Sparky Adams
Earl John Adams
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 151 lb.

Born: August 26, 1894 in Zerbe, PA
High School: Tremont (Tremont, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1922
Final Game: September 30, 1934
Died: February 24, 1989 in Pottsville, PA
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Standard Batting

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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
1922 27 CHC NL 11 49 44 5 11 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 3 .250 .313 .295 .608 56 13 0 1 4
1923 28 CHC NL 95 352 311 40 90 12 0 4 35 20 19 26 10 .289 .346 .367 .713 88 114 1 14 6/O
1924 29 CHC NL 117 473 418 66 117 11 5 1 27 15 17 40 20 .280 .344 .337 .682 82 141 1 14 64
1925 30 CHC NL 149 687 627 95 180 29 8 2 48 26 12 44 15 .287 .341 .368 .709 80 231 7 9 *4/6
1926 31 CHC NL 154 700 624 95 193 35 3 0 39 27 52 27 .309 .367 .375 .742 98 234 5 19 *45/6
1927 32 CHC NL 146 705 647 100 189 17 7 0 49 26 42 26 .292 .335 .340 .675 80 220 0 16 456
1928 33 PIT NL 135 628 539 91 149 14 6 0 38 8 64 18 .276 .357 .325 .682 77 175 4 21 *46/O
1929 34 PIT NL 74 217 196 37 51 8 1 0 11 3 15 5 .260 .316 .311 .627 55 61 1 5 645/O
1930 35 STL NL 137 631 570 98 179 36 9 0 55 7 45 27 .314 .365 .409 .774 85 233 1 15 *54/6
1931 36 STL NL 143 658 608 97 178 46 5 1 40 16 42 24 .293 .340 .390 .730 93 237 2 6 *5/6 MVP-9
1932 37 STL NL 31 142 127 22 35 3 1 0 13 0 14 5 .276 .352 .315 .667 79 40 1 0 5
1933 38 TOT NL 145 631 568 60 146 22 1 1 22 3 45 33 .257 .315 .305 .620 79 173 12 3 15 *56
1933 38 STL NL 8 32 30 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .219 .200 .419 18 6 2 1 0 /65
1933 38 CIN NL 137 599 538 59 141 21 1 1 22 3 44 30 .262 .320 .310 .631 82 167 10 2 15 *5/6
1934 39 CIN NL 87 301 278 38 70 16 1 0 14 2 20 10 .252 .307 .317 .623 69 88 2 2 1 54
13 Seasons 1424 6174 5557 844 1588 249 48 9 394 154 50 453 223 .286 .343 .353 .695 82 1960 14 28 136
162 Game Avg. 162 702 632 96 181 28 5 1 45 18 52 25 .286 .343 .353 .695 82 223 3 15
CHC (6 yrs) 672 2966 2671 401 780 104 24 7 201 115 50 208 101 .292 .346 .357 .703 85 953 14 73
STL (4 yrs) 319 1463 1335 218 397 86 15 1 108 23 102 59 .297 .350 .387 .736 86 516 2 5 21
CIN (2 yrs) 224 900 816 97 211 37 2 1 36 5 64 40 .259 .316 .313 .628 77 255 12 4 16
PIT (2 yrs) 209 845 735 128 200 22 7 0 49 11 79 23 .272 .347 .321 .668 71 236 5 26

