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Babe Adams

Charles Benjamin Adams

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 18, 1882 in Tipton, IN
High School: Mount Moriah HS (Mount Moriah, MO)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1906
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals 1906-1926

Final Game: August 11, 1926
Died: July 27, 1968 in Silver Spring, MD
Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Mount Moriah, MO
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1906 24 STL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1907 25 PIT NL 4 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 78 2 0 0 /1
1909 27 PIT NL 25 46 39 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 15 .051 .098 .103 .200 -39 4 0 5 1
1910 28 PIT NL 34 97 83 9 16 3 0 0 6 0 9 23 .193 .272 .229 .501 42 19 0 5 1
1911 29 PIT NL 40 107 103 9 26 5 1 0 10 0 3 17 .252 .274 .320 .594 63 33 0 1 1 MVP-27
1912 30 PIT NL 28 62 53 5 12 3 1 0 3 0 8 9 .226 .328 .321 .649 78 17 0 1 1
1913 31 PIT NL 43 118 114 13 33 6 2 0 13 0 0 1 16 .289 .296 .377 .673 95 43 0 3 1 MVP-22
1914 32 PIT NL 40 103 97 8 16 0 2 1 4 0 3 29 .165 .198 .237 .435 32 23 1 2 1
1915 33 PIT NL 40 91 85 4 12 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 14 .141 .180 .153 .333 2 13 0 2 1
1916 34 PIT NL 16 25 22 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .273 .333 .364 .697 114 8 0 1 1
1918 36 PIT NL 3 9 9 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .556 .889 165 5 0 0 /1
1919 37 PIT NL 34 101 92 2 17 2 1 0 4 0 6 13 .185 .235 .228 .463 37 21 0 3 1
1920 38 PIT NL 35 92 89 4 13 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 18 .146 .156 .180 .335 -5 16 0 2 1
1921 39 PIT NL 25 66 63 7 16 2 4 0 6 1 0 1 7 .254 .266 .413 .678 75 26 0 2 1
1922 40 PIT NL 27 65 56 6 16 2 0 1 6 0 0 4 7 .286 .333 .375 .708 82 21 0 5 1
1923 41 PIT NL 26 62 55 5 15 5 1 0 8 0 1 6 13 .273 .344 .400 .744 94 22 0 1 1
1924 42 PIT NL 9 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .273 .455 19 3 0 1 /1
1925 43 PIT NL 33 35 31 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .226 .294 .258 .552 39 8 0 1 1
1926 44 PIT NL 19 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 18 2 0 0 1
19 Yrs 482 1108 1019 79 216 31 15 3 75 1 1 53 194 .212 .252 .281 .532 50 286 1 35
162 Game Avg. 162 372 342 27 73 10 5 1 25 0 18 65 .212 .252 .281 .532 50 96 0 12
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PIT (18 yrs) 481 1107 1018 79 216 31 15 3 75 1 1 53 193 .212 .252 .281 .533 51 286 1 35
STL (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1906 24 STL NL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .488 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1907 25 PIT NL 4 7 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .509 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1909 27 PIT NL 25 46 -7 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.4 .483 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 $ 1
1910 28 PIT NL 34 97 -7 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $3,000 1
1911 29 PIT NL 40 107 -6 0 0 0 10 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .511 .503 0.4 -0.0 7 $ 1 MVP-27
