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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1943	TOT	NL	28	CF	113	109	106		320	309	6	5	1	.984		2.79	.978		2.75
1943	TOT	NL	28	OF	113	109	106		320	309	6	5	1	.984		2.79	.977		2.41
1943	STL	NL	28	CF	6	5	3		11	11	0	0	0	1.000		1.83	.978		2.75
1943	STL	NL	28	OF	6	5	3		11	11	0	0	0	1.000		1.83	.977		2.42
1943	PHI	NL	28	CF	107	104	103		309	298	6	5	1	.984		2.84	.978		2.75
1943	PHI	NL	28	OF	107	104	103		309	298	6	5	1	.984		2.84	.977		2.41
1944	PHI	NL	29	OF	151	150	149		473	449	14	10	1	.979		3.07	.980		2.47
1944	PHI	NL	29	CF	150	150	149		475	451	14	10	1	.979		3.10	.985		2.96
1944	PHI	NL	29	RF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.10
1945	TOT	NL	30	OF	154	152	152		426	408	9	9	3	.979		2.71	.978		2.45	MVP-18
1945	TOT	NL	30	LF	27	27	27		57	52	2	3	1	.947		2.00	.970		2.34	MVP-18
1945	PHI	NL	30	OF	14	13	13		26	26	0	0	0	1.000		1.86	.978		2.45
1945	PHI	NL	30	LF	13	13	13		26	26	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.970		2.34
1945	STL	NL	30	OF	140	139	139		400	382	9	9	3	.978		2.79	.978		2.45
1945	STL	NL	30	CF	126	125	125		369	356	7	6	2	.984		2.88	.983		2.87	MVP-18
1945	STL	NL	30	LF	14	14	14		31	26	2	3	1	.903		2.00	.970		2.34
1946	STL	NL	31	OF	58	42	35		97	95	1	1	1	.990		1.66	.977		2.38
1946	STL	NL	31	CF	32	25	19		58	57	1	0	1	1.000		1.81	.979		2.85
1946	STL	NL	31	LF	26	17	16		39	38	0	1	0	.974		1.46	.975		2.26
1947	PHI	NL	32	OF	51	45	38		87	78	5	4	2	.954		1.63	.977		2.42
1947	PHI	NL	32	RF	44	40	33		75	67	4	4	1	.947		1.61	.978		2.14
1947	PHI	NL	32	LF	6	5	5		12	11	1	0	1	1.000		2.00	.976		2.32
1947	PHI	NL	32	CF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.80
	5 Seasons			OF	527	498	480		1403	1339	35	29	8	.979		2.61	.978		2.44
	5 Seasons			CF	422	409	399		1222	1173	28	21	5	.983		2.85	.982		2.87
	3 Seasons			LF	59	49	48		108	101	3	4	2	.963		1.76	.972		2.30
	2 Seasons			RF	45	40	33		75	67	4	4	1	.947		1.58	.978		2.14
	6 Seasons			TOT	527	498	480		1403	1339	35	29	8	.979		2.61	.978		2.44
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1939	STL	NL	24	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1943	PHI	NL	28	111	104	111	107	0	107	0	107	3	1
1943	STL	NL	28	8	5	8	6	0	6	0	6	0	2
1944	PHI	NL	29	151	150	151	151	0	150	1	151	0	0
1945	STL	NL	30	140	139	140	140	14	126	0	140	0	0
1945	PHI	NL	30	14	13	14	13	13	0	0	13	1	0
1946	STL	NL	31	81	42	81	58	26	32	0	58	23	0
1947	PHI	NL	32	69	45	69	50	6	1	44	50	19	0
	6 Seasons			576	498	576	525	59	422	45	525	47	4

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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)	Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 NL 113 (5th) 1944 NL 150 (2nd) 1945 NL 126 (5th)	Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 NL 309 (5th) 1944 NL 451 (1st) 1945 NL 356 (5th)	Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1944 NL 14 (2nd) 1945 NL 7 (5th)
Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1944 NL 10 (1st) 1945 NL 6 (4th)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1944 NL 151 (3rd) 1945 NL 154 (1st)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1944 NL 449 (1st) 1945 NL 408 (3rd)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1944 NL 10 (3rd) 1945 NL 9 (4th)
Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 NL 2.79 (5th) 1944 NL 3.10 (1st) 1945 NL 2.88 (5th)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 NL .984 (3rd) 1945 NL .984 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1943 NL 2.79 (5th) 1944 NL 3.07 (1st) Career 2.61 (39th)

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