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Sparky Adams

Earl J. Adams

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 5", Weight: 151 lb.

Born: August 26, 1894 in Zerbe, PA
High School: Tremont HS (Tremont, PA)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1922
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals/Reds/Pirates 1922-1934

Final Game: September 30, 1934
Died: February 24, 1989 in Pottsville, PA
Buried: Reformed Cemetery, Tremont, PA
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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
1922 27 CHC NL 11 49 44 5 11 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 3 .250 .313 .295 .608 57 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/O9
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 154 701 624 95 193 35 3 0 39 27 52 27 .309 .367 .375 .742 99 234 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 76 175 4 21 *46/O9
1929 34 PIT NL 74 218 196 37 51 8 1 0 11 3 15 5 .260 .316 .311 .627 54 61 1 5 645/7O
1930 35 STL NL 137 629 570 98 179 36 9 0 55 7 45 27 .314 .365 .409 .774 83 233 1 15 *54/6
1931 36 STL NL 143 658 608 97 178 46 5 1 40 16 42 24 .293 .340 .390 .730 92 237 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 78 40 1 0 5
1933 38 TOT NL 145 632 568 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 17 6 2 1 0 /65
1933 38 CIN NL 137 600 538 59 141 21 1 1 22 3 44 30 .262 .320 .310 .631 83 167 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 70 88 2 2 1 54
13 Yrs 1424 6175 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 2967 2671 401 780 104 24 7 201 115 50 208 101 .292 .346 .357 .703 85 953 14 73
STL (4 yrs) 319 1461 1335 218 397 86 15 1 108 23 102 59 .297 .350 .387 .736 85 516 2 5 21
PIT (2 yrs) 209 846 735 128 200 22 7 0 49 11 79 23 .272 .347 .321 .668 70 236 5 26
CIN (2 yrs) 224 901 816 97 211 37 2 1 36 5 64 40 .259 .316 .313 .628 78 255 12 4 16

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 Awards
1922 27 CHC NL 11 49 -3 -1 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .472 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 4
1923 28 CHC NL 95 352 -4 -3 0 3 5 1 0.1 10 11 1.1 .501 .500 0.8 0.8 8 $ 6/O9
1924 29 CHC NL 117 473 -9 -3 0 6 6 1 0.0 14 15 1.4 .501 .501 0.9 1.2 9 $ 64
1925 30 CHC NL 149 687 -17 1 0 19 5 8 0.7 20 28 2.7 .505 .505 0.9 2.3 9 $ *4/6
1926 31 CHC NL 154 701 2 1 0 15 5 23 2.3 20 43 4.3 .515 .515 2.7 2.0 28 $ *45/6
1927 32 CHC NL 146 705 -17 1 0 12 6 2 0.2 20 23 2.2 .502 .502 1.0 1.9 11 $ 456
1928 33 PIT NL 135 628 -15 -1 0 3 5 -8 -0.9 18 10 0.9 .494 .495 0.7 0.8 7 $ *46/O9
1929 34 PIT NL 74 218 -14 -0 0 0 3 -11 -1.0 6 -5 -0.4 .486 .494 -0.4 0.3 -5 $ 645/7O
1930 35 STL NL 137 629 -14 -1 0 -2 4 -12 -1.1 18 5 0.6 .492 .493 0.9 0.2 7 $ *54/6
1931 36 STL NL 143 658 -6 -0 0 -5 4 -7 -0.9 19 12 1.0 .495 .495 1.6 -0.2 17 $ *5/6 MVP-9
1932 37 STL NL 31 142 -3 0 0 -2 1 -4 -0.4 4 -0 0.0 .486 .497 0.2 -0.1 2 $ 5
1933 38 STL NL 8 32 -3 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .476 .499 -0.2 0.2 -2 $ /65
1933 38 CIN NL 137 600 -10 -0 0 5 3 -2 -0.3 18 16 1.5 .499 .499 1.0 0.9 11 $ *5/6
1934 39 CIN NL 87 301 -10 -0 0 -1 2 -9 -1.0 9 -1 -0.1 .489 .494 0.0 0.1 0 $ 54
13 Seasons 1424 6175 -122 -5 0 54 51 -23 -2.8 177 154 14.9 .499 .499 9.9 10.3 100 $
CHC (6 yrs) 672 2967 -48 -3 0 55 29 32 2.9 85 118 11.5 .505 .503 6.1 8.2 63 $
STL (4 yrs) 319 1461 -26 -1 0 -8 9 -25 -2.6 41 16 1.5 .492 .496 2.5 0.0 24 $
PIT (2 yrs) 209 846 -29 -1 0 3 8 -19 -1.9 24 5 0.5 .491 .494 0.3 1.1 2 $
CIN (2 yrs) 224 901 -20 -0 0 4 5 -11 -1.2 26 15 1.4 .495 .497 1.0 1.0 11 $