Advanced Batting

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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
1922 27 CHC NL 49 36 4 3.0 114 .268 .250 .304 .313 .362 .295 .422 .608 .784 56 .284 -3.0 -0.3 .457 .114 .045 .0
1923 28 CHC NL 352 254 36 3.8 107 .290 .289 .293 .346 .352 .367 .408 .713 .760 88 .402 -4.8 -0.5 .592 .164 .077 6.7
1924 29 CHC NL 473 332 46 3.7 105 .292 .280 .291 .344 .347 .337 .406 .682 .752 82 .408 -9.7 -1.0 .566 .148 .057 1.9
1925 30 CHC NL 687 468 78 4.4 116 .292 .287 .303 .341 .361 .368 .432 .709 .793 80 .437 -19.3 -1.8 .645 .174 .081 3.7
1926 31 CHC NL 700 450 85 5.0 105 .323 .309 .289 .367 .350 .375 .401 .742 .751 98 .549 0.7 0.1 .738 .192 .066 .0
1927 32 CHC NL 705 474 74 4.2 105 .304 .292 .291 .335 .350 .340 .402 .675 .752 80 .458 -18.5 -1.8 .629 .153 .048 .0
1928 33 PIT NL 628 411 62 4.1 112 .286 .276 .295 .357 .361 .325 .419 .682 .780 77 .421 -17.4 -1.7 .644 .182 .048 .0
1929 34 PIT NL 217 150 19 3.4 123 .267 .260 .307 .316 .371 .311 .447 .627 .818 55 .291 -14.1 -1.3 .552 .143 .051 .0
1930 35 STL NL 631 406 85 5.6 129 .330 .314 .316 .365 .374 .409 .470 .774 .844 85 .475 -14.0 -1.2 .731 .186 .095 .0
1931 36 STL NL 658 436 80 4.9 107 .304 .293 .290 .340 .349 .390 .410 .730 .759 93 .527 -5.8 -0.6 .691 .192 .097 1.9
1932 37 STL NL 142 92 14 4.1 106 .287 .276 .288 .352 .341 .315 .417 .667 .758 79 .438 -3.4 -0.3 .598 .150 .039
1933 38 TOT NL 631 449 54 3.2 90 .272 .257 .272 .315 .325 .305 .373 .620 .697 79 .394 -14.2 -1.5 .516 .132 .048 1.5
1933 38 STL NL 32 27 1 1.0 95 .185 .167 .280 .219 .333 .200 .383 .419 .717 18 .070 -3.3 -0.4 .296 .067 .033
1933 38 CIN NL 599 422 53 3.4 90 .276 .262 .272 .320 .324 .310 .372 .631 .696 82 .413 -10.9 -1.1 .531 .136 .048 1.5
1934 39 CIN NL 301 211 27 3.4 103 .261 .252 .285 .307 .340 .317 .405 .623 .744 69 .354 -11.7 -1.1 .533 .144 .065 .0
13 Seasons 6174 4169 664 4.2 109 .297 .286 .294 .343 .352 .353 .415 .695 .767 82 .445 -135.1 -13.0 .631 .167 .067 17.0
162 Game Avg. 702 474 76 4.2 109 .297 .286 .294 .343 .352 .353 .415 .695 .767 82 .445 -135.1 -13.0 .631 .167 .067 2
CHC (6 yrs) 2966 2014 323 4.3 108 .302 .292 .294 .346 .352 .357 .411 .703 .763 85 .457 -54.5 -5.3 .639 .167 .065 13.2
STL (4 yrs) 1463 961 180 5.0 116 .311 .297 .301 .350 .359 .387 .435 .736 .794 86 .486 -26.5 -2.5 .687 .183 .089 1.9
CIN (2 yrs) 900 633 80 3.4 94 .271 .259 .276 .316 .329 .313 .383 .628 .713 77 .392 -22.6 -2.2 .532 .138 .054 1.7
PIT (2 yrs) 845 561 81 3.9 115 .281 .272 .298 .347 .363 .321 .427 .668 .790 71 .386 -31.6 -3.0 .619 .171 .049 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1930 35 STL NL WS PHA L 6 22 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .143 .136 .143 .279 3 0 0 0 1 0
1931 36 STL NL WS PHA W 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 8 26 25 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .160 .154 .160 .314 4 0 0 0 1 0
2 WS 8 26 25 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .160 .154 .160 .314 4 0 0 0 1 0

Cumulative Batting

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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
1922 27 11 49 44 5 11 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 3 .250 .313 .295 .608 56 13 0 1
1923 28 106 401 355 45 101 12 1 4 38 21 21 30 13 .285 .342 .358 .700 84 127 1 15
1924 29 223 874 773 111 218 23 6 5 65 36 38 70 33 .282 .343 .347 .690 83 268 2 29
1925 30 372 1561 1400 206 398 52 14 7 113 62 50 114 48 .284 .342 .356 .699 82 499 9 38
1926 31 526 2261 2024 301 591 87 17 7 152 89 50 166 75 .292 .350 .362 .712 87 733 14 57
1927 32 672 2966 2671 401 780 104 24 7 201 115 50 208 101 .292 .346 .357 .703 85 953 14 73
1928 33 807 3594 3210 492 929 118 30 7 239 123 50 272 119 .289 .348 .351 .700 84 1128 18 94
1929 34 881 3811 3406 529 980 126 31 7 250 126 50 287 124 .288 .346 .349 .696 82 1189 19 99
1930 35 1018 4442 3976 627 1159 162 40 7 305 133 50 332 151 .291 .349 .358 .707 82 1422 20 114
1931 36 1161 5100 4584 724 1337 208 45 8 345 149 50 374 175 .292 .348 .362 .710 84 1659 22 120
1932 37 1192 5242 4711 746 1372 211 46 8 358 149 50 388 180 .291 .348 .361 .709 84 1699 23 120
1933 38 1337 5873 5279 806 1518 233 47 9 380 152 50 433 213 .288 .345 .355 .699 83 1872 12 26 135
1934 39 1424 6174 5557 844 1588 249 48 9 394 154 50 453 223 .286 .343 .353 .695 82 1960 14 28 136

