Buster Adams

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: June 24, 1915 in Trinidad, CO us

Died: September 1, 1990 in Rancho Mirage, CA

Buried: Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, CA

Debut: April 27, 1939 (Age 23-307d, 8,653rd in major league history)
vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 21, 1947 (Age 32-089d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Elvin Clark Adams

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1946 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.8

2003

532

.266

282

RBI

249

OBP

.346

SLG

.400

OPS

.747

OPS+

110

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 50 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 15 go ahead

2 Tms
PHI	25
STL	25

Platoon
vs RHP	34
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Home	28
Away	22

Outs
1	21
0	17
2	12

8 Opps
CHC	12
BRO	9
BSN	8
NYG	6
PIT	5
PHI	4
STL	3
CIN	3

40 Pitchers
Hank Wyse	3
Hy Vandenberg	2
Otho Nitcholas	2
Ewald Pyle	2
Hal Schacker	2
Harry Gumbert	2
Bill Lee	2
Harry Brecheen	2
Vic Lombardi	2
Bill Fleming	1
Jack Kraus	1
Ken Raffensberger	1
Charlie Sproull	1
Hank Borowy	1
Nate Andrews	1
Izzy León	1
Vern Kennedy	1
Curt Davis	1
Fritz Ostermueller	1
Nick Strincevich	1
Lee Pfund	1
Mort Cooper	1
Ray Harrell	1
Joe Hatten	1
Ben Chapman	1
Rube Fischer	1
Paul Erickson	1
Bill Voiselle	1
Rip Sewell	1
Monty Kennedy	1
Bob Logan	1
Ray Prim	1
Ed Hanyzewski	1
Jim Tobin	1
Freddie Fitzsimmons	1
Harry Feldman	1
Bob Chipman	1
Red Barrett	1
Preacher Roe	1
Arthur Cuccurullo	1

8 Parks
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	19
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	12
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
Braves Fld (BOS)	6
Crosley Fld (CIN)	3
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	2
Polo Grounds (NYC)	1
Forbes Fld (PIT)	1

Where Hit
7	36
8	4
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	48
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	33
1--	12
1-3	2
12-	1
-2-	1
-23	1

71 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	33
1 on	13
2 on	4
Any on	17

Inning
1	8
2	1
3	9
4	10
5	4
6	6
7	6
8	2
9	4

1-3	18
4-6	20
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	1
+2	4
+1	6
Tied	12
-1	6
-2	5
-3	6
-4..	8