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
1922 27 CHC NL 49 36 4 3.0 113 .268 .250 .302 .313 .360 .295 .421 .608 .781 57 .284 -2.9 -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 .401 -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 .438 -19.3 -1.8 .645 .174 .081 3.7
1926 31 CHC NL 701 450 85 5.0 104 .323 .309 .288 .367 .348 .375 .400 .742 .748 99 .549 1.5 0.2 .738 .192 .066 .0
1927 32 CHC NL 705 474 74 4.2 106 .304 .292 .293 .335 .351 .340 .404 .675 .755 80 .458 -19.4 -1.9 .629 .153 .048 .0
1928 33 PIT NL 628 411 62 4.1 113 .286 .276 .295 .357 .361 .325 .420 .682 .780 76 .421 -17.5 -1.7 .644 .182 .048 .0
1929 34 PIT NL 218 150 19 3.4 123 .267 .260 .308 .316 .373 .311 .449 .627 .821 54 .291 -14.4 -1.3 .552 .143 .051 .0
1930 35 STL NL 629 406 85 5.6 131 .330 .314 .318 .365 .377 .409 .473 .774 .851 83 .475 -15.7 -1.4 .731 .186 .095 .0
1931 36 STL NL 658 436 80 4.9 108 .304 .293 .291 .340 .351 .390 .411 .730 .762 92 .527 -6.5 -0.6 .691 .192 .097 1.9
1932 37 STL NL 142 92 14 4.1 107 .287 .276 .289 .352 .342 .315 .418 .667 .761 78 .438 -3.6 -0.4 .598 .150 .039
1933 38 TOT NL 632 449 54 3.2 89 .272 .257 .271 .315 .324 .305 .371 .620 .695 79 .394 -13.5 -1.4 .516 .132 .048 1.5
1933 38 STL NL 32 27 1 1.0 96 .185 .167 .281 .219 .335 .200 .385 .419 .720 17 .070 -3.3 -0.4 .296 .067 .033
1933 38 CIN NL 600 422 53 3.4 89 .276 .262 .271 .320 .323 .310 .370 .631 .693 83 .413 -10.2 -1.1 .531 .136 .048 1.5
1934 39 CIN NL 301 211 27 3.4 101 .261 .252 .282 .307 .337 .317 .401 .623 .738 70 .354 -10.9 -1.1 .533 .144 .065 .0
13 Yrs 6175 4169 664 4.3 109 .297 .286 .294 .343 .352 .353 .415 .695 .767 82 .447 -136.7 -13.2 .631 .167 .067 17.0
162 Game Avg. 702 474 76 4.3 109 .297 .286 .294 .343 .352 .353 .415 .695 .767 82 .447 -136.7 -13.2 .631 .167 .067 2
CHC (6 yrs) 2967 2014 323 4.3 108 .302 .292 .294 .346 .352 .357 .411 .703 .763 85 .457 -54.6 -5.3 .639 .167 .065 13.2
STL (4 yrs) 1461 961 180 5.0 117 .311 .297 .302 .350 .361 .387 .438 .736 .799 85 .486 -29.2 -2.7 .687 .183 .089 1.9
PIT (2 yrs) 846 561 81 3.9 115 .281 .272 .298 .347 .364 .321 .427 .668 .791 70 .386 -31.9 -3.0 .619 .171 .049 .0
CIN (2 yrs) 901 633 80 3.4 93 .271 .259 .275 .316 .328 .313 .381 .628 .709 78 .392 -21.1 -2.1 .532 .138 .054 1.7

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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

