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Bobby Adams
Robert Henry Adams

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 16, 1946
Final Game April 22, 1959
Born December 14, 1921 in Tuolumne, CA
Died February 13, 1997 in Gig Harbor, WA

Brother of Dick Adams and Father of Mike Adams

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 24 CIN NL  94  311   35   76  13  3   4   24  16     18  32  .244  .292  .344   83  107  14           3   7
 1947 25 CIN NL  81  217   39   59  11  2   4   20   9     25  23  .272  .358  .396  101   86   7           4   2
 1948 26 CIN NL  87  262   33   78  20  3   1   21   6     25  23  .298  .361  .408  111  107   7           1   5
 1949 27 CIN NL 107  277   32   70  16  2   0   25   4     26  36  .253  .317  .325   72   90   5           0   6
 1950 28 CIN NL 115  348   57   98  21  8   3   25   7     43  29  .282  .361  .414  103  144   3           0   2
 1951 29 CIN NL 125  403   57  107  12  5   5   24   4 10  43  40  .266  .338  .357   86  144   3           1   6
 1952 30 CIN NL 154  637   85  180  25  4   6   48  11  9  49  67  .283  .334  .363   93  231   8           0  15 MVP-22
 1953 31 CIN NL 150  607   99  167  14  6   8   49   3  2  58  67  .275  .338  .357   82  217  12           0   7
 1954 32 CIN NL 110  390   69  105  25  6   3   23   2  5  55  46  .269  .362  .387   95  151   4   2       3   4
 1955 33 TOT     92  171   31   43  11  3   2   23   2  0  24  25  .251  .352  .386   94   66   2   1   1   3   3
         CIN NL  64  150   23   41  11  2   2   20   2  0  20  21  .273  .368  .413  104   62   2   1   1   3   3
         CHW AL  28   21    8    2   0  1   0    3   0  0   4   4  .095  .240  .190   16    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1956 34 BAL AL  41  111   19   25   6  1   0    7   1  1  25  15  .225  .362  .297   83   33   5   2   0   0   1
 1957 35 CHC NL  60  187   21   47  10  2   1   10   0  3  17  28  .251  .320  .342   80   64   5   0   0   2   2
 1958 36 CHC NL  62   96   14   27   4  4   0    4   2  0   6  15  .281  .324  .406   94   39   3   0   0   0   2
 1959 37 CHC NL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1281 4019  591 1082 188 49  37  303  67 30 414 447  .269  .340  .368   90 1479  78   5   1  17  62
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        508   75  137  24  6   5   38   8  4  52  57  .269  .340  .368   90  187  10   1   0   2   8
 Career High    154  637   99  180  25  8   8   49  16 10  58  67  .298  .362  .414  111  231  14   2   1   4  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 24 CIN NL  346  256   31   3.2    89| .244  .258| .292  .332| .344  .361| .636  .693|  83  .400  -7.9  -0.8     
 1947 25 CIN NL  253  167   30   4.8   105| .272  .273| .358  .348| .396  .404| .754  .752| 101  .514   0.8   0.1     
 1948 26 CIN NL  295  196   38   5.2    99| .298  .265| .361  .339| .408  .393| .769  .732| 111  .566   4.6   0.5     
 1949 27 CIN NL  308  218   29   3.6   105| .253  .272| .317  .345| .325  .406| .642  .752|  72  .387 -10.8  -1.1     
 1950 28 CIN NL  394  255   52   5.4   108| .282  .270| .361  .346| .414  .418| .775  .764| 103  .564   2.1   0.2     
 1951 29 CIN NL  450  315   46   3.9   105| .266  .270| .338  .344| .357  .409| .695  .753|  86  .436  -8.3  -0.8  28%
