Babe Adams

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: May 18, 1882 in Tipton, IN us

Died: July 27, 1968 in Silver Spring, MD

Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Mount Moriah, MO

High School: Mount Moriah HS (Mount Moriah, MO)

Debut: April 18, 1906 (Age 23-335d, 2,813th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4.0 IP, 9 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, L

Last Game: August 11, 1926 (Age 44-085d)
vs. BRO 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1909 season

Full Name: Charles Benjamin Adams

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

52.6

194

140

ERA

2.76

482

354

2995.1

1036

WHIP

1.092

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 67 Home Runs Allowed

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

1 leading off, 5 walk-off, 6 tying, 27 go ahead, 7 lacking some details

1 Tm
PIT	66

Platoon
vs RHB	43
vs LHB	23

Home/Road
Away	45
Home	21

Outs
1	23
0	22
2	19
Unk	2

7 Opps
PHI	17
NYG	16
CHC	12
BRO	7
CIN	6
BSN	5
STL	3

45 Batters
Fred Luderus	4
Zack Wheat	3
Cy Williams	3
Rogers Hornsby	3
Fred Merkle	3
Larry Doyle	3
Gavvy Cravath	3
Sherry Magee	2
Hack Wilson	2
Ray Powell	2
George Burns	2
Irish Meusel	2
Gabby Hartnett	2
Walt Tragesser	1
Bernie Hungling	1
Red Killefer	1
Tillie Shafer	1
Heinie Zimmerman	1
Hal Chase	1
Art Fletcher	1
Gus Felix	1
Hack Miller	1
Jimmy Archer	1
Freddie Lindstrom	1
Jake Daubert	1
Hughie Critz	1
Rabbit Maranville	1
Joe Connolly	1
Dode Paskert	1
Russ Wrightstone	1
John Dodge	1
Clarence Huber	1
John Hummel	1
Cliff Lee	1
Bill Terry	1
Vic Saier	1
Jimmy Sheckard	1
Butch Henline	1
Rube Bressler	1
Tommy Leach	1
Earl Smith	1
Enos Kirkpatrick	1
Frank Snyder	1
Ed Lennox	1
George Kelly	1

11 Parks
Forbes Fld (PIT)	21
Baker Bowl (PHI)	13
Polo Grounds (NYC)	10
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
Crosley Fld (CIN)	4
WestSide Grd (CHI)	4
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	3
South End (BOS)	2
WashingtonPk (NYC)	2
PalaceOFans (CIN)	1
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	1

Where Hit
9	23
7	17
89	4
78	3
8	2

11 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	57
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
-2-	13
1--	7
12-	5
--3	2
1-3	2

108 Runs
RISP	22
0 on	27
1 on	22
2 on	7
Any on	29

Inning
1	6
2	7
3	6
4	9
5	7
6	7
7	5
8	8
9	7
Extra	4

1-3	19
4-6	23
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	5
+2	4
+1	7
Tied	19
-1	12
-2	3
-3	2
-4..	4
Unk	7

Ahead	19
Tied	19
Behind	21
Unk	7

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	16
1B	12
2B	10
C	8
CF	7
3B	5
RF	4
SS	3
PH	1

