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.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	TOR		MIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 2	TOR		MIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
3	3	Apr 3	TOR		TEX	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
4	4	Apr 4	TOR		TEX	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
5	5	Apr 5	TOR		TEX	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 7	TOR	@	MIN	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 8	TOR	@	MIN	W,9-6	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	9 (1)	Apr 10	TOR	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
9	10	Apr 11	TOR	@	TEX	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
10	11	Apr 12	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	35	8.2	1	5	0	6	1	3B
11	12	Apr 13	TOR	@	KCR	L,1-11	GS	38	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
12	13	Apr 14	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	14	Apr 15	TOR	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
14	16 (1)	Apr 18	TOR		CHW	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
15	17	Apr 19	TOR		CHW	W,5-4	CG	53	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
16	18	Apr 20	TOR		NYY	L,2-3	CG	48	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
17	19	Apr 21	TOR		NYY	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
18	20	Apr 22	TOR		NYY	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
19	21	Apr 24	TOR	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
20	22	Apr 25	TOR	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
21	23	Apr 26	TOR	@	CHW	T,5-5	CG	29	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
22	24	Apr 27	TOR	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
23	25	Apr 28	TOR	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
24	26	Apr 29	TOR		KCR	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
25	27	Apr 30	TOR		KCR	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	28	May 1	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
27	29	May 2	TOR	@	OAK	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
28	30	May 3	TOR	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
29	31	May 4	TOR	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
30	32	May 5	TOR	@	ANA	W,13-11	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
31	33	May 6	TOR	@	ANA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
32	34	May 7	TOR	@	SEA	W,6-0	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
33	35	May 8	TOR	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
34	36	May 9	TOR	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
35	37	May 10	TOR	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
36	38	May 12	TOR		OAK	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
37	39	May 13	TOR		OAK	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
38	40	May 14	TOR		ANA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	3B
39	41	May 15	TOR		ANA	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	42	May 16	TOR		SEA	L,1-8	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
41	43	May 17	TOR		SEA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	44	May 18	TOR		SEA	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
43	45	May 19	TOR		TBD	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	46	May 20	TOR		TBD	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
45	48 (1)	May 22	TOR	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
46	49	May 23	TOR	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	50	May 24	TOR	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
48	51	May 25	TOR	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
49	52	May 26	TOR	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
50	53	May 28	TOR		CLE	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
51	54	May 29	TOR		CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
52	55	May 30	TOR		CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
53	56	May 31	TOR		CLE	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	57	Jun 1	TOR		BOS	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	58	Jun 2	TOR		BOS	L,3-11	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
56	60 (1)	Jun 4	TOR		DET	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
57	61	Jun 5	TOR		PHI	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
58	62	Jun 6	TOR		PHI	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	63	Jun 7	TOR		PHI	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
60	64	Jun 8	TOR	@	FLA	L,3-4	CG	67	16.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
61	65	Jun 9	TOR	@	FLA	L,4-5	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
62	66	Jun 10	TOR	@	FLA	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	67	Jun 12	TOR		BAL	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
64	69 (1)	Jun 14	TOR		BAL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
65	70	Jun 15	TOR	@	TBD	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
66	71	Jun 16	TOR	@	TBD	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	73 (1)	Jun 18	TOR	@	BAL	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
68	74	Jun 19	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	67	14.2	2	0	1	3	0	3B
69	75	Jun 20	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
70	76	Jun 21	TOR	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
71	77	Jun 22	TOR		MON	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
72	78	Jun 23	TOR		MON	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	79	Jun 24	TOR	@	MON	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
74	80	Jun 25	TOR	@	MON	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
75	81	Jun 26	TOR	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
76	82	Jun 27	TOR	@	ATL	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
77	83	Jun 28	TOR	@	ATL	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
78	84	Jun 30	TOR		NYM	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	85	Jul 1	TOR		NYM	W,15-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
80	86	Jul 2	TOR		NYM	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
81	87	Jul 3	TOR		TBD	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
82	88	Jul 4	TOR		TBD	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	89	Jul 5	TOR		TBD	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	90	Jul 9	TOR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
85	91	Jul 10	TOR	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	45	9.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
86	92	Jul 11	TOR	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
87	93	Jul 12	TOR	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
88	94	Jul 13	TOR	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
89	95	Jul 14	TOR	@	BAL	L,5-11	GS	36	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
90	96	Jul 15 (1)	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
91	97	Jul 15 (2)	TOR	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
92	98	Jul 16	TOR	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
93	99	Jul 17	TOR		NYY	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
94	100	Jul 18	TOR		NYY	L,3-10	CG	50	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
95	101	Jul 19	TOR		NYY	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
96	102	Jul 21	TOR		CHW	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
97	103	Jul 22	TOR		CHW	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
98	104	Jul 23	TOR	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	48	9.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
99	105	Jul 24	TOR	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
100	106	Jul 25	TOR	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
101	107	Jul 26	TOR	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
102	108	Jul 28	TOR		TEX	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
103	109	Jul 29	TOR		TEX	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
104	110	Jul 30	TOR		TEX	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
105	111	Jul 31	TOR	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Toronto Blue Jays to Oakland Athletics
106	110	Aug 2	OAK		CLE	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
107	111	Aug 3	OAK		NYY	L,1-14	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
108	112	Aug 4 (1)	OAK		NYY	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
109	113	Aug 4 (2)	OAK		NYY	L,5-10	GF	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
110	114	Aug 5	OAK		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
111	115	Aug 7	OAK	@	TOR	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
112	116	Aug 8	OAK	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	2	4	0	6	0	3B
113	117	Aug 9	OAK	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
114	118	Aug 10	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
115	119	Aug 11	OAK	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
116	121 (1)	Aug 14	OAK	@	DET	L,4-13	CG	47	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
117	122	Aug 15	OAK	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	50	11.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
118	123	Aug 16	OAK	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
119	124	Aug 17	OAK		TOR	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
120	125	Aug 18	OAK		TOR	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
121	129 (3)	Aug 22 (1)	OAK		DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
122	133 (3)	Aug 26	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
123	137 (3)	Aug 30	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
124	138	Aug 31	OAK	@	CLE	L,6-15	CG	45	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	140 (1)	Sep 2	OAK	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
126	143 (2)	Sep 6	OAK		TBD	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
127	152 (8)	Sep 17	OAK		SEA	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
128	155 (2)	Sep 20	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
129	156	Sep 21	OAK	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
							129gm		1113.1	111	194	26	331	10