How Ed Sprague's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Ed Sprague posted a career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings of 4.59, near the relief pitcher average of 4.54 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1971, posting 1.64, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.81 that year. The highest point came in 1976 at 8.22, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.93 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.06 in 1974 to 6.15 in 1975 and 8.22 in 1976. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 1.64 to 8.22 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Ed Sprague Lifetime Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Ed Sprague Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Ed Sprague's Runs Allowed 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Ed Sprague Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

Ed Sprague's career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ed Sprague career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Ed Sprague Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Sprague's career Runs Allowed 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Ed Sprague Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ed Sprague's seasonal Runs Allowed 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ed Sprague Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ed Sprague's MLB career with Runs Allowed 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.
Ed Sprague Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table