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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1948	CHW	AL	20	OF	4	3	3		12	10	2	0	0	1.000		3.00	.975		2.50
1948	CHW	AL	20	CF	2	1	1		4	3	1	0	0	1.000		2.00	.978		3.00
1948	CHW	AL	20	RF	2	2	2		8	7	1	0	0	1.000		4.00	.971		2.15
1949	CHW	AL	21	OF	48	46	43		119	112	4	3	1	.975		2.42	.980		2.44
1949	CHW	AL	21	CF	34	33	31		85	79	3	3	1	.965		2.41	.980		2.84
1949	CHW	AL	21	LF	13	13	12		30	29	1	0	0	1.000		2.31	.982		2.36
1949	CHW	AL	21	RF	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.980		2.10
1950	CHW	AL	22	CF	33	31	28	257.0	93	90	1	2	0	.978	3.19	2.76	.981	2.95	2.89
1950	CHW	AL	22	OF	33	31	28	257.0	93	90	1	2	0	.978	3.19	2.76	.979	2.51	2.47
	3 Seasons			OF	85	80	74	257.0	224	212	7	5	1	.978	3.19	2.58	.979	2.51	2.45
	3 Seasons			CF	69	65	60	257.0	182	172	5	5	1	.973	3.19	2.57	.980	2.95	2.87
	1 Season			LF	13	13	12		30	29	1	0	0	1.000		2.31	.982		2.36
	2 Seasons			RF	3	2	2		10	9	1	0	0	1.000		3.33	.973		2.13
	3 Seasons			TOT	85	80	74	257.0	224	212	7	5	1	.978	3.19	2.58	.979	2.51	2.45

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

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.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1948	CHW	AL	20	CF
1948	CHW	AL	20	RF
1949	CHW	AL	21	CF
1949	CHW	AL	21	LF
1949	CHW	AL	21	RF
1950	CHW	AL	22	CF
	3 Seasons			CF
	1 Season			LF
	2 Seasons			RF
	3 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1948	CHW	AL	20	5	3	5	4	0	2	2	4	0	1
1949	CHW	AL	21	56	46	56	48	13	34	1	48	5	3
1950	CHW	AL	22	34	31	34	33	0	33	0	33	1	1
	3 Seasons			95	80	95	85	13	69	3	85	6	5

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.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1949	CHW	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	8	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	5	0	25	14	56.0%	11	0	0.0%	0	615	58%	82%	24%	65	49%
1950	CHW	AL	22	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	15	9	1	12	1	0	2	1	0	8	3	0	11	8	0	48	22	45.8%	25	1	2.1%	0	1075	65%	81%	28%	143	59%
	2 Seasons			2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	24	17	1	21	2	0	2	1	0	9	3	0	17	13	0	73	36	49.3%	36	1	1.4%	0	1690	62%	81%	27%	208	56%
	MLB Averages																														45.5%			2.6%			62%	82%	31%		59%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1949	CHW	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	66.7%	2	0	0.0%	1	297	72%	83%	35%	28	64%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	66.7%	2	0	0.0%	1	297	72%	83%	35%	28	64%
	MLB Averages																														56.8%			2.8%			62%	82%	31%		52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1949	CHW	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	6	50%	83%	33%	2	100%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	6	50%	83%	33%	2	100%
	MLB Averages																														43.2%			3.0%			62%	82%	31%		53%

* 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.

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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