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Matt Adams

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 263lb (190cm, 119kg)

Born: August 31, 1988 in Philipsburg, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 23rd round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (Slippery Rock, PA).

High School: Philipsburg-Osceola HS (Philipsburg, PA)

School: Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (Slippery Rock, PA)

Debut: May 20, 2012 (Age 23-263d, 20,186th in major league history)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 24, 2021 (Age 32-327d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2013 season

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Matthew James Adams

Nicknames: Big City or Jumbo Pepsi

Twitter: @BigCityForReal

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2019 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.9

2421

624

118

.258

297

RBI

399

OBP

.306

SLG

.463

OPS

.769

OPS+

104

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2015 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2015 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
2	2	Apr 8	STL	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 10	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	23	6.0	5	1	0	6	1
4	4	Apr 11	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
5	5	Apr 12	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	GF	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 13	STL		MIL	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
7	7	Apr 15	STL		MIL	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
8	9 (1)	Apr 17	STL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
9	10	Apr 18	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
10	11	Apr 19	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
11	12	Apr 21	STL	@	WSN	L,1-2	GF	14	3.0	2	0	2	4	0
12	13	Apr 22	STL	@	WSN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
13	14	Apr 23	STL	@	WSN	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	7	1	1	9	1
14	15	Apr 24	STL	@	MIL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
15	17 (1)	Apr 26	STL	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	18	Apr 27	STL		PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
17	19	Apr 28	STL		PHI	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
18	20	Apr 29	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
19	21	Apr 30	STL		PHI	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	22	May 1	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	8	1	0	9	1
21	24 (1)	May 3	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	57	14.0	13	2	0	15	0
22	26 (1)	May 5	STL		CHC	W,7-4	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	28 (1)	May 7	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
24	30 (1)	May 9	STL	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
25	31	May 10	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
26	32	May 12	STL	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
27	33	May 13	STL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
28	34	May 14	STL	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
29	37 (2)	May 17	STL		DET	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	38	May 18	STL	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS	26	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
31	39	May 19	STL	@	NYM	W,10-2	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	40	May 20	STL	@	NYM	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
33	41	May 21	STL	@	NYM	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	4
34	42	May 22	STL	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
35	43	May 23	STL	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	23	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	44	May 24	STL	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
37	45	May 25	STL		ARI	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	12	0	0	12	1
38	46	May 26	STL		ARI	W,6-4	GS	22	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	144 (97)	Sep 15	STL	@	MIL	W,3-1	GS	17	5.0	4	1	0	5	0
40	146 (1)	Sep 17	STL	@	MIL	W,6-3	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	2
41	148 (1)	Sep 19	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	151 (2)	Sep 22	STL		CIN	W,3-1	GS	23	6.0	4	1	0	5	3
43	156 (4)	Sep 27	STL		MIL	L,4-8	GS	24	6.0	8	0	0	8	1
44	159 (2)	Sep 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,11-1	GS	18	6.0	6	0	0	6	1
45	160	Oct 2	STL	@	ATL	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
46	162 (1)	Oct 4 (2)	STL	@	ATL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	2
							46gm		352.0	321	32	3	356	30