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Ed Sprague

Edward Nelson Sprague Jr.

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 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 7, 1991
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Pirates/Padres/Mariners/RedSox/... 1991-2001

Final Game: October 7, 2001
Relatives: Son of Ed Sprague
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 8:21PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1621. Ted Easterly… #1622. Neifi Perez… #1623. Mike Lum… #1624. ED SPRAGUE… #1625. Walter Holke… #1626. Brent Mayne… #1627. Michael Barrett… 

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
1991 23 TOR AL 61 183 160 17 44 7 0 4 20 0 3 19 43 .275 .361 .394 .754 106 63 2 3 0 1 2 53/2
1992 24 TOR AL 22 50 47 6 11 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 7 .234 .280 .340 .620 70 16 0 0 0 0 0 2/35
1993 25 TOR AL 150 596 546 50 142 31 1 12 73 1 0 32 85 .260 .310 .386 .696 86 211 23 10 2 6 1 *5
1994 26 TOR AL 109 445 405 38 97 19 1 11 44 1 0 23 95 .240 .296 .373 .669 72 151 11 11 2 4 1 *5/3
1995 27 TOR AL 144 602 521 77 127 27 2 18 74 0 0 58 96 .244 .333 .407 .740 93 212 19 15 1 7 3 *5/3
1996 28 TOR AL 159 670 591 88 146 35 2 36 101 0 0 60 146 .247 .325 .496 .821 105 293 7 12 0 7 3 *5
1997 29 TOR AL 138 562 504 63 115 29 4 14 48 0 1 51 102 .228 .306 .385 .691 80 194 10 6 0 1 0 *5
1998 30 TOT AL 132 510 469 57 104 25 0 20 58 1 2 26 90 .222 .280 .403 .683 76 189 16 13 0 2 2 *5/3
1998 30 TOR AL 105 419 382 49 91 20 0 17 51 0 2 24 73 .238 .301 .424 .725 86 162 15 11 0 2 1 5
1998 30 OAK AL 27 91 87 8 13 5 0 3 7 1 0 2 17 .149 .187 .310 .497 29 27 1 2 0 0 1 5/3
1999 31 PIT NL 137 564 490 71 131 27 2 22 81 3 6 50 93 .267 .352 .465 .817 104 228 12 17 1 6 6 *5 AS
2000 32 TOT MLB 106 298 268 30 65 16 0 12 36 0 0 25 58 .243 .312 .437 .749 90 117 3 3 0 2 2 53/74D9
2000 32 TOT NL 73 175 157 19 41 12 0 10 27 0 0 13 40 .261 .326 .529 .854 119 83 1 3 0 2 2 35/749
2000 32 BOS AL 33 123 111 11 24 4 0 2 9 0 0 12 18 .216 .293 .306 .599 50 34 2 0 0 0 0 5/3
2000 32 SDP NL 53 131 117 17 32 10 0 10 25 0 0 10 28 .274 .336 .615 .951 142 72 0 2 0 2 2 3/759
2000 32 SDP NL 20 44 40 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 12 .225 .295 .275 .570 51 11 1 1 0 0 0 /534
2001 33 SEA AL 45 107 94 9 28 7 0 2 16 0 0 11 18 .298 .374 .436 .810 119 41 3 1 0 1 1 3/52
11 Seasons 1203 4587 4095 506 1010 225 12 152 558 6 12 358 833 .247 .318 .419 .737 91 1715 106 91 6 37 21
162 Game Avg. 162 618 551 68 136 30 2 20 75 1 2 48 112 .247 .318 .419 .737 91 231 14 12 1 5 3
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
TOR (8 yrs) 888 3527 3156 388 773 170 10 113 418 2 6 270 647 .245 .315 .413 .728 89 1302 87 68 5 28 11
SDP (1 yr) 73 175 157 19 41 12 0 10 27 0 0 13 40 .261 .326 .529 .854 119 83 1 3 0 2 2
PIT (1 yr) 137 564 490 71 131 27 2 22 81 3 6 50 93 .267 .352 .465 .817 104 228 12 17 1 6 6
BOS (1 yr) 33 123 111 11 24 4 0 2 9 0 0 12 18 .216 .293 .306 .599 50 34 2 0 0 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 27 91 87 8 13 5 0 3 7 1 0 2 17 .149 .187 .310 .497 29 27 1 2 0 0 1
SEA (1 yr) 45 107 94 9 28 7 0 2 16 0 0 11 18 .298 .374 .436 .810 119 41 3 1 0 1 1
AL (10 yrs) 993 3848 3448 416 838 186 10 120 450 3 6 295 700 .243 .313 .407 .720 87 1404 93 71 5 29 13
NL (2 yrs) 210 739 647 90 172 39 2 32 108 3 6 63 133 .266 .346 .481 .826 108 311 13 20 1 8 8

