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.

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 13	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	0	2	2	4	1
4	4	Apr 20	STL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 21	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 22	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
7	7	Apr 23 (1)	STL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
8	8	Apr 23 (2)	STL		PIT	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds
9	17	May 7 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	18	May 7 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	19	May 10 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-7	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
12	20	May 10 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
13	21	May 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	1	3	0	4	0
14	22	May 12	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
15	23	May 13	CIN	@	BRO	T,1-1	CG	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	24	May 14 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	25	May 14 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	26	May 16	CIN		BSN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	27	May 17	CIN		BSN	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
20	28	May 18	CIN		BSN	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	29	May 19	CIN		PHI	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	30	May 20	CIN		PHI	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
23	31	May 21 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	32	May 21 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
25	33	May 22	CIN		NYG	L,0-9	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
26	34	May 23	CIN		NYG	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
27	35	May 24	CIN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
28	36	May 25	CIN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	37	May 26	CIN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	38	May 27	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
31	39	May 28 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	40	May 28 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
33	41	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	42	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	43	Jun 3 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	44	Jun 3 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
37	45	Jun 4 (1)	CIN		STL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
38	46	Jun 4 (2)	CIN		STL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	47	Jun 6	CIN		STL	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	48	Jun 8	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	49	Jun 9	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	50	Jun 10	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	51	Jun 11 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	52	Jun 11 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
45	53	Jun 12	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
46	54	Jun 13	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
47	55	Jun 14	CIN		CHC	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	56	Jun 17	CIN		STL	L,2-17	CG	54	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	57	Jun 18 (1)	CIN		STL	L,1-13	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
50	58	Jun 18 (2)	CIN		STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
51	59	Jun 19	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
52	60	Jun 20 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
53	61	Jun 20 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	62	Jun 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	63	Jun 22	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	64	Jun 23	CIN	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
57	65	Jun 24	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
58	66	Jun 25 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
59	67	Jun 25 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
60	68	Jun 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
61	69	Jun 28 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
62	70	Jun 28 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
63	71	Jun 30	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	2	6	1	9	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	72	Jul 1	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	73	Jul 2 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	74	Jul 2 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-0	GF	11	3.0	1	0	1	2	0
67	75	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
68	76	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	77	Jul 5	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
70	78	Jul 7	CIN		BSN	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
71	79	Jul 8	CIN		BSN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
72	80	Jul 9 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	81	Jul 9 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	82	Jul 11	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	CG	42	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
75	83	Jul 12	CIN		PHI	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	84	Jul 13	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
77	85	Jul 14	CIN		PHI	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
78	86	Jul 16 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,1-0	GS	39	11.0	0	4	0	4	0
79	87	Jul 16 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
80	88	Jul 18	CIN		NYG	L,1-14	CG	49	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
81	89	Jul 19	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	90	Jul 20	CIN		BRO	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
83	91	Jul 21	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
84	92	Jul 22	CIN		BRO	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	93	Jul 23 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
86	94	Jul 23 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
87	95	Jul 25	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
88	96	Jul 26	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
89	97	Jul 27	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	98	Jul 29 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	49	8.2	0	3	1	4	0
91	99	Jul 29 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
92	100	Jul 30 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	101	Jul 30 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	102	Aug 1	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
95	103	Aug 2	CIN	@	CHC	L,6-10	GS	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
96	104	Aug 3	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
97	105	Aug 5 (1)	CIN		STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
98	106	Aug 5 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-2	GS	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
99	107	Aug 6 (1)	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	4	4	1	9	0
100	108	Aug 6 (2)	CIN		STL	W,1-0	CG	39	12.0	0	3	0	3	0
101	109	Aug 11	CIN	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
102	110	Aug 12	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	2	6	1
103	111	Aug 13 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
104	112	Aug 13 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	113	Aug 16	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	114	Aug 17	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
107	115	Aug 18	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
108	116	Aug 19 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
109	117	Aug 19 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
110	118	Aug 24 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-2	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	119	Aug 24 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
112	120	Aug 25 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	32	8.1	0	3	0	3	1
113	121	Aug 25 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
114	122	Aug 26 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
115	123	Aug 26 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
116	124	Aug 27 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
117	125	Aug 27 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
118	126	Aug 28	CIN	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	127	Aug 30	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	128	Sep 1	CIN		CHC	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	129	Sep 2	CIN		CHC	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
122	130	Sep 3	CIN		PIT	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	131	Sep 4	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	34	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
124	132	Sep 6 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
125	133	Sep 6 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,18-8	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
126	134	Sep 7	CIN		BRO	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
127	135	Sep 8	CIN		BRO	W,12-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
128	136	Sep 9	CIN		NYG	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
129	137	Sep 10 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
130	138	Sep 10 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,1-2	CG	45	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
131	139	Sep 11	CIN		NYG	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
132	140	Sep 14	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	CG	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
133	141	Sep 15 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
134	142	Sep 15 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	143	Sep 16 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
136	144	Sep 16 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	145	Sep 17 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
138	146	Sep 17 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
139	147	Sep 18	CIN		BSN	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
140	148	Sep 19	CIN		BSN	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
141	149	Sep 23	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
142	150	Sep 24 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
143	151	Sep 24 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
144	152	Oct 1 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
145	153	Oct 1 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,5-6	GS	42	10.0	1	5	0	6	0
							148gm		1243.0	132	311	18	461	19