1912 30 PIT NL 28 62 -2 0 0 0 5 4 0.4 2 5 0.4 .513 .502 0.4 -0.0 5 $ 1
1913 31 PIT NL 43 118 -1 0 0 0 10 9 1.0 3 12 1.0 .523 .506 1.0 0.0 12 $ 1 MVP-22
1914 32 PIT NL 40 103 -8 0 0 0 9 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 -0.0 4 $ 1
1915 33 PIT NL 40 91 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 -0.0 0 $ 1
1916 34 PIT NL 16 25 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.3 1 3 0.3 .518 .502 0.3 0.0 3 $ 1
1918 36 PIT NL 3 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .543 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1919 37 PIT NL 34 101 -7 0 0 0 8 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 4 $ 1
1920 38 PIT NL 35 92 -12 0 0 0 7 -4 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .486 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1921 39 PIT NL 25 66 -3 0 0 0 6 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .515 .502 0.4 -0.0 6 $ 1
1922 40 PIT NL 27 65 -2 0 0 0 7 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .519 .503 0.5 0.0 7 $ 1
1923 41 PIT NL 26 62 -1 -0 0 0 6 5 0.5 2 6 0.5 .518 .503 0.5 0.0 6 $ 1
1924 42 PIT NL 9 12 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1925 43 PIT NL 33 35 -3 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
1926 44 PIT NL 19 9 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
19 Seasons 482 1108 -68 2 0 0 93 26 2.5 31 58 2.7 .505 .501 2.7 -0.1 58 $3,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
PIT (18 yrs) 481 1107 -68 2 0 0 92 27 2.5 31 58 2.7 .505 .501 2.7 -0.1 58 $3,000
STL (1 yr) 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .488 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1906 24 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 73 .000 .248 .000 .314 .000 .316 .000 .630 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1907 25 PIT NL 7 5 1 5.3 76 .333 .286 .253 .286 .319 .286 .322 .571 .641 78 .730 -0.2 -0.0 .400 .000 .000
1909 27 PIT NL 46 42 0 0.0 80 .083 .051 .257 .098 .325 .103 .331 .200 .655 -39 .000 -6.7 -0.8 .162 .103 .051
1910 28 PIT NL 97 72 5 1.9 93 .267 .193 .271 .272 .346 .229 .359 .501 .705 42 .225 -6.2 -0.7 .418 .145 .036
1911 29 PIT NL 107 78 9 3.1 99 .302 .252 .273 .274 .351 .320 .376 .594 .727 63 .386 -5.6 -0.6 .468 .097 .068
1912 30 PIT NL 62 42 6 3.8 99 .273 .226 .279 .328 .349 .321 .380 .649 .729 78 .450 -1.4 -0.1 .610 .245 .094
1913 31 PIT NL 118 84 13 4.2 88 .337 .289 .265 .296 .329 .377 .360 .673 .689 95 .548 -1.4 -0.2 .543 .096 .088
1914 32 PIT NL 103 83 4 1.3 80 .224 .165 .253 .198 .320 .237 .339 .435 .659 32 .138 -8.7 -1.0 .333 .103 .072 .0
1915 33 PIT NL 91 75 2 0.7 80 .169 .141 .255 .180 .317 .153 .341 .333 .658 2 .059 -10.2 -1.2 .233 .059 .012
1916 34 PIT NL 25 17 3 4.8 78 .286 .273 .254 .333 .313 .364 .339 .697 .652 114 .651 0.3 0.0 .625 .182 .091
1918 36 PIT NL 9 6 2 9.0 82 .500 .333 .266 .333 .324 .556 .343 .889 .667 165 .854 0.5 0.1 .833 .222 .222
1919 37 PIT NL 101 78 5 1.7 85 .215 .185 .269 .235 .324 .228 .353 .463 .677 37 .211 -7.2 -0.8 .360 .109 .043
1920 38 PIT NL 92 78 2 0.7 93 .171 .146 .280 .156 .334 .180 .372 .335 .706 -5 .042 -12.5 -1.4 .224 .045 .034 .0
1921 39 PIT NL 66 49 7 3.8 108 .286 .254 .301 .266 .351 .413 .414 .678 .765 75 .416 -2.9 -0.3 .596 .190 .159 .0
