5 2 29% 1
1973 CIN NL 27 P 28 0 0 38.2 14 3 9 2 0 .857 2.79 0.43 .950 1.89 1.88 4 2 33% 1
1973 STL NL 27 P 8 0 0 8.0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.38 0.38 .950 1.91 1.88 1 0 0% 0
1973 MIL AL 27 P 7 0 0 9.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 0.29 .950 1.86 1.86 1 0 0% 0
1974 MIL AL 28 P 20 10 3 94.0 19 8 9 2 2 .895 1.63 0.85 .947 1.81 1.80 4 4 50% 0
1975 MIL AL 29 P 18 11 0 67.1 18 7 8 3 0 .833 2.00 0.83 .940 1.87 1.86 11 3 21% 0
1976 MIL AL 30 P 3 0 0 7.2 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 4.70 1.33 .950 1.88 1.87 3 0 0% 0
8 Seasons P 198 23 3 408.0 118 36 70 12 6 .898 2.34 0.54 .950 1.85 1.85 38 17 31% 1
8 Seasons TOT 198 23 3 408.0 118 36 70 12 6 .898 2.34 0.54 .950 1.85 1.85 38 17 31% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1968 AL  3.01 (5th)

                                         

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196822Oakland Athletics$4,800Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197327Cincinnati Reds$16,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197428Milwaukee Brewers$18,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$38,800
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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