How Ed Sprague's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players

Ed Sprague posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .285, near the relief pitcher average of .293 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season came in 1968, posting .222, below the relief pitcher average of .270 that year. The highest point came in 1976 at .438, well above the relief pitcher average of .288 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .311 in 1974 to .308 in 1975 and .438 in 1976. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 8 seasons.

Ed Sprague Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play

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Ed Sprague Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season

Ed Sprague's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ed Sprague Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play per season line chart

Ed Sprague Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team

Ed Sprague's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Ed Sprague Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Sprague's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Ed Sprague Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play year-over-year waterfall chart

Ed Sprague Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ed Sprague's seasonal Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Ed Sprague Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ed Sprague Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ed Sprague's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Ed Sprague Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season-by-season breakdown table