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.

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	46	9.1	1	3	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	4
3	3	Apr 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 17	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
5	5	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	57	14.0	2	3	0	5	1
7	7	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
8	8	Apr 21	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
9	9	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	T,5-5	CG	47	11.0	0	7	1	8	0
10	10	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	W,18-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
11	11	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	2
12	12	Apr 26	CHC		PIT	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
13	13	Apr 27	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	4	8	0	12	1
14	14	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	0	5	2	7	0
15	15	Apr 29	CHC		STL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
16	16	Apr 30	CHC		STL	W,10-9	CG	50	11.0	5	4	0	9	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CHC		STL	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
18	18	May 2	CHC		STL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
19	19	May 6	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	20	May 7	CHC		NYG	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
21	21	May 8	CHC		NYG	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
22	22	May 9	CHC		NYG	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	3	9	0	12	2
23	23	May 10	CHC		BRO	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
24	24	May 11	CHC		BRO	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
25	25	May 12	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 15	CHC		PHI	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
27	27	May 16	CHC		PHI	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
28	28	May 17	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
29	29	May 19	CHC		BSN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
30	30	May 20	CHC		BSN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
31	31	May 21	CHC		BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
32	32	May 22	CHC		BSN	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	4	7	1	12	0
33	33	May 23	CHC		BSN	W,14-8	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
34	34	May 24	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
35	35	May 25	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
36	36	May 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
37	37	May 28	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	49	10.2	3	5	0	8	0
38	38	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-9	CG	44	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
39	39	May 30	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
40	40	May 31 (1)	CHC		STL	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
41	41	May 31 (2)	CHC		STL	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	CHC		STL	W,10-9	CG	49	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
43	43	Jun 2	CHC		STL	L,6-14	CG	47	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
44	44	Jun 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	3	3	0	6	2
45	45	Jun 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
46	46	Jun 6	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-15	CG	46	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
47	47	Jun 8	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
48	48	Jun 9	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
49	49	Jun 10	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
50	50	Jun 11	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
51	51	Jun 12	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
52	52	Jun 13	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	5	4	0	9	4
53	53	Jun 14	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
54	54	Jun 15	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	49	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
55	55	Jun 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
56	56	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,9-10	CG	46	9.2	3	5	2	10	2
57	57	Jun 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	58	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
59	59	Jun 20 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
60	60	Jun 20 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
61	61	Jun 21	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	68	15.0	3	9	0	12	0
62	62	Jun 22	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	63	Jun 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	5	2	0	7	2
64	64	Jun 26	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	45	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
65	65	Jun 27 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	46	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
66	66	Jun 27 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
67	67	Jun 28	CHC	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
68	68	Jun 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	69	Jun 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	4	3	0	7	0
71	71	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
72	72	Jul 3 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
73	73	Jul 3 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
74	74	Jul 4	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
75	75	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
76	76	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
77	77	Jul 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
78	78	Jul 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	25	5.1	3	5	0	8	2
79	79	Jul 9	CHC		BRO	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
80	80	Jul 10 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,6-4	CG	45	10.0	5	4	0	9	0
81	81	Jul 10 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
82	82	Jul 11	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	7	1	9	1
83	83	Jul 12	CHC		BRO	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
84	84	Jul 13	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
85	85	Jul 14	CHC		BSN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
86	86	Jul 15	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
87	87	Jul 17	CHC		NYG	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	7	3	0	10	2
88	88	Jul 18	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
89	89	Jul 19	CHC		NYG	W,9-5	GS	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
90	90	Jul 20	CHC		NYG	W,16-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
91	91	Jul 22	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
92	93 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
93	94	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
94	95	Jul 25	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	96	Jul 27	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	33	8.2	2	5	0	7	2
96	97	Jul 28	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	52	12.1	5	9	0	14	0
97	98	Jul 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	6	1	7	0
98	99	Jul 31	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	100	Aug 1	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
100	101	Aug 2	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	8	0	11	2
101	102	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	1	8	2
102	103	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
103	104	Aug 4	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	49	12.0	2	5	0	7	0
104	105	Aug 5	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
105	106	Aug 6	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	2	5	1	8	0
106	107	Aug 7	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	39	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
107	108	Aug 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	6	0	9	0
108	109	Aug 10	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
109	110	Aug 11	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
110	111	Aug 14	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	112	Aug 15	CHC	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
112	113	Aug 16	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	40	8.2	4	2	0	6	0
113	114	Aug 17	CHC		NYG	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
114	115	Aug 18	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
115	116	Aug 19	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
116	117	Aug 20	CHC		BRO	L,1-3	CG	22	5.0	0	4	1	5	0
117	118	Aug 21	CHC		BRO	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
118	119	Aug 22	CHC		BRO	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
119	120	Aug 24 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	121	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
121	122	Aug 25	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
122	123	Aug 26	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
123	124	Aug 27	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
124	125	Aug 28	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
125	126	Aug 29	CHC		CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
126	127	Aug 30	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
127	128	Aug 31	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	GS	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	129	Sep 2 (1)	CHC		STL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
129	130	Sep 2 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
130	131	Sep 3	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
131	132	Sep 4 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
132	133	Sep 4 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
133	134	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	W,7-6	CG	30	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
134	135	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	136	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
136	137	Sep 7	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
137	138	Sep 9 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	3
138	139	Sep 9 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
139	140	Sep 10	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	3	3	1	7	2
140	141	Sep 11	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-6	GS	36	7.0	4	6	0	10	1
141	142	Sep 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
142	143	Sep 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
143	144	Sep 15 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
144	145	Sep 15 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
145	146	Sep 16	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
146	147	Sep 18 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	3	6	0	9	0
147	148	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
148	149	Sep 20 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
149	150	Sep 20 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
150	151	Sep 21	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
151	152	Sep 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
152	153	Sep 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	26	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
							157gm		1345.0	338	523	31	892	97