Spencer Adams

Spencer Dewey Adams

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: June 21, 1898 in Layton, UT (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1923
Teams (by GP): Browns/Senators/Yankees/Pirates 1923-1927

Final Game: October 2, 1927
Died: November 24, 1970 in Salt Lake City, UT
Buried: Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, UT
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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:05AM

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1921	23	-min	D	40	169	169		73	10	11	7						.432	.432	.746	1.178		126			TMN · NUTL
1922	24	-min	AA	123	429	429		110	22	3	1						.256	.256	.329	.585		141			SLE · PCL
1923	25	PIT	NL	25	62	56	11	14	0	1	0	4	2	1	6	6	.250	.323	.286	.608	60	16	0	0	4/6

1925	27	WSH	AL	39	63	55	11	15	4	1	0	4	1	1	5	4	.273	.333	.382	.715	82	21	0	3	4/65
1926	28	NYY	AL	28	28	25	7	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	7	.120	.214	.160	.374	-1	4	0	0	/45
1927	29	SLB	AL	88	294	259	32	69	11	3	0	29	1	8	24	33	.266	.333	.332	.665	71	86	2	9	45
1928	30	-min	AA	133	505	453	53	123	19	3	4		5		39	28	.272	.332	.353	.685		160	2	11	MLW · AA
1929	31	-min	A	74	271	271		67	9	0	11						.247	.247	.402	.649		109			NVL · SOUA
1930	32	-min	A	71	275	275		83	18	1	9						.302	.302	.473	.775		130			NVL · SOUA
1931	33	-min	A	56	201	201		50	9	1	1						.249	.249	.318	.567		64			NVL,MOB · SOUA
4 Seasons				180	447	395	61	101	16	5	0	38	5	10	38	50	.256	.324	.322	.646	66	127	2	12
162 Game Avg.				162	402	356	55	91	14	5	0	34	5	9	34	45	.256	.324	.322	.646	66	114	2	11

WSH (1 yr)				39	63	55	11	15	4	1	0	4	1	1	5	4	.273	.333	.382	.715	82	21	0	3
PIT (1 yr)				25	62	56	11	14	0	1	0	4	2	1	6	6	.250	.323	.286	.608	60	16	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				28	28	25	7	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	7	.120	.214	.160	.374	-1	4	0	0
SLB (1 yr)				88	294	259	32	69	11	3	0	29	1	8	24	33	.266	.333	.332	.665	71	86	2	9

AL (3 yrs)				155	385	339	50	87	16	4	0	34	3	9	32	44	.257	.324	.327	.652	67	111	2	12
NL (1 yr)				25	62	56	11	14	0	1	0	4	2	1	6	6	.250	.323	.286	.608	60	16	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1923	25	PIT	NL	62	-3	1	0	0	-2	1	2	-1	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$	4/6

1925	27	WSH	AL	63	-2	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	4/65
1926	28	NYY	AL	28	-4	1	0	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/45
1927	29	SLB	AL	294	-10	-3	0	0	-6	3	10	-6	-0.6	0	0.0	-0.6	$	45
4 Seasons				447	-19	-1	0	0	-9	5	15	-9	-0.9	0	0.0	-0.9	$

WSH (1 yr)				63	-2	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$
PIT (1 yr)				62	-3	1	0	0	-2	1	2	-1	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$
NYY (1 yr)				28	-4	1	0	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$
SLB (1 yr)				294	-10	-3	0	0	-6	3	10	-6	-0.6	0	0.0	-0.6	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1925	27	WSH	AL	WS	PIT	L	2	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1926	28	NYY	AL	WS	STL	L	2	0	0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							4	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 WS							4	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1923	PIT	NL	25	2B	11	6	6	33	11	18	4	4	.879	2.64	.959	5.90
1923	PIT	NL	25	SS	6	6	6	32	14	15	3	1	.906	4.83	.939	5.80
1925	WSH	AL	27	2B	15	8	8	51	25	23	3	4	.941	3.20	.962	5.76
1925	WSH	AL	27	SS	8	1	0	11	3	6	2	0	.818	1.13	.944	5.20
1925	WSH	AL	27	3B	3	1	1	4	2	1	1	0	.750	1.00	.948	3.20
1926	NYY	AL	28	2B	4	4	3	18	10	8	0	2	1.000	4.50	.967	5.62
1926	NYY	AL	28	3B	1			3	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.00	.950	3.40
1927	SLB	AL	29	2B	54	43	38	291	129	147	15	30	.948	5.11	.961	5.69
1927	SLB	AL	29	3B	28	23	22	79	30	43	6	5	.924	2.61	.952	3.33
	4 Seasons			2B	84	61	55	393	175	196	22	40	.944	4.42	.961	5.73
	3 Seasons			3B	32	24	23	86	33	46	7	5	.919	2.47	.952	3.32
	2 Seasons			SS	14	7	6	43	17	21	5	1	.884	2.71	.940	5.46
	4 Seasons			TOT	130	92	84	522	225	263	34	46	.935	3.75	.958	5.11

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Transactions

January 20, 1926: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Washington Senators.
December 24, 1927: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Otis Miller to Milwaukee (American Association) for Chick Galloway.

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