Ed Sprague was born on Tuesday, July 25, 1967, in Castro Valley, California. Sprague was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 7, 1991, with the Toronto Blue Jays. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ed Sprague baseball stats page.
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Ed SpragueEd Sprague Autograph on a 1996 Fleer Baseball Card (#283) |
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Ed SpragueEd Sprague Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Ed SpragueEd Sprague Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1991 | 24 | Blue Jays | 61 | 160 | 17 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .275 | .361 | .394 |
1992 | 25 | Blue Jays | 22 | 47 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .280 | .340 |
1993 | 26 | Blue Jays | 150 | 546 | 50 | 142 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 73 | 32 | 1 | 85 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | .260 | .310 | .386 |
1994 | 27 | Blue Jays | 109 | 405 | 38 | 97 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 44 | 23 | 1 | 95 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | .240 | .296 | .373 |
1995 | 28 | Blue Jays | 144 | 521 | 77 | 127 | 27 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 74 | 58 | 3 | 96 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 19 | .244 | .333 | .407 |
1996 | 29 | Blue Jays | 159 | 591 | 88 | 146 | 35 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 101 | 60 | 3 | 146 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 7 | .247 | .325 | .496 |
1997 | 30 | Blue Jays | 138 | 504 | 63 | 115 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 48 | 51 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .228 | .306 | .385 |
1998 | 31 | Blue Jays | 105 | 382 | 49 | 91 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 51 | 24 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | .238 | .301 | .424 |
1998 | 31 | Athletics | 27 | 87 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .149 | .187 | .310 |
1999 | 32 | Pirates | 137 | 490 | 71 | 131 | 27 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 81 | 50 | 6 | 93 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 12 | .267 | .352 | .465 |
2000 | 33 | Padres | 73 | 157 | 19 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .261 | .326 | .529 |
2000 | 33 | Red Sox | 33 | 111 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .216 | .293 | .306 |
2001 | 34 | Mariners | 45 | 94 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .298 | .374 | .436 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
11 Years | 1,203 | 4,095 | 506 | 1,010 | 225 | 12 | 152 | 4 | 558 | 358 | 21 | 833 | 6 | 37 | 91 | 106 | .247 | .318 | .419 |
Ed SpragueEd Sprague Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1991 Blue Jays | 1B | 22 | 18 | 429 | 154 | 7.0 | 154 | 143 | 11 | 0 | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.69 |
1991 Blue Jays | 3B | 35 | 31 | 780 | 92 | 2.6 | 80 | 19 | 61 | 12 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .870 | 2.77 |
1991 Blue Jays | C | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .714 | 7.50 |
1992 Blue Jays | 1B | 4 | 1 | 48 | 20 | 5.0 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 11.25 |
1992 Blue Jays | 3B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1992 Blue Jays | C | 15 | 8 | 261 | 68 | 4.5 | 67 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .985 | 6.93 |
1993 Blue Jays | 3B | 150 | 150 | 3,873 | 376 | 2.5 | 359 | 127 | 232 | 17 | 21 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .955 | 2.50 |
1994 Blue Jays | 1B | 3 | 2 | 57 | 19 | 6.3 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
1994 Blue Jays | 3B | 107 | 107 | 2,826 | 259 | 2.4 | 245 | 98 | 147 | 14 | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .946 | 2.34 |
1995 Blue Jays | 1B | 7 | 4 | 126 | 35 | 5.0 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 7.29 |
1995 Blue Jays | 3B | 139 | 138 | 3,645 | 383 | 2.8 | 367 | 133 | 234 | 16 | 20 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 2.72 |
1996 Blue Jays | 3B | 148 | 148 | 384 | 341 | 2.3 | 326 | 108 | 218 | 15 | 29 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 22.92 |
1997 Blue Jays | 3B | 129 | 129 | 3,360 | 326 | 2.5 | 308 | 106 | 202 | 18 | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .945 | 2.48 |
1998 Blue Jays | 3B | 105 | 104 | 2,754 | 264 | 2.5 | 244 | 87 | 157 | 20 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .924 | 2.39 |
