Ace Adams

Ace Townsend Adams

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: March 2, 1910 in Willows, CA(All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1941
Team: Giants 1941-1946

Final Game: April 24, 1946
Died: February 26, 2006 in Albany, GA
Buried: Friendship Cemetery, Donalsonville, GA
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1934	24	LKC,RAY	D	1	4	.200		16						78.0	79	45			31							1.410	9.1		3.6			LKC,RAY · EVAN
1935	25	CIN-min	D	16	12	.571		30						219.0	194	99			76							1.233	8.0		3.1			LKC,JRT · EVAN
1936	26	LAD-min	D	20	13	.606	3.80	39						260.1	272	143	110		85							1.371	9.4		2.9			JRT · EVAN
1938	28	LAD-min	B,A1	17	10	.630	3.52	40						261.0	245	131	102		116							1.383	8.4		4.0			WSM,NVL · PIED,SOUA
1939	29	LAD-min	A1	9	11	.450	5.28	57	16					174.0	230	123	102		68							1.713	11.9		3.5			NVL · SOUA
1940	30	LAD-min	A1	13	5	.722	4.06	44	19					184.0	203	88	83		68							1.473	9.9		3.3			NVL · SOUA
1941	31	NYG	NL	4	1	.800	4.82	38	0	22	0	0	1	71.0	84	43	38	3	35	18	1	0	3	319	77	1.676	10.6	0.4	4.4	2.3	0.51
1942	32	NYG	NL	7	4	.636	1.84	61	0	49	0	0	11	88.0	69	23	18	1	31	33	0	0	3	351	183	1.136	7.1	0.1	3.2	3.4	1.06
1943	33	NYG	NL	11	7	.611	2.82	70	3	52	1	0	9	140.1	121	50	44	5	55	46	1	0	3	579	121	1.254	7.8	0.3	3.5	3.0	0.84	AS,MVP-21
1944	34	NYG	NL	8	11	.421	4.25	65	4	44	1	0	13	137.2	149	71	65	8	58	32	4	0	4	615	86	1.504	9.7	0.5	3.8	2.1	0.55
1945	35	NYG	NL	11	9	.550	3.42	65	0	50	0	0	15	113.0	109	55	43	7	44	39	2	0	2	496	114	1.354	8.7	0.6	3.5	3.1	0.89	MVP-27
1946	36	NYG	NL	0	1	.000	16.88	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	9	5	5	2	1	3	0	0	0	19	24	3.750	30.4	6.8	3.4	10.1	3.00
6 Yrs				41	33	.554	3.47	302	7	218	2	0	49	552.2	541	247	213	26	224	171	8	0	15	2379	104	1.384	8.8	0.4	3.6	2.8	0.76
162 Game Avg.				9	7	.554	3.47	66	2	48	0	0	11	122	119	54	47	6	49	38	2	0	3	524	104	1.384	8.8	0.4	3.6	2.8	0.76

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1941	31	NYG	NL	71.0	38	0	43	5.45	4.26	-0.11	102.6	4.48	-7	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	0	.479	.495	$
1942	32	NYG	NL	89.0	61	0	23	2.33	3.88	0.15	100.0	3.74	15	1.7	1.0	-0.0	2.5	22	.528	.511	$
1943	33	NYG	NL	139.0	70	3	50	3.24	3.98	-0.26	100.5	4.26	16	1.9	1.0	-0.1	2.9	28	.527	.511	$	AS,MVP-21
1944	34	NYG	NL	138.2	65	4	71	4.61	4.34	0.01	100.6	4.36	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.7	9	.494	.498	$
1945	35	NYG	NL	113.0	65	0	55	4.38	4.61	-0.02	102.2	4.73	4	0.4	1.0	-0.1	1.3	16	.506	.502	$	MVP-27
1946	36	NYG	NL	2.2	3	0	5	16.88	4.73	0.02	99.9	4.71	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.378	.498	$
6 Seasons				553.1	302	7	247	4.02	4.22	-0.06	101.1	4.33	20	2.4	1.0	-0.3	7.0	71	.508	.503	$

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1943	NYG	NL	33

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1941	31	NYG	NL	319	0.9%	5.6%	11.0%			80%
1942	32	NYG	NL	351	0.3%	9.4%	8.8%			79%
1943	33	NYG	NL	579	0.9%	7.9%	9.5%	1.0%	5%	80%
1944	34	NYG	NL	615	1.3%	5.2%	9.4%	1.6%	7%	80%
1945	35	NYG	NL	493	1.4%	7.9%	8.9%			78%
1946	36	NYG	NL	19	10.5%	15.8%	5.3%			58%
6 Yrs				2376	1.1%	7.2%	9.4%	0.7%	3%	79%
MLB Averages					1.2%	9.0%	8.9%	2.7%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1941	31	4	1	.800	4.82	38	0	22	0	1	71.0	84	43	38	3	35	18	1	3	319	77	1.676	10.6	0.4	4.4	2.3	0.51	77
1942	32	11	5	.688	3.17	99	0	71	0	12	159.0	153	66	56	4	66	51	1	6	670	111	1.377	8.7	0.2	3.7	2.9	0.77	111
1943	33	22	12	.647	3.01	169	3	123	1	21	299.1	274	116	100	9	121	97	2	9	1249	116	1.320	8.2	0.3	3.6	2.9	0.80	116
1944	34	30	23	.566	3.40	234	7	167	2	34	437.0	423	187	165	17	179	129	6	13	1864	104	1.378	8.7	0.4	3.7	2.7	0.72	104
1945	35	41	32	.562	3.40	299	7	217	2	49	550.0	532	242	208	24	223	168	8	15	2360	106	1.373	8.7	0.4	3.6	2.7	0.75	106
1946	36	41	33	.554	3.47	302	7	218	2	49	552.2	541	247	213	26	224	171	8	15	2379	104	1.384	8.8	0.4	3.6	2.8	0.76	104

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1941	31	2	5	.286	5.43	68.0	89	46	41	3	37	17	1	1.853	11.8	4.9	2.3	0.46	0.4	38
1942	32	7	2	.778	2.17	87.0	77	23	21	1	35	32	0	1.287	8.0	3.6	3.3	0.91	0.1	61
1943	33	9	6	.600	3.35	137.0	133	57	51	5	60	45	1	1.409	8.7	3.9	3.0	0.75	0.3	70
1944	34	7	8	.467	4.53	139.0	157	78	70	8	61	32	4	1.568	10.2	3.9	2.1	0.52	0.5	65
1945	35	8	5	.615	3.23	120.0	112	48	43	7	45	41	2	1.308	8.4	3.4	3.1	0.91	0.5	65
1946	36	0	0		18.00	3.0	10	7	6	2	1	3	0	3.667	30.0	3.0	9.0	3.00	6.0	3
6 Yrs		33	26	.559	3.77	554.0	578	259	232	26	239	170	8	1.475	9.4		2.8	0.71	0.4	302

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1943	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1943 NL (21, 2%) 1945 NL (27, 1%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1943 NL .611 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1941 NL 38 (9th) 1942 NL 61 (1st) 1943 NL 70 (1st) 1944 NL 65 (1st) 1945 NL 65 (2nd)
Saves s c a p y 1942 NL 11 (2nd) 1943 NL 9 (2nd) 1944 NL 13 (1st) 1945 NL 15 (1st)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1944 NL 4 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1941 NL 22 (5th) 1942 NL 49 (1st) 1943 NL 52 (1st) 1944 NL 44 (1st) 1945 NL 50 (1st) Career 218 (204th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1942 NL 14 (8th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1942 NL 1.5 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 9 (269), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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