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Buster Adams

Elvin Clark Adams

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 24, 1915 in Trinidad, CO(All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1939
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals 1939-1947

Final Game: September 21, 1947
Died: September 1, 1990 in Rancho Mirage, CA
Buried: Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, CA
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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
1939 24 STL NL 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1943 28 TOT NL 119 485 429 49 108 15 7 4 39 2 43 71 .252 .320 .347 .667 97 149 8 0 12 *8O
1943 28 STL NL 8 18 11 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 .091 .333 .182 .515 47 2 0 0 3 /8O
1943 28 PHI NL 111 467 418 48 107 14 7 4 38 2 39 67 .256 .319 .352 .671 98 147 8 0 9 *8O
1944 29 PHI NL 151 682 584 86 165 35 3 17 64 2 74 74 .283 .370 .440 .810 131 257 11 7 17 *O8/9
1945 30 TOT NL 154 707 634 104 182 29 1 22 109 3 62 80 .287 .353 .440 .793 118 279 10 3 8 *O87 MVP-18
1945 30 PHI NL 14 61 56 6 13 3 1 2 8 0 5 5 .232 .295 .429 .724 103 24 2 0 0 O7
1945 30 STL NL 140 646 578 98 169 26 0 20 101 3 57 75 .292 .359 .441 .800 119 255 8 3 8 *O87
1946 31 STL NL 81 209 173 21 32 6 0 5 22 3 29 27 .185 .312 .306 .619 73 53 3 3 4 O87
1947 32 PHI NL 69 209 182 21 45 11 1 2 15 2 26 29 .247 .341 .352 .693 88 64 3 0 1 O9/78
6 Yrs 576 2293 2003 282 532 96 12 50 249 12 234 281 .266 .346 .400 .747 110 802 35 13 42
162 Game Avg. 162 645 563 79 150 27 3 14 70 3 66 79 .266 .346 .400 .747 110 226 10 4 12
PHI (4 yrs) 345 1419 1240 161 330 63 12 25 125 6 144 175 .266 .346 .397 .743 112 492 24 7 27
STL (4 yrs) 231 874 763 121 202 33 0 25 124 6 90 106 .265 .347 .406 .753 107 310 11 6 15

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
1939 24 STL NL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .484 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
1943 28 STL NL 8 18 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .488 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /8O
1943 28 PHI NL 111 467 -2 0 0 -2 -1 -4 -0.6 14 10 0.9 .495 .497 1.1 -0.3 12 $ *8O
1944 29 PHI NL 151 682 25 0 0 4 -1 28 2.9 20 48 4.9 .520 .518 4.5 0.3 44 $ *O8/9
1945 30 PHI NL 14 61 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .495 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ O7 MVP-18
1945 30 STL NL 140 646 13 -0 0 -3 -2 9 0.9 19 28 2.8 .507 .506 3.2 -0.4 31 $ *O87 MVP-18
1946 31 STL NL 81 209 -6 -0 0 -4 -1 -11 -1.3 7 -4 -0.5 .484 .492 -0.1 -0.6 0 $ O87
1947 32 PHI NL 69 209 -3 -0 0 -3 -2 -8 -0.8 7 -1 -0.1 .488 .495 0.2 -0.5 2 $ O9/78
6 Seasons 576 2293 27 -0 0 -8 -7 11 1.0 71 82 8.1 .502 .501 9.0 -1.6 90 $
PHI (4 yrs) 345 1419 20 -0 0 -1 -5 15 1.5 44 58 5.8 .505 .502 5.9 -0.6 59 $
STL (4 yrs) 231 874 7 -0 0 -7 -3 -4 -0.4 27 24 2.3 .498 .499 3.1 -1.1 31 $

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
1939 24 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .288 .000 .354 .000 .411 .000 .765 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1943 28 TOT NL 485 341 48 3.8 86 .294 .252 .259 .320 .327 .347 .352 .667 .679 97 .482 -2.2 -0.2 .590 .200 .096 2.7
1943 28 STL NL 18 13 1 2.1 94 .143 .091 .272 .333 .341 .182 .368 .515 .710 47 .236 -0.5 -0.1 .600 .455 .091
1943 28 PHI NL 467 328 47 3.9 85 .297 .256 .259 .319 .326 .352 .351 .671 .678 98 .491 -1.7 -0.2 .589 .194 .096 2.7
1944 29 PHI NL 682 447 93 5.6 91 .300 .283 .263 .370 .330 .440 .370 .810 .699 131 .628 26.3 2.7 .791 .288 .158 3.6
1945 30 TOT NL 707 470 98 5.6 99 .301 .287 .276 .353 .346 .440 .381 .793 .727 118 .620 14.0 1.4 .751 .256 .153 5.3
1945 30 PHI NL 61 45 7 4.2 93 .224 .232 .268 .295 .338 .429 .370 .724 .708 103 .488 -0.1 -0.0 .644 .286 .196 .0
1945 30 STL NL 646 425 91 5.7 99 .308 .292 .277 .359 .347 .441 .382 .800 .729 119 .631 14.1 1.4 .763 .253 .149 5.2
1946 31 STL NL 209 148 16 2.9 96 .191 .185 .267 .312 .343 .306 .374 .619 .717 73 .351 -5.8 -0.6 .611 .306 .121 3.8
1947 32 PHI NL 209 141 22 4.1 102 .285 .247 .268 .341 .342 .352 .397 .693 .740 88 .449 -2.1 -0.2 .657 .258 .104 2.0
6 Yrs 2293 1548 277 4.8 94 .288 .266 .267 .346 .337 .400 .372 .747 .709 110 .561 29.9 3.0 .705 .258 .135 19.4
162 Game Avg. 645 435 78 4.8 94 .288 .266 .267 .346 .337 .400 .372 .747 .709 110 .561 8 1 .705 .258 .135 5
PHI (4 yrs) 1419 961 169 4.7 91 .293 .266 .263 .346 .331 .397 .368 .743 .698 112 .555 22.4 2.3 .695 .252 .131 9.7
STL (4 yrs) 874 587 108 4.9 98 .280 .265 .275 .347 .346 .406 .380 .753 .726 107 .571 7.5 0.7 .720 .267 .142 9.7