1922 40 PIT NL 65 45 7 4.2 113 .313 .286 .302 .333 .360 .375 .421 .708 .781 82 .423 -1.6 -0.2 .625 .161 .089 .0
1923 41 PIT NL 62 42 7 4.5 109 .357 .273 .296 .344 .355 .400 .412 .744 .767 94 .473 -0.3 -0.0 .659 .218 .127
1924 42 PIT NL 12 10 1 2.7 106 .200 .182 .292 .182 .348 .273 .407 .455 .755 19 .276 -1.3 -0.1 .333 .091 .091
1925 43 PIT NL 35 25 2 2.1 119 .280 .226 .308 .294 .366 .258 .439 .552 .806 39 .169 -2.9 -0.3 .458 .129 .032
1926 44 PIT NL 9 7 0 0.0 106 .222 .222 .292 .222 .352 .222 .405 .444 .757 18 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .286 .000 .000
19 Yrs 1108 839 76 2.4 93 .259 .212 .274 .252 .337 .281 .370 .532 .708 50 .294 -69.6 -7.8 .423 .121 .069 1.5
162 Game Avg. 372 282 26 2.4 93 .259 .212 .274 .252 .337 .281 .370 .532 .708 50 .294 -69.6 -7.8 .423 .121 .069 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PIT (18 yrs) 1107 838 76 2.4 93 .259 .212 .274 .252 .337 .281 .370 .533 .708 51 .295 -69.3 -7.7 .423 .121 .069 1.5
STL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 73 .000 .248 .000 .314 .000 .316 .000 .630 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1909 27 PIT NL WS DET W 3 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 0 0 2 0 0
1925 43 PIT NL WS WSH W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 4 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 0 0 2 0 0
2 WS 4 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 0 0 2 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 36 PIT NL 9 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 11.1% 33% 3.0 67%
1919 37 PIT NL 101 0.0% 12.9% 5.9% 3.0% 18% 2.17 7.1 23.0 78%
1920 38 PIT NL 92 1.1% 19.6% 1.1% 1.1% 8% 18.00 4.9 89.0 29.7 76%
1921 39 PIT NL 66 0.0% 10.6% 1.5% 9.1% 38% 7.00 9.0 10.5 85%
1922 40 PIT NL 65 1.5% 10.8% 6.2% 4.6% 19% 1.75 8.0 56.0 9.3 74%
1923 41 PIT NL 62 0.0% 21.0% 9.7% 9.7% 40% 2.17 4.2 6.9 68%
1924 42 PIT NL 12 0.0% 8.3% 0.0% 8.3% 50% 11.0 11.0 83%
1925 43 PIT NL 35 0.0% 17.1% 8.6% 2.9% 14% 2.00 5.2 31.0 71%
1926 44 PIT NL 9 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
19 Yrs 451 0.7% 43.0% 11.8% 10.9% 23% 3.66 5.3 339.7 13.6 182%
MLB Averages 1.5% 22.0% 18.6% 13.1% 23% 1.19 9.8 148.2 9.4 193%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1906 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1907 25 5 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 56 2 0 0
1908 26 5 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 56 2 0 0
1909 27 30 54 47 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 17 .085 .122 .128 .250 -23 6 0 5
1910 28 64 151 130 10 20 3 1 0 7 0 11 40 .154 .220 .192 .412 20 25 0 10
1911 29 104 258 233 19 46 8 2 0 17 0 14 57 .197 .243 .249 .492 40 58 0 11
1912 30 132 320 286 24 58 11 3 0 20 0 22 66 .203 .260 .262 .522 47 75 0 12
1913 31 175 438 400 37 91 17 5 0 33 0 0 23 82 .228 .270 .295 .565 60 118 0 15
1914 32 215 541 497 45 107 17 7 1 37 0 0 26 111 .215 .256 .284 .539 55 141 1 17
1915 33 255 632 582 49 119 18 7 1 44 0 0 30 125 .204 .245 .265 .509 48 154 1 19
1916 34 271 657 604 50 125 18 8 1 46 0 0 32 126 .207 .248 .268 .516 50 162 1 20
1917 35 271 657 604 50 125 18 8 1 46 0 0 32 126 .207 .248 .268 .516 50 162 1 20
