Bobby Adams
Robert Henry Adams
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 14, 1921 in Tuolumne, CA
High School: Stockton (Stockton, CA)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1946
Final Game: April 22, 1959
Died: February 13, 1997 in Gig Harbor, WA
Relatives: Brother of Dick Adams and Father of Mike Adams
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1946 CIN NL 24 2B 74 456 190 251 15 67 .967 5.96 .970 5.09
1946 CIN NL 24 OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.15 0-0-2
1946 CIN NL 24 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.80
1947 CIN NL 25 2B 69 361 172 177 12 46 .967 5.06 .975 5.19
1948 CIN NL 26 2B 64 314 160 143 11 33 .965 4.73 .971 4.83
1948 CIN NL 26 3B 7 19 7 12 0 1 1.000 2.71 .937 2.81
1949 CIN NL 27 2B 63 305 162 138 5 29 .984 4.76 .976 5.07
1949 CIN NL 27 3B 14 38 14 22 2 0 .947 2.57 .953 2.98
1950 CIN NL 28 2B 53 267 124 138 5 30 .981 4.94 .974 5.13
1950 CIN NL 28 3B 42 117 46 62 9 4 .923 2.57 .950 3.01
1951 CIN NL 29 3B 60 203 72 122 9 8 .956 3.23 .953 3.10
1951 CIN NL 29 2B 42 214 112 93 9 25 .958 4.88 .977 5.05
1951 CIN NL 29 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
1952 CIN NL 30 3B 154 524 176 328 20 28 .962 3.27 .954 2.92 MVP-22
1953 CIN NL 31 3B 150 508 159 324 25 39 .951 3.22 .951 2.72
1954 CIN NL 32 3B 93 93 795.2 329 127 186 16 24 .951 -3.2 -4.8 -4.2 2.1 -6.3 1 3.54 3.37 .952 3.17 2.82
1954 CIN NL 32 2B 2 2 15.0 10 7 3 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -16.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 6.00 5.00 .980 5.58 5.30
1955 TOT MLB 33 3B 51 44 355.0 142 40 97 5 11 .965 8.0 27.0 7.0 2.4 4.6 1 3.47 2.69 .951 3.13 2.80
1955 TOT MLB 33 2B 6 1 15.2 15 7 8 0 2 1.000 0.8 61.3 0.8 0.3 0.6 0 8.62 2.50 .973 5.46 4.98
1955 CIN NL 33 3B 42 40 318.2 127 35 88 4 11 .969 7.5 28.2 6.5 1.9 4.6 1 3.47 2.93 .950 3.13 2.81
1955 CIN NL 33 2B 5 0 7.2 8 4 4 0 1 1.000 0.5 78.3 0.5 0.0 0.6 0 9.39 1.60 .975 5.52 5.00
1955 CHW AL 33 3B 9 4 36.1 15 5 9 1 0 .933 0.5 16.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 3.47 1.56 .953 3.17 2.73
1955 CHW AL 33 2B 1 1 8.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 7.88 7.00 .971 5.40 4.90
1956 BAL AL 34 3B 24 22 158.2 64 23 40 1 5 .984 0.2 1.5 0.2 0.6 -0.3 0 3.57 2.63 .947 3.22 2.78
1956 BAL AL 34 2B 18 14 129.1 68 39 25 4 7 .941 -4.3 -39.9 -4.3 -1.2 -3.1 0 4.45 3.56 .974 5.44 4.74
1957 CHC NL 35 3B 47 46 407.1 117 43 68 6 5 .949 -2.8 -8.2 -2.8 -0.7 -2.1 0 2.45 2.36 .952 2.96 2.71
1957 CHC NL 35 2B 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 5.40 5.00
1958 CHC NL 36 1B 11 4 48.1 51 44 5 2 1 .961 -0.9 -22.3 -0.9 -0.3 -0.6 0 9.12 4.45 .990 9.53 8.11
1958 CHC NL 36 3B 9 3 33.1 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -14.4 -0.4 -0.3 0.0 0 2.70 1.11 .950 3.19 2.86
1958 CHC NL 36 2B 7 5 43.0 29 15 13 1 5 .966 -0.2 -5.6 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 5.86 4.00 .976 5.34 4.76
1959 CHC NL 37 1B 1 0 2.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0.6 -360.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.00
12 Seasons 3B 652 208 1750.0 2072 711 1268 93 125 .955 1.8 1.2 -0.2 4.1 -4.1 2 10.18 3.04 .952 3.12 2.85
11 Seasons 2B 399 22 207.0 2040 989 989 62 245 .970 -3.9 -22.6 -3.9 -1.1 -2.7 0 86.00 4.96 .974 5.43 5.04
2 Seasons 1B 12 4 50.1 54 46 5 3 1 .944 -1.5 -35.8 -1.5 -0.3 -1.2 0 9.12 4.25 .991 9.53 8.10
