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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1943 TOT NL 28 OF 113 320 309 6 5 1 .984 2.79 .977 2.27 1-113-0
1943 STL NL 28 OF 6 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 .973 2.27 0-6-0
1943 PHI NL 28 OF 107 309 298 6 5 1 .984 2.84 .977 2.27 1-107-0
1944 PHI NL 29 OF 151 473 449 14 10 1 .979 3.07 .980 2.31 0-151-0
1945 TOT NL 30 OF 154 426 408 9 9 3 .979 2.71 .978 2.33 27-126-0 MVP-18
1945 PHI NL 30 OF 14 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 .977 2.33 13-0-0
1945 STL NL 30 OF 140 400 382 9 9 3 .978 2.79 .978 2.33 14-126-0
1946 STL NL 31 OF 58 97 95 1 1 1 .990 1.66 .976 2.16 24-35-0
1947 PHI NL 32 OF 51 87 78 5 4 2 .954 1.63 .977 2.19 6-1-44
5 Seasons OF 527 1403 1339 35 29 8 .979 2.61 .978 2.28 58-426-44
6 Seasons TOT 527 1403 1339 35 29 8 .979 2.61 .958 2.28 58-426-44

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 (1157th)

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

Similarity Scores

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  1. Gene Hermanski (971)
  2. Melky Cabrera (965)
  3. Junior Felix (965)
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  5. Joe Marty (965)
  6. Bud Stewart (963)
  7. Lou Johnson (963)
  8. Bobby Kielty (961)
  9. B.J. Upton (960)
  10. Johnny Rizzo (956)
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  1. Cal Abrams (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Hank Edwards (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Danny Bautista (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Rivera (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 1, 1943: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Dain Clay and Coaker Triplett to the Philadelphia Blue Jays for Danny Litwhiler and Earl Naylor.

May 8, 1945: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Antonelli and Glenn Crawford.

March 21, 1947: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals.

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