Glenn Adams
Glenn Charles Adams
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 4, 1947 in Northbridge, MA
School: Springfield College
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1975
Final Game: October 3, 1982
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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
1975 27 SFG NL 61 103 90 10 27 2 1 4 15 1 0 11 25 .300 .379 .478 .856 133 43 1 1 0 1 0 7/9
1976 28 SFG NL 69 75 74 2 18 4 0 0 3 1 0 1 12 .243 .253 .297 .551 54 22 4 0 0 0 0 /79
1977 29 MIN AL 95 290 269 32 91 17 0 6 49 0 2 18 30 .338 .376 .468 .844 130 126 5 0 0 3 3 D97
1978 30 MIN AL 116 329 310 27 80 18 1 7 35 0 1 17 32 .258 .297 .390 .687 91 121 10 0 2 0 0 D/97
1979 31 MIN AL 119 361 326 34 98 13 1 8 50 2 2 25 27 .301 .350 .420 .770 104 137 3 3 1 6 0 D7/9
1980 32 MIN AL 99 287 262 32 75 11 2 6 38 2 4 15 26 .286 .320 .412 .732 94 108 11 0 6 4 1 D7
1981 33 MIN AL 72 242 220 13 46 10 0 2 24 0 1 20 26 .209 .273 .282 .555 56 62 10 0 0 2 4 D
1982 34 TOR AL 30 73 66 2 17 4 0 1 11 0 0 4 5 .258 .288 .364 .651 71 24 3 0 0 3 0 D
8 Seasons 661 1760 1617 152 452 79 5 34 225 6 10 111 183 .280 .324 .398 .721 96 643 47 4 9 19 8
162 Game Avg. 162 431 396 37 111 19 1 8 55 1 2 27 45 .280 .324 .398 .721 96 158 12 1 2 5 2
MIN (5 yrs) 501 1509 1387 138 390 69 4 29 196 4 10 95 141 .281 .325 .399 .725 97 554 39 3 9 15 8
SFG (2 yrs) 130 178 164 12 45 6 1 4 18 2 0 12 37 .274 .326 .396 .722 99 65 5 1 0 1 0
TOR (1 yr) 30 73 66 2 17 4 0 1 11 0 0 4 5 .258 .288 .364 .651 71 24 3 0 0 3 0
AL (6 yrs) 531 1582 1453 140 407 73 4 30 207 4 10 99 146 .280 .324 .398 .721 96 578 42 3 9 18 8
NL (2 yrs) 130 178 164 12 45 6 1 4 18 2 0 12 37 .274 .326 .396 .722 99 65 5 1 0 1 0

