Glenn Adams

Glenn Charles Adams

Positions: Designated Hitter, Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 4, 1947 in Northbridge, MA
School: Springfield College (Springfield, MA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1975
Teams (by GP): Twins/Giants/BlueJays 1975-1982

Final Game: October 3, 1982
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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
1968	20	HOU-min	A	129	451	451		132	23	4	3						.293	.293	.381	.674		172							GBO · CARL
1969	21	HOU-min	A,AA	107	401	368	45	96	11	1	5	35	10	3	33	42	.261	.322	.337	.659		124							PNS,SAV · CARL,SOUL
1970	22	HOU-min	AA	83	234	234		69	10	2	2						.295	.295	.380	.675		89							CBS · SOUL
1971	23	HOU-min	AAA,AA	83	258	242	27	81	16	0	2	29	2	2	13	20	.335	.374	.426	.799		103		2	1	0			OKC,CBS · AA,SOUL
1973	25	SFG-min	AA	110	453	415	59	129	32	2	3	52	4	2	26	45	.311	.360	.419	.779		174		7	3	2			AMA · TL
1974	26	SFG-min	AAA	127	497	432	79	152	26	1	13	105	15	5	52	45	.352	.420	.507	.927		219		4	2	7			PHX · PCL
1975	27	SFG-min	AAA	19	77	67	9	20	4	1	1	8	1	0	9	7	.299	.390	.433	.822		29		1	0	0			PHX · PCL
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	55	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	332	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	362	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	243	220	13	46	10	0	2	24	0	1	20	26	.209	.273	.282	.555	57	62	10	0	0	2	4	D
1982	34	TOR-min	AAA	101	406	348	52	115	21	0	11	51	0	1	52	41	.330	.416	.486	.902		169		2	0	4	4		SYR · IL
1982	34	TOR	AL	30	73	66	2	17	4	0	1	11	0	0	4	5	.258	.288	.364	.651	72	24	3	0	0	3	0	D
8 Yrs				661	1765	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	433	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	1514	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	100	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	72	24	3	0	0	3	0

AL (6 yrs)				531	1587	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	100	65	5	1	0	1	0

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
1975	27	SFG	NL	61	103	3	0	-0	-1	-1	1	0.1	3	4	0.4	.502	.501	0.5	-0.2	5	$	7/9
1976	28	SFG	NL	69	75	-3	0	-0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.493	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	/79
1977	29	MIN	AL	95	290	14	-1	-1	-3	-7	3	0.4	9	12	1.2	.503	.502	1.6	-0.9	15	$	D97
1978	30	MIN	AL	116	332	-3	-1	-0	0	-10	-14	-1.5	11	-3	-0.5	.487	.490	-0.5	-1.0	-4	$	D/97
1979	31	MIN	AL	119	362	1	-0	1	-7	-8	-13	-1.2	12	-2	-0.1	.489	.492	0.6	-1.4	5	$	D7/9
1980	32	MIN	AL	99	287	-2	0	-1	-2	-9	-14	-1.3	9	-5	-0.5	.486	.491	-0.3	-1.0	-3	$	D7
1981	33	MIN	AL	72	243	-14	-1	-1	0	-6	-22	-2.5	7	-15	-1.8	.465	.484	-1.7	-0.7	-15	$	D
1982	34	TOR	AL	30	73	-4	-1	-0	0	-3	-8	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.473	.495	-0.6	-0.3	-5	$	D
8 Seasons				661	1765	-7	-3	-3	-13	-44	-71	-7.2	55	-16	-2.1	.488	.494	-0.6	-5.5	-2	$

MIN (5 yrs)				501	1514	-4	-3	-3	-11	-40	-61	-6.1	48	-13	-1.7	.487	.492	-0.3	-4.9	-1	$
SFG (2 yrs)				130	178	0	1	-0	-2	-2	-3	-0.3	5	2	0.2	.497	.499	0.3	-0.3	4	$
TOR (1 yr)				30	73	-4	-1	-0	0	-3	-8	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.473	.495	-0.6	-0.3	-5	$

