Ricky Adams

Ricky Lee Adams

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 21, 1959 in Upland, CA
High School: Montclair HS (Montclair, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1982
Teams (by GP): Angels/Giants 1982-1985

Final Game: October 5, 1985
Died: October 28, 2011 in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
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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
1977	18	HOU-min	Rk	39	165	151	15	34	3	0	1	9	10	1	11	22	.225	.280	.265	.545		40		1	1	1			AST · GULF
1978	19	HOU-min	A	112	436	396	46	88	12	3	0	32	20	14	36	73	.222	.287	.268	.555		106		1	1	2			DYB · FLOR
1979	20	HOU-min	A	107	305	305		89	12	2	0						.292	.292	.344	.636		105							DYB · FLOR
1980	21	ANA-min	AA,A	107	480	438	73	126	18	0	12	57	23	7	32	54	.288	.341	.411	.752		180		5	2	3			ELP,SLS · TL,CALL
1981	22	ANA-min	AA	120	496	446	85	117	11	3	10	48	21	11	41	43	.262	.326	.368	.694		164		2	5	2	3		HLY · EL
1982	23	ANA-min	AAA,AA	131	526	475	79	146	19	7	10	61	29	13	33	59	.307	.361	.440	.801		209		9	5	4	2		SPO,HLY · PCL,EL
1982	23	CAL	AL	8	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.143	.200	.143	.343	-4	2	1	1	1	0	0	/6
1983	24	ANA-min	AAA	54	236	208	38	65	10	4	6	38	8	1	21	29	.313	.380	.486	.866		101		3	2	2	0		EDM · PCL
1983	24	CAL	AL	58	123	112	22	28	2	0	2	6	1	1	5	12	.250	.300	.321	.621	73	36	2	3	3	0	0	65/4

1984	25	ANA-min	AAA	105	418	370	67	106	24	9	6	48	20	4	39	60	.286	.359	.449	.808		166		4	3	2	1		EDM · PCL
1985	26	SFG-min	AAA	42	165	154	22	47	8	3	4	31	7	0	6	22	.305	.331	.474	.805		73		1	2	2	0		PHX · PCL
1985	26	SFG	NL	54	130	121	12	23	3	1	2	10	1	1	5	23	.190	.228	.281	.509	45	34	2	1	3	0	3	65/4
1986	27	SFG-min	AAA	18	45	37	5	10	1	1	0	3	1	0	7	8	.270	.400	.351	.751		13		1	0	0	1		PHX · PCL
1987	28	ANA-min	AA,AAA	75	266	235	34	59	4	1	4	25	18	4	24	36	.251	.325	.328	.652		77		3	1	3	0		MDL,EDM · TL,PCL
3 Yrs				120	269	247	35	53	5	1	4	16	3	2	10	37	.215	.260	.291	.551	55	72	5	5	7	0	3
162 Game Avg.				162	363	333	47	72	7	1	5	22	4	3	14	50	.215	.260	.291	.551	55	97	7	7	9	0	4

CAL (2 yrs)				66	139	126	23	30	2	0	2	6	2	1	5	14	.238	.289	.302	.590	64	38	3	4	4	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				54	130	121	12	23	3	1	2	10	1	1	5	23	.190	.228	.281	.509	45	34	2	1	3	0	3

AL (2 yrs)				66	139	126	23	30	2	0	2	6	2	1	5	14	.238	.289	.302	.590	64	38	3	4	4	0	0
NL (1 yr)				54	130	121	12	23	3	1	2	10	1	1	5	23	.190	.228	.281	.509	45	34	2	1	3	0	3

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
1982	23	CAL	AL	8	16	-1	0	-0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.474	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/6
1983	24	CAL	AL	58	123	-3	-1	0	5	2	4	0.4	4	8	0.8	.507	.502	0.3	0.8	3	$	65/4

1985	26	SFG	NL	54	130	-9	0	0	4	2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.494	.498	-0.4	0.6	-3	$	65/4
3 Seasons				120	269	-13	-0	0	8	4	-1	-0.1	8	7	0.7	.499	.500	-0.2	1.4	-1	$

CAL (2 yrs)				66	139	-4	-1	0	4	3	2	0.2	4	6	0.6	.503	.501	0.2	0.7	2	$
SFG (1 yr)				54	130	-9	0	0	4	2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.494	.498	-0.4	0.6	-3	$

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
1982	23	CAL	AL	16	14	0	0.0	99	.167	.143	.264	.200	.328	.143	.402	.343	.730	-4	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.308	.071	.000	.0
1983	24	CAL	AL	123	90	11	3.3	97	.265	.250	.264	.300	.326	.321	.399	.621	.725	73	.355	-4.5	-0.4	.506	.116	.071	1.3