1918 36 274 666 613 50 128 18 9 1 46 0 0 32 129 .209 .249 .272 .522 52 167 1 20
1919 37 308 767 705 52 145 20 10 1 50 0 0 38 142 .206 .247 .267 .514 50 188 1 23
1920 38 343 859 794 56 158 20 10 2 53 0 0 39 160 .199 .237 .257 .494 44 204 1 25
1921 39 368 925 857 63 174 22 14 2 59 1 0 40 167 .203 .239 .268 .508 46 230 1 27
1922 40 395 990 913 69 190 24 14 3 65 1 0 44 174 .208 .245 .275 .520 49 251 1 32
1923 41 421 1052 968 74 205 29 15 3 73 1 1 50 187 .212 .251 .282 .533 52 273 1 33
1924 42 430 1064 979 75 207 30 15 3 74 1 1 50 188 .211 .250 .282 .532 51 276 1 34
1925 43 463 1099 1010 78 214 31 15 3 75 1 1 53 194 .212 .252 .281 .533 51 284 1 35
1926 44 482 1108 1019 79 216 31 15 3 75 1 1 53 194 .212 .252 .281 .532 50 286 1 35

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1906 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1907 25 4 8 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .375 .750 1 4
1909 27 26 48 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .000 .047 .000 .047 0 25
1910 28 36 100 86 9 16 3 0 0 6 0 9 24 .186 .263 .221 .484 5 34
1911 29 42 111 107 9 27 5 1 0 10 0 3 18 .252 .273 .318 .590 9 40
1912 30 30 64 55 5 12 3 1 0 3 0 8 10 .218 .317 .309 .627 5 28
1913 31 45 126 122 15 37 7 2 0 15 0 1 17 .303 .309 .393 .702 15 43
1914 32 42 108 102 10 18 0 2 1 5 0 3 30 .176 .208 .245 .453 5 40
1915 33 42 97 90 5 14 1 0 0 9 0 5 15 .156 .200 .167 .367 3 40
1916 34 17 27 24 1 7 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 .292 .346 .375 .721 3 16
1918 36 4 12 12 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .500 .833 3 3
1919 37 39 120 109 3 22 3 1 0 6 0 8 15 .202 .256 .248 .504 7 34
1920 38 37 98 95 5 15 0 0 1 4 0 1 19 .158 .167 .189 .356 3 35
1921 39 26 70 67 8 17 2 4 0 6 1 1 7 .254 .265 .403 .668 7 25
1922 40 28 66 57 5 15 2 0 1 5 0 4 7 .263 .311 .351 .662 6 27
1923 41 27 64 57 5 15 5 1 0 8 0 6 14 .263 .333 .386 .719 7 26
1924 42 9 13 12 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 .250 .250 .417 .667 1 9
1925 43 35 36 32 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 6 .219 .286 .250 .536 2 33
1926 44 20 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 19
19 Yrs 510 1178 1086 87 232 34 14 3 82 1 56 206 .214 .253 .279 .532 82 482
162 Game Avg. 162 374 345 28 74 11 4 1 26 0 18 65 .214 .253 .279 .532 26 482
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 4.0%)
1938 BBWAA ( 4.2%)
1939 BBWAA ( 4.0%)
1942 BBWAA ( 4.7%)
1945 BBWAA ( 2.8%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 3.0%)
1947 BBWAA (13.7%)
1948 BBWAA ( 3.3%)
1949 BBWAA ( 3.3%)
1950 BBWAA ( 3.6%)
1951 BBWAA ( 5.3%)
1952 BBWAA ( 3.8%)
1953 BBWAA ( 6.4%)
1954 BBWAA ( 5.2%)
1955 BBWAA ( 9.6%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 NL (27, 2%)
1913 NL (22, 5%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1911 NL  6.6 (4th)
1913 NL  8.6 (1st)
1919 NL  7.2 (1st)
1920 NL  5.2 (10th)
Career  50.5 (237th)

Oldest s c a p y
1918 NL  born 1882-05-18 (8th)
1919 NL  born 1882-05-18 (3rd)
1920 NL  born 1882-05-18 (3rd)
1921 NL  born 1882-05-18 (3rd)
1922 NL  born 1882-05-18 (1st)
1923 NL  born 1882-05-18 (1st)
1924 NL  born 1882-05-18 (1st)
1925 NL  born 1882-05-18 (1st)
1926 NL  born 1882-05-18 (1st)

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