 1952 30 CIN NL  694  489   76   4.2    97| .283  .262| .334  .334| .363  .389| .697  .724|  93  .501  -6.3  -0.7  55%
 1953 31 CIN NL  677  461   73   4.2   110| .275  .274| .338  .345| .357  .427| .695  .773|  82  .435 -16.4  -1.6  60%
 1954 32 CIN NL  454  300   53   4.7   111| .269  .276| .362  .348| .387  .427| .749  .775|  95  .494  -1.6  -0.2  28%
 1955 33 TOT     201  134   25   5.0   108| .251  .270| .352  .343| .386  .424| .738  .767|  94  .531  -1.0  -0.1 100%
         CIN NL  176  115   24   5.6   109| .273  .270| .368  .342| .413  .428| .781  .769| 104  .580   1.7   0.2 100%
         CHW AL   25   19    1   1.4   105| .095  .270| .240  .350| .190  .402| .430  .752|  16  .104  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1956 34 BAL AL  143   95   15   4.2    99| .225  .257| .362  .338| .297  .393| .659  .731|  83  .441  -0.8  -0.1  50%
 1957 35 CHC NL  211  150   21   3.8   102| .251  .267| .320  .331| .342  .414| .662  .745|  80  .410  -5.1  -0.5   0%
 1958 36 CHC NL  105   74   13   4.7   104| .281  .267| .324  .335| .406  .417| .730  .752|  94  .506  -1.3  -0.1 100%
 1959 37 CHC NL    2    2    0   0.0   104| .000  .269| .000  .335| .000  .416| .000  .751|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     4533 3112  502   4.3   104| .269  .268| .340  .341| .368  .407| .708  .748|  90  .475 -52.4  -5.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1946 24 CIN NL 2B 74 190 251 15 67 .967 .970 5.96 5.09 OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.15 0 0 2 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.80 1947 25 CIN NL 2B 69 172 177 12 46 .967 .975 5.06 5.19 1948 26 CIN NL 2B 64 160 143 11 33 .965 .971 4.73 4.83 3B 7 7 12 0 1 1.000 .941 2.71 2.81 1949 27 CIN NL 2B 63 162 138 5 29 .984 .976 4.76 5.07 3B 14 14 22 2 0 .947 .952 2.57 2.98 1950 28 CIN NL 2B 53 124 138 5 30 .981 .974 4.94 5.13 3B 42 46 62 9 4 .923 .948 2.57 3.01 1951 29 CIN NL 3B 60 72 122 9 8 .956 .953 3.23 3.10 2B 42 112 93 9 25 .958 .976 4.88 5.05 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 1952 30 CIN NL 3B 154 176 328 20 28 .962 .954 3.27 2.92 1953 31 CIN NL 3B 150 159 324 25 39 .951 .951 3.22 2.72 1954 32 CIN NL 3B 93 127 186 16 24 .951 .952 3.37 2.82 2B 2 7 3 0 1 1.000 .980 5.00 5.30 1955 33 TOT 3B 51 40 97 5 11 .965 .951 2.69 2.80 TOT 2B 6 7 8 0 2 1.000 .974 2.50 4.98 CIN NL 3B 42 35 88 4 11 .969 .951 2.93 2.81 2B 5 4 4 0 1 1.000 .976 1.60 5.00 CHW AL 3B 9 5 9 1 0 .933 .952 1.56 2.73 2B 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 .972 7.00 4.90 1956 34 BAL AL 3B 24 23 40 1 5 .984 .949 2.62 2.78 3.57 3.22 22 158.7 2B 18 39 25 4 7 .941 .973 3.56 4.74 4.45 5.44 14 129.3 1957 35 CHC NL 3B 47 43 68 6 5 .949 .952 2.36 2.71 2.45 2.96 46 407.3 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.00 2.25 5.40 0 4.0 1958 36 CHC NL 1B 11 44 5 2 1 .961 .990 4.45 8.11 9.13 9.54 4 48.3 3B 9 4 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.11 2.86 2.70 3.19 3 33.3 2B 7 15 13 1 5 .966 .976 4.00 4.76 5.86 5.34 5 43.0 1959 37 CHC NL 1B 1 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 2.00 8.00 9.00 9.45 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1958 36 CHC NL 1B 11 44 5 2 1 .961 .990 4.45 8.11 9.13 9.54 4 48.3 1959 37 CHC NL 1B 1 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 2.00 8.00 9.00 9.45 0 2.0 1946 24 CIN NL 2B 74 