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
1991 23 TOR AL 183 1 -1 -1 0 -6 -1 6 -2 -0.2 4 0.4 -0.6 $100,000 53/2
1992 24 TOR AL 50 -2 0 2 0 -2 0 2 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $117,500 2/35
1993 25 TOR AL 596 -12 0 0 -3 4 1 21 11 1.1 7 0.7 0.4 $182,500 *5
1994 26 TOR AL 445 -19 1 2 -1 -7 1 15 -8 -0.7 -1 -0.1 -0.6 $500,000 *5/3
1995 27 TOR AL 602 -9 1 0 -3 -6 1 20 4 0.5 10 1.0 -0.5 $760,000 *5/3
1996 28 TOR AL 670 -2 0 0 0 3 0 22 23 2.4 20 2.0 0.4 $1,450,000 *5
1997 29 TOR AL 562 -18 1 4 -2 -7 0 19 -3 -0.2 4 0.4 -0.6 $1,900,000 *5
1998 30 TOR AL 419 -10 -2 -1 -2 0 1 15 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $2,350,000 5
1998 30 OAK AL 91 -10 0 0 0 -3 0 3 -10 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $ 5/3
1999 31 PIT NL 564 3 -1 0 -1 -15 1 16 3 0.3 18 1.8 -1.5 $1,300,000 *5 AS
2000 32 BOS AL 123 -8 0 0 0 3 0 4 -1 0.0 -4 -0.4 0.4 $ 5/3
2000 32 SDP NL 175 4 -1 -1 0 -7 -2 4 -1 -0.1 4 0.4 -0.5 $800,000 3/759
2001 33 SEA AL 107 4 -1 1 -1 1 -2 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 3/52
11 Seasons 4587 -78 -3 6 -13 -42 0 151 22 2.8 63 6.3 -3.5 $9,460,000
TOR (8 yrs) 3527 -71 0 6 -11 -21 3 120 26 3.0 47 4.7 -1.7 $7,360,000
PIT (1 yr) 564 3 -1 0 -1 -15 1 16 3 0.3 18 1.8 -1.5 $1,300,000
BOS (1 yr) 123 -8 0 0 0 3 0 4 -1 0.0 -4 -0.4 0.4 $
OAK (1 yr) 91 -10 0 0 0 -3 0 3 -10 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $
SDP (1 yr) 175 4 -1 -1 0 -7 -2 4 -1 -0.1 4 0.4 -0.5 $800,000
SEA (1 yr) 107 4 -1 1 -1 1 -2 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1992 24 TOR AL ALCS OAK W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1992 24 TOR AL WS ATL W 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 2.000 2.667 4 0 0 0 0 1
1993 25 TOR AL ALCS CHW W 6 24 21 0 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 4 .286 .333 .381 .714 8 2 0 0 1 1
1993 25 TOR AL WS PHI W 5 18 15 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .067 .111 .067 .178 1 0 0 0 2 0
2001 33 SEA AL ALDS CLE W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 17 48 41 1 9 0 1 1 8 0 0 4 11 .220 .271 .341 .612 14 2 0 0 3 2
1 ALDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 8 26 23 0 7 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 5 .304 .346 .391 .737 9 2 0 0 1 1
2 WS 8 21 17 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 6 .118 .190 .294 .485 5 0 0 0 2 1

