How Ed Sprague Jr.'s Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Ed Sprague Jr. posted a career Batting Average of .247, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 2001, posting .298, above the league average of .265 that year. The lowest point came in 1998 at .222, below the league average of .270 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .267 in 1999 to .243 in 2000 and .298 in 2001. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 10 seasons.

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Ed Sprague Jr. Batting Average Per Season

Ed Sprague Jr.'s Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 3B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Ed Sprague Jr. Batting Average by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Sprague Jr.'s career Batting Average 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 Jr. Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Ed Sprague Jr. Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ed Sprague Jr.'s seasonal Batting Average 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 Jr. Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ed Sprague Jr. Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ed Sprague Jr.'s MLB career with Batting Average 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 Jr. Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table