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Mike Adams

Robert Michael Adams

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Pinch Runner and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 24, 1948 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Loara HS (Anaheim, CA)
School: Fullerton College (Fullerton, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1972 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Twins/Cubs/Athletics 1972-1978

Final Game: July 25, 1978 (Age 30)
Relatives: Son of Bobby Adams and Nephew of Dick Adams
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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
1967	18	DET-min	A	77	310	253	48	61	9	5	6	20	13	2	57	52	.241	.381	.387	.768		98							LAK · FLOR
1968	19	DET-min	A	73	224	224		49	10	0	7						.219	.219	.357	.576		80							RKM · CARL
1969	20	DET-min	WRk	22	69	41	8	4	0	1	0	2	3	0	25	7	.098	.435	.146	.581		6		1	0	2			TGR · FLIN
1970	21	DET-min	A	117	487	388	60	108	18	3	18	68	23	5	87	74	.278	.414	.479	.894		186		6	2	4			RKM · CARL
1971	22	MIN-min	AAA	100	266	217	44	67	12	4	5	29	7	1	43	53	.309	.424	.470	.894		102		2	2	2			POR · PCL
1972	23	MIN-min	AAA	132	580	479	95	149	25	7	21	78	11	7	93	78	.311	.419	.524	.943		251		0	2	6			TAC · PCL
1972	23	MIN	AL	3	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	95	2	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1973	24	MIN	AL	55	84	66	21	14	2	0	3	6	2	1	17	18	.212	.381	.379	.760	112	25	2	1	0	0	0	7D/8

1974	25	MIN-min	AAA	102	359	283	64	87	12	6	12	32	7	1	71	65	.307	.449	.519	.969		147		2	3	0			TAC · PCL
1975	26	CHC-min	AAA	133	579	474	104	146	26	5	13	77	18	1	91	78	.308	.423	.466	.889		221		8	0	6			WCH · AA
1976	27	CHC-min	AAA	36	116	92	17	28	2	2	3	9	1	2	23	15	.304	.448	.467	.916		43		1	0	0			WCH · AA
1976	27	CHC	NL	25	38	29	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	8	7	.138	.342	.207	.549	54	6	0	1	0	0	0	/5794
1977	28	CHC-min	AAA	120	465	371	77	119	23	5	23	91	24	5	80	70	.321	.438	.596	1.034		221		4	2	8			WCH · AA
1977	28	CHC	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/87
1978	29	OAK-min	AAA	68	291	222	46	65	16	2	5	26	14	2	65	38	.293	.454	.450	.904		100		2	0	2			VAN · PCL
1978	29	OAK	AL	15	22	15	5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	.200	.455	.267	.721	114	4	0	0	0	0	0	/45D
5 Yrs				100	152	118	27	23	5	0	3	9	2	1	32	29	.195	.375	.314	.689	94	37	2	2	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	246	191	44	37	8	0	5	15	3	2	52	47	.195	.375	.314	.689	94	60	3	3	0	0	0

MIN (2 yrs)				58	90	72	21	16	2	0	3	6	2	1	17	19	.222	.378	.375	.753	111	27	2	1	0	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				27	40	31	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	8	8	.129	.325	.194	.519	45	6	0	1	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				15	22	15	5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	.200	.455	.267	.721	114	4	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				73	112	87	26	19	3	0	3	7	2	1	24	21	.218	.393	.356	.749	112	31	2	1	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				27	40	31	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	8	8	.129	.325	.194	.519	45	6	0	1	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
1972	23	MIN	AL	3	6	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.0	.475	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$8,400	/7
1973	24	MIN	AL	55	84	3	1	-0	-1	-2	0	0.0	3	3	0.3	.500	.500	0.4	-0.3	4		7D/8

1976	27	CHC	NL	25	38	-2	-0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.2	.489	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-0		/5794
1977	28	CHC	NL	2	2	-1	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.459	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1		/87
1978	29	OAK	AL	15	22	1	1	0	-1	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.509	.501	0.3	-0.1	3		/45D
5 Seasons				100	152	2	1	0	-3	-3	-2	-0.3	5	3	0.3	.497	.500	0.6	-0.6	6	$8,400

MIN (2 yrs)				58	90	3	1	-0	-1	-3	-1	-0.0	3	3	0.3	.499	.500	0.4	-0.4	4	$8,400
CHC (2 yrs)				27	40	-2	-0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.2	.487	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1
OAK (1 yr)				15	22	1	1	0	-1	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.509	.501	0.3	-0.1	3

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1972	MIN	AL	23	LF	1	1	1	10.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-60	0.90	1.00	.980	1.89	1.90
1972	MIN	AL	23	OF	1	1	1	10.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-60	0.90	1.00	.980	2.25	2.20
1973	MIN	AL	24	OF	24	21	16	183.1	46	45	0	1	0	.978	-1	-5	2.21	1.88	.979	2.29	2.27
1973	MIN	AL	24	LF	23	21	16	182.1	46	45	0	1	0	.978	-1	-5	2.22	1.96	.977	2.00	1.99
1973	MIN	AL	24	DH	16	1
1973	MIN	AL	24	CF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.80
1976	CHC	NL	27	OF	4	2	1	22.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-16	1.23	0.75	.980	2.33	2.33
1976	CHC	NL	27	3B	3	1	0	13.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-55	0.69	0.33	.950	2.91	2.93
1976	CHC	NL	27	LF	2	0	0	7.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	17	1.29	0.50	.980	2.06	2.00
1976	CHC	NL	27	RF	2	2	1	15.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-32	1.20	1.00	.975	2.16	2.15
1976	CHC	NL	27	2B	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	360	18.00	2.00	.975	5.40	5.50
1977	CHC	NL	28	OF	2	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.25
1977	CHC	NL	28	CF	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0			0.00			2.70
1977	CHC	NL	28	LF	1	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-60	0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90
1978	OAK	AL	29	2B	6	1	0	19.0	11	7	4	0	2	1.000	-1	-88	5.21	1.83	.980	5.45	5.42
1978	OAK	AL	29	3B	3	0	0	4.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	120	4.50	0.67	.955	2.92	2.97
1978	OAK	AL	29	DH	3	1
	4 Seasons			OF	31	25	18	217.1	50	49	0	1	0	.980	-2	-9	2.03	1.58	.979	2.29	2.27
	4 Seasons			LF	27	23	17	201.1	48	47	0	1	0	.979	-1	-7	2.10	1.74	.977	1.99	1.99
	2 Seasons			2B	7	1	0	20.0	13	8	5	0	2	1.000	-1	-66	5.85	1.86	.979	5.44	5.43
	2 Seasons			3B	6	1	0	17.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	-0	-14	1.59	0.50	.953	2.91	2.95
	1 Season			RF	2	2	1	15.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-32	1.20	1.00	.975	2.16	2.15
	2 Seasons			CF	2	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.75
	5 Seasons			TOT	44	27	18	254.1	66	57	8	1	2	.985	-3	-14	2.30	1.48	.978	2.58	2.87
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 10th round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 28, 1967: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary).
March 29, 1971: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Bill Zepp. The Detroit Tigers sent Art Clifford (minors) (May 16, 1971) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.
December 5, 1974: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Chicago Cubs for Tom Lundstedt.
April 1, 1978: Purchased by the Oakland Athletics from the Chicago Cubs.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1972	23	Minnesota Twins	$8,400	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$8,400

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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