190 251 15 67 .967 .970 5.96 5.09 1947 25 CIN NL 2B 69 172 177 12 46 .967 .975 5.06 5.19 1948 26 CIN NL 2B 64 160 143 11 33 .965 .971 4.73 4.83 1949 27 CIN NL 2B 63 162 138 5 29 .984 .976 4.76 5.07 1950 28 CIN NL 2B 53 124 138 5 30 .981 .974 4.94 5.13 1951 29 CIN NL 2B 42 112 93 9 25 .958 .976 4.88 5.05 1954 32 CIN NL 2B 2 7 3 0 1 1.000 .980 5.00 5.30 1955 33 TOT 2B 6 7 8 0 2 1.000 .974 2.50 4.98 CIN NL 2B 5 4 4 0 1 1.000 .976 1.60 5.00 CHW AL 2B 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 .972 7.00 4.90 1956 34 BAL AL 2B 18 39 25 4 7 .941 .973 3.56 4.74 4.45 5.44 14 129.3 1957 35 CHC NL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.00 2.25 5.40 0 4.0 1958 36 CHC NL 2B 7 15 13 1 5 .966 .976 4.00 4.76 5.86 5.34 5 43.0 1946 24 CIN NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.80 1948 26 CIN NL 3B 7 7 12 0 1 1.000 .941 2.71 2.81 1949 27 CIN NL 3B 14 14 22 2 0 .947 .952 2.57 2.98 1950 28 CIN NL 3B 42 46 62 9 4 .923 .948 2.57 3.01 1951 29 CIN NL 3B 60 72 122 9 8 .956 .953 3.23 3.10 1952 30 CIN NL 3B 154 176 328 20 28 .962 .954 3.27 2.92 1953 31 CIN NL 3B 150 159 324 25 39 .951 .951 3.22 2.72 1954 32 CIN NL 3B 93 127 186 16 24 .951 .952 3.37 2.82 1955 33 TOT 3B 51 40 97 5 11 .965 .951 2.69 2.80 CIN NL 3B 42 35 88 4 11 .969 .951 2.93 2.81 CHW AL 3B 9 5 9 1 0 .933 .952 1.56 2.73 1956 34 BAL AL 3B 24 23 40 1 5 .984 .949 2.62 2.78 3.57 3.22 22 158.7 1957 35 CHC NL 3B 47 43 68 6 5 .949 .952 2.36 2.71 2.45 2.96 46 407.3 1958 36 CHC NL 3B 9 4 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.11 2.86 2.70 3.19 3 33.3 1946 24 CIN NL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.15 0 0 2 1951 29 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B* 652 711 1268 93 125 .955 .952 3.04 2.85 71 599.3 2B* 399 989 989 62 245 .970 .973 4.96 5.04 19 176.3 1B* 12 46 5 3 1 .944 .990 4.25 8.10 4 50.3 OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 2.17 0 0 3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1066 1748 2262 158 371 .962 .963 3.76 3.73
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1952-NL-22-0.03
Car-1221-0.03 shares

Games
1952 NL-154-1

At Bats
1952 NL-637-1
1953 NL-607-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1952 NL-694-2
1953 NL-677-8

Hits
1952 NL-180-3

Triples
1950 NL-8-6

Stolen Bases
1946 NL-16-4
1947 NL-9-6
1952 NL-11-7

Singles
1952 NL-145-1
1953 NL-139-4

Hit By Pitch
1946 NL-3-10
1947 NL-4-8

Sac. Hits
1946 NL-14-6
1953 NL-12-4

Caught Stealing
1951 NL-10-3
1952 NL-9-4

Outs
1952 NL-489-1
1953 NL-461-6

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 13 (1227) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.4 (1169) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1939 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

July 26, 1955: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Cincinnati Redlegs.

October 18, 1955: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Cal Abrams.

May 28, 1956: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

June 4, 1956: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 17, 1956: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

Before 1957 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

May 12, 1959: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


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