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Sparky Adams
Earl John Adams

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 151 lb.

Debut September 18, 1922
Final Game September 30, 1934
Born August 26, 1894 in Zerbe, PA
Died February 24, 1989 in Pottsville, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1922 27 CHC NL  11   44    5   11   0  1   0    3   1  2   4   3  .250  .313  .295   56   13   1           0    
 1923 28 CHC NL  95  311   40   90  12  0   4   35  20 19  26  10  .289  .346  .367   88  114  14           1    
 1924 29 CHC NL 117  418   66  117  11  5   1   27  15 17  40  20  .280  .344  .337   82  141  14           1    
 1925 30 CHC NL 149  627   95  180  29  8   2   48  26 12  44  15  .287  .341  .368   80  231   9           7    
 1926 31 CHC NL 154  624   95  193  35  3   0   39  27     52  27  .309  .367  .375   99  234  19           5    
 1927 32 CHC NL 146  647  100  189  17  7   0   49  26     42  26  .292  .335  .340   81  220  16           0    
 1928 33 PIT NL 135  539   91  149  14  6   0   38   8     64  18  .276  .357  .325   77  175  21           4    
 1929 34 PIT NL  74  196   37   51   8  1   0   11   3     15   5  .260  .316  .311   55   61   5           1    
 1930 35 STL NL 137  570   98  179  36  9   0   55   7     45  27  .314  .365  .409   85  233  15           1    
 1931 36 STL NL 143  608   97  178  46  5   1   40  16     42  24  .293  .340  .390   93  237   6           2     MVP-9
 1932 37 STL NL  31  127   22   35   3  1   0   13   0     14   5  .276  .352  .315   79   40   0           1    
 1933 38 TOT NL 145  568   60  146  22  1   1   22   3     45  33  .257  .315  .305   79  173  15           3  12
         STL NL   8   30    1    5   1  0   0    0   0      1   3  .167  .219  .200   18    6   0           1   2
         CIN NL 137  538   59  141  21  1   1   22   3     44  30  .262  .320  .310   82  167  15           2  10
 1934 39 CIN NL  87  278   38   70  16  1   0   14   2     20  10  .252  .307  .317   69   88   1           2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1424 5557  844 1588 249 48   9  394 154 50 453 223  .286  .343  .353   83 1960 136   0   0  28  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        632   96  181  28  5   1   45  18  6  52  25  .286  .343  .353   83  223  15   0   0   3   2
 Career High    154  647  100  193  46  9   4   55  27 19  64  33  .314  .367  .409   99  237  21   0   0   7  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1922 27 CHC NL   49   36    4   3.0   114| .250  .304| .313  .362| .295  .422| .608  .784|  56  .284  -3.0  -0.3  33%
 1923 28 CHC NL  352  254   36   3.8   107| .289  .293| .346  .352| .367  .408| .713  .760|  88  .402  -4.8  -0.5  51%
 1924 29 CHC NL  473  332   46   3.7   105| .280  .291| .344  .347| .337  .406| .681  .752|  82  .408  -9.7  -1.0  46%
 1925 30 CHC NL  687  468   78   4.4   116| .287  .303| .341  .361| .368  .432| .709  .793|  80  .437 -19.3  -1.8  68%
 1926 31 CHC NL  700  450   85   5.0   104| .309  .288| .367  .348| .375  .400| .742  .748|  99  .549   1.6   0.2     
 1927 32 CHC NL  705  474   74   4.2   104| .292  .290| .335  .349| .340  .400| .675  .749|  81  .458 -17.6  -1.8     
 1928 33 PIT NL  628  411   62   4.1   112| .276  .295| .357  .361| .325  .419| .682  .780|  77  .421 -17.4  -1.7     
 1929 34 PIT NL  217  150   19   3.4   123| .260  .307| .316  .371| .311  .447| .627  .818|  55  .291 -14.1  -1.3     
 1930 35 STL NL  631  406   85   5.6   129| .314  .316| .365  .374| .409  .470| .774  .844|  85  .475 -14.0  -1.2     
 1931 36 STL NL  658  436   80   4.9   107| .293  .290| .340  .349| .390  .410| .730  .759|  93  .527  -5.8  -0.6     
 1932 37 STL NL  142   92   14   4.1   106| .276  .288| .352  .341| .315  .417| .667  .758|  79  .438  -3.4  -0.3     
 1933 38 TOT NL  631  449   54   3.2    90| .257  .272| .315  .325| .305  .373| .620  .697|  79  .394 -14.2  -1.5     
         STL NL   32   27    1   1.0    95| .167  .280| .219  .333| .200  .383| .419  .717|  18  .070  -3.3  -0.4     
         CIN NL  599  422   53   3.4    90| .262  .272| .320  .324| .310  .372| .630  .696|  82  .413 -10.9  -1.1     
