Books and articles about Ed Sprague

Sprague didn't play baseball in school, but scouts discovered him in the army in Germany. The hard-throwing, 6'4" pitcher was signed by St. Louis and debuted with the A's as a reliever in 1968, his third pro season. He had compiled a career-best 7-2 record with Milwaukee in 1974, when, on July 19, he twisted knee ligaments on Comiskey Park's short-lived Astroturf infield and missed the rest of the season. Sprague became the owner of the Stockton franchise and his wife the owner of Lodi in the California League. Their son, Stanford third baseman Ed Sprague, was the Blue Jays' first pick in the June 1988 draft. (TO)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » October 18, 1992: The Blue Jays even the WS with a 5-4 win over the Braves. Pinch-hitter Ed Sprague’s 2-run HR in the top of the 9th proves to be the margin of victory, marking just the 2nd time in WS history that a 9th-inning HR turns a losing margin into a winning one. The other was Kirk Gibson’s homer in the 1988 Series.