Ahead	13
Tied	12
Behind	25

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	41
LF	6
PH	3

OrderPos
3rd	22
2nd	19
5th	3
4th	3
9th	2
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1943	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1943-06-27 (1)	PHI		BRO	Freddie Fitzsimmons	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.119	51%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1943-07-04 (2)	PHI		CHC	Bill Lee	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	1	3	8	0.096	27%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1943-08-21	PHI		STL	Harry Brecheen	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	8	0.172	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hamrick Scores
4	4	4	1	1943-09-05 (1)	PHI		BSN	Jim Tobin	behind 0-1	b 5	1	1--	2	2	8	0.314	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hamrick Scores
1944	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1944-04-23 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	Nate Andrews	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.101	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	1944-04-25	PHI		NYG	Ewald Pyle	behind 1-3	b 6	0	1--	2	2	8	0.275	57%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Mullen Scores
7	7	3	1	1944-05-11	PHI	@	CHC	Ed Hanyzewski	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	8
8	8	4	1	1944-05-21 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	Arthur Cuccurullo	behind 0-1	t 3	1	1--	2	2	8
9	9	5	1	1944-05-28 (2)	PHI		PIT	Nick Strincevich	ahead 6-1	b 6	2	1--	2	2	8	0.018	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Barrett Scores
10	10	6	1	1944-06-02	PHI		STL	Mort Cooper	behind 1-4	b 7	0	---	1	3	8	0.088	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	7	1	1944-07-16 (1)	PHI		NYG	Rube Fischer	ahead 4-2	b 4	2	1--	2	3	8	0.131	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Lupien Scores
12	12	8	1	1944-07-20 (2)	PHI		PIT	Rip Sewell	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	3	8	0.105	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	9	1	1944-07-27 (1)	PHI		STL	Harry Brecheen	behind 2-8	b 7	1	-23	3	2	8	0.050	9%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Heltzel Scores; T. Cieslak Scores
14	14	10	1	1944-07-30 (1)	PHI		CHC	Hank Wyse	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1	2	8	0.069	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	11	1	1944-07-31	PHI		CHC	Hy Vandenberg	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	8
16	16	12	1	1944-08-14	PHI	@	CHC	Bill Fleming	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	---	1	2	8
17	17	13	1	1944-08-22 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	Harry Gumbert	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	2	8	0.134	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
18	18	14	2	1944-08-22 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	Harry Gumbert	behind 2-3	t 5	2	---	1	2	8	0.153	45%		Home Run (Deep CF)
19	19	15	1	1944-09-08	PHI		BRO	Curt Davis	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	8	0.106	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	16	1	1944-09-10 (2)	PHI		BRO	Ben Chapman	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	8	0.128	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	17	1	1944-09-15	PHI		NYG	Harry Feldman	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.109	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1945	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1945-04-28	PHI	@	BSN	Red Barrett	tied 3-3	t 3	0	---	1	3	7	0.114	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	2	1	1945-05-06 (2)	PHI		BRO	Otho Nitcholas	behind 3-8	b 7	2	---	1	2	7	0.019	4%		Home Run
24	24	3	1	1945-05-15	STL	@	BSN	Hal Schacker	behind 5-7	t 8	0	1-3	3	3	7	0.399	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Bergamo Scores; J. Hopp Scores
25	25	4	1	1945-05-17	STL	@	BSN	Hal Schacker	ahead 6-4	t 9	1	---	1	3	7	0.045	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	5	1	1945-05-24	STL		BRO	Otho Nitcholas	ahead 4-3	b 5	0	1--	2	3	8	0.143	88%		Home Run; D. Garms Scores
27	27	6	1	1945-05-26	STL		BRO	Lee Pfund	behind 1-10	b 8	2	---	1	3	8	0.001	0%		Home Run
28	28	7	1	1945-06-01	STL		NYG	Bill Voiselle	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	3	8	0.125	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	8	1	1945-06-07	STL		CHC	Paul Erickson	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	1--	2	5	8	0.120	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Sanders Scores
30	30	9	1	1945-06-23	STL	@	CHC	Hy Vandenberg	behind 0-3	t 4	1	---	1	3	8	0.081	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	10	1	1945-06-27 (2)	STL	@	PHI	Izzy León	tied 0-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	3	8
32	32	11	1	1945-06-30	STL	@	BSN	Ewald Pyle	behind 1-6	t 4	1	1-3	3	3	8	0.129	24%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Bartosch Scores/unER; R. Schoendienst Scores
33	33	12	1	1945-07-04 (1)	STL	@	NYG	Ray Harrell	ahead 6-0	t 6	1	---	1	3	8	0.013	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	13	1	1945-07-24	STL		BRO	Vic Lombardi	behind 1-6	b 4	0	---	1	4	8	0.051	14%		Home Run
35	35	14	1	1945-07-27	STL		PIT	Preacher Roe	tied 0-0	b 7	0	1--	2	3	8
36	36	15	1	1945-08-12 (1)	STL	@	BRO	Vic Lombardi	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.102	56%		Home Run
37	37	16	1	1945-08-15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	Jack Kraus	ahead 3-2	t 5	1	1--	2	3	8	0.187	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Schoendienst Scores
38	38	17	1	1945-08-16	STL	@	PHI	Charlie Sproull	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	8	0.115	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	18	1	1945-08-19 (2)	STL	@	BSN	Bob Logan	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.102	56%		Home Run
40	40	19	1	1945-08-29	STL	@	CIN	Vern Kennedy	behind 0-2	t 6	2	---	1	3	8	0.110	27%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	20	1	1945-08-31	STL		CHC	Hank Wyse	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	---	1	3	8	0.107	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	21	1	1945-09-03 (1)	STL		PIT	Fritz Ostermueller	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1	4	8
43	43	22	1	1945-09-06 (2)	STL		BSN	Bill Lee	tied 0-0	b 3	2	12-	3	3	8	0.272	82%		Home Run; K. Burkhart Scores; A. Bergamo Scores
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1946-04-21	STL	@	CHC	Ray Prim	behind 2-5	t 6	1	---	1	5	8
45	45	2	1	1946-06-03	STL		NYG	Monty Kennedy	behind 0-3	b 6	0	---	1	9	PH	0.095	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	3	1	1946-06-07	STL		PHI	Ken Raffensberger	behind 0-5	b 9	2	1--	2	6	7	0.003	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Slaughter Scores
47	47	4	1	1946-06-23	STL	@	BRO	Joe Hatten	behind 0-2	t 3	1	---	1	2	8	0.105	35%		Home Run (LF-CF)
48	48	5	1	1946-07-04 (2)	STL		CHC	Bob Chipman	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	1--	2	2	PH	0.075	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Schoendienst Scores
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1947-06-13	PHI	@	CHC	Hank Borowy	behind 2-4	t 9	1	---	1	9	PH	0.053	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	2	1	1947-06-14	PHI	@	CHC	Hank Wyse	behind 1-6	t 9	0	---	1	5	7	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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