2 Seasons OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 1.000 2.17 0-0-3
14 Seasons TOT 1066 234 2007.1 4168 1748 2262 158 371 .962 -3.6 -2.2 -5.6 2.7 -8.0 2 17.98 3.76 .925 3.52 3.73 0-0-3
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1946 CIN NL 24 94 94 94 0 0 0 74 1 0 0 0 2 2
1947 CIN NL 25 81 81 81 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 CIN NL 26 87 87 87 0 0 0 64 7 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CIN NL 27 107 107 107 0 0 0 63 14 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CIN NL 28 115 115 115 0 0 0 53 42 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CIN NL 29 125 125 125 0 0 0 42 60 0 0 0 1 1
1952 CIN NL 30 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CIN NL 31 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CIN NL 32 110 95 110 110 0 0 0 2 93 0 0 0 0 0 13 2
1955 CIN NL 33 64 40 64 64 0 0 0 5 42 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
1955 CHW AL 33 28 5 28 28 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 5 16
1956 BAL AL 34 41 36 41 41 0 0 0 18 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHC NL 35 60 46 60 60 0 0 0 1 47 0 0 0 0 0 7 4
1958 CHC NL 36 62 12 62 62 0 0 11 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 41 2
1959 CHC NL 37 3 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
14 Seasons 1281 234 1281 1281 0 0 12 399 652 0 0 0 3 3 88 26
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 CIN NL 32 3549 63% 82% 25% 298 93% 1 125 101 7 17 181 131 38 2 13 16 0 15 1 14 22 16 0 18 3 1 1 12 83%
1955 CIN NL 33 1362 65% 85% 29% 128 94% 1 34 29 3 2 92 70 17 2 2 4 0 4 0 2 11 10 0 10 1 0 1 2 100%
1955 CHW AL 33 147 63% 78% 30% 14 93% 0 5 5 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 34 696 64% 77% 23% 59 90% 1 24 16 2 6 39 28 5 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 100%
1957 CHC NL 35 1602 56% 76% 24% 99 90% 1 36 32 0 4 58 46 10 0 2 6 0 6 0 5 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 50%
1958 CHC NL 36 145 54% 80% 30% 7 100% 0 2 2 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 7501 62% 81% 25% 605 92% 4 226 185 12 29 383 286 72 6 22 28 1 26 1 22 42 31 0 33 7 2 4 20 80%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 89% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 CIN NL 32 85 72% 72% 24% 7 100% 0 7 4 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1955 CIN NL 33 42 55% 69% 29% 5 100% 0 5 1 2 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1955 CHW AL 33 38 66% 82% 32% 3 100% 0 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 34 585 66% 77% 23% 42 93% 0 39 19 16 4 25 22 3 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 7 4 1 2 0 7 2 5 0 0 0
1957 CHC NL 35 18 61% 72% 22% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 36 175 55% 76% 27% 17 88% 1 14 6 6 2 13 13 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 1
5 Seasons 943 64% 76% 24% 76 93% 1 68 31 28 9 51 47 4 0 1 5 0 3 2 3 15 9 2 3 0 14 3 11 1 0 1
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 CHC NL 36 221 67% 78% 29% 12 92% 0 42 1 42 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1959 CHC NL 37 11 64% 82% 9% 1 0% 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 232 66% 78% 28% 13 85% 0 44 1 44 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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