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

Born: December 14, 1921 in Tuolumne, 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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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
1946 24 CIN NL 94 346 311 35 76 13 3 4 24 16 18 32 .244 .292 .344 .636 83 107 7 3 14 4/O5
1947 25 CIN NL 81 253 217 39 59 11 2 4 20 9 25 23 .272 .358 .396 .754 101 86 2 4 7 4
1948 26 CIN NL 87 295 262 33 78 20 3 1 21 6 25 23 .298 .361 .408 .770 111 107 5 1 7 4/5
1949 27 CIN NL 107 308 277 32 70 16 2 0 25 4 26 36 .253 .317 .325 .642 72 90 6 0 5 45
1950 28 CIN NL 115 394 348 57 98 21 8 3 25 7 43 29 .282 .361 .414 .774 103 144 2 0 3 45
1951 29 CIN NL 125 450 403 57 107 12 5 5 24 4 10 43 40 .266 .338 .357 .695 86 144 6 1 3 54/O
1952 30 CIN NL 154 694 637 85 180 25 4 6 48 11 9 49 67 .283 .334 .363 .696 93 231 15 0 8 *5 MVP-22
1953 31 CIN NL 150 677 607 99 167 14 6 8 49 3 2 58 67 .275 .338 .357 .696 82 217 7 0 12 *5
1954 32 CIN NL 110 454 390 69 105 25 6 3 23 2 5 55 46 .269 .362 .387 .749 95 151 4 3 4 2 5/4
1955 33 TOT 92 201 171 31 43 11 3 2 23 2 0 24 25 .251 .352 .386 .738 94 66 3 3 2 1 1 5/4
1955 33 CIN NL 64 176 150 23 41 11 2 2 20 2 0 20 21 .273 .368 .413 .781 104 62 3 3 2 1 1 5/4
1955 33 CHW AL 28 25 21 8 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 .095 .240 .190 .430 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 /54
1956 34 BAL AL 41 143 111 19 25 6 1 0 7 1 1 25 15 .225 .362 .297 .660 83 33 1 0 5 2 0 54
1957 35 CHC NL 60 211 187 21 47 10 2 1 10 0 3 17 28 .251 .320 .342 .663 80 64 2 2 5 0 0 5/4
1958 36 CHC NL 62 105 96 14 27 4 4 0 4 2 0 6 15 .281 .324 .406 .730 94 39 2 0 3 0 0 3/54
1959 37 CHC NL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
14 Seasons 1281 4533 4019 591 1082 188 49 37 303 67 30 414 447 .269 .340 .368 .708 90 1479 62 17 78 5 1
162 Game Avg. 162 573 508 75 137 24 6 5 38 8 52 57 .269 .340 .368 .708 90 187 8 2 10
CIN (10 yrs) 1087 4047 3602 529 981 168 41 36 279 64 26 362 384 .272 .341 .372 .713 91 1339 57 15 65 3 1
CHC (3 yrs) 125 318 285 35 74 14 6 1 14 2 3 23 44 .260 .319 .361 .681 83 103 4 2 8 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 41 143 111 19 25 6 1 0 7 1 1 25 15 .225 .362 .297 .660 83 33 1 0 5 2 0
CHW (1 yr) 28 25 21 8 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 .095 .240 .190 .430 16 4 0 0 0 0 0
NL (13 yrs) 1212 4365 3887 564 1055 182 47 37 293 66 29 385 428 .271 .339 .371 .710 91 1442 61 17 73 3 1
AL (2 yrs) 69 168 132 27 27 6 2 0 10 1 1 29 19 .205 .344 .280 .624 72 37 1 0 5 2 0
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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 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 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1952-NL-22-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Games Played s c a p y
1952 NL--154--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1952 NL--637--1st
1953 NL--607--8th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1952 NL--694--2nd
1953 NL--677--8th

Hits s c a p y
1952 NL--180--3rd

Triples s c a p y
1950 NL--8--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1946 NL--16--4th
1947 NL--9--6th
1952 NL--11--7th

Singles s c a p y
1952 NL--145--1st
1953 NL--139--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL--3--10th
1947 NL--4--8th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1946 NL--14--6th
1953 NL--12--4th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 NL--10--3rd
1952 NL--9--4th

Outs Made s c a p y
1952 NL--489--1st
1953 NL--461--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 13 (1233), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1170), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  9. Joey Cora (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Danny O'Connell (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Don Gutteridge (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Craig Counsell (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1939 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

July 26, 1955: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Cincinnati Redlegs.

October 18, 1955: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Cal Abrams.

May 28, 1956: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

June 4, 1956: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 17, 1956: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

Before 1957 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

May 12, 1959: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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