Babe Adams
Charles Benjamin Adams
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 18, 1882 in Tipton, IN
High School: Mt. Moriah (Mt. Moriah, MO) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1906
Final Game: August 11, 1926
Died: July 27, 1968 in Silver Spring, MD
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1906 24 STL NL 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 8 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 21 19 2.750 20.3 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1907 25 PIT NL 0 2 .000 6.95 4 3 1 1 0 0 22.0 40 25 17 1 3 11 3 0 1 104 35 1.955 16.4 0.4 1.2 4.5 3.67
1909 27 PIT NL 12 3 .800 1.11 25 12 11 7 3 2 130.0 88 25 16 0 23 65 3 0 1 475 231 0.854 6.1 0.0 1.6 4.5 2.83
1910 28 PIT NL 18 9 .667 2.24 34 30 3 16 3 0 245.0 217 95 61 4 60 101 6 0 1 971 140 1.131 8.0 0.1 2.2 3.7 1.68
1911 29 PIT NL 22 12 .647 2.33 40 37 2 24 6 0 293.1 253 97 76 5 42 133 8 0 3 1117 147 1.006 7.8 0.2 1.3 4.1 3.17 MVP-27
1912 30 PIT NL 11 8 .579 2.91 28 21 5 11 2 0 170.1 169 73 55 4 35 63 3 0 0 704 112 1.198 8.9 0.2 1.8 3.3 1.80
1913 31 PIT NL 21 10 .677 2.15 43 37 5 24 4 0 313.2 271 94 75 8 49 144 0 0 5 1227 140 1.020 7.8 0.2 1.4 4.1 2.94 MVP-22
1914 32 PIT NL 13 16 .448 2.51 40 35 4 19 3 1 283.0 253 97 79 5 39 91 7 0 2 1116 105 1.032 8.0 0.2 1.2 2.9 2.33
1915 33 PIT NL 14 14 .500 2.87 40 30 8 17 2 2 245.0 229 90 78 6 34 62 2 0 2 969 95 1.073 8.4 0.2 1.2 2.3 1.82
1916 34 PIT NL 2 9 .182 5.72 16 10 5 4 1 0 72.1 91 51 46 2 12 22 3 0 1 314 47 1.424 11.3 0.2 1.5 2.7 1.83
1918 36 PIT NL 1 1 .500 1.19 3 3 0 2 0 0 22.2 15 4 3 0 4 6 0 0 0 82 241 0.838 6.0 0.0 1.6 2.4 1.50
1919 37 PIT NL 17 10 .630 1.98 34 29 5 23 6 1 263.1 213 66 58 1 23 92 3 0 2 1017 153 0.896 7.3 0.0 0.8 3.1 4.00
1920 38 PIT NL 17 13 .567 2.16 35 33 2 19 8 2 263.0 240 83 63 6 18 84 1 0 5 1035 150 0.981 8.2 0.2 0.6 2.9 4.67
1921 39 PIT NL 14 5 .737 2.64 25 20 3 11 2 0 160.0 155 57 47 4 18 55 0 1 0 646 144 1.081 8.7 0.2 1.0 3.1 3.06
1922 40 PIT NL 8 11 .421 3.57 27 19 4 12 4 0 171.1 191 77 68 1 15 39 4 0 1 707 115 1.202 10.0 0.1 0.8 2.0 2.60
1923 41 PIT NL 13 7 .650 4.42 26 22 2 11 0 1 158.2 196 83 78 8 25 38 1 0 1 676 90 1.393 11.1 0.5 1.4 2.2 1.52
1924 42 PIT NL 3 1 .750 1.13 9 3 3 2 0 0 39.2 31 5 5 1 3 5 0 0 1 154 337 0.857 7.0 0.2 0.7 1.1 1.67
1925 43 PIT NL 6 5 .545 5.42 33 10 12 3 0 3 101.1 129 67 61 7 17 18 3 0 0 448 82 1.441 11.5 0.6 1.5 1.6 1.06
1926 44 PIT NL 2 3 .400 6.14 19 0 14 0 0 3 36.2 51 32 25 5 8 7 0 0 0 164 64 1.609 12.5 1.2 2.0 1.7 0.88
19 Seasons 194 140 .581 2.76 482 355 89 206 44 15 2995.1 2841 1129 917 68 430 1036 47 2 26 11947 117 1.092 8.5 0.2 1.3 3.1 2.41
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .581 2.76 39 29 7 17 4 1 243 231 92 74 6 35 84 4 0 2 971 117 1.092 8.5 0.2 1.3 3.1 2.41
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
PIT (18 yrs) 194 139 .583 2.74 481 354 89 206 44 15 2991.1 2832 1121 911 68 428 1036 47 1 26 11926 118 1.090 8.5 0.2 1.3 3.1 2.42
STL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 8 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 21 19 2.750 20.3 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS 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
1909 27 PIT NL WS W DET 3 0 1.000 1.33 3 3 0 3 1 0 27.0 18 5 4 2 6 0 11 1 0 0 106 0.889 6.0 0.7 2.0 3.7 1.83
1925 43 PIT NL WS W WSH 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 0 1.000 1.29 4 3 1 3 1 0 28.0 20 5 4 2 6 0 11 1 0 0 111 0.929 6.4 0.6 1.9 3.5 1.83
2 WS 3 0 1.000 1.29 4 3 1 3 1 0 28.0 20 5 4 2 6 0 11 1 0 0 111 0.929 6.4 0.6 1.9 3.5 1.83

