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Joel Adamson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 185lb (193cm, 83kg)

Born: July 2, 1971 in Lakewood, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 31st round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Artesia HS (Lakewood, CA) and the Philadelphia Phillies in the 7th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA).

High School: Artesia HS (Lakewood, CA)

School: Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA)

Debut: April 10, 1996 (Age 24-283d, 16,842nd in major league history)
vs. SDP 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 26, 1998 (Age 26-298d)
vs. FLA 4.2 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Full Name: Joel Lee Adamson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

ERA

4.89

110.1

WHIP

1.432

Summary of 19 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 3 go ahead

3 Tms
MIL	13
ARI	5
FLA	1

Platoon
vs RHB	14
vs LHB	5

Home/Road
Away	13
Home	6

Outs
2	8
1	6
0	5

12 Opps
TEX	3
BOS	2
OAK	2
FLA	2
BAL	2
TOR	2
KCR	1
MIN	1
COL	1
SFG	1
STL	1
SDP	1

18 Batters
Lee Stevens	2
Juan Samuel	1
B.J. Surhoff	1
Mo Vaughn	1
Brian Lesher	1
Andrés Galarraga	1
Gary Sheffield	1
Wil Cordero	1
Joe Carter	1
Jeff King	1
Charles Johnson	1
Matt Stairs	1
Lenny Webster	1
David Howard	1
Juan González	1
Ken Caminiti	1
Brian Johnson	1
Greg Colbrunn	1

11 Parks
County Stad (MIL)	5
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	10
9	4
78	3
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	6
1	4
2	3
6	2
Unk	1
4	1
7+	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	13
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	11
1--	4
12-	2
123	1
-2-	1

31 Runs
RISP	4
0 on	11
1 on	5
2 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	8

Inning
1	1
3	1
4	3
5	4
6	6
7	4

1-3	2
4-6	13
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	1
+2	1
+1	2
Tied	3
-2	2
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	10
Tied	3
Behind	6

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	4
1-0	3
2-2	3
0-2	2
1-1	2
3-2	1
1-2	1
Unk	1
2-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	6
RF	4
LF	4
C	3
2B	1
3B	1

OrderPos
4th	5
7th	3
8th	3
3rd	3
5th	2
6th	2
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	7
Low Lev	11

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1996-05-04	Andrés Galarraga	COL		FLA	ahead 13-3	b 6	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Bichette Scores; Q. McCracken Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1997-05-14	Matt Stairs	OAK		MIL	ahead 6-2	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	2	9	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	2	1	1997-06-25	B.J. Surhoff	BAL	@	MIL	ahead 7-0	t 6	2	-2-	6,(2-2) BCSFBX	2	4	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); R. Palmeiro Scores
4	4	3	1	1997-07-04	Greg Colbrunn	MIN	@	MIL	ahead 8-1	t 6	0	---	5,(2-2) .BFFBX	1	7	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Colbrunn Scores
5	5	4	1	1997-07-23	Joe Carter	TOR		MIL	ahead 3-0	b 4	1	123		4	3	7	8%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Gonzalez Scores; O. Nixon Scores; O. Merced Scores
6	6	5	1	1997-07-28 (2)	Juan Samuel	TOR	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	7,(3-2) BFBSFBX	1	3	9	9%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	6	1	1997-08-10 (2)	Brian Lesher	OAK		MIL	behind 3-8	b 6	1	---	6,(2-2) CBFBFX	1	7	7	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	7	1	1997-08-18 (2)	Lee Stevens	TEX		MIL	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	3	14%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Stevens Scores
9	9	8	2	1997-08-18 (2)	Lee Stevens	TEX		MIL	ahead 1-0	b 7	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	3	11%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Stevens Scores
10	10	9	1	1997-08-25	Juan González	TEX	@	MIL	behind 1-4	t 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	8%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
11	11	10	1	1997-09-06	Mo Vaughn	BOS		MIL	ahead 7-1	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	11	2	1997-09-06	Wil Cordero	BOS		MIL	ahead 8-1	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
13	13	12	1	1997-09-17	Lenny Webster	BAL		MIL	behind 2-8	b 7	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	13	1	1997-09-23 (2)	Jeff King	KCR	@	MIL	tied 2-2	t 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	24%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Damon Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1998-04-04	Brian Johnson	SFG	@	ARI	behind 1-3	t 7	0	1--	3,(0-2) CFX	2	8	2	26%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Snow Scores
16	16	2	1	1998-04-11	Ken Caminiti	SDP		ARI	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	12-	3,(2-1) BBX	3	4	5	16%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Mouton Scores; T. Gwynn Scores
17	17	3	1	1998-04-16 (1)	David Howard	STL		ARI	ahead 3-2	b 6	2	1--	3,(0-2) CC1X	2	8	4	18%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); G. Gaetti Scores
18	18	4	1	1998-04-26	Gary Sheffield	FLA		ARI	behind 0-3	b 4	1	1--	3,(1-1) 1B1CX	2	4	9	18%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Floyd Scores
19	19	5	2	1998-04-26	Charles Johnson	FLA		ARI	behind 2-4	b 5	0	---	4,(1-2) BFSX	1	7	2	13%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)