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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1922 27 11 48 44 4 10 0 1 0 3 1 4 3 .227 .292 .273 .564 3 11
1923 28 100 343 317 39 85 11 0 4 34 19 25 11 .268 .324 .341 .664 35 95
1924 29 123 474 433 67 116 11 5 1 27 15 40 21 .268 .331 .323 .655 46 117
1925 30 158 697 647 86 174 28 8 2 43 25 43 16 .269 .321 .346 .668 70 149
1926 31 161 704 646 95 196 36 3 0 39 27 53 28 .303 .361 .368 .729 85 154
1927 32 154 718 675 100 193 17 7 0 49 27 43 27 .286 .329 .332 .661 74 146
1928 33 142 626 558 87 148 14 6 0 36 8 64 19 .265 .345 .312 .657 59 135
1929 34 78 215 200 31 47 7 1 0 9 3 14 5 .235 .288 .280 .568 16 74
1930 35 143 608 567 77 158 32 8 0 43 6 40 28 .279 .327 .363 .691 67 137
1931 36 149 673 629 96 180 47 5 1 40 16 42 25 .286 .333 .382 .714 79 143
1932 37 32 146 131 22 35 3 1 0 13 0 14 5 .267 .342 .305 .648 14 31
1933 38 152 659 605 71 164 25 1 1 26 3 51 34 .271 .331 .321 .651 64 145
1934 39 93 319 296 40 74 17 1 0 15 2 21 11 .250 .304 .314 .618 28 87
13 Seasons 1496 6230 5748 815 1580 248 47 9 377 152 454 233 .275 .331 .339 .670 640 1424
162 Game Avg. 162 675 622 88 171 27 5 1 41 16 49 25 .275 .331 .339 .670 69 1424

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1931-NL-9-22%
0.22 Career Shares (691st)

Games Played s c a p y
1925 NL--149--9th
1926 NL--154--7th

At Bats s c a p y
1925 NL--627--1st
1926 NL--624--1st
1927 NL--647--1st
1931 NL--608--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1925 NL--687--2nd
1926 NL--700--1st
1927 NL--705--2nd
1931 NL--658--8th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1927 NL--100--9th
1931 NL--97--6th

Hits s c a p y
1926 NL--193--3rd
1927 NL--189--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1926 NL--35--4th
1931 NL--46--1st

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1923 NL--20--8th
1925 NL--26--3rd
1926 NL--27--2nd
1927 NL--26--4th
1931 NL--16--3rd

Singles s c a p y
1925 NL--141--5th
1926 NL--155--2nd
1927 NL--165--3rd
1928 NL--129--10th

Times On Base s c a p y
1926 NL--250--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1925 NL--7--5th
1926 NL--5--7th
1928 NL--4--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1933 NL--15--10th
Career--136--212th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1923 NL--19--3rd
1924 NL--17--6th
1925 NL--12--6th

AB per SO s c a p y
1925 NL--41.800--3rd
1928 NL--29.944--10th
1931 NL--25.333--10th
Career--24.920--48th

Outs Made s c a p y
1925 NL--468--1st
1926 NL--450--2nd
1927 NL--474--1st
1931 NL--436--5th
1933 NL--449--9th

Oldest s c a p y
1933 NL--born 1894-08-26--10th
1934 NL--born 1894-08-26--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (329), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 32 (606), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (876), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (708), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Ron Hunt (918)
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  5. Jimmy Brown (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jimmy Brown (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fernando Vina (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Johnny Temple (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kid Elberfeld (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Phil Rizzuto (906) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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