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1906 24 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 8 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 21 19 2.750 20.3 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00 19
1907 25 0 3 .000 7.96 5 4 1 1 0 0 26.0 49 33 23 1 5 11 3 1 1 125 31 2.077 17.0 0.3 1.7 3.8 2.20 31
1908 26 0 3 .000 7.96 5 4 1 1 0 0 26.0 49 33 23 1 5 11 3 1 1 125 31 2.077 17.0 0.3 1.7 3.8 2.20 31
1909 27 12 6 .667 2.25 30 16 12 8 3 2 156.0 137 58 39 1 28 76 6 1 2 600 113 1.058 7.9 0.1 1.6 4.4 2.71 113
1910 28 30 15 .667 2.24 64 46 15 24 6 2 401.0 354 153 100 5 88 177 12 1 3 1571 130 1.102 7.9 0.1 2.0 4.0 2.01 130
1911 29 52 27 .658 2.28 104 83 17 48 12 2 694.1 607 250 176 10 130 310 20 1 6 2688 137 1.061 7.9 0.1 1.7 4.0 2.38 137
1912 30 63 35 .643 2.40 132 104 22 59 14 2 864.2 776 323 231 14 165 373 23 1 6 3392 131 1.088 8.1 0.1 1.7 3.9 2.26 131
1913 31 84 45 .651 2.34 175 141 27 83 18 2 1178.1 1047 417 306 22 214 517 23 1 11 4619 133 1.070 8.0 0.2 1.6 3.9 2.42 133
1914 32 97 61 .614 2.37 215 176 31 102 21 3 1461.1 1300 514 385 27 253 608 30 1 13 5735 128 1.063 8.0 0.2 1.6 3.7 2.40 128
1915 33 111 75 .597 2.44 255 206 39 119 23 5 1706.1 1529 604 463 33 287 670 32 1 15 6704 122 1.064 8.1 0.2 1.5 3.5 2.33 122
1916 34 113 84 .574 2.58 271 216 44 123 24 5 1778.2 1620 655 509 35 299 692 35 1 16 7018 115 1.079 8.2 0.2 1.5 3.5 2.31 115
1917 35 113 84 .574 2.58 271 216 44 123 24 5 1778.2 1620 655 509 35 299 692 35 1 16 7018 115 1.079 8.2 0.2 1.5 3.5 2.31 115
1918 36 114 85 .573 2.56 274 219 44 125 24 5 1801.1 1635 659 512 35 303 698 35 1 16 7100 116 1.076 8.2 0.2 1.5 3.5 2.30 116
1919 37 131 95 .580 2.48 308 248 49 148 30 6 2064.2 1848 725 570 36 326 790 38 1 18 8117 120 1.053 8.1 0.2 1.4 3.4 2.42 120
1920 38 148 108 .578 2.45 343 281 51 167 38 8 2327.2 2088 808 633 42 344 874 39 1 23 9152 123 1.045 8.1 0.2 1.3 3.4 2.54 123
1921 39 162 113 .589 2.46 368 301 54 178 40 8 2487.2 2243 865 680 46 362 929 39 2 23 9798 124 1.047 8.1 0.2 1.3 3.4 2.57 124
1922 40 170 124 .578 2.53 395 320 58 190 44 8 2659.0 2434 942 748 47 377 968 43 2 24 10505 123 1.057 8.2 0.2 1.3 3.3 2.57 123
1923 41 183 131 .583 2.64 421 342 60 201 44 9 2817.2 2630 1025 826 55 402 1006 44 2 25 11181 120 1.076 8.4 0.2 1.3 3.2 2.50 120
1924 42 186 132 .585 2.62 430 345 63 203 44 9 2857.1 2661 1030 831 56 405 1011 44 2 26 11335 121 1.073 8.4 0.2 1.3 3.2 2.50 121
1925 43 192 137 .584 2.71 463 355 75 206 44 12 2958.2 2790 1097 892 63 422 1029 47 2 26 11783 119 1.086 8.5 0.2 1.3 3.1 2.44 119
1926 44 194 140 .581 2.76 482 355 89 206 44 15 2995.1 2841 1129 917 68 430 1036 47 2 26 11947 117 1.092 8.5 0.2 1.3 3.1 2.41 117

