How Ed Sprague's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Ed Sprague posted a career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings of 39.64 over 8 seasons, against a relief pitcher average of 38.81 — a measure of his rotation workload across the career. His best Batters Faced Per 9 Innings season came in 1976, posting 43.43, above the relief pitcher average of 38.32 that year. The lowest point came in 1971 at 35.18, near the relief pitcher average of 38.25 that year. The per-game workload has grown over recent seasons. The figure moved from 37.82 in 1974 to 42.77 in 1975 and 43.43 in 1976. The workload profile has been consistent across 8 seasons, reflecting sustained availability at the top of the rotation.
Ed Sprague Lifetime Batters Faced Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Batters Faced Per 9 Innings for Ed Sprague
| Ed Sprague
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 39.64 |
| Season Avg. | 39.64 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 39.64 |
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Ed Sprague Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Per Season
Ed Sprague's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings 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 Batters Faced Per 9 Innings by Team
Ed Sprague's career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ed Sprague Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Sprague's career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings 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 Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ed Sprague's seasonal Batters Faced Per 9 Innings 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 Batters Faced Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ed Sprague's MLB career with Batters Faced Per 9 Innings 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.