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
1975 27 SFG NL 103 65 17 7.0 99 .371 .300 .270 .379 .341 .478 .390 .856 .731 133 .710 4.0 0.4 .875 .311 .178 1.6
1976 28 SFG NL 75 60 5 2.2 94 .290 .243 .266 .253 .333 .297 .379 .551 .712 54 .249 -4.7 -0.5 .400 .081 .054 .0
1977 29 MIN AL 290 188 46 6.6 99 .360 .338 .265 .376 .329 .468 .403 .844 .732 130 .653 11.7 1.1 .768 .190 .130 .0
1978 30 MIN AL 329 243 33 3.6 95 .269 .258 .263 .297 .329 .390 .388 .687 .717 91 .421 -5.0 -0.5 .568 .184 .132 .0
1979 31 MIN AL 361 240 50 5.6 105 .303 .301 .274 .350 .340 .420 .416 .770 .755 104 .574 2.1 0.2 .708 .196 .120 3.2
1980 32 MIN AL 287 212 31 3.9 105 .295 .286 .278 .320 .342 .412 .413 .732 .755 94 .430 -3.2 -0.3 .599 .176 .126 3.0
1981 33 MIN AL 242 187 15 2.2 94 .227 .209 .264 .273 .330 .282 .384 .555 .713 56 .236 -12.7 -1.3 .438 .159 .073 .0
1982 34 TOR AL 73 55 7 3.4 107 .254 .258 .275 .288 .341 .364 .420 .651 .760 71 .368 -2.5 -0.2 .538 .167 .106 .0
8 Seasons 1760 1250 204 4.4 100 .295 .280 .269 .324 .335 .398 .401 .721 .735 96 .491 -10.2 -1.1 .617 .184 .118 10.2
162 Game Avg. 431 306 50 4.4 100 .295 .280 .269 .324 .335 .398 .401 .721 .735 96 .491 -10.2 -1.1 .617 .184 .118 2
MIN (5 yrs) 1509 1070 175 4.4 100 .293 .281 .269 .325 .334 .399 .401 .725 .735 97 .489 -7.0 -0.8 .618 .182 .118 7.0
SFG (2 yrs) 178 125 22 4.7 97 .331 .274 .268 .326 .338 .396 .385 .722 .723 99 .553 -0.7 -0.1 .645 .207 .122 2.7
TOR (1 yr) 73 55 7 3.4 107 .254 .258 .275 .288 .341 .364 .420 .651 .760 71 .369 -2.5 -0.2 .538 .167 .106 .0
AL (6 yrs) 1582 1125 182 4.3 100 .291 .280 .269 .324 .334 .398 .402 .721 .737 96 .483 -9.5 -1.0 .614 .182 .118 7.1
NL (2 yrs) 178 125 22 4.7 97 .331 .274 .268 .326 .338 .396 .385 .722 .723 99 .553 -0.7 -0.1 .645 .207 .122 2.7

Ratio Batting*

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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
1975 27 SFG NL 103 3.9% 24.3% 10.7% 6.8% 26% 2.27 3.6 22.5 6.0 0.64 60%
1976 28 SFG NL 75 0.0% 16.0% 1.3% 5.3% 22% 12.00 6.2 24.7 1.71 83%
1977 29 MIN AL 290 2.1% 10.3% 6.2% 7.9% 25% 1.67 9.0 44.8 5.5 1.21 81%
1978 30 MIN AL 329 2.1% 9.7% 5.2% 7.9% 33% 1.88 9.7 44.3 8.9 1.26 82%
1979 31 MIN AL 361 2.2% 7.5% 6.9% 6.1% 22% 1.08 12.1 40.8 6.5 0.83 82%
1980 32 MIN AL 287 2.1% 9.1% 5.2% 6.6% 25% 1.73 10.1 43.7 6.9 1.29 82%
1981 33 MIN AL 242 0.8% 10.7% 8.3% 5.0% 26% 1.30 8.5 110.0 9.2 1.47 80%
1982 34 TOR AL 73 1.4% 6.9% 5.5% 6.9% 29% 1.25 13.2 66.0 6.0 1.17 86%
8 Seasons 1760 1.9% 10.4% 6.3% 6.7% 26% 1.65 8.8 47.6 7.2 1.16 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1975 27 SFG NL 0 0 17% 30 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 8 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
1976 28 SFG NL 2 0 11% 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1977 29 MIN AL 8 0 25% 123 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 12 33% 17 13 2 5 3 1 11 3 8
1978 30 MIN AL 5 3 22% 106 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 9 48% 9 4 4 0 0 0 12 5 6
1979 31 MIN AL 3 1 22% 141 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 9 36% 20 12 5 4 2 2 9 3 5
1980 32 MIN AL 4 0 31% 106 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 10 41% 15 10 5 1 1 0 6 2 4
1981 33 MIN AL 2 1 17% 73 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 4 29% 10 8 1 5 2 3 2 1 1
1982 34 TOR AL 0 0 5% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14% 5 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 24 5 22% 622 6 10 38% 4 9 2 1 0 0 7 4 29 47 36% 87 58 20 18 10 7 42 14 26
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1975 27 SFG NL 103 74% 27 33 12 1 6 1.74 4 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 25 1 4% 9 1 11% 77 11 14% 11 5 45% 4 1 25% 0
1976 28 SFG NL 75 96% 18 59 13 0 3 1.51 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4 22% 6 1 17% 56 6 11% 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 0
1977 29 MIN AL 290 98% 91 7 2 0 1 1.77 6 1 8 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 41 5 12% 23 6 26% 210 46 22% 25 11 44% 34 17 50% 0
1978 30 MIN AL 332 100% 80 13 4 0 1 1.70 7 0 5 7 0 3 4 0 2 2 100% 67 10 15% 27 9 33% 221 30 14% 14 7 50% 25 17 68% 0
1979 31 MIN AL 362 97% 98 14 2 0 1 1.77 8 0 9 8 0 6 2 0 1 1 100% 72 3 4% 35 12 34% 266 45 17% 27 19 70% 28 16 57% 0
1980 32 MIN AL 287 99% 75 7 1 0 1 1.94 6 0 9 6 0 3 3 0 6 6 100% 65 11 17% 36 14 39% 188 33 18% 19 9 47% 15 7 47% 0
1981 33 MIN AL 243 89% 46 8 5 0 3 1.85 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 45 10 22% 23 7 30% 167 24 14% 20 9 45% 9 3 33% 0
1982 34 TOR AL 73 99% 17 2 0 0 0 3.50 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 3 20% 6 4 67% 50 10 20% 4 4 100% 3 2 67% 0
8 Seasons 1765 96% 452 143 39 1 16 1.69 34 1 47 34 0 17 17 0 9 9 100% 348 47 14% 165 54 33% 1235 205 17% 122 65 53% 121 64 53% 0
MLB Averages

