How Ed Sprague's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Ed Sprague posted a career WHIP of 1.5, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1971, posting .818, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.32 that year. The highest point came in 1976 at 2.22, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.35 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.33 in 1974 to 1.8 in 1975 and 2.22 in 1976. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from .818 to 2.22 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Ed Sprague Lifetime WHIP

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Ed Sprague WHIP Per Season

Ed Sprague's WHIP 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 WHIP per season line chart

Ed Sprague WHIP by Team

Ed Sprague's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ed Sprague career WHIP by team bar chart

Ed Sprague WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Sprague's career WHIP 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 WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Ed Sprague WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ed Sprague's seasonal WHIP 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 WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ed Sprague WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ed Sprague's MLB career with WHIP 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 WHIP season-by-season breakdown table