Herb Adams

Herbert Loren Adams

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 14, 1928 in Hollywood, CA
High School: Oak Park HS (Oak Park, IL)
School: Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1948
Team: WhiteSox 1948-1950

Final Game: August 30, 1950
Died: February 1, 2012 in Tulsa, OK
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Tulsa, OK
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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
1947	19	CHW-min	D	54	210	210		85	14	0	0						.405	.405	.471	.876		99							MSV · KITL
1948	20	CHW-min	C	133	594	594		223	28	10	3						.375	.375	.471	.847		280							HSP · CSTL
1948	20	CHW	AL	5	13	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.273	.333	.364	.697	88	4	0	0	1			/O89
1949	21	CHW-min	AA	18	73	73		23	2	0	0						.315	.315	.342	.658		25							MEM · SOUA
1949	21	CHW	AL	56	218	208	26	61	5	3	0	16	1	2	9	16	.293	.323	.346	.669	80	72	3	0	1			O87/9
1950	22	OAK-min	AAA	76	334	289	38	78	7	5	1	30	3		41	12	.270	.361	.339	.700		98		0	4				BFL · IL
1950	22	CHW	AL	34	133	118	12	24	2	3	0	2	3	0	12	7	.203	.288	.271	.559	46	32	2	2	1			8O
1953	25	CHC-CLE-min	AAA	136	576	538	59	155	12	12	0	37	4		36	20	.288	.333	.355	.688		191		0	2				SPF,INA · IL,AA
1954	26	STL-CHC-min	AAA,Opn	120	457	421	56	125	9	3	0	28	10		27	23	.297	.338	.333	.671		140	8	1	5	3			CLB,LOS · AA,PCL
1955	27	STL-min	AA,AAA	125	514	464	63	136	14	3	0	38	5	4	40	18	.293	.349	.336	.685		156	2	0	9	1			HSN,OMA · TL,AA
1956	28	STL-min	AA	134	616	561	84	187	11	6	0	38	8	12	46	17	.333	.383	.374	.757		210		0	7	2			HSN · TL
1957	29	STL-min	AA	136	603	553	67	148	18	4	0	46	5	7	43	13	.268	.322	.315	.637		174		2	4	1			HSN · TL
1958	30	STL-min	AA	128	473	443	75	141	14	4	1	25	1	3	29	10	.318	.360	.375	.735		166		0	1	0			HSN · TL
1959	31	CLE-min	AA	18	56	53	5	10	1	0	0	1	0		3	2	.189	.232	.208	.440		11		0	0	0	0		MOB · SOUA
3 Yrs				95	364	337	39	88	8	6	0	18	4	2	22	24	.261	.310	.320	.631	68	108	5	2	3
162 Game Avg.				162	621	575	67	150	14	10	0	31	7	3	38	41	.261	.310	.320	.631	68	184	9	3	5

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
1948	20	CHW	AL	5	13	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/O89
1949	21	CHW	AL	56	218	-6	0	1	0	-1	-6	-0.6	6	-1	-0.1	.489	.496	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	O87/9
1950	22	CHW	AL	34	133	-9	-0	1	2	-0	-7	-0.6	4	-3	-0.3	.481	.496	-0.5	0.2	-5	$	8O
3 Seasons				95	364	-16	-0	2	2	-1	-13	-1.3	9	-4	-0.4	.486	.497	-0.6	0.1	-6	$

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
1948	20	CHW	AL	13	9	1	3.0	102	.300	.273	.268	.333	.353	.364	.388	.697	.740	88	.308	-0.2	-0.0	.625	.182	.091
1949	21	CHW	AL	218	153	23	4.0	103	.318	.293	.266	.323	.357	.346	.386	.669	.743	80	.438	-7.1	-0.7	.526	.091	.053	.0
1950	22	CHW	AL	133	97	9	2.5	111	.216	.203	.275	.288	.361	.271	.412	.559	.773	46	.217	-10.0	-1.0	.510	.195	.068	.0
3 Yrs				364	259	33	3.4	106	.281	.261	.269	.310	.358	.320	.395	.631	.754	68	.353	-17.3	-1.7	.523	.131	.059	.0
162 Game Avg.				621	442	56	3.4	106	.281	.261	.269	.310	.358	.320	.395	.631	.754	68	.353	-17.3	-1.7	.523	.131	.059

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	20	CHW	AL	13	0.0%	7.7%	7.7%	7.7%	33%	1.00	11.0				77%
1949	21	CHW	AL	218	0.0%	7.3%	4.1%	3.7%	13%	1.78	13.0		13.0	2.60	88%
1950	22	CHW	AL	133	0.0%	5.3%	9.0%	3.8%	21%	0.58	16.9		59.0	1.93	83%
3 Yrs				364	0.0%	6.6%	6.0%	3.9%	16%	1.09	14.0		18.7	2.21	86%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.5%	10.3%	6.5%	28%	0.93	9.2	47.6	7.8	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	20	CHW	AL	-0.2	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0		0
1949	21	CHW	AL	-7.1	-0.7	119	-0.4	1.9	-2.3	1.10	-0.5	0.1	-6.5	-0.7	0.98	-6.5	0.68	5
1950	22	CHW	AL	-10.0	-1.0	130	-0.7	1.8	-2.5	1.07	-0.5	-0.2	-10.1	-1.0	0.96	-7.8	0.63	1
3 Yrs				-17.3	-1.7	249	-1.2	3.6	-4.8	1.09	-1.0	-0.1	-16.6	-1.6	0.97	-14.3	0.67	6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	SB3	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	20	CHW	AL	0	25%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	21	CHW	AL	3	37%	63	1	2	33%	0	0	1	0	5	2	33%	12	7	3	3	1	2	3	2	1
1950	22	CHW	AL	5	32%	57	3	0	100%	2	1	0	1	3	0	50%	12	7	5	2	1	1	2	0	2
3 Yrs				8	35%	120	4	2	67%	2	1	1	1	8	2	41%	24	14	8	5	2	3	5	2	3

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
1948	20	CHW	AL	13		3			0	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1949	21	CHW	AL	218	84%	61			5	1	0	0	0.68	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		16	3	19%	5	2	40%	64	5	8%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1950	22	CHW	AL	133	78%	24			1	0	0	0	0.63	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	17	2	12%	7	3	43%	65	3	5%	7	2	29%	3	3	100%	0
3 Yrs				364	81%	88			6	1	0	0	0.67	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	300%	33	5	15%	12	5	42%	129	8	6%	10	3	30%	4	4	100%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			113%			14%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1948	20	5	13	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.273	.333	.364	.697	88	4	0	0	1
1949	21	61	231	219	27	64	6	3	16	1	2	10	17	.292	.323	.347	.670	80	76	3	0	2
1950	22	95	364	337	39	88	8	6	18	4	2	22	24	.261	.310	.320	.631	68	108	5	2	3

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	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	20	5	13	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.273	.333	.364	.697	1	5
1949	21	59	227	217	27	63	5	3	17	1	9	17	.290	.319	.341	.660	24	56
1950	22	36	137	122	11	24	2	3	2	3	12	7	.197	.279	.262	.542	8	34
3 Yrs		100	377	350	39	90	8	6	19	4	22	25	.257	.305	.314	.619	33	95
162 Game Avg.		162	611	567	63	146	13	10	31	6	36	41	.257	.305	.314	.619	53	95

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1948 AL born 1928-04-14 (3rd) 1949 AL born 1928-04-14 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1948 AL born 1928-04-14 (3rd)
1949 AL born 1928-04-14 (6th)

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