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1991 TOR AL 23 3B 35 92 19 61 12 2 .870 -6 2.29 .955 2.79
1991 TOR AL 23 1B 22 154 143 11 0 12 1.000 -0 7.00 .992 9.74
1991 TOR AL 23 C 2 7 5 0 2 0 .714 0 2.50 .990 6.50 0 0 0
1991 TOR AL 23 DH 2 2
1992 TOR AL 24 C 15 68 64 3 1 0 .985 -2 4.47 .989 6.18 1 7 1 13%
1992 TOR AL 24 1B 4 20 18 2 0 1 1.000 0 5.00 .993 9.65
1992 TOR AL 24 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1992 TOR AL 24 DH 1 1
1993 TOR AL 25 3B 150 376 127 232 17 21 .955 4 2.39 .951 2.66
1994 TOR AL 26 3B 107 259 98 147 14 19 .946 -7 2.29 .948 2.62
1994 TOR AL 26 1B 3 19 19 0 0 2 1.000 0 6.33 .992 9.50
1995 TOR AL 27 3B 139 383 133 234 16 20 .958 -6 2.64 .952 2.58
1995 TOR AL 27 1B 7 35 34 0 1 3 .971 -0 4.86 .993 9.50
1995 TOR AL 27 DH 2 2
1996 TOR AL 28 3B 148 341 108 218 15 29 .956 3 2.20 .956 2.55
1996 TOR AL 28 DH 10 10
1997 TOR AL 29 3B 129 326 106 202 18 19 .945 -7 2.39 .953 2.65
1997 TOR AL 29 DH 8 8
1998 TOT AL 30 3B 128 126 121 1111.4 330 110 194 26 10 .921 -3 -3 2.46 2.38 .948 40.90 2.52
1998 TOR AL 30 3B 105 104 99 918.2 264 87 157 20 8 .924 0 0 2.39 2.32 .948 40.90 2.52
1998 OAK AL 30 3B 23 22 22 192.2 66 23 37 6 2 .909 -3 -17 2.80 2.61 .948 40.91 2.52
1998 OAK AL 30 1B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .990 99.90 9.30
1999 PIT NL 31 3B 134 362 79 254 29 22 .920 -15 2.49 .953 2.66 AS
2000 TOT MLB 32 3B 40 4 3 53.1 83 22 59 2 2 .976 1 14 13.67 2.03 .947 0.00 2.63
2000 TOT MLB 32 1B 28 20 16 180.2 219 198 14 7 15 .968 -4 -27 10.56 7.57 .992 100.01 9.17
2000 TOT NL 32 1B 25 20 16 180.2 198 181 10 7 14 .965 -5 -35 9.51 7.64 .992 100.01 9.16
2000 TOT NL 32 3B 10 4 3 53.1 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 -1 -22 2.02 1.20 .950 0.00 2.60
2000 TOT NL 32 OF 7 6 3 47.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -36 2.11 1.57 .981 24.22 2.21
2000 BOS AL 32 3B 30 71 19 50 2 1 .972 2 2.30 .947 2.64
2000 BOS AL 32 1B 3 21 17 4 0 1 1.000 1 7.00 .993 9.27
2000 SDP NL 32 1B 24 20 16 180.2 192 175 10 7 14 .964 -3 -17 9.22 7.71 .992 100.01 9.16
2000 SDP NL 32 LF 6 5 2 39.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 2.31 1.67 .976 1.92 1.90
2000 SDP NL 32 3B 5 4 3 53.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 -0 -11 0.68 0.80 .950 0.00 2.60
2000 SDP NL 32 OF 5 6 3 47.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -18 1.15 1.20 .982 24.22 2.22
2000 SDP NL 32 RF 1 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -120 0.00 0.00 2.14 2.20
2000 BOS AL 32 DH 1 1
2000 SDP NL 32 3B 5 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 -0 1.60 .950 2.60
2000 SDP NL 32 OF 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 2.50 .980 2.20
2000 SDP NL 32 1B 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -3 6.00 .992 9.20
2000 SDP NL 32 2B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 0.00 4.90
2001 SEA AL 33 1B 12 54 51 2 1 4 .981 -0 4.42 .993 9.31
2001 SEA AL 33 OF 9 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.22 .984 2.28
2001 SEA AL 33 3B 8 17 5 11 1 0 .941 1 2.00 .947 2.71
2001 SEA AL 33 C 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 7.10 0 0 0
2001 SEA AL 33 LF 8 8 1 49.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -15 1.84 1.25 .981 2.15 2.12
2001 SEA AL 33 DH 3 3
2001 SEA AL 33 RF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.10
11 Seasons 3B 1019 130 124 1164.2 2569 807 1612 150 144 .942 -34 -35 2.98 2.37 .952 39.03 2.61
7 Seasons 1B 77 20 16 182.2 502 464 29 9 37 .982 -4 -29 10.49 6.40 .992 100.01 9.42
3 Seasons C 18 76 70 3 3 0 .961 -2 4.06 .989 6.27 1 7 1 13%
2 Seasons OF 16 6 3 47.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -46 2.11 1.38 .982 24.22 2.25
2 Seasons LF 14 13 3 88.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -7 2.05 1.43 .978 2.05 2.03
2 Seasons RF 2 1 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -72 0.90 0.50 .980 2.16 2.15
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 0.00 4.90
11 Seasons TOT 1131 156 143 1395.1 3170 1362 1646 162 181 .949 -42 -36 3.93 2.66 .959 46.49 3.13 1 7 1 13%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1995 AL  144 (3rd)
1996 AL  159 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1994 AL  95 (9th)
1996 AL  146 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1996 AL  73 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1993 AL  10 (7th)
1994 AL  11 (2nd)
1995 AL  15 (1st)
1996 AL  12 (7th)
1998 AL  13 (7th)
1999 NL  17 (1st)
Career  91 (96th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1993 AL  23 (1st)
1995 AL  19 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1995 AL  421 (10th)

