Boof Bonser vs. Ed Sprague — Career Comparison

MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Boof Bonser built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Sprague as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Boof Bonser led in strikeout rate (K%+ 116 vs 65), walk avoidance (BB%+ 115 vs 76), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 81). Ed Sprague held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 100 vs 78). Role difference aside, Boof Bonser holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Boof Bonser and Ed Sprague

Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
2.4
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.37
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.3
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.51
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.41
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.51
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.18
43.18
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.5
42.5
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.62
11.62
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.2
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
5.18
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.84
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1250
27
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
1224
27
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416.2
9
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
9
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
475
10.26
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
8.96
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.26
10.26
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.36
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.6
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
2.87
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
4.54
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.66
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
7.21
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
4.15
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.21
7.21
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.121
1.121
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.966
0.966
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1835
39.64
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
1797
39.64
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.41
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
262
5.66
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
4.59
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.33
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.67
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.66
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.459
1.459
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
36.16
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
1545
34.08
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.64
39.64
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.64
39.64

Fielding Stats for Boof Bonser and Ed Sprague

Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
2.4
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.36
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.3
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.51
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1250
27
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
1225
27
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416.2
9
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
408.1
9
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.63
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.79
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.95
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.54
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.71
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.6
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.58
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
2.34
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.41
92.41
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.83
89.83
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.658
0.658
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.535
0.535
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.62
11.62
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Boof Bonser and Ed Sprague

Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
7400
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
198
4752
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
600
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
528
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
1.46
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.52
-34.47
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.79
-43.07
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
13
312
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
1.92
1.92
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boof Bonser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA