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Ed Sprague
Edward Nelson (Jr.) Sprague

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.
School Stanford

MLB Debut May 8, 1991
Final Game October 7, 2001
Born July 25, 1967 in Castro Valley, CA (age 56)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1991 23 TOA AL   53  165   26   49   7   0   6   27   0   0   20   51  .297  .400  .448  .848   113    74   1   1   0   9   0  
 1992 24 TOA AL   10   29    3    8   2   0   0    6   0   0    2    3  .276  .323  .345  .667    90    10   0   0   0   0   0  
 1993 25 TOA AL   63  223   24   44  12   0   5   35   0   0    9   28  .197  .241  .318  .559    73    71   0   1   0   4   6  
 1994 26 TOA AL  120  451   58  114  28   0  16   51   0   0   23  106  .253  .304  .421  .725    91   190   3   2   1  11  11  
 1995 27 TOA AL  158  569   79  134  25   1  24   72   0   0   70   96  .236  .340  .409  .749    95   233   0   4   0  22  20  
 1996 28 TOA AL  144  549   80  146  25   3  37  103   0   0   42  132  .266  .329  .525  .854   107   288   2   3   0  11   2  
 1997 29 TOA AL  141  506   42   95  20   7   7   40   0   0   51  125  .188  .272  .296  .569    76   150   4   1   1   8  14  
 1998 30 SFN NL   64  205   21   40   9   0   6   23   0   0   19   46  .195  .284  .327  .611    80    67   0   1   0   7   6  
 1999 31 MON NL  125  473   76  120  34   2  14   74   0   1   52   85  .254  .344  .423  .767    99   200   0   6   1  16  14  
 2000 32 SLN NL   69  194   22   39   9   0   9   32   0   0   11   48  .201  .243  .387  .629    83    75   0   1   0   0   3  
 2001 33 SEA AL   32   88    7   21   2   0   2   12   0   0    7   28  .239  .299  .330  .629    84    29   0   1   1   1   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons      979 3452  438  810 173  13 126  475   0   1  306  748  .235  .312  .402  .713        1387  10  21   4  89  77
 Per 600 PA           534   68  125  27   2  19   73   0   0   47  116                                 215   2   3   1  14  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With TOA      689 2492  312  590 119  11  95  334   0   0  217  541  .237  .313  .408  .721        1016  10  12   2  65  53
   With MON      125  473   76  120  34   2  14   74   0   1   52   85  .254  .344  .423  .767         200   0   6   1  16  14
   With SLN       69  194   22   39   9   0   9   32   0   0   11   48  .201  .243  .387  .629          75   0   1   0   0   3
   With SFN       64  205   21   40   9   0   6   23   0   0   19   46  .195  .284  .327  .611          67   0   1   0   7   6
   With SEA       32   88    7   21   2   0   2   12   0   0    7   28  .239  .299  .330  .629          29   0   1   1   1   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1203 4095  506 1010 225  12 152  558   6  12  358  833  .247  .318  .419  .737        1715   6  37  21  91 106
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1991 23 TOA AL  63   32   7.5   2   0   0  .000   5   18   11  .611    0    0  .000  1B   4e24       94   
 1992 24 TOA AL  55    3   4.4   1   1   0 1.000   0    3    1  .333    5    6  .455  C    4(+2)e16   47   
 1993 25 TOA AL  62   16   2.3   6   2   0  .333   9   33   19  .576    0    0  .000  3B   3e19     -137   
 1994 26 TOA AL  34   56   4.3   6   1   0  .167  17   64   40  .625    0    0  .000  3B   3e21       57   
 1995 27 TOA AL  30   80   4.7   1   0   0  .000  22   83   48  .578    0    0  .000  3B   3e19       10   
 1996 28 TOA AL  33   98   6.5   5   1   0  .200   9   61   41  .672    0    0  .000  3B   3e17       32   
 1997 29 TOA AL  28   41   2.6   0   0   0  .000  11   75   53  .707    0    0  .000  3B   3e23     -122   
 1998 30 SFN NL  18   19   3.0   6   1   0  .167   8   27   12  .444    0    0  .000  3B   4e34      -72   
 1999 31 MON NL  14   69   5.0   3   0   0  .000  25   65   31  .477    0    0  .000  3B   4e37      -50   
 2000 32 SLN NL  41   17   3.0   1   1   0 1.000   4   30   16  .533    0    0  .000  3B   4e11     -119   
 2001 33 SEA AL  36    9   3.5   2   0   0  .000   7   14    8  .571    7    1  .875  UT            -181   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          444   4.4  33   7   0  .212 117  473  280  .592   12    7  .632                 -29   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1991 23 TOA AL  1B    47   397    33    5   37   .989    47   392.1   9.86
                 C      2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
 1992 24 TOA AL  C      7    29     7    0    0  1.000     6    42.0   7.71
                 3B     1     1     2    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   3.38
                 1B     1     6     0    0    0  1.000     1     6.0   9.00
 1993 25 TOA AL  3B    59    27    83    9    7   .924    56   501.0   1.98
 1994 26 TOA AL  3B    86    46   136   13   14   .933    82   741.2   2.21
                 1B    36   275    30    4   30   .987    30   271.0  10.13
 1995 27 TOA AL  3B   158    94   205   21   16   .934   152  1357.1   1.98
                 1B     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
                 2B     1     0     0    1    0   .000     1     1.1   0.00
 1996 28 TOA AL  3B   139    84   195    9   21   .969   137  1215.2   2.07
 1997 29 TOA AL  3B   141    99   194   11   24   .964   141  1251.2   2.11
 1998 30 SFN NL  3B    48    28    89    7    3   .944    46   385.0   2.74
                 1B    10    80     8    1   12   .989     9    78.2  10.07
 1999 31 MON NL  3B   122    77   174   25   13   .909   118  1061.0   2.13
 2000 32 SLN NL  3B    58    29    74    2    3   .981    46   412.2   2.25
                 2B     7    10    11    2    1   .913     4    36.0   5.25
                 1B     2    13     1    0    3  1.000     2    15.0   8.40
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
                 C      1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 2001 33 SEA AL  C     13    71     5    4    2   .950    10    91.1   7.49
                 3B    11     7    14    1    2   .955     7    68.0   2.78
                 1B     8    48     1    2    5   .961     4    44.2   9.87
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   823   492  1166   98  103   .944   786  7002.0   2.13
                 1B   106   820    73   12   87   .987    93   809.2   9.93
                 C     23   103    12    4    2   .966    16   136.1   7.59
                 2B     8    10    11    3    1   .875     5    37.1   5.06
                 LF     3     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     8.0   2.25
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1991  TOA   89-74   Alan Boodman
 1992  TOA   94-68   Alan Boodman
 1993  TOA   95-67   Alan Boodman
 1994  TOA   68-94   Alan Boodman, Rob Rife
 1995  TOA   67-95   Rob Rife
 1996  TOA   65-97   Rob Rife
 1997  TOA   67-95   Rob Rife
 1998  SFN   85-77   Pat Carr
 1999  MON   73-89   Steve Bivens
 2000  SLN   61-101  Mike Rescigno
 2001  SEA  112-50   Jeff Tripodi

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