OrderPos
4th	15
3rd	9
5th	9
8th	8
6th	7
1st	6
2nd	6
7th	5
Unk	1

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	21
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1907	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1907-10-06 (2)	Dode Paskert	CIN		PIT		b 2			2	8	8			IPHR
1910	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1910-06-23	Heinie Zimmerman	CHC		PIT		b 7	1		2	4	6
3	3	2	1	1910-07-04 (2)	Jimmy Sheckard	CHC	@	PIT		t 8	0		1		7			IPHR
4	4	3	1	1910-08-24	Sherry Magee	PHI	@	PIT		t 6	0		4	4	7
5	5	4	1	1910-09-13 (1)	Larry Doyle	NYG		PIT		b 6			1	2	4
1911	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1911-04-17	Jimmy Archer	CHC		PIT	ahead 4-2	b 4	1		2	8	2
7	7	2	1	1911-07-15	Fred Luderus	PHI		PIT	behind 0-1	b 2	0		1	4	3
8	8	3	2	1911-07-15	Fred Luderus	PHI		PIT	tied 1-1	b 9	2		1	4	3			Walk-Off
9	9	4	1	1911-07-24	Zack Wheat	BRO	@	PIT		t 1	2		1	3	7			IPHR
10	10	5	1	1911-08-19 (2)	John Hummel	BRO		PIT		b 9	1		1	4	4
1912	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1912-04-23	Ed Lennox	CHC		PIT	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	7	5	12%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	2	1	1912-07-26	Fred Luderus	PHI		PIT	ahead 3-0	b 8	0	---	1	5	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	3	1	1912-08-12	Zack Wheat	BRO		PIT	behind 1-5	b 8	2	1--	2	5	7	6%	9%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Daubert Scores/unER; Z. Wheat Scores/unER
14	14	4	1	1912-08-24	Fred Merkle	NYG	@	PIT	behind 0-2	t 7	2	12-	3	5	3	47%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Doyle Scores; R. Murray Scores
1913	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1913-04-26	Vic Saier	CHC	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	5	3	18%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Zimmerman Scores
16	16	2	1	1913-05-12	Sherry Magee	PHI		PIT	behind 1-2	b 5	1	--3	2	4	7	21%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Knabe Scores
17	17	3	1	1913-05-21	Enos Kirkpatrick	BRO		PIT	behind 0-1	b 4	1	-2-	2	5	4	23%	67%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; C. Stengel Scores
18	18	4	1	1913-07-06 (2)	John Dodge	CIN		PIT	behind 0-1	b 4	2	-2-	2	6	5	26%	66%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run; A. Marsans Scores
19	19	5	1	1913-07-14	Joe Connolly	BSN		PIT	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	3	7	13%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	6	1	1913-07-22 (2)	George Burns	NYG		PIT	behind 0-1	b 8	2	---	1	1	7	34%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	7	1	1913-08-16	Tillie Shafer	NYG		PIT	behind 1-8	b 3	1	12-	3	2	4	8%	13%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. McCormick Scores; G. Burns Scores
1914	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1914-06-06	Gavvy Cravath	PHI		PIT	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	9	12%	64%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	2	1	1914-07-17	Larry Doyle	NYG	@	PIT	tied 1-1	t 21	2	-2-	2	2	4	45%	93%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; B. Bescher Scores
24	24	3	1	1914-08-01 (1)	Jake Daubert	BRO		PIT	tied 1-1	b 3	2	-2-	2	2	3	22%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Dalton Scores
25	25	4	1	1914-08-06	Rabbit Maranville	BSN		PIT	tied 4-4	b 10	1	---	1	4	6	43%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	5	1	1914-09-06	Tommy Leach	CHC		PIT	tied 0-0	b 3	1	12-	3	1	8	26%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Corriden Scores; H. Vaughn Scores
1915	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1915-04-17	Red Killefer	CIN		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	12%	63%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
28	28	2	1	1915-05-14	Gavvy Cravath	PHI		PIT	behind 2-3	b 8	0	---	1	4	9	33%	60%		Home Run (CF-RF)
29	29	3	1	1915-07-10	Fred Luderus	PHI		PIT	tied 3-3	b 7	1	-2-	2	7	3	28%	90%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Whitted Scores
30	30	4	1	1915-08-27	Larry Doyle	NYG		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	4	22%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Robertson Scores
31	31	5	1	1915-09-14	Gavvy Cravath	PHI	@	PIT	tied 3-3	t 3	1	---	1	4	9	14%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	6	1	1915-09-18 (1)	Fred Merkle	NYG	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	20%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Robertson Scores
1916	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1916-04-18	Hal Chase	CIN		PIT	tied 3-3	b 10	0	---	1	3	3	39%	100%	Walk-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
34	34	2	1	1916-04-26	Cy Williams	CHC		PIT	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	1-3	3	3	8	7%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Zwilling Scores; M. Flack Scores
1919	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1919-07-25	Rube Bressler	CIN	@	PIT	ahead 3-0	t 9	2	---	1	7	9	2%	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (LF-CF)