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
1975 27 61 103 90 10 27 2 1 4 15 1 0 11 25 .300 .379 .478 .856 133 43 1 1 0 1 0
1976 28 130 178 164 12 45 6 1 4 18 2 0 12 37 .274 .326 .396 .722 99 65 5 1 0 1 0
1977 29 225 468 433 44 136 23 1 10 67 2 2 30 67 .314 .357 .441 .798 119 191 10 1 0 4 3
1978 30 341 797 743 71 216 41 2 17 102 2 3 47 99 .291 .332 .420 .752 107 312 20 1 2 4 3
1979 31 460 1158 1069 105 314 54 3 25 152 4 5 72 126 .294 .338 .420 .758 106 449 23 4 3 10 3
1980 32 559 1445 1331 137 389 65 5 31 190 6 9 87 152 .292 .334 .418 .753 104 557 34 4 9 14 4
1981 33 631 1687 1551 150 435 75 5 33 214 6 10 107 178 .280 .325 .399 .724 97 619 44 4 9 16 8
1982 34 661 1760 1617 152 452 79 5 34 225 6 10 111 183 .280 .324 .398 .721 96 643 47 4 9 19 8

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
1975 27 61 106 92 10 29 2 1 4 16 1 12 25 .315 .396 .489 .885 18 61
1976 28 69 74 73 2 17 4 0 0 3 1 1 12 .233 .243 .288 .531 5 69
1977 29 95 291 270 34 92 17 0 6 52 0 18 30 .341 .378 .470 .848 49 95
1978 30 116 327 310 29 80 18 1 7 38 0 17 32 .258 .297 .390 .687 36 116
1979 31 120 364 329 34 100 13 1 8 49 2 26 27 .304 .354 .422 .777 49 119
1980 32 99 273 255 31 68 10 2 5 37 2 14 26 .267 .300 .380 .681 30 99
1981 33 109 366 333 22 70 15 0 3 40 0 30 39 .210 .273 .282 .556 26 72
1982 34 30 71 64 2 15 4 0 1 10 0 4 5 .234 .268 .344 .611 6 30
8 Seasons 699 1872 1726 164 471 83 5 34 245 6 122 196 .273 .319 .386 .705 219 661
162 Game Avg. 162 434 400 38 109 19 1 8 57 1 28 45 .273 .319 .386 .705 51 661

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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