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1906 24 0 0 24.00 3.0 10 9 8 0 2 0 0 4.000 30.0 6.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1907 25 0 2 .000 12.00 18.0 47 27 24 1 4 9 4 2.833 23.5 2.0 4.5 2.25 0.5 4
1909 27 11 2 .846 1.46 123.0 98 22 20 0 26 62 3 1.008 7.2 1.9 4.5 2.38 0.0 25
1910 28 19 7 .731 2.52 239.0 228 74 67 4 63 99 6 1.218 8.6 2.4 3.7 1.57 0.2 34
1911 29 22 9 .710 2.46 285.0 254 87 78 5 42 129 8 1.039 8.0 1.3 4.1 3.07 0.2 40
1912 30 12 7 .632 2.97 176.0 178 64 58 4 37 65 3 1.222 9.1 1.9 3.3 1.76 0.2 28
1913 31 24 10 .706 2.59 309.0 300 99 89 9 54 142 0 1.146 8.7 1.6 4.1 2.63 0.3 43
1914 32 18 12 .600 3.30 273.0 287 111 100 6 44 88 8 1.212 9.5 1.5 2.9 2.00 0.2 40
1915 33 13 13 .500 3.83 235.0 261 111 100 7 39 59 2 1.277 10.0 1.5 2.3 1.51 0.3 40
1916 34 1 6 .143 7.94 68.0 105 67 60 2 14 21 3 1.750 13.9 1.9 2.8 1.50 0.3 16
1918 36 3 0 1.000 1.33 27.0 19 4 4 0 5 7 0 0.889 6.3 1.7 2.3 1.40 0.0 3
1919 37 23 9 .719 2.40 293.0 264 87 78 1 29 102 4 1.000 8.1 0.9 3.1 3.52 0.0 34
1920 38 21 8 .724 2.38 269.0 262 79 71 7 20 86 1 1.048 8.8 0.7 2.9 4.30 0.2 35
1921 39 13 5 .722 2.57 168.0 161 53 48 4 19 58 0 1.071 8.6 1.0 3.1 3.05 0.2 25
1922 40 12 7 .632 3.19 178.0 187 70 63 1 15 41 4 1.135 9.5 0.8 2.1 2.73 0.1 27
1923 41 9 9 .500 4.14 163.0 195 83 75 8 25 39 1 1.350 10.8 1.4 2.2 1.56 0.4 26
1924 42 4 0 1.000 1.07 42.0 32 6 5 1 3 5 0 0.833 6.9 0.6 1.1 1.67 0.2 9
1925 43 5 7 .417 4.42 110.0 125 60 54 7 16 20 3 1.282 10.2 1.3 1.6 1.25 0.6 33
1926 44 1 3 .250 6.08 37.0 52 28 25 5 8 7 0 1.622 12.6 1.9 1.7 0.88 1.2 19
19 Seasons 211 116 .645 3.06 3016.0 3065 1141 1027 72 465 1039 50 1.170 9.1 3.1 2.23 0.2 482
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1911-NL-27-2%
1913-NL-22-5%
0.07 Career Shares (993rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1910 NL--2.241--5th
1911 NL--2.332--3rd
1913 NL--2.152--2nd
1919 NL--1.982--5th
1920 NL--2.156--2nd
1921 NL--2.644--2nd
Career--2.755--89th

