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.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	STL		CHC	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
2	2	Apr 16	STL		CHC	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	3
3	3	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,0-3	CG	26	6.0	2	7	0	9	1
4	4	Apr 18	STL		CHC	W,11-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
5	5	Apr 19	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	6	1	0	7	1
6	6	Apr 21	STL		PIT	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
7	7	Apr 22	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
10	10	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	19 (8)	May 7	STL		PHI	W,16-11	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	20	May 8	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	21	May 9	STL		BSN	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	22	May 10	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
15	23	May 11 (1)	STL		BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	24	May 11 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	25	May 13	STL		NYG	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
18	26	May 14	STL		NYG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
19	27	May 16	STL		CHC	W,9-8	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	28	May 18 (1)	STL		CHC	L,6-9	GS	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	29	May 18 (2)	STL		CHC	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	30	May 20	STL		CHC	W,16-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	31	May 21	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	32	May 22	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
25	33	May 24 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
26	34	May 24 (2)	STL		CIN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	35	May 25	STL	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
28	36	May 26	STL	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
29	37	May 27	STL	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	38	May 30 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
31	39	May 30 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS	50	9.2	1	3	2	6	0
32	40	May 31	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	41	Jun 1 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	44	8.1	0	2	0	2	1
34	42	Jun 1 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	35	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
35	43	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
36	44	Jun 3	STL	@	PHI	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
37	45	Jun 4	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
38	46	Jun 5	STL	@	PHI	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
39	47	Jun 6	STL	@	NYG	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	6	7	0	13	4
40	48	Jun 7	STL	@	NYG	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
41	49	Jun 8	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
42	50	Jun 10	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
43	51	Jun 13	STL	@	BSN	L,8-9	CG	48	9.1	1	4	0	5	1
44	52	Jun 14	STL	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	59	11.1	4	5	1	10	0
45	53	Jun 15	STL	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	54	Jun 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
47	55	Jun 20	STL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	56	Jun 21	STL		PHI	L,3-13	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
49	57	Jun 22 (1)	STL		PHI	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	58	Jun 22 (2)	STL		PHI	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
51	59	Jun 23	STL		BSN	L,9-12	CG	48	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
52	60	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	61	Jun 26	STL		NYG	L,4-12	CG	50	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	62	Jun 27	STL		NYG	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
55	63	Jun 28	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
56	64	Jun 29 (1)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
57	65	Jun 29 (2)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	66	Jul 1	STL		BRO	W,15-7	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
59	67	Jul 2	STL		BRO	L,5-6	GS	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
60	68	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CIN	W,15-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
61	69	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	70	Jul 5	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
63	71	Jul 6 (1)	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	72	Jul 6 (2)	STL		PIT	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	73	Jul 7	STL		PIT	L,5-9	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
66	74	Jul 8	STL		PIT	L,5-10	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	75	Jul 9	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
68	78 (2)	Jul 15	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	80 (1)	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	L,9-12	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	82 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	83	Jul 19 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	84	Jul 20	STL	@	BRO	W,15-6	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	90 (5)	Jul 25	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	0	4	0	4	0
74	91	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
75	92	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
76	97 (4)	Jul 31	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	98	Aug 1	STL	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	99	Aug 2	STL	@	CIN	W,9-8	CG	56	11.0	1	1	1	3	1
79	100	Aug 3 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,11-6	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
80	101	Aug 3 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
81	102	Aug 5	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
82	103	Aug 6	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
83	104	Aug 7	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
84	105	Aug 8	STL		BRO	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	106	Aug 9	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	107	Aug 10 (1)	STL		BRO	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
87	108	Aug 10 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
88	109	Aug 11	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
89	110	Aug 12	STL		BSN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	111	Aug 14 (1)	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
91	112	Aug 14 (2)	STL		BSN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
92	113	Aug 15	STL		BSN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
93	114	Aug 16	STL		BSN	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
94	115	Aug 17 (1)	STL		NYG	L,4-12	GS	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
95	116	Aug 17 (2)	STL		NYG	W,14-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
96	117	Aug 19	STL		NYG	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	118	Aug 20	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
98	119	Aug 21	STL		PHI	W,16-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	120	Aug 22	STL		PHI	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	121	Aug 23	STL		PHI	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
101	122	Aug 24 (1)	STL		PHI	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
102	123	Aug 24 (2)	STL		PHI	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	124	Aug 26	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
104	125	Aug 27	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
105	126	Aug 28	STL	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	82	20.0	5	8	0	13	4
106	127	Aug 29	STL	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	61	12.0	3	7	1	11	1
107	128	Aug 30	STL	@	CHC	L,4-16	CG	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
108	129	Aug 31	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	130	Sep 1 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
110	131	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	132	Sep 4	STL		CIN	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
112	133	Sep 6	STL		CIN	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	134	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
114	135	Sep 7 (2)	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	136	Sep 9	STL	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
116	137	Sep 10	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	138	Sep 11	STL	@	NYG	W,5-4	GS	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
118	139	Sep 12	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	140	Sep 13	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
120	141	Sep 14 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
121	142	Sep 14 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG	35	7.1	2	0	0	2	0
122	143	Sep 16	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	GS	35	10.0	2	0	0	2	1
123	144	Sep 17	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	145	Sep 18	STL	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
125	146	Sep 19	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
126	147	Sep 20 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
127	148	Sep 20 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
128	149	Sep 22	STL	@	PHI	W,15-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	150	Sep 23	STL	@	PHI	W,19-16	CG	50	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
130	151	Sep 25	STL		PIT	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
131	152	Sep 26	STL		PIT	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
132	153	Sep 27	STL		PIT	L,8-11	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
133	154	Sep 28	STL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							136gm		1181.0	140	264	16	420	46