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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-49 / in Starts: 15-30
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	47 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 209 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	116 (63-34-19) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 209 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	137 (71-43-21)

Most Driven In
H Walker	3
D Ennis	3
C Gilbert	2
J Tabor	2
Self	2
J Wyrostek	1
R LaPointe	1

Most Driven In By
A Seminick	4
H Schultz	2
Self	2
L Handley	2
H Walker	2
A Lakeman	1
J Wyrostek	1
J Tabor	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	508	4 (3)	Apr 19 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-9	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	8	.07	0.003	.20	0.01%	0.39	PH
2	509	8 (3)	Apr 23	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	4	.83	-0.051	2.35	-0.09%	-0.40	RF
3	510	11 (2)	Apr 27 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	4	.39	-0.010	.90	-0.01%	-0.16	RF
4	511	12	Apr 27 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	4	1.02	0.024	2.50	0.04%	0.12	PH RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	512	17 (4)	May 6	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	1	1.79	-0.046	4.55	-0.07%	-0.10	PH
6	513	18	May 8 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	7	3.50	0.109	7.74	0.14%	1.06	PH
7	514	21 (2)	May 10	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.500	.375	.875	3	.55	0.030	1.08	0.04%	0.12	PH
8	515	22	May 11 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.364	.500	.364	.864	5	.34	0.014	.59	0.01%	0.77	RF
9	516	28 (5)	May 18 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.421	.375	.796	5	1.44	-0.101	3.46	-0.15%	-0.16	RF
10	517	31 (2)	May 21	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.400	.353	.753	9	5.95	-0.211	14.69	-0.31%	-0.69	PH
11	518	34 (2)	May 25	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.350	.767	5	1.94	0.064	4.83	0.10%	0.61	RF
12	519	35	May 27	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.400	.333	.733	9	1.18	-0.033	2.63	-0.04%	-0.36	PH
13	520	36	May 28	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.318	.703	4	.30	-0.008	.58	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
14	521	37	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.367	.280	.647	4	.95	-0.023	2.15	-0.03%	-0.26	RF
15	522	38	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	GS-7	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.214	.353	.250	.603	4	1.06	-0.031	2.17	-0.04%	-0.30	RF
16	523	39	May 31	PHI		CHC	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.316	.219	.535	4	.83	-0.083	1.44	-0.09%	-0.92	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	524	43 (3)	Jun 5 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,0-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.333	.219	.552	9	.34	0.011	.47	0.01%	0.33	PH
18	525	47 (3)	Jun 8 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,4-5	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.350	.219	.569	1	3.52	0.044	4.69	0.04%	0.23	PH
19	526	50 (2)	Jun 10	PHI		STL	L,3-8	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.366	.242	.608	9	1.15	0.072	1.21	0.05%	0.96	PH
20	527	51	Jun 11	PHI		STL	W,5-4	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.378	.229	.606	4	1.16	0.052	1.00	0.03%	0.57	RF
21	528	52	Jun 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.391	.333	.725	9	.94	0.053	1.16	0.04%	1.00	PH
22	529	53	Jun 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.440	.447	.887	5	.55	0.087	.58	0.06%	1.64	LF
23	530	54	Jun 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.286	.455	.452	.907	5						LF
24	531	55	Jun 16	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.458	.478	.936	5	1.32	0.191	1.16	0.10%	1.01	LF
25	532	56	Jun 17	PHI	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.300	.444	.460	.904	5						LF
26	533	57	Jun 18	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.296	.433	.444	.877	5						LF
27	534	58	Jun 20	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.414	.421	.835	5	1.24	-0.103	.67	-0.03%	-1.18	RF
28	535	59	Jun 21	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.405	.426	.832	5	1.31	0.078	.65	0.02%	0.80	RF
29	536	60	Jun 22	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG(13)	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	1	0	0	.269	.388	.418	.805	5	2.33	-0.347	1.26	-0.11%	-1.59	RF
30	537	61	Jun 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.381	.400	.781	5	1.45	-0.004	1.04	0.00%	-0.48	RF
31	538	62	Jun 25	PHI	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.382	.405	.787	5	.67	0.158	.40	0.06%	0.81	RF
32	539	63	Jun 27	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.383	.390	.773	2	.75	0.054	.40	0.02%	0.43	RF
33	540	64	Jun 28	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-14	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.374	.378	.752	2	.38	-0.033	.23	-0.01%	-0.62	RF
34	541	65	Jun 29 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.365	.368	.733	2	1.07	-0.061	.53	-0.02%	-0.36	RF
35	542	66	Jun 29 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.352	.352	.704	6	.85	-0.088	.33	-0.02%	-0.69	RF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	543	68 (1)	Jul 1	PHI		BRO	W,5-3	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.226	.351	.344	.695	3	1.19	0.071	.27	0.01%	0.31	RF
