Ed Sprague Sr.

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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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.

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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