1998 Athletics | 1B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
1998 Athletics | 3B | 23 | 22 | 576 | 66 | 2.9 | 60 | 23 | 37 | 6 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .909 | 2.81 |
1999 Pirates | 3B | 134 | 132 | 3,432 | 362 | 2.7 | 333 | 79 | 254 | 29 | 22 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .920 | 2.62 |
2000 Padres | 1B | 25 | 20 | 542 | 197 | 7.9 | 190 | 181 | 9 | 7 | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 9.46 |
2000 Padres | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
2000 Padres | 3B | 10 | 4 | 160 | 12 | 1.2 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.03 |
2000 Padres | LF | 6 | 5 | 117 | 5 | 0.8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.15 |
2000 Padres | RF | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
2000 Red Sox | 1B | 3 | 1 | 63 | 21 | 7.0 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
2000 Red Sox | 3B | 31 | 30 | 729 | 71 | 2.3 | 69 | 19 | 50 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .972 | 2.56 |
2001 Mariners | 1B | 12 | 6 | 187 | 54 | 4.5 | 53 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 7.65 |
2001 Mariners | 3B | 8 | 7 | 162 | 17 | 2.1 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .941 | 2.67 |
2001 Mariners | C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 |
2001 Mariners | LF | 8 | 8 | 147 | 10 | 1.3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.84 |
2001 Mariners | RF | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
3B Totals | 1,020 | 1,002 | 22,687 | 2,569 | 2.5 | 2,419 | 807 | 1,612 | 150 | 144 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .942 | 2.88 | |
1B Totals | 77 | 52 | 1,458 | 501 | 6.5 | 492 | 464 | 28 | 9 | 37 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 9.11 | |
C Totals | 18 | 8 | 282 | 76 | 4.2 | 73 | 70 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .961 | 6.99 | |
LF Totals | 14 | 13 | 264 | 15 | 1.1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.53 | |
RF Totals | 2 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.90 | |
2B Totals | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 | |
11 Years | 1,132 | 1,076 | 24,724 | 3,163 | 2.8 | 3,001 | 1,357 | 1,644 | 162 | 181 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .949 | 3.28 |
Ed SpragueEd Sprague Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1991 Blue Jays | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40.0 | 3.7 | 8.0 | - | - | - |
1992 Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 47.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | - | - | - |
1993 Blue Jays | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.5 | 6.4 | 7.5 | - | - | - |
1994 Blue Jays | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.8 | 4.3 | 9.2 | - | - | - |
1995 Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28.9 | 5.4 | 7.0 | - | - | - |
1996 Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 16.4 | 4.0 | 5.9 | - | - | - |
1997 Blue Jays | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 36.0 | 4.9 | 10.5 | - | - | - |
1998 Blue Jays | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.5 | 5.2 | 7.5 | - | - | - |
1998 Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 5.1 | 12.4 | - | - | - |
1999 Pirates | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 5.3 | 6.0 | - | - | - |
2000 Padres | 0 | 0 | .000 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 3.9 | 5.8 | - | - | - |
2000 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55.5 | 6.2 | 12.3 | - | - | - |
2001 Mariners | 0 | 0 | .000 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 47.0 | 5.2 | 5.9 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
11 Years | 6 | 12 | .333 | 71 | 1 | 34 | 26.9 | 4.9 | 7.3 | - | - | - |
Ed SpragueEd Sprague Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1991 Toronto Blue Jays | 33 | $100,000.00 | - | - |
1992 Toronto Blue Jays | 33 | $117,500.00 | - | Stats |
1993 Toronto Blue Jays | 33 | $182,500.00 | - | Stats |
1994 Toronto Blue Jays | 33 | $500,000.00 | - | n/a |
1995 Toronto Blue Jays | 33 | $760,000.00 | - | - |
1996 Toronto Blue Jays | 33 | $1,450,000.00 | - | - |
1997 Toronto Blue Jays | 33 | $1,900,000.00 | - | - |
1998 Toronto Blue Jays | 33 | $2,350,000.00 | - | - |
1998 Oakland Athletics | 8 | " " | - | - |
1999 Pittsburgh Pirates | 5 | $1,300,000.00 | Stats | - |
2000 San Diego Padres | 4 | $800,000.00 | - | - |
2000 Boston Red Sox | 44 | " " | - | - |
2001 Seattle Mariners | 10 | Undetermined | - | - |
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