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Ed Sprague

Game Log for 1972
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Apr 18 L, 4-8 vs Astros Finish 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 CIN Apr 19 L, 5-7 vs Astros Middle 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 CIN Apr 22 L, 7-11 at Braves Middle 1.0 2 6 2 2 2 1 0 0 6.00 CIN Apr 27 W, 5-4 at Pirates Middle 2.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.60 CIN Apr 28 L, 8-10 at Cubs Middle 0.2 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 4.76 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN May 02 W, 7-6 at Cardinals Middle 1.1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 CIN May 03 L, 1-2 at Cardinals Finish 2.0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.00 CIN May 06 L, 1-8 vs Pirates Middle 0.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.00 CIN May 09 L, 1-7 vs Cubs Middle 4.1 4 18 2 2 0 1 0 3 4.72 CIN May 18 W, 8-5 at Giants Middle 0.2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.50 CIN May 20 L, 3-5 at Padres Finish 2.0 1 9 1 1 0 2 0 1 4.50 CIN May 21 (2) L, 0-7 at Padres Middle 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.00 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Jun 01 W, 10-3 at Astros Middle 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.79 W (1-0) CIN Jun 02 W, 6-3 at Phillies Middle 0.0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.79 CIN Jun 03 W, 6-5 at Phillies Middle 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.60 CIN Jun 20 L, 2-7 vs Expos Middle 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.27 CIN Jun 22 L, 5-9 vs Astros Middle 2.0 3 11 4 3 2 1 0 1 4.12 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Jul 01 W, 3-2 at Padres Start 6.0 5 26 2 2 0 2 0 3 3.90 W (2-0) CIN Jul 09 (1) L, 0-5 vs Cubs Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.77 CIN Jul 09 (2) L, 5-10 vs Cubs Middle 3.0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.44 CIN Jul 22 W, 6-3 at Pirates Middle 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.34 W (3-0) CIN Jul 29 L, 3-4 vs Padres Finish 2.0 4 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 3.41 L (3-1) CIN Jul 31 L, 2-7 vs Giants Finish 1.0 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.55 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Aug 06 L, 3-4 vs Braves Middle 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.38 CIN Aug 10 L, 2-6 vs Dodgers Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.29 CIN Aug 11 L, 5-7 at Braves Middle 1.2 2 9 2 2 0 2 0 1 3.59 CIN Aug 12 L, 2-7 at Braves Finish 2.0 4 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.63 CIN Aug 17 L, 4-9 at Phillies Middle 1.2 4 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 3.69 CIN Aug 23 L, 0-11 at Expos Finish 6.0 7 29 4 3 1 2 0 4 3.78 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Sep 04 (1) L, 5-6 at Dodgers Middle 0.1 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 3.93 L (3-2) CIN Sep 05 L, 4-9 at Dodgers Middle 1.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.86 CIN Sep 17 L, 7-10 vs Padres Finish 1.0 2 6 3 1 0 0 1 2 3.95 L (3-3) CIN Sep 26 L, 9-10 vs Braves Middle 2.0 4 10 2 2 0 0 0 4 4.13

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       1   0   3.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    5    26    2    2   0    2   0    3    1-0   3.00 runs/start
Middle relief    2   1   4.55   22   0   0   0   0   0   31.2   30   137   19   16   5   15   1   13    7-15
As closer        0   2   3.79   10   0   0  10   0   0   19.0   20    82   12    8   1    6   2    9    0-10

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               64    9   13   17   1   0   1    7   0   2    8   1   2    6   0  .203  .266  .320  .586
vs RHB              147   26   42   67  10   0   5   21   4   0   15   2   1   19   5  .286  .456  .359  .815

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             0   2   4.63   14   0   0   6   0   0   23.1   23    97   15   12   2    6   2   14    0-14
Road             3   1   3.78   19   1   0   4   0   0   33.1   32   148   18   14   4   17   1   11    8-11  3.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              0   1   3.18    9   0   0   2   0   0   11.1    8    47    7    4   1    5   1    5    2-7 
Night            3   2   4.37   24   1   0   8   0   0   45.1   47   198   26   22   5   18   2   20    6-18  3.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   0   4.76    5   0   0   1   0   0    5.2    3    21    3    3   3    4   0    1    1-4 
May              0   0   3.65    7   0   0   2   0   0   12.1   10    53    6    5   0    5   0    5    2-5 
June             1   0   4.50    5   0   0   0   0   0    6.0    5    28    4    3   2    4   0    1    3-2 
July             2   1   2.57    6   1   0   3   0   0   14.0   11    55    4    4   0    3   1    4    2-4   3.00 runs/start
August           0   0   4.40    6   0   0   3   0   0   14.1   18    64   10    7   1    6   0    7    0-6 
September        0   2   8.31    4   0   0   1   0   0    4.1    8    24    6    4   0    1   2    7    0-4 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   0   5.40    4   0   0   1   0   0    5.0    3    22    4    3   2    4   0    2    1-3 
Braves           0   0   7.27    5   0   0   1   0   0    8.2   13    40    8    7   2    4   0    6    0-5 
Cardinals        0   0   0.00    2   0   0   1   0   0    3.1    2    12    0    0   0    1   0    0    1-1 
Cubs             0   0   3.00    4   0   0   1   0   0    9.0    5    34    3    3   1    3   0    4    0-4 
Dodgers          0   1   3.86    3   0   0   1   0   0    2.1    2    11    1    1   0    1   1    2    0-3 
Expos            0   0   3.38    2   0   0   1   0   0    8.0    8    36    4    3   1    2   0    4    0-2 
Giants           0   0   5.40    2   0   0   1   0   0    1.2    2     9    2    1   0    1   0    0    1-1 
Padres           1   2   3.46    5   1   0   3   0   0   13.0   13    57    7    5   0    4   2    7    1-4   3.00 runs/start
Phillies         0   0   3.37    3   0   0   0   0   0    2.2    5    14    2    1   0    3   0    0    2-1 
Pirates          1   0   6.00    3   0   0   0   0   0    3.0    2    10    2    2   0    0   0    0    2-1 

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