2B Boris Sprague #47
Cleveland Athletics LBL
Age: 30 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
10/14/1918
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2B BORIS SPRAGUE #47 - AGE: 30 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
114 228 70 9 4 0 36 26 12 .307 .374 .382 22 2.4
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 50 45 50
Gap 45 45 45 45
Power 45 45 45 45
Eye 50 50 50 50
Avoid K's 55 55 50 55
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 55 35
Errors: - 65 55
Arm: 25 55 55
Turn DP: - 65 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 50
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 60 Right Field: 25
3rd Base: 50
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 55
Stealing Aggressiveness: 55
Stealing Ability: 55
Baserunning Inst.: 70
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 40
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/18/1918 SLR Win, 6-0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
08/17/1918 SLR Loss, 3-5 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
08/16/1918 SLR Win, 7-4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/15/1918 PIT Loss, 1-6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/14/1918 PIT Win, 3-2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/13/1918 PIT Loss, 1-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/11/1918 @ DET Win, 4-0 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0
08/10/1918 @ DET Loss, 4-6 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/09/1918 @ DET Loss, 0-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
08/08/1918 CHP Loss, 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Sprague is likeable.
Birthday:10/06/1888
Born in:Sapulpa, OK
Nationality:American
Height:170 cm
Weight:165 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$700
Signed Through:1919 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 98 Days
Service This Yr:137 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1910, 12th Pick in Round 2
LEGACY BASEBALL LEAGUE 1918 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 114 228 70 9 4 0 36 26 26 12 .307 .374 .382 .755 .350 .075 134
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 60 261 0 4 0 2 4 3 87 13 22 15 59.5 32.6 4.84 2.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   65 22 3 3 0 11 4 6 4 1 1 0 .338 .389 .477 .866
Versus Right   163 48 6 1 0 25 22 20 8 2 3 0 .294 .368 .344 .711
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   23 8 2 0 0 6 1 2 2 1 0 0 .348 .385 .435 .819
May   28 8 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
June   59 18 2 2 0 10 6 10 2 1 3 0 .305 .400 .407 .807
July   72 23 1 0 0 10 8 6 2 1 0 0 .319 .367 .333 .700
August   46 13 4 2 0 6 7 4 3 0 1 0 .283 .340 .457 .797
Spring Training   31 6 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .194 .194 .194 .387
Last Year   103 25 3 4 0 12 12 14 6 2 5 2 .243 .339 .350 .688
2 Years Ago   368 74 11 5 0 24 36 32 33 2 7 3 .201 .269 .258 .527
Career   1250 293 36 16 4 123 128 131 89 9 27 8 .234 .309 .298 .607
Home   110 35 5 3 0 17 11 12 5 2 2 0 .318 .379 .418 .797
Road   118 35 4 1 0 19 15 14 7 1 2 0 .297 .368 .347 .716
Grass   228 70 9 4 0 36 26 26 12 3 4 0 .307 .374 .382 .755
Day   80 25 4 4 0 14 12 10 7 0 1 0 .312 .389 .463 .851
Night   148 45 5 0 0 22 14 16 5 3 3 0 .304 .365 .338 .703
As Starter   185 58 7 4 0 31 24 22 8 3 4 0 .314 .381 .395 .776
As Reliever / Substitution   43 12 2 0 0 5 2 4 4 0 0 0 .279 .340 .326 .666
Pinch Hitting   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
Close/Late   64 18 5 1 0 13 7 7 4 0 1 0 .281 .352 .391 .743
Inning 1-3   63 16 2 0 0 9 7 5 1 0 0 0 .254 .309 .286 .595
Inning 4-6   73 27 2 3 0 11 11 10 7 3 3 0 .370 .430 .479 .910
