Jim Adams

James J. Adams

• Bats Unknown, Throws Right
• Height 5' 6", Weight 148 lb.

• Debut April 21, 1890
• Final Game April 21, 1890
• Born 1868 in East St. Louis, IL USA

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Biographical Information

Jim Adams caught one game for the St. Louis Browns of the American Association in 1890. He is known to have married Lena Keber on September 21, 1898 in Illinois. He is listed in the East St. Louis, IL city directory in 1905, but his trace disappears after that. When Lena Keber died in 1941, she had remarried, indicating that Adams may well have pre-deceased her by some years, but nothing certain is known.

Further Reading

• "Jim Adams" in Bill Carle, ed.: Biographical Research Committee Report, SABR, May/June 2013, p. 1.