Babe Adams

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: May 18, 1882 in Tipton, IN us

Died: July 27, 1968 in Silver Spring, MD

Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Mount Moriah, MO

High School: Mount Moriah HS (Mount Moriah, MO)

Last Game: August 11, 1926 (Age 44-085d)
vs. BRO 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1909 season

Full Name: Charles Benjamin Adams

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

52.6

194

140

ERA

2.76

482

354

2995.1

1036

WHIP

1.092

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1905	23	-0.1	Parsons	MOVL	C		21	9	.700	2.05	3.23	32						276.0		99	63
1906	24	-1.9	Denver	WL	A		9	10	.474	3.01	4.29	21	17					155.1	153	74	52		33							1.197	8.9		1.9
1906	24	-3.6	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	1	.000	13.50	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	8	6	0	2		0	0	1	0	21	2.750	20.3	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
1907	25	-1.4	Denver	WL	A							38
1907	25	-2.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	2	.000	6.95	10.23	4	3	1	1	0	0	22.0	40	25	17	1	3		11	3	0	1	104	1.955	16.4	0.4	1.2	4.5	3.67
1908	26	-0.4	Louisville	AA	A		22	12	.647			41						312.0	262				40		118	6		5		0.968	7.6		1.2	3.4	2.95
1909	27	0.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	12	3	.800	1.11	1.73	25	12	11	7	3	2	130.0	88	25	16	0	23		65	3	0	1	475	0.854	6.1	0.0	1.6	4.5	2.83
1910	28	0.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	18	9	.667	2.24	3.49	34	30	3	16	3	0	245.0	217	95	61	4	60		101	6	0	1	971	1.131	8.0	0.1	2.2	3.7	1.68
1911	29	2.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	22	12	.647	2.33	2.98	40	37	2	24	6	0	293.1	253	97	76	5	42		133	8	0	3	1117	1.006	7.8	0.2	1.3	4.1	3.17
1912	30	3.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	11	8	.579	2.91	3.86	28	20	5	11	2	0	170.1	169	73	55	4	35		63	3	0	0	704	1.198	8.9	0.2	1.8	3.3	1.80
1913	31	4.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	21	10	.677	2.15	2.70	43	37	5	24	4	0	313.2	271	94	75	7	49		144	0	0	5	1227	1.020	7.8	0.2	1.4	4.1	2.94
1914	32	5.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	13	16	.448	2.51	3.08	40	35	4	19	3	1	283.0	253	97	79	5	39		91	7	0	2	1116	1.032	8.0	0.2	1.2	2.9	2.33
1915	33	6.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	14	14	.500	2.87	3.31	40	30	8	17	2	2	245.0	229	90	78	6	34		62	2	0	2	969	1.073	8.4	0.2	1.2	2.3	1.82
1916	34	6.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	9	.182	5.72	6.35	16	10	5	4	1	0	72.1	91	51	46	2	12		22	3	0	1	314	1.424	11.3	0.2	1.5	2.7	1.83
1917	35	7.5	St. Joseph/Hutchinson	WL	A		20	13	.606	1.75		35						308.0	244		60		34							0.903	7.1		1.0
1918	36	7.6	Kansas City	AA	AA		14	3	.824			19		0					122	45	31		29		79	3		5							2.72
1918	36	8.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	1	1	.500	1.19	1.59	3	3	0	2	0	0	22.2	15	4	3	0	4		6	0	0	0	82	0.838	6.0	0.0	1.6	2.4	1.50
1919	37	9.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	17	10	.630	1.98	2.26	34	29	5	23	6	1	263.1	213	66	58	1	23		92	3	0	2	1017	0.896	7.3	0.0	0.8	3.1	4.00
1920	38	9.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	17	13	.567	2.16	2.84	35	33	2	18	8	2	263.0	240	83	63	6	18		84	1	0	5	1035	0.981	8.2	0.2	0.6	2.9	4.67
1921	39	11.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	14	5	.737	2.64	3.21	25	20	3	11	2	0	160.0	155	57	47	4	18		55	0	1	0	646	1.081	8.7	0.2	1.0	3.1	3.06
1922	40	12.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	8	11	.421	3.57	4.04	27	19	4	12	4	1	171.1	191	77	68	1	15		39	4	0	1	707	1.202	10.0	0.1	0.8	2.0	2.60
1923	41	12.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	13	7	.650	4.42	4.71	26	22	3	11	0	1	158.2	196	83	78	8	25		38	1	0	1	676	1.393	11.1	0.5	1.4	2.2	1.52
1924	42	13.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	3	1	.750	1.13	2.04	9	3	3	2	0	0	39.2	31	9	5	1	3		5	0	0	1	154	0.857	7.0	0.2	0.7	1.1	1.67
1925	43	13.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	6	5	.545	5.42	5.95	33	10	12	3	0	3	101.1	129	67	61	7	17		18	3	0	0	448	1.441	11.5	0.6	1.5	1.6	1.06
1926	44	14.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	3	.400	6.14	7.85	19	0	14	0	0	3	36.2	51	32	25	5	8		7	0	0	0	164	1.609	12.5	1.2	2.0	1.7	0.88
1927	45		2 Teams	2 Lgs	C		6	1	.857		1.65	9						71.0	57	13	8		11								7.2
1927	45	19.1	Springfield	WA	C		4	1	.800	1.36	2.21	7						53.0	40	13	8		11							0.962	6.8		1.9
1927	45	19.8	Johnstown	MATL	C		2	0	1.000			2						18.0	17												8.5
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (19 seasons)					Majors		194	140	.581	2.76	3.40	482	354	90	205	44	16	2995.1	2841	1133	917	67	430		1036	47	2	26	11947	1.092	8.5	0.2	1.3	3.1	2.41
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		92	48				195	17	0				1122.1	838	231	214		147		197	9		10
All Levels (23 Seasons)							286	188				677	371	90	205	44	16	4117.2	3679	1364	1131	67	577		1233	56	2	36	11947

AA (1 season)					Minors		14	3	.824			19		0					122	45	31		29		79	3		5							2.72
A (4 seasons)					Minors		51	35				135	17					775.1	659	74	112		107		118	6		5
C (2 seasons)					Minors		27	10	.730		2.90	41						347.0	57	112	71		11