Matt Adams Batting Statistics and History

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Matt Adams

Matthew James Adams

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 260 lb.

Born: August 31, 1988 in Philipsburg, PA
High School: Philipsburg-Osceola HS (Philipsburg, PA)
School: Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (Slippery Rock, PA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 23rd round of the 2009 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 2012 (Age 23) vs. LAD 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Cardinals 2012-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$490k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.033, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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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	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2009	20	STL-min	A-,Rk	63	270	245	31	87	17	0	10	52	0	0	20	41	.355	.400	.547	.947		134	7	1	4	3		BAT,JOH · NYPL,APPY
2010	21	STL-min	A	121	510	464	71	144	41	0	22	88	5	1	33	78	.310	.355	.541	.896		251	11	4	9	3		DAV · MIDW
2011	22	STL-min	AA	115	513	463	80	139	23	2	32	101	0	1	40	90	.300	.357	.566	.923		262	12	4	6	7		SPD · TL
2012	23	STL-min	AAA	67	276	258	41	85	22	0	18	50	3	1	15	57	.329	.362	.624	.986		161	5	0	3	1		MEM · PCL
2012	23	STL	NL	27	91	86	8	21	6	0	2	13	0	0	5	24	.244	.286	.384	.669	82	33	3	0	0	0	3
2013	24	STL-min	AA	3	12	12	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.333	.583		4	1	0	0	0		SPD · TL
2013	24	STL	NL	16	37	34	5	16	3	0	3	10	0	0	3	7	.471	.514	.824	1.337	264	28	1	0	0	0	/3
2 Yrs				43	128	120	13	37	9	0	5	23	0	0	8	31	.308	.352	.508	.860	133	61	4	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	482	452	49	139	34	0	19	87	0	0	30	117	.308	.352	.508	.860	133	230	15	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2012	23	STL	NL	27	91	-3	-0	-0	1	-1	-3	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.486	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2		3
2013	24	STL	NL	16	37	7	-1	-0	-1	-0	5	0.5	1	6	0.6	.535	.503	0.8	-0.2	7	$490,000	/3
2 Seasons				43	128	5	-1	-0	0	-2	2	0.1	4	6	0.5	.504	.501	0.5	-0.2	6	$490,000

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
2012	23	STL	NL	91	68	9	3.5	99	.317	.244	.259	.286	.324	.384	.410	.669	.734	82	.391	-2.3	-0.2	.559	.198	.140	.0
2013	24	STL	NL	37	19	14	19.7	97	.542	.471	.254	.514	.321	.824	.404	1.337	.725	264	.939	7.6	0.7	1.632	.441	.353	.0
2 Yrs				128	87	23	7.1	99	.381	.308	.257	.352	.323	.508	.408	.860	.731	133	.697	5.3	0.5	.793	.267	.200	.0
162 Game Avg.				482	328	87	7.1	99	.381	.308	.257	.352	.323	.508	.408	.860	.731	133	.697	20	2	.793	.267	.200

Ratio Batting*

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
2012	23	STL	NL	91	2.2%	26.4%	5.5%	8.8%	38%	4.80	3.6	43.0	6.6	0.77	0.85	66%	15%	6.9%	17%
2013	24	STL	NL	37	8.1%	18.9%	8.1%	16.2%	38%	2.33	4.9	11.3	3.4	0.59	0.71	65%	19%	18.8%	6%
2 Yrs				128	3.9%	24.2%	6.3%	10.9%	38%	3.88	3.9	24.0	5.2	0.71	0.82	66%	16%	11.1%	13%
MLB Averages					2.7%	19.8%	8.0%	7.7%	34%	2.47	4.5	33.3	8.3	0.83	1.12	68%	19%	8.2%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2012	23	STL	NL	-2.3	-0.2	91	-0.8	1.1	-1.9	1.01	-0.4	-0.3	-2.7	-0.3	1.02	-5.0	0.82	3
2013	24	STL	NL	7.6	0.7	37	0.6	1.3	-0.7	1.16	0.5	0.0	7.2	0.7	1.08	5.6	0.84	7
2 Yrs				5.3	0.5	128	-0.1	2.4	-2.6	1.05	0.1	-0.2	4.5	0.4	1.04	0.6	0.84	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2012	23	STL	NL	25%	38	1	1	2	22%	6	6	0	0	3	0	2
2013	24	STL	NL	13%	22	0	0	1	0%	3	3	1	1	3	3	0
2 Yrs				20%	60	1	1	3	13%	9	9	1	1	6	3	2

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2012	23	STL	NL	91	77%	21	3	0	3	1	0	1	0.82	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		24	3	13%	13	2	15%	68	11	16%	7	1	14%	3	1	33%	0
2013	24	STL	NL	37	92%	16	0	0	7	3	1	2	0.84	3	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		12	1	8%	3	0	0%	30	7	23%	7	4	57%	1	0	0%	0
2 Yrs				128	81%	37	3	0	10	4	1	3	0.84	5	0	6	5	0	4	1	0	0	0		36	4	11%	16	2	13%	98	18	18%	14	5	36%	4	1	25%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			70%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2012	23	STL	NL	93	322	3.46	212	66%	23%	22%	26%	29%	77%	0%	51%	72%	29%	4%	4	1	11%	10	6	5%	5	4	13%	-2	0	0
2013	24	STL	NL	37	156	4.22	93	60%	22%	22%	28%	29%	78%	0%	47%	73%	22%	3%	1	0	19%	7	4	11%	4	4	14%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				130	478	3.68	305	64%	23%	22%	27%	29%	77%	0%	49%	72%	27%	4%	5	1	13%	17	10	7%	9	8	13%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.83		63%	28%	16%	27%	29%	72%	1%	46%	78%	27%	5%			14%			8%			24%

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
2012	23	27	91	86	8	21	6	0	2	13	0	0	5	24	.244	.286	.384	.669	82	33	3	0	0	0	0
2013	24	43	128	120	13	37	9	0	5	23	0	0	8	31	.308	.352	.508	.860	133	61	4	0	0	0	0

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2012	23	27	92	87	8	22	6	2	14	5	24	.253	.293	.391	.684	10	27
2013	24	16	37	34	5	16	3	3	10	3	7	.471	.514	.824	1.337	15	16
2 Yrs		43	129	121	13	38	9	5	24	8	31	.314	.357	.512	.869	25	43
162 Game Avg.		162	486	456	49	143	34	19	90	30	117	.314	.357	.512	.869	94	43

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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.

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