 1934 39 CIN NL  301  211   27   3.4   103| .252  .285| .307  .340| .317  .405| .624  .744|  69  .354 -11.7  -1.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6174 4169  664   4.2   109| .286  .293| .343  .352| .353  .414| .696  .766|  83  .445 -133.4 -12.9     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1922 27 CHC NL 2B 11 18 35 5 5 .914 .960 4.82 5.58 1923 28 CHC NL SS 79 153 248 28 44 .935 .939 5.08 5.45 OF 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 2.30 0 0 1 1924 29 CHC NL SS 88 169 277 28 62 .941 .949 5.07 5.44 2B 19 55 66 3 15 .976 .961 6.37 5.60 1925 30 CHC NL 2B 144 354 551 16 90 .983 .967 6.28 5.61 SS 5 13 22 0 5 1.000 .941 7.00 5.20 1926 31 CHC NL 2B 136 324 485 29 93 .965 .965 5.95 5.29 3B 19 12 35 2 4 .959 .953 2.47 2.81 SS 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 5.30 1927 32 CHC NL 2B 60 149 194 2 34 .994 .966 5.72 5.63 3B 53 45 107 6 12 .962 .945 2.87 2.82 SS 40 82 142 10 23 .957 .944 5.60 5.18 1928 33 PIT NL 2B 107 265 343 18 54 .971 .970 5.68 5.71 SS 27 52 97 1 14 .993 .950 5.52 5.22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0 0 1 1929 34 PIT NL SS 30 33 58 10 8 .901 .950 3.03 5.37 2B 20 33 48 5 5 .942 .968 4.05 5.46 3B 15 7 24 2 1 .939 .954 2.07 2.79 OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.40 2 0 0 1930 35 STL NL 3B 104 66 159 8 18 .966 .950 2.16 2.71 2B 25 62 85 4 25 .974 .963 5.88 5.59 SS 7 12 20 4 3 .889 .952 4.57 5.36 1931 36 STL NL 3B 138 118 223 13 29 .963 .944 2.47 2.72 SS 6 9 16 5 1 .833 .954 4.17 5.07 1932 37 STL NL 3B 30 25 42 5 11 .931 .945 2.23 2.74 1933 38 TOT NL 3B 135 121 278 17 16 .959 .949 2.96 2.89 TOT NL SS 13 11 33 1 3 .978 .950 3.38 4.94 STL NL SS 5 5 16 1 2 .955 .950 4.20 4.94 3B 3 0 6 2 1 .750 .952 2.00 2.90 CIN NL 3B 132 121 272 15 15 .963 .949 2.98 2.89 SS 8 6 17 0 1 1.000 .950 2.88 4.94 1934 39 CIN NL 3B 38 31 75 5 10 .955 .945 2.79 2.73 2B 29 61 81 3 11 .979 .965 4.90 5.45
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1922 27 CHC NL 2B 11 18 35 5 5 .914 .960 4.82 5.58 1924 29 CHC NL 2B 19 55 66 3 15 .976 .961 6.37 5.60 1925 30 CHC NL 2B 144 354 551 16 90 .983 .967 6.28 5.61 1926 31 CHC NL 2B 136 324 485 29 93 .965 .965 5.95 5.29 1927 32 CHC NL 2B 60 149 194 2 34 .994 .966 5.72 5.63 1928 33 PIT NL 2B 107 265 343 18 54 .971 .970 5.68 5.71 1929 34 PIT NL 2B 20 33 48 5 5 .942 .968 4.05 5.46 1930 35 STL NL 2B 25 62 85 4 25 .974 .963 5.88 5.59 1934 39 CIN NL 2B 29 61 81 3 11 .979 .965 4.90 5.45 1926 31 CHC NL 3B 19 12 35 2 4 .959 .953 2.47 2.81 1927 32 CHC NL 3B 53 45 107 6 12 .962 .945 2.87 2.82 1929 34 PIT NL 3B 15 7 24 2 1 .939 .954 2.07 2.79 1930 35 STL NL 3B 104 66 159 8 18 .966 .950 2.16 2.71 1931 36 STL NL 3B 138 118 223 13 29 .963 .944 2.47 2.72 1932 37 STL NL 3B 30 25 42 5 11 .931 .945 2.23 2.74 1933 38 TOT NL 3B 135 121 278 17 16 .959 .949 2.96 2.89 STL NL 3B 3 0 6 2 1 .750 .952 2.00 2.90 CIN NL 3B 132 121 272 15 15 .963 .949 2.98 2.89 1934 39 CIN NL 3B 38 31 75 5 10 .955 .945 2.79 2.73 1923 28 CHC NL OF 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 2.30 0 0 1 1928 33 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0 0 1 1929 34 PIT NL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.40 2 0 0 1923 28 CHC NL SS 79 153 248 28 44 .935 .939 5.08 5.45 1924 29 CHC NL SS 88 169 277 28 62 .941 .949 5.07 5.44 1925 30 CHC NL SS 5 13 22 0 5 1.000 .941 7.00 5.20 1926 31 CHC NL SS 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 5.30 1927 32 CHC NL SS 40 82 142 10 23 .957 .944 5.60 5.18 1928 33 PIT NL SS 27 52 97 1 14 .993 .950 5.52 5.22 1929 34 PIT NL SS 30 33 58 10 8 .901 .950 3.03 5.37 1930 35 STL NL SS 7 12 20 4 3 .889 .952 4.57 5.36 1931 36 STL NL SS 6 9 16 5 1 .833 .954 4.17 5.07 1933 38 TOT NL SS 13 11 33 1 3 .978 .950 3.38 4.94 STL NL SS 5 5 16 1 2 .955 .950 4.20 4.94 CIN NL SS 8 6 17 0 1 1.000 .950 2.88 4.94
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 551 1321 1888 85 332 .974 .966 5.82 5.54 3B 532 425 943 58 101 .959 .947 2.57 2.78 SS 297 536 916 87 163 .943 .946 4.89 5.34 OF 4 5 1 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 2.35 2 0 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1384 2287 3748 230 597 .963 .957 4.36 4.43
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1930   WS    STL PHA     L   6  21   0   3  0  0  0   1   0   4  .143  .136  .143   0  0   0   1   0 
 1931   WS    STL PHA     W   2   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   8  25   0   4  0  0  0   1   0   5  .160  .154  .160   0  0   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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)
1931-NL-9-0.22
Car-691-0.22 shares

