Ed Sprague Jr.

Full Name: Edward Nelson Sprague, Jr.	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/215	First Game: May 7, 1991
Birthdate: July 25, 1967	Final Game: October 7, 2001
Birthplace: Castro Valley, California	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Ed Sprague (Edward Nelson Sprague, Jr.) was born on July 25, 1967 in Castro Valley, California. He made his Major League debut on May 7, 1991 for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 1991, his rookie year, he hit .275 with 4 home runs and 20 RBI. Sprague played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Ed Sprague's best season was 1996, when he slugged 36 home runs and knocked in 101 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1991	TOR	A	61	160	17	44	4	20	.275	.361	.394	7	0	19	43	3	0	0	2	2
1992	TOR	A	22	47	6	11	1	7	.234	.280	.340	2	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0
1993	TOR	A	150	546	50	142	12	73	.260	.310	.386	31	1	32	85	10	2	1	1	23
1994	TOR	A	109	405	38	97	11	44	.240	.296	.373	19	1	23	95	11	2	1	1	11
1995	TOR	A	144	521	77	127	18	74	.244	.333	.407	27	2	58	96	15	1	0	3	19
1996	TOR	A	159	591	88	146	36	101	.247	.325	.496	35	2	60	146	12	0	0	3	7
1997	TOR	A	138	504	63	115	14	48	.228	.306	.385	29	4	51	102	6	0	0	0	10
1998	TOR	A	105	382	49	91	17	51	.238	.301	.424	20	0	24	73	11	0	0	1	15
1998	OAK	A	27	87	8	13	3	7	.149	.187	.310	5	0	2	17	2	0	1	1	1
1998	TOT	A	132	469	57	104	20	58	.222	.280	.403	25	0	26	90	13	0	1	2	16
1999	PIT	N	137	490	71	131	22	81	.267	.352	.465	27	2	50	93	17	1	3	6	12
2000	SD	N	53	117	17	32	10	25	.274	.336	.615	10	0	10	28	2	0	0	2	0
2000	SD	N	20	40	2	9	0	2	.225	.295	.275	2	0	3	12	1	0	0	0	1
2000	BOS	A	33	111	11	24	2	9	.216	.293	.306	4	0	12	18	0	0	0	0	2
2000	Total		106	268	30	65	12	36	.243	.312	.437	16	0	25	58	3	0	0	2	3
2000	TOT	N	73	157	19	41	10	27	.261	.326	.529	12	0	13	40	3	0	0	2	1
2001	SEA	A	45	94	9	28	2	16	.298	.374	.436	7	0	11	18	1	0	0	1	3
Total	NL		210	647	90	172	32	108	.266	.346	.481	39	2	63	133	20	1	3	8	13
Total	AL		993	3448	416	838	120	450	.243	.313	.407	186	10	295	700	71	5	3	13	93
Total			1203	4095	506	1010	152	558	.247	.318	.419	225	12	358	833	91	6	6	21	106

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1991	TOR	A	1B	22	18	143	143	11	0	12	0	0	0	1.000
1991	TOR	A	C	2	0	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	.714
1991	TOR	A	3B	35	31	260	19	61	12	2	0	0	0	.870
1991	TOR	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1992	TOR	A	C	15	8	87	64	3	1	0	1	7	1	.985
1992	TOR	A	3B	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1992	TOR	A	1B	4	1	16	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1992	TOR	A	DH	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1993	TOR	A	3B	150	150	1291.1	127	232	17	21	0	0	0	.955
1994	TOR	A	1B	3	2	19	19	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1994	TOR	A	3B	107	107	942.1	98	147	14	19	0	0	0	.946
1995	TOR	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	TOR	A	3B	139	138	1215	133	234	16	20	0	0	0	.958
1995	TOR	A	1B	7	4	42.2	34	0	1	3	0	0	0	.971
1996	TOR	A	3B	148	148	1285	108	218	15	29	0	0	0	.956
1996	TOR	A	DH	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	TOR	A	3B	129	129	1120.1	106	202	18	19	0	0	0	.945
1997	TOR	A	DH	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	TOR	A	3B	105	104	918.2	87	157	20	8	0	0	0	.924
1998	OAK	A	3B	23	22	192.2	23	37	6	2	0	0	0	.909
1998	OAK	A	1B	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1998	TOT	A	3B	128	126	1111.1	110	194	26	10	0	0	0	.921
1999	PIT	N	3B	134	132	1144.1	79	254	29	22	0	0	0	.920
2000	SD	N	3B	5	4	40	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
2000	SD	N	1B	1	1	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	SD	N	1B	24	19	171.2	181	9	7	14	0	0	0	.964
2000	SD	N	LF	4	3	24	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	SD	N	LF	2	2	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	SD	N	2B	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	SD	N	3B	5	0	13.1	3	9	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
2000	SD	N	RF	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	SD	N	OF	2	2	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	SD	N	OF	5	4	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	BOS	A	1B	3	1	21	17	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
2000	BOS	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	BOS	A	3B	30	29	243	19	50	2	1	0	0	0	.972
2000	Total		1B	28	21	201.2	204	13	7	15	0	0	0	.969
2000	Total		3B	40	33	296.1	24	65	2	3	0	0	0	.978
2000	TOT	N	1B	25	20	180.2	187	9	7	14	0	0	0	.966
2000	TOT	N	OF	7	6	47	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	TOT	N	3B	10	4	53.1	5	15	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
2000	TOT	N	LF	6	5	39	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	SEA	A	DH	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	SEA	A	LF	8	8	49	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	SEA	A	OF	9	8	51	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	SEA	A	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	SEA	A	1B	12	6	62.1	51	2	1	4	0	0	0	.981
2001	SEA	A	3B	8	7	54	5	11	1	0	0	0	0	.941
2001	SEA	A	RF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	77	52	486.2	470	28	9	37	0	0	0	.982
Total			C	18	8	94	70	3	3	0	1	7	1	.961
Total			OF	16	14	98	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			DH	34	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	2	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	1019	1001	8722	809	1618	150	145	0	0	0	.942
Total			LF	14	13	88	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

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Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 26th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1985).
Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (25th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1988 - signed June 22, 1988).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Scott Rivette (July 31, 1998).
Granted free agency (October 27, 1998).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (December 16, 1998).
Granted free agency (October 29, 1999).
Signed by San Diego Padres (February 3, 2000).
Traded by San Diego Padres to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Cesar Saba and Dennis Tankersley (June 30, 2000).
Released by Boston Red Sox (August 23, 2000).
Signed by San Diego Padres (August 31, 2000).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2000).
Signed by San Diego Padres (December 7, 2000).
Released by San Diego Padres (March 28, 2001).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (May 3, 2001).
Granted free agency (November 6, 2001).

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