Inning 7-9   78 21 4 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 1 0 .269 .352 .321 .673
Extra Innings   14 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 .429 .467 .643 1.110
0 Outs   63 17 0 2 0 1 10 6 3 0 3 0 .270 .333 .333 .667
1 Outs   78 24 5 1 0 17 11 9 7 3 1 0 .308 .367 .397 .764
2 Outs   87 29 4 1 0 18 5 11 2 0 0 0 .333 .408 .402 .810
Scoring Position   74 23 3 0 0 34 8 13 5 3 3 0 .311 .400 .351 .751
Bases Empty   128 41 5 3 0 0 16 9 7 0 0 0 .320 .365 .406 .771
Runner on 1st   26 6 1 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 .231 .333 .346 .679
Runner on 2nd   27 9 1 0 0 7 4 4 1 0 2 0 .333 .419 .370 .790
Runner on 3rd   5 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 .200 .444 .200 .644
Runner on 1st & 2nd   15 4 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .267 .353 .267 .620
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   12 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 .167 .214 .167 .381
Bases Loaded   9 5 1 0 0 13 2 3 1 1 0 0 .556 .615 .667 1.282
Two Strikes   85 23 3 2 0 15 7 12 12 1 0 0 .271 .357 .353 .710
First Pitch   41 9 1 0 0 4 4 3 0 2 1 0 .220 .261 .244 .505
Count 0-1   19 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 .211 .211 .211 .421
Count 0-2   10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
Count 1-0   21 10 3 0 0 9 2 1 0 0 2 0 .476 .500 .619 1.119
Count 1-1   24 9 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .417 .792
Count 1-2   26 5 1 0 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 .192 .185 .231 .416
Count 2-0   11 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .364 .545
Count 2-1   15 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .467 .867
Count 2-2   23 6 0 2 0 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 .261 .261 .435 .696
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   12 7 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 .583 .667 .750 1.417
Full Count   26 11 2 0 0 9 2 12 2 0 0 0 .423 .605 .500 1.105
Behind in Count   55 10 1 0 0 6 6 0 4 1 1 0 .182 .179 .200 .379
Ahead in Count   59 25 4 2 0 12 10 11 0 0 2 0 .424 .514 .559 1.074
Batting Leadoff   14 6 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .429 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 5th   33 13 0 2 0 9 5 8 1 1 0 0 .394 .500 .515 1.015
Batting 6th   46 14 0 0 0 6 7 3 6 1 1 0 .304 .340 .304 .644
Batting 7th   112 30 8 2 0 11 12 10 5 1 2 0 .268 .325 .375 .700
Batting 8th   20 5 0 0 0 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 .250 .318 .250 .568
Batting 9th   3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417
Low Leverage   90 29 3 1 0 4 8 12 3 0 0 0 .322 .402 .378 .780
Medium Leverage   86 26 2 2 0 10 10 7 6 0 2 0 .302 .355 .372 .727
High Leverage   52 15 4 1 0 22 8 7 3 3 2 0 .288 .355 .404 .759
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1914 Cleveland - LBL 25 69 197 45 5 0 3 20 21 24 1 1 16 4 7 .228 .314 .299 .613 90 85 -0.0
1915 Cleveland - LBL 26 101 354 79 8 3 1 31 33 35 2 1 22 11 13 .223 .296 .271 .567 80 85 -0.8
1916 Cleveland - LBL 27 108 368 74 11 5 0 24 36 32 3 2 33 12 15 .201 .269 .258 .527 71 72 0.0
1917 Cleveland - LBL 28 89 103 25 3 4 0 12 12 14 2 2 6 2 6 .243 .339 .350 .688 116 111 0.3
1918 Cleveland - LBL 29 114 228 70 9 4 0 36 26 26 0 3 12 22 15 .307 .374 .382 .755 129 134 2.4
Total LBL 481 1250 293 36 16 4 123 128 131 8 9 89 51 56 .234 .309 .298 .607 91 93 1.8
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1908 Houston College - COL 19 59 163 38 3 0 1 14 19 8 2 1 11 3 5 .233 .276 .270 .546 84 73 0.2
1909 Houston College - COL 20 57 205 47 4 2 1 15 32 18 1 1 13 10 5 .229 .293 .283 .576 95 92 1.0
1910 Houston College - COL 21 56 211 55 7 0 0 12 18 21 2 1 21 5 10 .261 .332 .294 .626 101 105 0.5
