How Ed Sprague Jr.'s BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Ed Sprague Jr. posted a career BABIP of .273, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1991, posting .351, well above the league average of .287 that year. The lowest point came in 1998 at .233, well below the league average of .300 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .286 in 1999 to .265 in 2000 and .347 in 2001. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.

Ed Sprague Jr. Lifetime BABIP

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Ed Sprague Jr. BABIP Per Season

Ed Sprague Jr.'s BABIP 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.
Ed Sprague Jr. BABIP per season line chart

Ed Sprague Jr. BABIP by Team

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

Ed Sprague Jr. BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

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

Ed Sprague Jr. BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Ed Sprague Jr. BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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