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.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 15	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
4	4	Apr 18	STL	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS	50	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 20	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
7	7	Apr 22	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
8	8	Apr 26	STL		PIT	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 27	STL		PIT	L,3-5	GS	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 28	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 29	STL		PIT	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	STL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	13	May 2	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	14	May 3	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
15	15	May 6	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	59	13.0	3	3	0	6	0
16	16	May 7	STL	@	PIT	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	17	May 9	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 11	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	19	May 16	STL	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
20	20	May 17	STL	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 18	STL	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	2
22	22	May 19	STL	@	BRO	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 20	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 23	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
25	25	May 24 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
26	26	May 24 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 26	STL		PIT	W,11-9	CG	48	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
28	28	May 27	STL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	29	May 28	STL		PIT	L,8-11	CG	36	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	30	May 29	STL		CIN	W,14-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
31	31	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	32	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	33	May 31 (1)	STL		CIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
34	34	May 31 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	53	12.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	36	Jun 2	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
37	37	Jun 3	STL		NYG	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	38	Jun 4	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
39	39	Jun 5	STL		NYG	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	40	Jun 6	STL		BRO	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
41	41	Jun 7 (1)	STL		BRO	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
42	42	Jun 7 (2)	STL		BRO	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	43	Jun 9	STL		BRO	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	44	Jun 10	STL		BSN	L,4-13	CG	52	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 11	STL		BSN	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
46	46	Jun 12	STL		BSN	L,5-7	GS	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
47	47	Jun 13	STL		BSN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	48	Jun 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
49	49	Jun 14 (2)	STL		PHI	W,13-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	50	Jun 16	STL		PHI	W,2-1	GS	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 18	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	3
52	52	Jun 19	STL	@	BSN	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 20 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 20 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
55	55	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
56	56	Jun 21 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
57	57	Jun 22	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
60	60	Jun 25	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
61	61	Jun 26	STL	@	BRO	L,5-16	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	62	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
63	63	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
64	64	Jun 28	STL	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	65	Jun 29	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
66	66	Jun 30	STL	@	NYG	W,11-10	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
68	68	Jul 2	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	69	Jul 3 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	70	Jul 3 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	52	10.1	2	1	0	3	0
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	2	3	0	5	0
73	73	Jul 5	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	40	9.1	0	1	0	1	0
74	74	Jul 6	STL	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
75	75	Jul 7 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-14	GS	46	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
76	76	Jul 7 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	77	Jul 9 (1)	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
78	78	Jul 9 (2)	STL		CIN	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
79	82 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	STL		CHC	W,17-13	CG	49	9.0	1	1	4	6	1
80	86 (3)	Jul 16	STL		BRO	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
81	87	Jul 17	STL		BRO	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	88	Jul 18	STL		NYG	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
83	89	Jul 19 (1)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
84	90	Jul 19 (2)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
85	91	Jul 21	STL		NYG	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
86	92	Jul 24 (1)	STL		PHI	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
87	93	Jul 24 (2)	STL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	94	Jul 25	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	95	Jul 26 (1)	STL		BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	1	5	0	6	0
90	96	Jul 26 (2)	STL		BSN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
91	97	Jul 28	STL		BSN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
92	98	Jul 29	STL		BSN	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
93	99	Jul 30	STL		CHC	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	100	Jul 31	STL		CHC	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	101	Aug 1	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
96	102	Aug 2	STL	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
97	103	Aug 4	STL	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
98	104	Aug 5 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	51	11.0	1	3	0	4	1
99	105	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,16-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
100	106	Aug 7	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	107	Aug 8	STL		CHC	W,14-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
102	108	Aug 9	STL		CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	109	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	110	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
105	111	Aug 13	STL	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
106	112	Aug 14	STL	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
107	113	Aug 16 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
108	114	Aug 16 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
109	115	Aug 17 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	116	Aug 17 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
111	117	Aug 19 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
112	118	Aug 19 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
113	119	Aug 22 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	120	Aug 22 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	121	Aug 23 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,16-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	122	Aug 23 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	37	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
117	123	Aug 25	STL	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
118	124	Aug 26 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
119	125	Aug 26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
120	126	Aug 28	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	127	Aug 29	STL		PIT	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
122	128	Aug 30 (1)	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	129	Aug 30 (2)	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	130	Sep 3	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	131	Sep 4	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
126	132	Sep 5	STL	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	133	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
128	134	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	135	Sep 7 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	136	Sep 7 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
131	137	Sep 10	STL		BSN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
132	138	Sep 11	STL		BSN	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
133	139	Sep 12	STL		BSN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	140	Sep 13 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
135	141	Sep 13 (2)	STL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
136	142	Sep 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
137	143	Sep 14 (2)	STL		PHI	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
138	144	Sep 15	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
139	145	Sep 16	STL		PHI	W,6-3	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
140	146	Sep 17	STL		NYG	L,2-7	GS	28	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
141	147	Sep 18	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
142	148	Sep 19	STL		NYG	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
							144gm		1251.0	127	239	18	384	30