Buster Adams
Elvin Clark Adams
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 24, 1915 in Trinidad, CO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1939
Final Game: September 21, 1947
Died: September 1, 1990 in Rancho Mirage, CA
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Standard Batting

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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
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 119 484 429 49 108 15 7 4 39 2 43 71 .252 .320 .347 .667 96 149 8 0 12 *O
1943 28 STL NL 8 18 11 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 .091 .333 .182 .515 48 2 0 0 3 /O
1943 28 PHI NL 111 466 418 48 107 14 7 4 38 2 39 67 .256 .319 .352 .671 97 147 8 0 9 *O
1944 29 PHI NL 151 682 584 86 165 35 3 17 64 2 74 74 .283 .370 .440 .810 130 257 11 7 17 *O
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 *O MVP-18
1945 30 PHI NL 14 61 56 6 13 3 1 2 8 0 5 5 .232 .295 .429 .724 102 24 2 0 0 O
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 *O
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 O
1947 32 PHI NL 69 209 182 21 45 11 1 2 15 2 26 29 .247 .341 .352 .693 87 64 3 0 1 O
6 Seasons 576 2292 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 1418 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

Advanced Batting

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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 .287 .000 .354 .000 .411 .000 .765 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1943 28 TOT NL 484 341 48 3.8 86 .294 .252 .260 .320 .328 .347 .353 .667 .681 96 .482 -2.8 -0.3 .590 .200 .096 2.7
1943 28 STL NL 18 13 1 2.1 93 .143 .091 .271 .333 .340 .182 .367 .515 .707 48 .236 -0.5 -0.1 .600 .455 .091
1943 28 PHI NL 466 328 47 3.9 86 .297 .256 .260 .319 .328 .352 .353 .671 .681 97 .491 -2.3 -0.2 .589 .194 .096 2.7
1944 29 PHI NL 682 447 93 5.6 92 .300 .283 .264 .370 .331 .440 .371 .810 .703 130 .628 25.6 2.6 .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 .619 13.9 1.4 .751 .256 .153 5.3
1945 30 PHI NL 61 45 7 4.2 94 .224 .232 .270 .295 .339 .429 .372 .724 .711 102 .488 -0.2 -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 .630 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 .269 .341 .344 .352 .399 .693 .743 87 .449 -2.3 -0.2 .657 .258 .104 2.0
6 Seasons 2292 1548 277 4.8 94 .288 .266 .268 .346 .337 .400 .373 .747 .711 110 .561 28.3 2.9 .705 .258 .135 19.4
162 Game Avg. 645 435 78 4.8 94 .288 .266 .268 .346 .337 .400 .373 .747 .711 110 .561 8 1 .705 .258 .135 5
PHI (4 yrs) 1418 961 169 4.7 91 .293 .266 .264 .346 .332 .397 .369 .743 .701 112 .555 20.8 2.1 .695 .252 .131 9.7
STL (4 yrs) 874 587 108 4.9 98 .280 .265 .274 .347 .346 .406 .380 .753 .726 107 .571 7.5 0.7 .720 .267 .142 9.7

Cumulative Batting

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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 28 121 485 430 50 108 15 7 4 39 2 43 71 .251 .319 .347 .666 95 149 8 0 12
1944 29 272 1167 1014 136 273 50 10 21 103 4 117 145 .269 .349 .400 .749 116 406 19 7 29
1945 30 426 1874 1648 240 455 79 11 43 212 7 179 225 .276 .351 .416 .766 117 685 29 10 37
1946 31 507 2083 1821 261 487 85 11 48 234 10 208 252 .267 .347 .405 .752 112 738 32 13 41
1947 32 576 2292 2003 282 532 96 12 50 249 12 234 281 .266 .346 .400 .747 110 802 35 13 42

Neutralized Batting

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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 28 124 507 458 59 123 17 8 5 47 2 49 74 .269 .339 .373 .713 57 119
1944 29 157 702 614 96 179 38 3 18 71 2 80 77 .292 .380 .451 .831 104 151
1945 30 161 726 659 106 187 30 1 23 111 3 64 84 .284 .350 .437 .787 99 154
1946 31 85 217 182 23 35 7 0 5 24 3 32 28 .192 .323 .313 .636 18 81
1947 32 72 217 190 22 47 11 1 2 16 2 27 30 .247 .341 .347 .688 23 69
6 Seasons 601 2370 2104 307 571 103 13 53 269 12 252 293 .271 .353 .408 .761 301 576
162 Game Avg. 162 639 567 83 154 28 4 14 73 3 68 79 .271 .353 .408 .761 81 576

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 (1148th)

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--6th
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 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1309), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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