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.

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
2	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-13	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-11	CG	45	8.0	0	1	2	3	0
4	4	Apr 20	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	3	1	9	0
5	5	Apr 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	11 (5)	May 1	PIT	@	STL	T,4-4	GF	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	15 (3)	May 7	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
8	16	May 8	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-11	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	17	May 9	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
10	18	May 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-9	GS	34	7.0	2	3	1	6	0
11	19	May 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
12	20	May 13	PIT	@	BRO	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
13	21	May 15	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
14	22	May 16	PIT		STL	L,9-10	CG	46	10.0	0	4	1	5	1
15	23	May 17	PIT		STL	W,6-2	GS	33	8.0	0	2	2	4	0
16	28 (4)	May 22	PIT		CIN	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	29	May 23	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
18	30	May 25	PIT		CIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
19	36 (5)	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	38 (1)	May 31	PIT		PHI	L,7-10	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	44 (5)	Jun 8	PIT		BRO	W,9-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	45	Jun 9	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-9	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	51 (5)	Jun 15	PIT		NYG	L,15-20	GS	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	77 (25)	Jul 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
25	78	Jul 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	79	Jul 15	PIT	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	0	1	0	1	1
27	80	Jul 16	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	81	Jul 17 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-7	GS	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
29	82	Jul 17 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,13-5	GS	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	83	Jul 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	84	Jul 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
32	85	Jul 20 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	86	Jul 21	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
34	87	Jul 22	PIT		BRO	W,13-3	GS	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	88	Jul 23	PIT		BRO	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	89	Jul 24	PIT		BRO	L,4-6	GS	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
37	90	Jul 26	PIT		BSN	W,9-8	GS	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
38	91	Jul 27 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,3-10	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	92	Jul 27 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
40	93	Jul 29	PIT		BSN	L,9-10	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
41	94	Jul 30	PIT		PHI	L,5-13	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	95	Jul 31	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	96	Aug 1	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
44	102 (5)	Aug 9	PIT		STL	W,7-6	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	103	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
46	104	Aug 10 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-6	GS	19	4.0	1	1	0	2	1
47	106 (1)	Aug 12	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	38	9.2	3	6	0	9	0
48	107	Aug 14	PIT	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	108	Aug 15	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	115 (6)	Aug 22	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
51	117 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	37	8.2	5	4	1	10	2
52	119 (1)	Aug 27	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
53	121 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	125 (3)	Sep 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	126	Sep 2 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	127	Sep 2 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,9-8	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	128	Sep 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	GF	16	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
58	134 (5)	Sep 9	PIT		BRO	W,9-7	GF	10	2.0	0	3	0	3	0
59	137 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,5-10	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	145 (7)	Sep 20	PIT		BSN	W,10-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
61	147 (1)	Sep 26	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
62	148	Sep 27	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
							67gm		428.0	75	130	17	222	14