Ed Sprague
Edward Nelson Sprague Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 25, 1967 in Castro Valley, CA
High School: St. Mary's (Stockton, CA)
School: Stanford University
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1991
Final Game: October 7, 2001
Relatives: Son 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% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1991 TOR AL 23 3B 35 31 260.0 92 19 61 12 2 .870 -5.5 -25.4 -4.5 -0.4 -4.1 -1 2.77 2.29 .959 2.79 2.33
1991 TOR AL 23 1B 22 18 143.0 154 143 11 0 12 1.000 -0.3 -2.5 -0.3 -0.9 0.6 0 9.69 7.00 .992 9.75 8.30
1991 TOR AL 23 C 2 0 6.0 7 5 0 2 0 .714 0.0 0.0 0 7.50 2.50 .986 6.45 5.30 0 0 0 0
1991 TOR AL 23 DH 2
1992 TOR AL 24 C 15 8 87.0 68 64 3 1 0 .985 -2.0 -27.6 -2 6.93 4.47 .990 6.20 5.26 1 4 7 1 13%
1992 TOR AL 24 1B 4 1 16.0 20 18 2 0 1 1.000 0.3 22.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 11.25 5.00 .995 9.67 8.35
1992 TOR AL 24 DH 2
1992 TOR AL 24 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1993 TOR AL 25 3B 150 150 1291.1 376 127 232 17 21 .955 4.2 3.9 5.2 2.1 3.1 -1 2.50 2.39 .951 2.69 2.31
1994 TOR AL 26 3B 107 107 942.1 259 98 147 14 19 .946 -6.8 -8.7 -7.8 -2.4 -5.4 1 2.34 2.29 .948 2.64 2.34
1994 TOR AL 26 1B 3 2 19.0 19 19 0 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 9.00 6.33 .989 9.57 8.50
1995 TOR AL 27 3B 139 138 1215.0 383 133 234 16 20 .958 -5.9 -5.8 -4.9 -0.1 -4.8 -1 2.72 2.64 .952 2.61 2.19
1995 TOR AL 27 1B 7 4 42.2 35 34 0 1 3 .971 -0.3 -8.4 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 7.17 4.86 .994 9.62 8.31
1995 TOR AL 27 DH 2
1996 TOR AL 28 3B 148 148 1285.0 341 108 218 15 29 .956 3.2 3.0 1.2 -0.1 1.3 2 2.28 2.20 .956 2.57 2.18
1996 TOR AL 28 DH 10
1997 TOR AL 29 3B 129 129 1120.1 326 106 202 18 19 .945 -7.4 -7.9 -7.4 2.5 -9.9 0 2.47 2.39 .953 2.67 2.32
1997 TOR AL 29 DH 8
1998 TOT AL 30 3B 128 126 1111.4 330 110 194 26 10 .921 -2.8 -3.0 -0.8 2.0 -2.8 -2 2.46 2.38 .949 2.55 2.23
1998 TOR AL 30 3B 105 104 918.2 264 87 157 20 8 .924 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.7 0.3 -1 2.39 2.32 .949 2.55 2.23
1998 OAK AL 30 3B 23 22 192.2 66 23 37 6 2 .909 -2.8 -17.4 -1.8 1.3 -3.1 -1 2.80 2.61 .950 2.55 2.23
1998 OAK AL 30 1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 9.45 8.30
1999 PIT NL 31 3B 134 132 1144.1 362 79 254 29 22 .920 -15.1 -15.8 -14.1 -5.1 -9.0 -1 2.62 2.49 .955 2.68 2.30 AS
2000 TOT MLB 32 3B 41 34 296.1 91 24 65 2 3 .978 0.6 2.4 1.6 4.7 -3.2 -1 2.70 2.17 .946 2.66 2.28
2000 TOT MLB 32 1B 28 21 201.2 224 204 13 7 15 .969 -4.0 -23.8 -4.0 -4.2 0.4 0 9.68 7.75 .993 9.26 7.78
2000 TOT NL 32 1B 25 20 180.2 203 187 9 7 14 .966 -5.2 -34.5 -5.2 -5.0 0.0 0 9.76 7.84 .993 9.25 7.73
2000 TOT NL 32 3B 10 4 53.1 20 5 15 0 2 1.000 -1.0 -22.5 -1.0 1.4 -2.4 0 3.38 2.00 .950 2.63 2.18
2000 TOT NL 32 LF 6 5 39.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 6.2 0.2 -0.6 0.8 0 2.31 1.67 .980 1.92 1.40
2000 SDP NL 32 1B 24 20 180.2 197 181 9 7 14 .964 -2.6 -17.3 -2.6 -2.5 0.0 0 9.46 7.92 .992 9.25 7.73
2000 SDP NL 32 OF 7 6 47.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -17.9 -0.7 -1.1 0.4 0 1.91 1.43 .980 2.26 1.86
2000 SDP NL 32 3B 5 4 53.1 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -11.2 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 0 2.02 2.40 .950 2.63 2.18
2000 SDP NL 32 LF 4 5 39.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.1 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 1.15 1.25 .980 1.92 1.40
2000 SDP NL 32 RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 -120.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.14 1.80
2000 BOS AL 32 3B 31 30 243.0 71 19 50 2 1 .972 1.6 7.9 2.6 3.3 -0.8 -1 2.56 2.23 .945 2.67 2.31
2000 BOS AL 32 1B 3 1 21.0 21 17 4 0 1 1.000 1.2 68.6 1.2 0.8 0.4 0 9.00 7.00 .995 9.39 8.17
