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Ed Sprague Sr.

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Full Name: Edward Nelson Sprague, Sr. Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/195 First Game: April 10, 1968
Birthdate: September 16, 1945 Final Game: June 5, 1976
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on September 16, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts, Ed Sprague (Edward Nelson Sprague, Sr.) played for the Oakland Athletics, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 8 year career. Sprague broke into the bigs on April 10, 1968 with the Oakland Athletics, and put up a 3.28 ERA in 68.2 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ed Sprague's best season was 1974, when he posted a 2.39 ERA and struck out 57 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1968 OAK A 47 1 3 4 3.28 34 29 25 0 0 4 68.2 51 5 34 5 6 2
1969 OAK A 27 0 1 1 4.47 20 24 23 0 0 2 46.1 47 4 31 6 2 2
1971 CIN N 7 0 1 0 .00 7 2 0 0 0 0 11 8 0 1 0 1 0
1972 CIN N 33 1 3 3 4.13 25 33 26 0 0 0 56.2 55 6 26 3 6 3
1973 STL N 8 0 0 0 2.25 2 2 2 0 0 0 8 8 1 4 0 0 0
1973 MIL A 7 0 0 1 9.31 3 11 10 0 0 1 9.2 13 0 14 5 1 2
1973 CIN N 28 0 1 3 5.12 19 22 22 0 0 1 38.2 35 3 22 7 3 2
1973 Total 43 0 1 4 5.43 24 35 34 0 0 2 56.1 56 4 40 12 4 4
1973 TOT N 36 0 1 3 4.63 21 24 24 0 0 1 46.2 43 4 26 7 3 2
1974 MIL A 20 10 7 2 2.39 57 32 25 3 0 0 94 94 3 31 0 1 4
1975 MIL A 18 11 1 7 4.68 21 46 35 0 0 1 67.1 81 5 40 3 6 2
1976 MIL A 3 0 0 2 7.04 0 7 6 0 0 0 7.2 14 0 3 1 1 0
Total NL 76 1 5 6 3.94 53 59 50 0 0 1 114.1 106 10 53 10 10 5
Total AL 122 22 12 17 3.80 135 149 124 3 0 8 293.2 300 17 153 20 17 12
Total 198 23 17 23 3.84 188 208 174 3 0 9 408 406 27 206 30 27 17

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1968 OAK A P 47 1 68.2 8 15 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 .920
1969 OAK A P 27 0 46.1 5 17 1 1 0 2 4 4 0 .957
1971 CIN N P 7 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
1972 CIN N P 33 1 56.2 2 6 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 .889
1973 STL N P 8 0 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1973 MIL A P 7 0 9.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1973 CIN N P 28 0 38.2 3 9 2 0 0 0 4 2 1 .857
1973 Total P 43 0 56.1 6 11 2 1 0 0 6 2 1 .895
1973 TOT N P 36 0 46.2 5 10 2 1 0 0 5 2 1 .882
1974 MIL A P 20 10 94 8 9 2 2 0 1 4 4 0 .895
1975 MIL A P 18 11 67.1 7 8 3 0 0 2 11 3 0 .833
1976 MIL A P 3 0 7.2 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1.000
Total P 198 23 408 36 70 12 6 0 5 38 17 1 .898

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1968 OAK A 47 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1969 OAK A 27 5 1 1 0 0 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
1971 CIN N 7 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CIN N 33 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1973 STL N 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 MIL A 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CIN N 28 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1973 Total 43 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1973 TOT N 36 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1974 MIL A 20 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 MIL A 18 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MIL A 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 76 10 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0
Total AL 122 12 1 1 0 0 .083 .083 .167 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 1
Total 198 22 1 1 0 0 .045 .045 .091 1 0 0 13 0 3 0 0 1

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1966).
  • Selected by Oakland Athletics from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 28, 1967).
  • Sold by Oakland Athletics to Cincinnati Reds (October 20, 1970).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds with a player to be named later to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ed Crosby and Gene Dusen (July 27, 1973); St. Louis Cardinals received Roe Skidmore (September 30, 1973).
  • Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Milwaukee Brewers (September 4, 1973).
  • Released by Milwaukee Brewers (June 15, 1976).

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