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
1975	27	SFG	NL	103	65	17	7.0	99	.371	.300	.270	.379	.342	.478	.390	.856	.732	133	.710	4.0	0.4	.875	.311	.178	1.6
1976	28	SFG	NL	75	60	5	2.2	93	.290	.243	.265	.253	.332	.297	.378	.551	.709	55	.251	-4.6	-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	332	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	362	240	50	5.6	105	.303	.301	.274	.350	.340	.420	.416	.770	.755	104	.575	2.1	0.2	.708	.196	.120	3.2
1980	32	MIN	AL	287	212	31	3.9	104	.295	.286	.277	.320	.341	.412	.411	.732	.752	94	.430	-2.8	-0.3	.599	.176	.126	3.0
1981	33	MIN	AL	243	187	15	2.2	94	.227	.209	.263	.273	.328	.282	.382	.555	.711	57	.236	-12.5	-1.3	.438	.159	.073	.0
1982	34	TOR	AL	73	55	7	3.4	106	.254	.258	.274	.288	.340	.364	.418	.651	.758	72	.368	-2.4	-0.2	.538	.167	.106	.0
8 Yrs				1765	1250	204	4.4	100	.295	.280	.269	.324	.334	.398	.400	.721	.734	96	.491	-9.4	-1.1	.617	.184	.118	10.2
162 Game Avg.				433	306	50	4.4	100	.295	.280	.269	.324	.334	.398	.400	.721	.734	96	.491	-9.4	-1.1	.617	.184	.118	2

MIN (5 yrs)				1514	1070	175	4.4	100	.293	.281	.269	.325	.334	.399	.401	.725	.734	97	.489	-6.4	-0.7	.618	.182	.118	7.0
SFG (2 yrs)				178	125	22	4.7	97	.331	.274	.268	.326	.337	.396	.384	.722	.722	100	.553	-0.6	-0.1	.645	.207	.122	2.7
TOR (1 yr)				73	55	7	3.4	106	.254	.258	.274	.288	.340	.364	.418	.651	.758	72	.369	-2.4	-0.2	.538	.167	.106	.0

AL (6 yrs)				1587	1125	182	4.3	100	.291	.280	.269	.324	.334	.398	.402	.721	.736	96	.483	-8.8	-1.0	.614	.182	.118	7.1
NL (2 yrs)				178	125	22	4.7	97	.331	.274	.268	.326	.337	.396	.384	.722	.722	100	.553	-0.6	-0.1	.645	.207	.122	2.7

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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	332	2.1%	9.6%	5.1%	7.8%	33%	1.88	9.7	44.3	8.9	1.26	82%
1979	31	MIN	AL	362	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	243	0.8%	10.7%	8.2%	4.9%	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 Yrs				1765	1.9%	10.4%	6.3%	6.7%	26%	1.65	8.8	47.6	7.2	1.16	80%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.8%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.51	7.0	46.3	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1975	27	SFG	NL	4.0	0.4	105	0.9	3.1	-2.2	1.34	0.4	0.3	3.3	0.3	1.02	4.2	1.71	33
1976	28	SFG	NL	-4.7	-0.5	77	-0.3	1.6	-1.9	1.32	-0.4	0.2	-4.8	-0.5	1.02	-3.1	1.42	59
1977	29	MIN	AL	11.7	1.1	297	0.6	5.8	-5.2	1.04	1.1	-0.5	17.6	1.7	0.99	12.7	1.72	11
1978	30	MIN	AL	-5.0	-0.5	338	0.3	6.5	-6.2	1.07	-0.4	0.7	-7.4	-0.8	0.99	-4.8	1.66	23
1979	31	MIN	AL	2.1	0.2	372	1.2	7.8	-6.6	1.07	0.7	0.5	8.0	0.8	1.01	7.8	1.76	21
1980	32	MIN	AL	-3.1	-0.3	298	0.2	5.9	-5.7	1.07	0.5	-0.3	2.3	0.2	0.98	5.2	1.90	16
1981	33	MIN	AL	-12.7	-1.3	248	-2.0	3.4	-5.4	1.09	-1.3	-0.5	-15.1	-1.6	0.98	-16.1	1.80	13
1982	34	TOR	AL	-2.5	-0.2	73	-0.5	1.0	-1.5	1.11	-0.2	-0.3	-1.0	-0.1	0.93	-1.9	3.49	9
8 Yrs				-10.1	-1.1	1808	0.4	35.1	-34.7	1.10	0.2	0.1	2.9	0.1	0.99	4.0	1.73	185