2000 BOS AL 32 DH 1
2000 SDP NL 32 3B 5 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 0 1.60 .950 2.18
2000 SDP NL 32 LF 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 2.50 .980 1.40
2000 SDP NL 32 1B 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2.6 -2.6 -2.5 0.0 0 6.00 1.000 7.70
2000 SDP NL 32 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.00 1.000 4.30
2001 SEA AL 33 1B 12 6 62.1 54 51 2 1 4 .981 -0.1 -1.9 -0.1 -0.3 0.3 0 7.65 4.42 .993 9.39 8.27
2001 SEA AL 33 DH 9
2001 SEA AL 33 OF 9 8 51.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -9.4 -0.4 -0.2 -0.3 0 1.94 1.22 .982 2.29 2.01
2001 SEA AL 33 3B 8 7 54.0 17 5 11 1 0 .941 1.2 26.7 1.2 0.6 0.5 0 2.67 2.00 .947 2.73 2.41
2001 SEA AL 33 LF 8 8 49.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -14.7 -0.6 -0.4 -0.3 0 1.84 1.25 .980 2.15 1.72
2001 SEA AL 33 C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 7.20 6.10 0 0 0 0
2001 SEA AL 33 RF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
11 Seasons 3B 1020 1002 8722.0 2577 809 1618 150 145 .942 -34.3 -4.7 -30.3 3.8 -34.3 -4 2.50 2.38 .952 2.64 2.27
7 Seasons 1B 77 52 486.2 507 470 28 9 37 .982 -4.4 -10.8 -4.4 -5.1 1.0 0 9.21 6.47 .993 9.48 8.12
7 Seasons DH 34
3 Seasons C 18 8 94.0 76 70 3 3 0 .961 -2.0 -25.5 -2 6.99 4.06 .989 6.22 5.31 1 4 7 1 13%
2 Seasons OF 16 14 98.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -13.5 -1.1 -1.3 0.1 0 1.93 1.31 .981 2.28 1.94
2 Seasons LF 14 13 88.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -5.5 -0.4 -1.0 0.5 0 2.05 1.43 .980 2.05 1.59
2 Seasons RF 2 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -72.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 0.90 0.50 1.000 2.16 1.80
1 Season 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.00 1.000 4.30
11 Seasons TOT 1132 1076 9400.2 3182 1370 1650 162 182 .949 -41.5 -5.3 -35.5 -2.7 -32.8 0 -4 -2 2.89 2.67 .909 3.02 2.71 1 4 7 1 13%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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
1991 TOR AL 23 61 51 61 59 0 2 22 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1992 TOR AL 24 22 10 22 20 0 15 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
1993 TOR AL 25 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 TOR AL 26 109 109 109 109 0 0 3 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 TOR AL 27 144 144 144 142 0 0 7 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1996 TOR AL 28 159 158 159 148 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
1997 TOR AL 29 138 137 138 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
1998 TOR AL 30 105 104 105 105 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 OAK AL 30 27 22 27 24 0 0 1 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1999 PIT NL 31 137 132 137 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2000 SDP NL 32 73 30 73 41 0 0 25 1 10 0 6 0 1 7 0 39 0
2000 BOS AL 32 33 32 33 31 0 0 3 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2001 SEA AL 33 45 24 45 28 0 1 12 0 8 0 8 0 1 9 3 17 0
11 Seasons 1203 1103 1203 1120 0 18 77 1 1020 0 14 0 2 16 27 71 1
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1991 TOR AL 23 1161 62% 76% 33% 91 81% 1 19 10 2 7 61 52 9 1 3 12 0 3 9 12 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 100%
1992 TOR AL 24 13 38% 77% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 TOR AL 25 5845 51% 74% 30% 377 86% 7 127 91 12 24 232 193 29 5 6 17 0 14 3 16 21 9 2 13 5 3 2 28 57%
1994 TOR AL 26 4386 54% 72% 28% 267 83% 4 97 66 12 19 148 125 20 2 3 14 1 10 3 10 19 15 1 17 1 1 0 15 67%
1995 TOR AL 27 5664 47% 74% 28% 366 89% 15 131 92 12 27 231 176 37 1 13 16 0 10 6 14 20 14 3 18 0 0 0 17 59%
