Up on the blog today we have a career-capping "not so missing" 1977 card for former pitcher Ed Sprague, who wrapped up an eight year Major League career with three appearances with the Milwaukee Brewers:
Sprague went 0-2 over those appearances, all out of the bullpen, allowing six runs in 7.2 innings of work, for an ERA of 7.04.
He would play another eight seasons in the Major Leagues,
finishing with a 17-23 record along with a 3.84 ERA, nine saves and 188
strikeouts over 408 innings and 198 games, 23 of which were starts.
His best season would be 1974, posting a
7-2 record with a 2.39 earned run average in 20 games and 94 innings for the Brewers.
His son, Ed Sprague Jr would also play in the Majors later on in the
1990’s and 2000’s, as a third baseman for 11-years, mainly with the
Toronto Blue Jays.