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1975	27	SFG	NL	0	0	17%	30	1	0	100%	0	0	1	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	1	0	14%	5	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
8 Yrs				24	5	22%	622	6	10	38%	4	9	2	1	7	4	29	47	36%	87	58	20	18	10	7	42	14	26

Situational Hitting*

						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	1.71	4	0	4	4	0	0	4	0	0	0		25	1	4%	9	1	11%	77	11	14%	11	5	45%	6	3	50%	0
1976	28	SFG	NL	75	96%	18			59	13	0	3	1.42	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	4	22%	6	1	17%	56	6	11%	2	1	50%	4	2	50%	0
1977	29	MIN	AL	290	98%	91			11	6	0	3	1.72	6	1	8	6	0	4	2	0	0	0		41	5	12%	23	6	26%	210	46	22%	25	11	44%	12	6	50%	0
1978	30	MIN	AL	332	100%	80			23	8	1	4	1.66	7	0	5	7	0	3	4	0	2	2	100%	67	10	15%	27	9	33%	221	30	14%	14	7	50%	13	10	77%	0
1979	31	MIN	AL	362	97%	98			21	2	0	1	1.76	8	0	9	8	0	6	2	0	1	1	100%	72	3	4%	35	12	34%	266	45	17%	27	19	70%	20	11	55%	0
1980	32	MIN	AL	287	99%	75			16	2	0	3	1.90	6	0	9	6	0	3	3	0	6	6	100%	65	11	17%	36	14	39%	188	33	18%	19	9	47%	14	10	71%	0
1981	33	MIN	AL	243	89%	46			13	6	0	4	1.80	2	0	8	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		45	10	22%	23	7	30%	167	24	14%	20	9	45%	5	2	40%	0
1982	34	TOR	AL	73	99%	17			9	2	0	3	3.49	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		15	3	20%	6	4	67%	50	10	20%	4	4	100%	4	2	50%	0
8 Yrs				1765	96%	452			185	51	2	27	1.73	34	1	47	34	0	17	17	0	9	9	100%	348	47	14%	165	54	33%	1235	205	17%	122	65	53%	78	46	59%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			50%			54%

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
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	100	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	800	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	1162	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	1449	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	1692	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	1765	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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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
1975	27	61	104	91	11	28	2	1	4	16	1	11	25	.308	.385	.484	.868	17	61
1976	28	69	76	75	2	19	4	0	0	3	1	1	12	.253	.263	.307	.570	6	69
1977	29	95	294	272	33	94	18	0	6	51	0	19	30	.346	.384	.478	.862	50	95
1978	30	116	334	314	29	84	19	1	7	38	0	18	32	.268	.307	.401	.709	39	116
1979	31	120	361	326	33	97	13	1	8	49	2	25	27	.298	.347	.417	.764	47	119
1980	32	99	286	261	31	74	11	2	6	37	2	15	26	.284	.318	.410	.728	34	99
1981	33	109	372	337	22	74	16	0	3	40	0	32	39	.220	.285	.294	.579	29	72
1982	34	30	73	66	2	17	4	0	1	11	0	4	5	.258	.288	.364	.651	7	30
8 Yrs		699	1900	1742	163	487	87	5	35	245	6	125	196	.280	.326	.396	.721	229	661
162 Game Avg.		162	440	404	38	113	20	1	8	57	1	29	45	.280	.326	.396	.721	53	661

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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