Wins s c a p y
1910 NL--18--6th
1911 NL--22--5th
1913 NL--21--6th
1919 NL--17--7th
1920 NL--17--9th
Career--194--123rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1910 NL--.667--5th
1911 NL--.647--7th
1913 NL--.677--8th
1919 NL--.630--7th
1921 NL--.737--1st
1923 NL--.650--5th
Career--.581--177th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1910 NL--1.131--5th
1911 NL--1.006--1st
1912 NL--1.198--5th
1913 NL--1.020--2nd
1914 NL--1.032--1st
1915 NL--1.074--5th
1919 NL--.896--1st
1920 NL--.981--1st
1921 NL--1.081--1st
1922 NL--1.202--2nd
Career--1.092--16th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1910 NL--7.971--10th
1913 NL--7.776--7th
1919 NL--7.280--6th
1920 NL--8.213--5th
1921 NL--8.719--2nd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1910 NL--2.204--7th
1911 NL--1.289--2nd
1912 NL--1.849--5th
1913 NL--1.406--3rd
1914 NL--1.240--2nd
1915 NL--1.249--3rd
1919 NL--.786--1st
1920 NL--.616--1st
1921 NL--1.013--1st
1922 NL--.788--1st
1923 NL--1.418--2nd
Career--1.292--18th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1913 NL--4.132--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1913 NL--43--8th

Saves s c a p y
1909 NL--2--9th
1925 NL--3--3rd
1926 NL--3--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1911 NL--293.3--7th
1913 NL--313.7--2nd
1919 NL--263.3--7th
Career--2995.3--130th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1911 NL--133--8th
1913 NL--144--5th
1919 NL--92--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1911 NL--37--2nd
1913 NL--37--2nd
1914 NL--35--8th
1919 NL--29--8th
1920 NL--33--9th
Career--355--180th

Complete Games s c a p y
1911 NL--24--5th
1913 NL--24--4th
1919 NL--23--5th
Career--206--127th

Shutouts s c a p y
1911 NL--6--2nd
1913 NL--4--3rd
1919 NL--6--3rd
1920 NL--8--1st
1921 NL--2--9th
1922 NL--4--3rd
Career--44--35th

Home Runs s c a p y
1913 NL--8--9th
1915 NL--6--7th

Hits s c a p y
1913 NL--271--6th
1914 NL--253--9th
Career--2841--150th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1910 NL--1.683--10th
1911 NL--3.167--2nd
1912 NL--1.800--9th
1913 NL--2.939--3rd
1914 NL--2.333--3rd
1919 NL--4.000--1st
1920 NL--4.667--1st
1921 NL--3.056--1st
1922 NL--2.600--1st
1923 NL--1.520--4th
Career--2.409--102nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1911 NL--.153--9th
1914 NL--.159--9th
1919 NL--.034--3rd
1921 NL--.225--7th
1922 NL--.053--1st
Career--.204--173rd

Losses s c a p y
Career--140--197th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1915 NL--78--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1920 NL--5--9th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1911 NL--1117--9th
1913 NL--1227--4th
1919 NL--1017--8th
Career--11947--133rd

Games Finished s c a p y
1909 NL--11--10th
1926 NL--14--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1910 NL--140--4th
1911 NL--147--2nd
1913 NL--140--4th
1919 NL--153--3rd
1920 NL--150--2nd
1921 NL--144--1st
Career--117--156th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 68 (188), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 71 (160), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 39 (73), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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