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Ace Adams
Ace Townsend Adams

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 182 lb.

Debut April 15, 1941
Final Game April 24, 1946
Born March 2, 1910 in Willows, CA
Died February 26, 2006 in Albany, GA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1941 31 NYG NL   4   1  38   0   0   0  22  1   71.0   84   43   38   3   35   18   1   3   319       0  4.82  3.71   77 1.676
 1942 32 NYG NL   7   4  61   0   0   0  49 11   88.0   69   23   18   1   31   33   0   3   351       0  1.84  3.35  182 1.136
 1943 33 NYG NL  11   7  70   3   1   0  52  9  140.3  121   50   44   5   55   46   1   3   579       0  2.82  3.44  122 1.254 MVP-21,AS
 1944 34 NYG NL   8  11  65   4   1   0  44 13  137.7  149   71   65   8   58   32   4   4   615       0  4.25  3.65   86 1.504
 1945 35 NYG NL  11   9  65   0   0   0  50 15  113.0  109   55   43   7   44   39   2   2   496       0  3.42  3.91  114 1.354 MVP-27
 1946 36 NYG NL   0   1   3   0   0   0   1  0    2.7    9    5    5   2    1    3   0   0    19       0 16.88  3.45   20 3.750
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .554  41  33 302   7   2   0 218 49  552.7  541  247  213  26  224  171   8  15  2379       0  3.47  3.61  104 1.384
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   7  66   1   0   0  47 10  121.3  119   54   46   5   49   37   1   3   523   0   0  3.47  3.61  104 1.384
 Career High     11  11  70   4   1   0  52 15  140.3  149   71   65   8   58   46   4   4   615   0   0  1.84  3.91  182 1.136

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 31 NYG NL  38   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .083  .083  .083  -53    1   0           0   0
 1942 32 NYG NL  61   10    2    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .100  .100  .100  -42    1   0           0   0
 1943 33 NYG NL  70   32    3    4   0  0   0    1   0      2   4  .125  .176  .125  -13    4   2           0   0 MVP-21,AS
 1944 34 NYG NL  65   29    2    3   0  0   0    0   0      2   3  .103  .161  .103  -24    3   4           0   2
 1945 35 NYG NL  65   16    2    3   0  0   0    1   0      2   3  .188  .278  .188   30    3   2           0   0 MVP-27
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      302   99    9   12   0  0   0    2   0  0   6  14  .121  .171  .121  -16   12   8   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         53    5    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   8  .121  .171  .121  -16    6   4   0   0   0   1
 Career High     70   32    3    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   4                           4   4   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 31 NYG NL   12   11    0   0.0    96| .083  .268| .083  .339| .083  .378| .166  .717| -53  .000  -2.5  -0.3     
 1942 32 NYG NL   10    9    0   0.0    88| .100  .257| .100  .329| .100  .357| .200  .686| -42  .000  -1.8  -0.2     
 1943 33 NYG NL   36   30    1   0.9    90| .125  .266| .176  .335| .125  .361| .301  .696| -13  .063  -4.7  -0.5     
 1944 34 NYG NL   35   32    0   0.0    94| .103  .268| .161  .335| .103  .376| .264  .712| -24  .000  -4.9  -0.5     
 1945 35 NYG NL   20   15    1   1.8    97| .188  .274| .278  .344| .188  .379| .466  .723|  30  .169  -1.5  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       113   97    2   0.6    93| .121  .267| .171  .336| .121  .370| .292  .706| -16  .025 -15.4  -1.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1941 31 NYG NL P 38 0 11 0 0 1.000 .965 0.29 1.09 1.39 2.23 0 71.0 1942 32 NYG NL P 61 1 21 1 3 .957 .969 0.36 1.17 2.25 2.35 0 88.0 1943 33 NYG NL P 70 3 28 1 1 .969 .960 0.44 1.16 1.99 2.27 3 140.3 AS 1944 34 NYG NL P 65 3 20 0 1 1.000 .962 0.35 1.09 1.50 2.14 4 137.7 1945 35 NYG NL P 65 7 27 3 2 .919 .963 0.52 1.06 2.71 2.18 0 113.0 1946 36 NYG NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.00 3.33 2.33 0 2.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 31 NYG NL P 38 0 11 0 0 1.000 .965 0.29 1.09 1.39 2.23 0 71.0 1942 32 NYG NL P 61 1 21 1 3 .957 .969 0.36 1.17 2.25 2.35 0 88.0 1943 33 NYG NL P 70 3 28 1 1 .969 .960 0.44 1.16 1.99 2.27 3 140.3 1944 34 NYG NL P 65 3 20 0 1 1.000 .962 0.35 1.09 1.50 2.14 4 137.7 1945 35 NYG NL P 65 7 27 3 2 .919 .963 0.52 1.06 2.71 2.18 0 113.0 1946 36 NYG NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.00 3.33 2.33 0 2.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 302 14 108 5 7 .961 .964 0.40 1.12 1.99 2.23 7 552.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 302 14 108 5 7 .961 .964 0.40 1.12 1.99 2.23 7 553
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1943   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1943

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1943-NL-21-0.02
1945-NL-27-0.01
Car-1205-0.03 shares

Games
1941 NL-38-9
1942 NL-61-1
1943 NL-70-1
1944 NL-65-1
1945 NL-65-2

Saves
1942 NL-11-2
1943 NL-9-2
1944 NL-13-1
1945 NL-15-1

Hit Batsmen
1944 NL-4-9

Games Finished
1941 NL-22-5
1942 NL-49-1
1943 NL-52-1
1944 NL-44-1
1945 NL-50-1

Black Ink: Pitching - 9 (253) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 17 (1144) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (800) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 13.0 (782) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1936 Season: Obtained by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Jeanerette (Evangeline) as part of a minor league working agreement.

October 1, 1940: Drafted by the New York Giants from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940 rule 5 draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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