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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 Fielding

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
1982 CAL AL 23 SS 8 4 2 42.0 19 6 12 1 4 .947 -1 -26 3.86 2.25 .965 4.86 4.84
1983 CAL AL 24 SS 38 22 14 218.2 151 47 98 6 22 .960 3 17 5.97 3.82 .963 4.75 4.72
1983 CAL AL 24 3B 16 5 2 62.2 30 3 25 2 2 .933 1 13 4.02 1.75 .955 3.07 3.05
1983 CAL AL 24 2B 4 4 4 37.0 26 8 18 0 5 1.000 1 32 6.32 6.50 .981 5.35 5.32
1985 SFG NL 26 SS 25 19 15 158.2 84 24 57 3 9 .964 -0 -2 4.59 3.24 .963 4.88 4.88
1985 SFG NL 26 3B 16 10 10 112.1 34 2 31 1 3 .971 3 33 2.64 2.06 .948 2.88 2.88
1985 SFG NL 26 2B 6 3 2 28.0 23 9 13 1 1 .957 1 39 7.07 3.67 .982 5.46 5.47
3 Seasons SS 71 45 31 419.1 254 77 167 10 35 .961 2 6 5.24 3.44 .963 4.81 4.79
2 Seasons 3B 32 15 12 175.0 64 5 56 3 5 .953 4 26 3.14 1.91 .951 2.95 2.97
2 Seasons 2B 10 7 6 65.0 49 17 31 1 6 .980 2 35 6.65 4.80 .982 5.40 5.41
3 Seasons TOT 113 67 49 659.1 367 99 254 14 46 .962 8 14 4.82 3.12 .964 4.37 4.33
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-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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1982 CAL AL 23 SS -1 -26 -1 -1 -0 0
1983 CAL AL 24 SS 3 17 3 3 0 0
1983 CAL AL 24 3B 1 13 1 1 0 0
1983 CAL AL 24 2B 1 32 1 1 -0 0
1985 SFG NL 26 SS -0 -2 -1 0 -2 1
1985 SFG NL 26 3B 3 33 3 0 3 0
1985 SFG NL 26 2B 1 39 1 0 1 0
3 Seasons SS 2 6 1 2 -1 1
2 Seasons 3B 4 26 4 1 3 0
2 Seasons 2B 2 35 2 2 0 0
3 Seasons TOT 8 14 7 5 1 1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 CAL AL 23 8 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1983 CAL AL 24 58 31 58 56 0 0 0 4 16 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
1985 SFG NL 26 54 32 54 46 0 0 0 5 17 25 0 0 0 0 0 5 8
3 Seasons 120 67 120 110 0 0 0 9 33 71 0 0 0 0 0 6 17
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 -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1982 CAL AL 23 172 52% 85% 31% 13 92% 0 6 2 4 0 12 9 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 24 950 60% 86% 30% 125 82% 2 42 12 23 7 96 64 31 0 0 6 0 6 0 5 22 9 5 7 1 0 22 14 8 0 0 0
1985 SFG NL 26 681 65% 80% 26% 60 97% 1 23 8 12 3 55 42 11 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 8 2 1 5 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1803 61% 84% 29% 198 87% 3 71 22 39 10 163 115 45 0 0 10 0 9 1 8 34 13 6 13 1 1 34 19 15 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 82% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1983 CAL AL 24 261 69% 87% 35% 26 92% 0 3 1 0 2 24 15 7 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1985 SFG NL 26 450 65% 76% 32% 33 97% 0 2 1 1 0 30 24 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 711 66% 80% 33% 59 95% 0 5 2 1 2 54 39 12 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 59% 82% 27% 92% 83%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1983 CAL AL 24 158 68% 82% 32% 20 90% 0 8 2 4 2 19 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 2 0 5 2 3 0 0 0
1985 SFG NL 26 117 56% 80% 27% 16 94% 0 9 4 4 1 12 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 275 63% 81% 30% 36 92% 0 17 6 8 3 31 29 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 3 1 2 0 6 2 4 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 82% 27% 96%

* 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

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1985 NL  3 (5th)

                                         

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