1996 TOR AL 28 5753 51% 74% 29% 342 87% 2 109 82 10 18 217 167 41 4 10 15 1 6 8 11 30 20 1 23 6 3 3 16 38%
1997 TOR AL 29 4933 50% 74% 29% 343 85% 2 105 86 11 8 203 167 32 1 4 18 0 7 11 17 19 14 2 16 2 1 1 16 69%
1998 TOR AL 30 4180 47% 74% 29% 285 81% 4 86 79 1 6 159 129 19 5 2 20 0 16 4 15 8 4 0 5 3 3 0 9 89%
1998 OAK AL 30 903 50% 76% 30% 64 81% 1 23 17 0 6 40 32 4 0 1 6 0 6 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 50%
1999 PIT NL 31 5194 60% 73% 32% 363 83% 3 79 53 12 14 254 192 51 2 1 29 0 28 1 26 22 16 1 18 3 3 0 21 71%
2000 BOS AL 32 1071 57% 73% 28% 73 93% 1 19 18 0 1 50 41 7 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0%
2000 SDP NL 32 245 43% 73% 29% 11 100% 0 3 1 1 1 9 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2001 SEA AL 33 241 39% 71% 28% 15 100% 0 5 4 0 1 11 9 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 39589 52% 74% 30% 2597 85% 40 803 599 73 132 1615 1290 251 25 44 150 2 103 45 127 145 94 10 113 21 14 7 129 61%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 87% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1991 TOR AL 23 638 62% 76% 31% 32 84% 0 143 8 128 7 10 11 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1992 TOR AL 24 78 67% 86% 36% 4 100% 0 18 0 18 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1994 TOR AL 26 74 72% 70% 31% 3 100% 0 19 0 15 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1995 TOR AL 27 192 53% 67% 24% 5 80% 0 33 2 30 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1998 OAK AL 30 8 50% 75% 25% 1 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 SDP NL 32 832 50% 73% 30% 40 80% 1 179 4 171 4 19 9 6 1 2 0 7 0 5 2 7 14 0 0 0 11 1 3 0 3 1 0%
2000 BOS AL 32 99 44% 73% 30% 7 100% 0 17 0 17 0 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 SEA AL 33 276 45% 70% 25% 10 100% 0 51 2 50 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2197 54% 73% 29% 102 85% 1 461 16 430 16 46 28 19 3 2 1 9 2 5 2 7 37 0 0 0 33 1 4 0 4 3 67%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2000 SDP NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 200 58% 74% 36% 22 45%
2001 SEA AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 212 45% 75% 44% 25 40%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 15 10 66.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 412 51% 75% 40% 47 43%
MLB Averages 60.5% 2.4% 56% 75% 38% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1991 TOR AL 23 28 6.00 7.50 1 0% 1 0 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1992 TOR AL 24 350 2.28 2.28 4 75% 1 0 64 3 0 2 59 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2001 SEA AL 33 3 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 381 2.49 2.59 5 60% 2 0 70 3 0 3 64 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 4.37 4.81 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1991 TOR AL 23 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 TOR AL 24 1 4 104 7 1 1 13% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0.74 0.19
2001 SEA AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1 4 114 7 1 1 13% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0.74 0.19
MLB Averages 32% 1.29 1.24

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2000 SDP NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 45 31% 64% 33% 5 20%
2001 SEA AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 40% 70% 60% 1 100%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 55 33% 65% 38% 6 33%
MLB Averages 45.2% 2.4% 56% 75% 38% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2000 SDP NL 32 4 50% 100% 50% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 4 50% 100% 50% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 91%

* 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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