1985	26	SFG	NL	130	104	7	1.8	91	.219	.190	.254	.228	.321	.281	.379	.509	.700	45	.177	-9.2	-1.0	.396	.132	.091	1.3
3 Yrs				269	208	18	2.3	94	.238	.215	.259	.260	.324	.291	.389	.551	.713	55	.239	-15.7	-1.6	.438	.121	.077	3.4
162 Game Avg.				363	281	24	2.3	94	.238	.215	.259	.260	.324	.291	.389	.551	.713	55	.239	-15.7	-1.6	.438	.121	.077	5

CAL (2 yrs)				139	104	11	2.8	97	.255	.238	.264	.289	.326	.302	.399	.590	.726	64	.296	-6.5	-0.6	.480	.111	.063	2.0
SFG (1 yr)				130	104	7	1.8	91	.219	.190	.254	.228	.321	.281	.379	.509	.700	45	.177	-9.2	-1.0	.396	.132	.091	1.3

AL (2 yrs)				139	104	11	2.8	97	.255	.238	.264	.289	.326	.302	.399	.590	.726	64	.296	-6.5	-0.6	.480	.111	.063	2.0
NL (1 yr)				130	104	7	1.8	91	.219	.190	.254	.228	.321	.281	.379	.509	.700	45	.177	-9.2	-1.0	.396	.132	.091	1.3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1982	23	CAL	AL	16	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.0			2.67	75%
1983	24	CAL	AL	123	1.6%	9.8%	4.1%	3.3%	14%	2.40	9.3	56.0	18.7	1.50	80%

1985	26	SFG	NL	130	1.5%	17.7%	3.9%	4.6%	26%	4.60	5.3	60.5	12.1	1.05	74%
3 Yrs				269	1.5%	13.8%	3.7%	3.7%	19%	3.70	6.7	61.8	15.4	1.31	77%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.7%	8.4%	6.7%	29%	1.63	6.5	42.4	8.5	1.08	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1982	23	CAL	AL	-2.0	-0.2	17	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.93	-0.2	0.1	-2.5	-0.2	1.01	-2.6	0.71	1
1983	24	CAL	AL	-4.5	-0.4	125	-0.5	1.6	-2.1	.90	-0.6	0.0	-6.7	-0.7	0.94	-5.8		0

1985	26	SFG	NL	-9.2	-1.0	133	-0.7	1.8	-2.4	1.03	-1.0	0.3	-4.2	-0.5	0.95	-6.9	1.77	4
3 Yrs				-15.7	-1.6	275	-1.3	3.6	-4.9	.96	-1.8	0.4	-13.4	-1.4	0.95	-15.3	1.56	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1982	23	CAL	AL	1	0	33%	5	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	24	CAL	AL	3	0	59%	62	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	35%	13	7	5	1	1	0	6	3	2

1985	26	SFG	NL	2	0	37%	40	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	6	4	2	1	0	1	3	1	2
3 Yrs				6	0	48%	107	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	44%	21	11	9	2	1	1	9	4	4

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
1982	23	CAL	AL	16	13%	2			1	1	0	0	0.71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	2	2	100%	12	0	0%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
1983	24	CAL	AL	123	46%	28			0	0	0	0		2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	3	3	100%	16	2	13%	10	4	40%	72	6	8%	6	0	0%	3	1	33%	0

1985	26	SFG	NL	130	23%	23			4	1	0	0	1.77	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	3	100%	22	2	9%	13	6	46%	68	9	13%	3	0	0%	4	3	75%	0
3 Yrs				269	33%	53			5	2	0	0	1.56	4	0	4	1	3	2	2	0	7	7	100%	42	5	12%	25	12	48%	152	15	10%	9	0	0%	9	6	67%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			86%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

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	IBB
1982	23	8	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.143	.200	.143	.343	-4	2	1	1	1	0
1983	24	66	139	126	23	30	2	0	2	6	2	1	5	14	.238	.289	.302	.590	64	38	3	4	4	0
1984	25	66	139	126	23	30	2	0	2	6	2	1	5	14	.238	.289	.302	.590	64	38	3	4	4	0
1985	26	120	269	247	35	53	5	1	4	16	3	2	10	37	.215	.260	.291	.551	55	72	5	5	7	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1982	23	8	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	8
1983	24	58	124	113	24	29	2	0	2	7	1	5	12	.257	.306	.327	.633	11	58

1985	26	54	132	123	14	25	3	1	2	12	1	5	23	.203	.240	.293	.533	9	54
3 Yrs		120	272	250	38	54	5	1	4	19	3	10	37	.216	.260	.292	.552	20	120
162 Game Avg.		162	367	338	51	73	7	1	5	26	4	14	50	.216	.260	.292	.552	27	120

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