Games
1925 NL-149-9
1926 NL-154-7

At Bats
1925 NL-627-1
1926 NL-624-1
1927 NL-647-1
1931 NL-608-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1925 NL-687-2
1926 NL-700-1
1927 NL-705-2
1931 NL-658-8

Runs
1927 NL-100-9
1931 NL-97-6

Hits
1926 NL-193-3
1927 NL-189-7

Doubles
1926 NL-35-4
1931 NL-46-1

Stolen Bases
1923 NL-20-8
1925 NL-26-3
1926 NL-27-2
1927 NL-26-4
1931 NL-16-3

Singles
1925 NL-141-5
1926 NL-155-2
1927 NL-165-3
1928 NL-129-10

Times on Base
1926 NL-250-2

Hit By Pitch
1925 NL-7-5
1926 NL-5-7
1928 NL-4-10

Sac. Hits
1933 NL-15-10

Caught Stealing
1923 NL-19-3
1924 NL-17-6
1925 NL-12-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1925 NL-41.8-3
1928 NL-29.9-10
1931 NL-25.3-10
Car-24.9-48

Outs
1925 NL-468-1
1926 NL-450-2
1927 NL-474-1
1931 NL-436-5
1933 NL-449-9

Oldest Player
1933 NL-38-10
1934 NL-39-5

   

Black Ink: Batting - 5 (367) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 32 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.9 (692) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 17.0 (866) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

November 28, 1927: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Pete Scott to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Kiki Cuyler.

November, 1929: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

May 7, 1933: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Paul Derringer and Allyn Stout to the Cincinnati Reds for Leo Durocher, Dutch Henry, and Jack Ogden.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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