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
1939 24 STL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1943 28 TOT NL 485 0.8% 14.6% 8.9% 5.4% 24% 1.65 6.0 107.3 11.0 73%
1943 28 STL NL 18 0.0% 22.2% 22.2% 5.6% 100% 1.00 2.8 11.0 39%
1943 28 PHI NL 467 0.9% 14.4% 8.4% 5.4% 23% 1.72 6.2 104.5 11.0 74%
1944 29 PHI NL 682 2.5% 10.9% 10.9% 8.1% 33% 1.00 7.9 34.4 9.1 72%
1945 30 TOT NL 707 3.1% 11.3% 8.8% 7.4% 29% 1.29 7.9 28.8 5.8 75%
1945 30 PHI NL 61 3.3% 8.2% 8.2% 9.8% 46% 1.00 11.2 28.0 7.0 80%
1945 30 STL NL 646 3.1% 11.6% 8.8% 7.1% 27% 1.32 7.7 28.9 5.7 75%
1946 31 STL NL 209 2.4% 12.9% 13.9% 5.3% 34% 0.93 6.4 34.6 7.9 67%
1947 32 PHI NL 209 1.0% 13.9% 12.4% 6.7% 31% 1.12 6.3 91.0 12.1 72%
6 Yrs 2293 2.2% 12.3% 10.2% 6.9% 30% 1.20 7.1 40.1 8.0 73%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.9% 6.1% 26% 1.02 9.8 68.6 8.6 79%

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
1939 24 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1940 25 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1941 26 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1942 27 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1943 28 121 486 430 50 108 15 7 4 39 2 43 71 .251 .319 .347 .666 96 149 8 0 12
1944 29 272 1168 1014 136 273 50 10 21 103 4 117 145 .269 .349 .400 .749 117 406 19 7 29
1945 30 426 1875 1648 240 455 79 11 43 212 7 179 225 .276 .351 .416 .766 117 685 29 10 37
1946 31 507 2084 1821 261 487 85 11 48 234 10 208 252 .267 .347 .405 .752 113 738 32 13 41
1947 32 576 2293 2003 282 532 96 12 50 249 12 234 281 .266 .346 .400 .747 110 802 35 13 42

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
1939 24 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1943 28 124 521 459 60 124 17 8 5 48 2 49 74 .270 .341 .375 .715 59 119
1944 29 157 722 615 97 180 38 3 19 72 2 81 77 .293 .382 .457 .839 105 151
1945 30 161 734 659 106 187 30 1 23 111 3 64 84 .284 .350 .437 .787 99 154
1946 31 85 221 182 23 35 7 0 5 24 3 32 28 .192 .323 .313 .636 18 81
1947 32 72 218 190 22 47 11 1 2 16 2 27 30 .247 .341 .347 .688 23 69
6 Yrs 601 2417 2106 309 573 103 13 54 271 12 253 293 .272 .354 .410 .764 304 576
162 Game Avg. 162 652 568 83 154 28 4 15 73 3 68 79 .272 .354 .410 .764 82 576

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1945 NL (18, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1944 NL  4.9 (8th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1944 NL  4.5 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1945 NL  154 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1944 NL  584 (9th)
1945 NL  634 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1944 NL  682 (5th)
1945 NL  707 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1945 NL  104 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1945 NL  182 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1945 NL  279 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1944 NL  35 (7th)
1945 NL  29 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1944 NL  17 (6th)
1945 NL  22 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1945 NL  109 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1944 NL  74 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1943 NL  71 (5th)
1944 NL  74 (2nd)
1945 NL  80 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
1945 NL  130 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1945 NL  98 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  55 (9th)
1945 NL  52 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1944 NL  246 (9th)
1945 NL  247 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 NL  7 (2nd)
1946 NL  3 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1943 NL  12 (8th)
1944 NL  17 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1944 NL  34.4 (10th)
1945 NL  28.8 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1944 NL  447 (7th)
1945 NL  470 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 27 (862), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1350), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Danny Bautista (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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