Joel Adamson
Joel Lee Adamson
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 2, 1971 in Lakewood, CA
High School: Artesia (Lakewood, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 7th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1996
Final Game: April 26, 1998
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1996 24 FLA NL 0 0 7.36 9 0 1 0 0 0 11.0 18 9 9 1 7 0 7 1 0 0 56 56 2.273 14.7 0.8 5.7 5.7 1.00
1997 25 MIL AL 5 3 .625 3.54 30 6 3 0 0 0 76.1 78 36 30 13 19 0 56 5 1 0 324 132 1.271 9.2 1.5 2.2 6.6 2.95
1998 26 ARI NL 0 3 .000 8.22 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.0 25 21 21 5 11 0 14 3 0 0 104 51 1.565 9.8 2.0 4.3 5.5 1.27
3 Seasons 5 6 .455 4.89 44 11 4 0 0 0 110.1 121 66 60 19 37 0 77 9 1 0 484 92 1.432 9.9 1.5 3.0 6.3 2.08
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .455 4.89 54 14 5 0 0 0 136 150 82 74 23 46 0 95 11 1 0 598 92 1.432 9.9 1.5 3.0 6.3 2.08
ARI (1 yr) 0 3 .000 8.22 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.0 25 21 21 5 11 0 14 3 0 0 104 51 1.565 9.8 2.0 4.3 5.5 1.27
FLA (1 yr) 0 0 7.36 9 0 1 0 0 0 11.0 18 9 9 1 7 0 7 1 0 0 56 56 2.273 14.7 0.8 5.7 5.7 1.00
MIL (1 yr) 5 3 .625 3.54 30 6 3 0 0 0 76.1 78 36 30 13 19 0 56 5 1 0 324 132 1.271 9.2 1.5 2.2 6.6 2.95
NL (2 yrs) 0 3 .000 7.94 14 5 1 0 0 0 34.0 43 30 30 6 18 0 21 4 0 0 160 52 1.794 11.4 1.6 4.8 5.6 1.17
AL (1 yr) 5 3 .625 3.54 30 6 3 0 0 0 76.1 78 36 30 13 19 0 56 5 1 0 324 132 1.271 9.2 1.5 2.2 6.6 2.95

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 24 FLA NL 9 56 45 9 18 3 2 1 0 1 7 7 .400 .481 .622 1.104 .447 28 2 1 2 1 0
1997 25 MIL AL 30 324 294 36 78 14 0 13 3 3 19 56 .265 .319 .446 .764 .286 131 8 5 4 2 0
1998 26 ARI NL 5 104 88 21 25 3 0 5 1 2 11 14 .284 .379 .489 .867 .286 43 2 3 1 1 0
3 Seasons 44 484 427 66 121 20 2 19 4 6 37 77 .283 .350 .473 .823 .304 202 12 9 7 4 0
162 Game Avg. 54 598 528 82 150 25 2 23 5 7 46 95 .283 .350 .473 .823 .304 250 15 11 9 5 0
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1997 25 MIL AL 30 6 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 .500 1 0 0 0 2 33% 53 61 35 17 4 2 3 4.5 5.2 5.4 83 1 5 0 0 95
1998 26 ARI NL 5 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 1 20% 39 53 31 2 1 1 3 5.7 4.1 4.6 72 2 2 0 0 86
2 Seasons 35 11 3 5 3 2 1 4 7 .364 1 0 0 0 3 27% 47 61 31 19 5 3 6 5.1 4.7 5.0 78 3 7 0 0 95
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1996 24 FLA NL 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 6 0.204 0 0 9 0 0 9 4 5 4 5 4 3 3.7 24
1997 25 MIL AL 30 24 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 22 9 41% 6 0.783 6 10 8 6 4 14 12 12 17 6 18 3 5.5 29
2 Seasons 39 33 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 27 9 33% 0.698 6 10 17 6 4 23 16 17 21 11 22 6 5.0 27

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1996 24 FLA NL 56 70% 1.8% 12.5% 12.5% 10.7% 33% 0.63 1.78 68% 41% 4.3% 4% 12 2 17%
1997 25 MIL AL 324 65% 4.0% 17.3% 5.9% 8.3% 35% 0.84 1.25 70% 23% 12.6% 19% 63 8 13%
1998 26 ARI NL 104 83% 4.8% 13.5% 10.6% 7.7% 32% 0.72 1.04 67% 14% 13.9% 16% 20 2 10%
3 Seasons 484 69% 3.9% 15.9% 7.6% 8.5% 34% 0.79 1.25 69% 23% 11.7% 16% 95 12 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1996 24 FLA NL 53 188 3.55 121 64% 26% 12% 28% 33% 74% 0% 47% 83% 58% 4% 2 2 28% 15 12 3 43% 3 0 3 0 0
1997 25 MIL AL 294 1071 3.64 664 62% 27% 14% 26% 33% 73% 0% 45% 81% 61% 4% 13 6 14% 40 13 0 31% 7 7 30 0 1
1998 26 ARI NL 104 339 3.26 198 58% 26% 13% 22% 38% 74% 0% 43% 82% 58% 4% 4 1 12% 12 6 2 29% 3 3 0 0 0
3 Seasons 451 1598 3.54 983 62% 27% 14% 25% 34% 73% 0% 45% 81% 60% 4% 19 9 15% 67 31 5 32% 13 10 33 0 1
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1996 24 FLA NL 56 18 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1997 25 MIL AL 324 78 7 2 13 1 6 8 5 5 8 16 10 0 63% 6 0 0 123 3 3 50% 1 2 2 0 0 1 4 1 5 0
1998 26 ARI NL 104 25 3 1 5 0 2 5 0 1 4 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 40 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
3 Seasons 484 121 11 3 19 1 10 14 5 6 13 23 14 0 61% 6 0 0 194 4 6 40% 2 5 2 0 0 1 5 2 7 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1996 24 0 0 7.36 9 0 1 0 0 0 11.0 18 9 9 1 7 0 7 1 0 0 56 56 2.273 14.7 0.8 5.7 5.7 1.00 56
1997 25 5 3 .625 4.02 39 6 4 0 0 0 87.1 96 45 39 14 26 0 63 6 1 0 380 114 1.397 9.9 1.4 2.7 6.5 2.42 114
1998 26 5 6 .455 4.89 44 11 4 0 0 0 110.1 121 66 60 19 37 0 77 9 1 0 484 92 1.432 9.9 1.5 3.0 6.3 2.08 92

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1996 24 0 1 .000 8.10 10.0 18 10 9 1 7 6 1 2.500 16.2 6.3 5.4 0.86 0.9 9
1997 25 5 3 .625 3.36 75.0 76 31 28 13 19 55 5 1.267 9.1 2.3 6.6 2.89 1.6 30
1998 26 0 2 .000 8.59 22.0 25 23 21 5 11 13 3 1.636 10.2 4.5 5.3 1.18 2.0 5
3 Seasons 5 6 .455 4.88 107.0 119 64 58 19 37 74 9 1.458 10.0 6.2 2.00 1.6 44

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