37	544	70 (1)	Jul 3	PHI		BSN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.339	.330	.669	3	.81	-0.081	.27	-0.02%	-1.31	RF
38	545	74 (3)	Jul 6	PHI		NYG	L,3-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.336	.327	.663	1	2.32	-0.055	.32	-0.01%	-0.29	PH
39	546	80 (5)	Jul 13 (2)	PHI		STL	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.328	.317	.645	2	.81	-0.058	.10	0.00%	-0.62	RF
40	547	82 (1)	Jul 15	PHI		CIN	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.325	.314	.639	9	3.44	-0.087	.34	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
41	548	83	Jul 16	PHI		CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	1	0	.217	.331	.330	.661	2	.97	0.019	.08	0.00%	0.20	RF
42	549	84	Jul 18	PHI		CHC	L,5-7	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.234	.341	.342	.683	2						RF
43	550	86 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.346	.348	.694	9	3.50	0.080	.16	0.00%	1.00	PH
44	551	90 (3)	Jul 24 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.344	.345	.689	3	5.48	-0.144	.08	0.00%	-0.45	PH
45	552	93 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.237	.338	.339	.677	2	1.57	-0.152	.01	0.00%	-1.51	RF
46	553	95 (1)	Jul 29	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.336	.336	.672	8	2.11	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	554	101 (5)	Aug 5	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.228	.326	.325	.651	4	.73	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.31	RF
48	555	105 (3)	Aug 9	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.333	.341	.675	4	1.33	0.143	.00	0.00%	1.03	RF
49	556	106	Aug 10	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.324	.331	.655	4	1.94	-0.208	.00	0.00%	-1.54	RF
50	557	107	Aug 11	PHI		NYG	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.329	.331	.660	4	.83	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.18	RF
51	558	108	Aug 12	PHI		NYG	W,5-0	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.329	.331	.660	1	.58	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.05	RF
52	559	110 (1)	Aug 14	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.335	.341	.676	4	1.09	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.90	RF
53	560	111	Aug 15	PHI		BRO	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.340	.359	.699	4	1.30	0.088	.00	0.00%	0.84	LF RF
54	561	114 (2)	Aug 17 susp	PHI		BRO	L,5-7	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.335	.354	.690	2	1.23	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.33	PH CF
55	562	119 (4)	Aug 21 (2)	PHI		STL	L,3-13	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.333	.352	.685	4	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.23	RF
56	563	120	Aug 22	PHI		STL	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.337	.347	.684	4	1.51	-0.021	.00	0.00%	0.19	RF
57	564	121	Aug 23	PHI		STL	L,3-5	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.339	.349	.688	4	.77	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.11	RF
58	565	123 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,8-6	CG(7)	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.345	.358	.702	4	.79	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.49	RF
59	566	127 (3)	Aug 29	PHI		BSN	L,2-9	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.349	.362	.710	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.12	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	567	131 (3)	Sep 1 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.346	.359	.705	4	.43	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.24	RF
61	568	134 (2)	Sep 5	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.244	.339	.350	.689	4						RF
62	569	137 (2)	Sep 9	PHI	@	STL	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.337	.348	.685	6	2.90	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.46	PH
63	570	138	Sep 10	PHI	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.255	.346	.370	.715	4						RF
64	571	140 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	1	0	.260	.352	.373	.725	3						RF
65	572	141	Sep 13 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.348	.364	.713	4	1.25	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-0.87	RF
66	573	144 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-7	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.347	.362	.709	2	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.20	RF
67	574	145	Sep 15	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-12	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.345	.360	.704	4	.88	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.13	RF
68	575	147 (1)	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-12	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.249	.343	.354	.697	2	.65	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.57	RF
69	576	150 (2)	Sep 21 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.341	.352	.693	9	4.62	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-0.49	PH
							20-49		209	182	21	45	11	1	2	15	26	1	29	0	1		2	3	2	1	.247	.341	.352	.693		1.18	-0.906	.86	-0.32%	-2.38

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