1910 Glass City - AA 21 10 16 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 55 59 -0.0
1911 Glass City - AA 22 117 407 110 18 15 2 59 72 54 3 3 21 23 15 .270 .358 .403 .761 122 126 3.4
1912 Glass City - AA 23 110 355 110 18 8 0 37 42 29 3 5 19 11 11 .310 .362 .406 .768 141 136 2.6
1913 Akron - AAA 24 116 450 139 18 10 2 56 45 36 3 4 32 29 46 .309 .361 .407 .768 141 142 3.1
1914 Akron - AAA 25 34 126 28 1 0 1 12 13 11 1 3 11 4 8 .222 .284 .254 .538 68 70 -0.3
Total RLBL 150 576 167 19 10 3 68 58 47 4 7 43 33 54 .290 .344 .373 .717 125 126
Total MBL 237 778 224 36 23 2 98 116 83 6 8 42 34 27 .288 .358 .401 .759 129 130
Total USCBA 172 579 140 14 2 2 41 69 47 5 3 45 18 20 .242 .303 .283 .586 94 91
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1914 Cleveland - MLB 2B 8 3 10 11 2 21 0 1.000 33.1 5.67 -1.1 .901
1914 Cleveland - MLB 3B 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.1 13.50 -0.4 .705
1914 Cleveland - MLB SS 59 53 69 147 15 239 23 .904 476.1 4.08 -2.9 .962
1915 Cleveland - MLB 2B 12 1 6 12 2 19 1 .947 38.1 4.23 -0.1 .938
1915 Cleveland - MLB 3B 10 0 2 5 0 7 0 1.000 23.0 2.74 +0.7 1.275
1915 Cleveland - MLB SS 92 84 156 200 16 390 34 .913 700.0 4.58 -15.3 .909
1915 Cleveland - MLB RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1916 Cleveland - MLB 2B 35 15 42 66 14 111 3 .973 181.2 5.35 +3.3 1.036
1916 Cleveland - MLB 3B 22 4 7 8 0 18 3 .833 64.0 2.11 -1.6 .749
1916 Cleveland - MLB SS 70 66 129 185 33 327 13 .960 547.2 5.16 -5.1 .962
1917 Cleveland - MLB 2B 16 11 37 41 8 78 0 1.000 102.0 6.88 +2.1 1.076
1917 Cleveland - MLB 3B 47 5 8 25 2 34 1 .971 129.0 2.30 -0.7 .987
1917 Cleveland - MLB SS 30 7 27 27 6 63 9 .857 110.2 4.39 -4.5 .765
1918 Cleveland - MLB 2B 80 48 148 189 28 346 9 .974 493.2 6.14 +5.3 1.031
1918 Cleveland - MLB 3B 15 4 6 18 1 25 1 .960 55.0 3.93 -1.8 .846
1918 Cleveland - MLB SS 22 8 30 39 2 73 4 .945 91.1 6.80 -1.3 .959
TOTAL 2B 151 78 243 319 54 575 13 .977 849.0 5.96 +9.4 1.029
TOTAL 3B 96 13 23 58 3 86 5 .942 272.1 2.68 -3.9 .908
TOTAL SS 273 218 411 598 72 1092 83 .924 1926.0 4.71 -29.0 .933
PLAYER HISTORY
01/31/1908 Joined the Houston College Enforcers.
01/01/1910 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 30 (55); Power: 45 (75); Eye: 35 (50).
06/10/1910 Wins the 1910 USCBA SL2 Great Glove Award at 2B.
06/20/1910 Released by the Houston College Enforcers.
06/20/1910 Drafted in the 1910 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 12, 28th overall pick) by the Cleveland Athletics.
01/01/1911 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (55); Power: 50 (70); Eye: 35 (50).
05/08/1911 Wins the MBL MWL Player of the Week Award.
06/13/1911 Named the #88 prospect in the LBL
09/11/1911 Named the #90 prospect in the LBL
09/16/1911 Wins the 1911 MBL MWL Great Glove Award at 2B.
09/18/1911 Wins the 1911 MBL MWL Platinum Stick Award at 2B.
01/01/1912 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 55 (60); Eye: 45 (45).
05/07/1912 Injured (quadriceps strain),day-to-day for 4 days.
09/15/1912 Wins the 1912 MBL MWL Great Glove Award at 2B.
01/01/1913 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 55 (60); Eye: 45 (45).
06/17/1913 Named the #93 prospect in the LBL
09/15/1913 Named the #83 prospect in the LBL
01/01/1914 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 55 (60); Eye: 45 (45).
01/01/1915 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 45 (50).
01/01/1916 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
03/26/1916 Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for 1 day.
01/01/1917 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
01/01/1918 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year IBB Rank
1914 6 7
Year SF Rank
1918 3 8
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