Sparky Adams

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-5, 151lb (165cm, 68kg)

Born: August 26, 1894 in Zerbe, PA us

Died: February 24, 1989 in Pottsville, PA

Buried: St. Peter Church of Christ Cemetery, Tremont, PA

High School: Tremont HS (Tremont, PA)

Debut: September 18, 1922 (Age 28-023d, 5,519th in major league history)
vs. BRO 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1934 (Age 40-035d)
vs. STL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Earl John Adams

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1931 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.8

5557

1588

.286

844

RBI

394

154

OBP

.343

SLG

.353

OPS

.695

OPS+

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

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	14 (13)	May 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	2	7	0
2	15	May 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
3	16	May 3	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
4	17	May 4	CHC	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	44	10.0	2	3	1	6	0
5	18	May 5	CHC	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
6	19	May 6	CHC	@	STL	L,4-16	CG	50	8.0	2	1	2	5	0
7	20	May 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
8	21	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	22	May 11	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
10	38 (15)	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	50 (11)	Jun 11	CHC		BSN	W,10-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	59 (8)	Jun 20	CHC		PHI	W,16-1	GF	15	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	61 (1)	Jun 22	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	GF	24	6.0	1	3	0	4	2
14	67 (5)	Jun 29	CHC		STL	W,11-4	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	69 (1)	Jul 1	CHC		STL	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
16	80 (10)	Jul 13	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
17	87 (6)	Jul 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
18	90 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,16-9	GF	30	5.0	1	0	1	2	0
19	92 (1)	Jul 26	CHC		NYG	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
20	93	Jul 28 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	5	2	8	0
21	94	Jul 28 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
22	95	Jul 29	CHC		NYG	L,3-15	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
23	96	Jul 30	CHC		BSN	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
24	97	Jul 31	CHC		BSN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	98	Aug 1	CHC		BSN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
26	99	Aug 2	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
27	100	Aug 4 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
28	101	Aug 4 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	102	Aug 5	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
30	103	Aug 6	CHC		BRO	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
31	104	Aug 8	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
32	105	Aug 9	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
33	106	Aug 11 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	4	6	0	10	3
34	107	Aug 11 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
35	108	Aug 12	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	109	Aug 14 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
37	110	Aug 14 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
38	111	Aug 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	2	9	0	11	0
39	112	Aug 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	4	5	1	10	3
40	113	Aug 17	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
41	114	Aug 18	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	115	Aug 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,15-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
43	116	Aug 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	117	Aug 21	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
45	118	Aug 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
46	119	Aug 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
47	120	Aug 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
48	121	Aug 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	2	6	0	8	2
49	122	Aug 27	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
50	123	Aug 28	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
51	124	Aug 29	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
52	125	Aug 31	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	126	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	3	1	8	1
54	127	Sep 2	CHC		PIT	L,6-8	CG	52	11.0	2	5	0	7	0
55	128	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
56	129	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	49	10.0	3	4	1	8	0
57	130	Sep 4	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
58	131	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	21	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
59	132	Sep 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
60	133	Sep 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
61	134	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
62	135	Sep 12	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
63	136	Sep 13	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	3	6	0	9	0
64	137	Sep 14	CHC		NYG	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
65	138	Sep 15	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	139	Sep 16	CHC		NYG	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
67	140	Sep 17	CHC		NYG	L,6-13	CG	46	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
68	141	Sep 19 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
69	142	Sep 19 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	5	5	0	10	1
70	143	Sep 20	CHC		BRO	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
71	144	Sep 22	CHC		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
72	145	Sep 23	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	146	Sep 24	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	0	6	1	7	1
74	147	Sep 25	CHC		BSN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
75	148	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
76	149	Sep 28	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
77	150	Sep 29	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	2	6	0	8	1
78	151	Sep 30	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
79	152	Oct 6	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	GS	28	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
80	153	Oct 7 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	2
							80gm		668.0	156	249	28	433	45