1920	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1920-06-28 (1)	Fred Merkle	CHC		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	5	3	18%	86%		Home Run (LF-CF); C. Hollocher Scores
37	37	2	1	1920-07-28 (2)	Russ Wrightstone	PHI		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	5	10%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	3	2	1920-07-28 (2)	Art Fletcher	PHI		PIT	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	---	1	6	6	8%	86%		Home Run (LF-CF)
39	39	4	3	1920-07-28 (2)	Walt Tragesser	PHI		PIT	ahead 3-0	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	5	1	1920-08-26	Ray Powell	BSN	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	11%	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	6	1	1920-09-17	George Burns	NYG		PIT	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	---	1	1	7	12%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1921	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1921-07-11	Zack Wheat	BRO		PIT	behind 0-1	b 4	0	1--	2	4	7	20%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Griffith Scores
43	43	2	1	1921-08-01	Ray Powell	BSN	@	PIT	behind 2-5	t 5	0	---	1	1	8	9%	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	3	1	1921-08-24 (1)	Irish Meusel	NYG		PIT	behind 0-1	b 2	1	-2-	2	6	7	17%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Kelly Scores
45	45	4	2	1921-08-24 (1)	George Kelly	NYG		PIT	ahead 3-2	b 6	1	---	1	5	3	11%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1922	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1922-05-11	Bernie Hungling	BRO	@	PIT	behind 4-10	t 6	0	---	1	8	2	2%	5%		Home Run (LF Line)
1923	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1923-04-19	Hack Miller	CHC		PIT	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	1-3	3	6	7	8%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Grimes Scores; B. Friberg Scores
48	48	2	1	1923-04-20	Gabby Hartnett	CHC		PIT	tied 11-11	b 9	1	---	1	8	2	41%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49	49	3	1	1923-05-14	Earl Smith	NYG		PIT	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	11%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50	50	4	1	1923-07-12 (2)	Irish Meusel	NYG		PIT	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	1	4	7	13%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	5	1	1923-07-25 (1)	Gus Felix	BSN	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 6	1	---	1	1	7	16%	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
52	52	6	1	1923-08-04 (1)	Cy Williams	PHI	@	PIT	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	-2-	2	2	8	19%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); H. Sand Scores
53	53	7	1	1923-08-14	Cliff Lee	PHI		PIT	ahead 5-4	b 7	1	-2-	2	6	7	13%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Tierney Scores
54	54	8	2	1923-08-14	Butch Henline	PHI		PIT	ahead 7-4	b 7	1	1--	2	8	2	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Holke Scores
1925	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1925-04-16	Gabby Hartnett	CHC		PIT	ahead 7-3	b 6	2	---	1	4	2	3%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
56	56	2	1	1925-05-21	Hack Wilson	NYG		PIT	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	7	10%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	3	1	1925-05-29	Rogers Hornsby	STL	@	PIT	behind 2-3	t 5	2	1--	2	3	4	24%	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. Blades Scores/unER; R. Hornsby Scores/unER
58	58	4	1	1925-06-15	Frank Snyder	NYG	@	PIT	behind 4-7	t 9	1	-2-	2	8	2	6%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Jackson Scores
59	59	5	1	1925-07-20	Clarence Huber	PHI		PIT	ahead 5-3	b 8	0	---	1	7	5	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
60	60	6	1	1925-07-25	Rogers Hornsby	STL	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	4	15%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Shinners Scores
61	61	7	1	1925-09-24	Bill Terry	NYG	@	PIT	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	---	1	5	3	6%	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1926	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1926-04-24	Rogers Hornsby	STL	@	PIT	ahead 7-1	t 9	0	--3	2	3	4	0%	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; H. Mueller Scores
63	63	2	1	1926-05-29	Hack Wilson	CHC	@	PIT	behind 4-9	t 9	2	12-	3	4	8	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Tolson Scores; C. Heathcote Scores
64	64	3	1	1926-06-17	Freddie Lindstrom	NYG		PIT	behind 3-5	b 13	0	12-	3	3	5	67%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); F. Frisch Scores; R. Youngs Scores/unER
65	65	4	1	1926-06-27	Hughie Critz	CIN		PIT	ahead 11-0	b 5	2	-2-	2	6	4	0%	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; R. Bressler Scores
66	66	5	1	1926-07-08	Cy Williams	PHI	@	PIT	tied 6-6	t 8	1	-2-	2	2	PH	30%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Ulrich Scores

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