Ed Sprague

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: July 25, 1967 in Castro Valley, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 26th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Mary's HS (Stockton, CA) and the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (25th) of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).

High School: St. Mary's HS (Stockton, CA)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: May 7, 1991 (Age 23-286d, 15,920th in major league history)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 7, 2001 (Age 34-074d)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

National Team: us USA (Oly,College,18U)

Full Name: Edward Nelson Sprague

Twitter: @EdSprague

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Relatives: Son of Ed Sprague

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.7

4095

1010

152

.247

506

RBI

558

OBP

.319

SLG

.419

OPS

.737

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	TOR		CHW	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 2	TOR		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	3B
3	3	Apr 4	TOR		MIL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 5	TOR		MIL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
5	5	Apr 6	TOR		MIL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	3B
6	6	Apr 9	TOR	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 10	TOR	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
8	8	Apr 13	TOR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 14	TOR		KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	10	Apr 15	TOR		KCR	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
11	11	Apr 16	TOR		OAK	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 17	TOR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 18	TOR	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
14	14	Apr 19	TOR	@	TEX	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
15	15	Apr 20	TOR	@	TEX	L,5-10	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
16	16	Apr 21	TOR	@	ANA	L,4-5	CG	55	12.1	2	2	1	5	0	3B
17	17	Apr 22	TOR	@	ANA	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
18	18	Apr 23	TOR	@	ANA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	3B
19	19	Apr 25	TOR		SEA	L,8-13	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
20	20	Apr 26	TOR		SEA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
21	21	Apr 27	TOR		SEA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
22	22	Apr 29	TOR	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
23	23	Apr 30	TOR	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	TOR	@	KCR	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
25	25	May 2	TOR		MIN	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
26	26	May 3	TOR		MIN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
27	27	May 4	TOR		MIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	28	May 5	TOR		DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
29	29	May 6	TOR		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
30	30	May 7	TOR	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
31	31	May 8	TOR	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
32	32	May 9	TOR	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
33	33	May 10	TOR	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	34	May 11	TOR	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
35	35	May 12	TOR	@	MIN	L,2-12	CG	48	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
36	36	May 13	TOR	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
37	37	May 14	TOR	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
38	38	May 16	TOR		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	39	May 17	TOR		CLE	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	40	May 18	TOR		CLE	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	41	May 20	TOR	@	NYY	W,2-0	GS	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
42	43 (1)	May 23	TOR		ANA	L,2-12	GS	33	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	44	May 24	TOR		ANA	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
44	45	May 25	TOR		ANA	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	46	May 26	TOR		TEX	W,8-1	GS	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
46	47	May 27	TOR		TEX	L,5-15	GS	38	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
47	48	May 28	TOR		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
48	49	May 29	TOR		NYY	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
49	50	May 30	TOR	@	OAK	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
50	51	May 31	TOR	@	OAK	W,13-3	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	52	Jun 1	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-8	GS	27	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
52	53	Jun 2	TOR	@	SEA	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	7	0	9	0	3B
53	54	Jun 3	TOR	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
54	57 (2)	Jun 7	TOR		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	58	Jun 8	TOR		OAK	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
56	59	Jun 10	TOR		SEA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
57	60	Jun 11	TOR		SEA	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
58	61	Jun 13	TOR	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
59	62	Jun 14	TOR	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	63	Jun 15	TOR	@	PHI	W,11-1	GS	24	6.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
61	64	Jun 16	TOR		ATL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	65	Jun 17	TOR		ATL	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
63	66	Jun 18	TOR		ATL	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	2	2	0	3B
64	70 (3)	Jun 23	TOR		BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
65	71	Jun 24	TOR		BOS	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
66	72	Jun 25	TOR		BOS	L,12-13	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
67	73	Jun 26	TOR	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
68	74	Jun 27	TOR	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
69	75	Jun 28	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
70	76	Jun 29	TOR	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
71	77	Jun 30	TOR		MON	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	78	Jul 1	TOR		MON	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
73	79	Jul 2	TOR		MON	W,7-6	CG	52	13.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
74	80	Jul 3	TOR		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
75	81	Jul 4	TOR		NYY	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
76	82	Jul 5	TOR		NYY	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
77	83	Jul 6	TOR		NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
78	84	Jul 10	TOR	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	55	10.2	0	4	0	4	1	3B
79	85	Jul 11	TOR	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
80	86	Jul 12	TOR	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
81	87	Jul 13	TOR	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	88	Jul 14	TOR	@	BAL	L,5-9	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	89	Jul 15	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
84	90	Jul 16	TOR	@	TEX	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
85	91	Jul 17	TOR	@	TEX	W,9-1	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
86	92	Jul 18	TOR	@	ANA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
87	93	Jul 19	TOR	@	ANA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
88	95 (1)	Jul 22	TOR		MIL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
89	96	Jul 23	TOR		MIL	W,8-0	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
90	97	Jul 24	TOR		MIL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
91	98	Jul 25	TOR		KCR	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
92	99	Jul 26	TOR		KCR	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
93	100	Jul 27	TOR		KCR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
94	101	Jul 28 (1)	TOR	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
95	103 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	TOR	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
96	104	Jul 29 (2)	TOR	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
97	105	Jul 31	TOR	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	106	Aug 1	TOR	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
99	107	Aug 2	TOR	@	DET	L,7-8	GS	35	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
100	108	Aug 3	TOR	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
101	109	Aug 4	TOR	@	MIN	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
102	110	Aug 5	TOR	@	MIN	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
103	111	Aug 6	TOR		CLE	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B
104	112	Aug 7	TOR		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
105	113	Aug 8	TOR		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
106	114	Aug 9	TOR		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
107	115	Aug 10	TOR		DET	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
108	116	Aug 11	TOR		DET	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
109	117	Aug 12	TOR		MIN	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
110	118	Aug 13	TOR		MIN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
111	119	Aug 15	TOR	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
112	120	Aug 16	TOR	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
113	121	Aug 17	TOR	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
114	122	Aug 18	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
115	123	Aug 19 (1)	TOR	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
116	124	Aug 19 (2)	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
117	125	Aug 20	TOR	@	CHW	L,6-12	GS	33	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
118	126	Aug 21	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
119	127	Aug 22	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
120	128	Aug 23	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
121	129	Aug 24	TOR	@	KCR	W,11-8	CG	59	13.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
122	130	Aug 26	TOR		CHW	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
123	131	Aug 27	TOR		CHW	W,13-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
124	132	Aug 28	TOR		CHW	W,3-2	GS	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
125	133	Aug 29	TOR		FLA	L,0-8	GS	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
126	134	Aug 30	TOR		FLA	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
127	135	Aug 31	TOR		FLA	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	136	Sep 1	TOR	@	NYM	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
129	137	Sep 2	TOR	@	NYM	L,5-8	GS	29	6.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
							129gm		1120.1	106	202	18	326	19