Errors Committeds c a p y
1998 AL  26 (3rd)
1999 NL  29 (1st)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1993 AL  150 (3rd)
1994 AL  107 (3rd)
1995 AL  139 (2nd)
1996 AL  148 (5th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1993 AL  127 (1st)
1994 AL  98 (1st)
1995 AL  133 (1st)
1996 AL  108 (2nd)
1997 AL  106 (3rd)
1998 AL  110 (2nd)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1993 AL  232 (5th)
1995 AL  234 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1993 AL  17 (3rd)
1994 AL  14 (5th)
1995 AL  16 (3rd)
1996 AL  15 (5th)
1997 AL  18 (4th)
1998 AL  26 (2nd)
1999 NL  29 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3Bs c a p y
Career  2.38 (45th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1993 AL  2.39 (5th)
1995 AL  2.64 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1993 AL  .955 (4th)
1995 AL  .958 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1070), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1463), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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
199123Toronto Blue Jays$100,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199224Toronto Blue Jays$117,5001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199325Toronto Blue Jays$182,5001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199426Toronto Blue Jays$500,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199527Toronto Blue Jays$760,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199628Toronto Blue Jays$1,450,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199729Toronto Blue Jays$1,900,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199830Toronto Blue Jays$2,350,0004/3/98 USA Today
199931Pittsburgh Pirates$1,300,00011/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $250,000 earned bonus
200032San Diego Padres$800,0004/5/00 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,460,000
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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