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
1922 27 CHC NL 49 0.0% 6.1% 8.2% 2.0% 9% 0.75 14.7 14.7 84%
1923 28 CHC NL 352 1.1% 2.8% 7.4% 4.6% 18% 0.38 31.1 77.8 8.9 84%
1924 29 CHC NL 473 0.2% 4.2% 8.5% 3.6% 15% 0.50 20.9 418.0 15.5 84%
1925 30 CHC NL 687 0.3% 2.2% 6.4% 5.7% 22% 0.34 41.8 313.5 13.1 89%
1926 31 CHC NL 701 0.0% 3.9% 7.4% 5.4% 20% 0.52 23.1 16.0 85%
1927 32 CHC NL 705 0.0% 3.7% 6.0% 3.4% 13% 0.62 24.9 13.2 88%
1928 33 PIT NL 628 0.0% 2.9% 10.2% 3.2% 13% 0.28 29.9 14.2 83%
1929 34 PIT NL 218 0.0% 2.3% 6.9% 4.1% 18% 0.33 39.2 17.8 88%
1930 35 STL NL 629 0.0% 4.3% 7.2% 7.2% 25% 0.60 21.1 10.4 86%
1931 36 STL NL 658 0.2% 3.7% 6.4% 7.9% 29% 0.57 25.3 608.0 15.2 89%
1932 37 STL NL 142 0.0% 3.5% 9.9% 2.8% 11% 0.36 25.4 9.8 86%
1933 38 TOT NL 632 0.2% 5.2% 7.1% 3.8% 16% 0.73 17.2 568.0 25.8 84%
1933 38 STL NL 32 0.0% 9.4% 3.1% 3.1% 20% 3.00 10.0 84%
1933 38 CIN NL 600 0.2% 5.0% 7.3% 3.8% 16% 0.68 17.9 538.0 24.5 85%
1934 39 CIN NL 301 0.0% 3.3% 6.6% 5.7% 24% 0.50 27.8 19.9 89%
13 Yrs 6175 0.2% 3.6% 7.3% 5.0% 19% 0.49 24.9 617.4 14.1 86%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.6% 7.9% 6.8% 27% 0.96 11.7 75.4 7.7 80%

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
1922 27 11 49 44 5 11 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 3 .250 .313 .295 .608 57 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 2262 2024 301 591 87 17 7 152 89 50 166 75 .292 .350 .362 .712 87 733 14 57
1927 32 672 2967 2671 401 780 104 24 7 201 115 50 208 101 .292 .346 .357 .703 85 953 14 73
1928 33 807 3595 3210 492 929 118 30 7 239 123 50 272 119 .289 .348 .351 .700 84 1128 18 94
1929 34 881 3813 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 83 1659 22 120
1932 37 1192 5242 4711 746 1372 211 46 8 358 149 50 388 180 .291 .348 .361 .709 83 1699 23 120
1933 38 1337 5874 5279 806 1518 233 47 9 380 152 50 433 213 .288 .345 .355 .699 83 1872 12 26 135
1934 39 1424 6175 5557 844 1588 249 48 9 394 154 50 453 223 .286 .343 .353 .695 82 1960 14 28 136

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 50 45 5 11 0 1 0 3 1 4 3 .244 .306 .289 .595 4 11
1923 28 100 364 322 39 90 12 0 4 34 20 26 11 .280 .335 .354 .689 38 95
1924 29 123 495 438 68 121 11 5 1 28 16 41 21 .276 .340 .331 .671 49 117
1925 30 158 707 647 86 174 28 8 2 43 25 43 16 .269 .321 .346 .668 70 149
1926 31 161 726 648 96 198 36 3 0 39 28 53 28 .306 .363 .370 .733 86 154
1927 32 154 735 675 100 193 17 7 0 49 27 43 27 .286 .329 .332 .661 74 146
1928 33 142 648 558 87 148 14 6 0 36 8 64 19 .265 .345 .312 .657 59 135
1929 34 78 220 200 31 47 7 1 0 9 3 14 5 .235 .288 .280 .568 16 74
1930 35 143 621 565 76 156 31 8 0 43 6 39 28 .276 .324 .359 .683 66 137
1931 36 149 678 628 95 179 46 5 1 39 16 42 25 .285 .332 .379 .711 78 143
1932 37 32 146 131 22 35 3 1 0 13 0 14 5 .267 .342 .305 .648 14 31
1933 38 152 677 607 72 166 25 1 1 26 3 51 34 .273 .333 .323 .656 65 145
1934 39 93 320 296 40 74 17 1 0 15 2 21 11 .250 .304 .314 .618 28 87
13 Yrs 1496 6387 5760 817 1592 247 47 9 377 155 455 233 .276 .332 .340 .673 647 1424
162 Game Avg. 162 692 624 88 172 27 5 1 41 17 49 25 .276 .332 .340 .673 70 1424

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1931 NL (9, 22%)
0.22 Career Shares (708th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1926 NL  4.3 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1926 NL  4.3 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1924 NL  1.2 (7th)
1925 NL  2.3 (2nd)
1926 NL  2.0 (5th)
1927 NL  1.9 (3rd)
1933 NL  1.0 (8th)
Career  10.3 (192nd)

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  701 (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 (216th)

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  41.8 (3rd)
1928 NL  29.9 (10th)
1931 NL  25.3 (10th)
Career  24.9 (55th)

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 (382), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 32 (751), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (903), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (777), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Jimmy Brown (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jimmy Brown (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fernando Vina (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Johnny Temple (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Gantner (889)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Gantner (894)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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