Sparky Adams

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-5, 151lb (165cm, 68kg)

Born: August 26, 1894 in Zerbe, PA us

Died: February 24, 1989 in Pottsville, PA

Buried: St. Peter Church of Christ Cemetery, Tremont, PA

High School: Tremont HS (Tremont, PA)

Debut: September 18, 1922 (Age 28-023d, 5,519th in major league history)
vs. BRO 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1934 (Age 40-035d)
vs. STL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Earl John Adams

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1931 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.8

5557

1588

.286

844

RBI

394

154

OBP

.343

SLG

.353

OPS

.695

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-41 / in Starts: 24-22
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	56 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 217 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	110 (56-34-20) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 217 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	146 (73-45-27)

Most Driven In
E Sheely	3
C Hargreaves	2
P Waner	2
R Hemsley	1
B Grimes	1
H Meine	1
S Clarke	1
P Traynor	0

Most Driven In By
P Waner	8
G Grantham	7
P Traynor	5
L Waner	3
A Comorosky	3
C Hargreaves	2
B Grimes	1
E Brame	1

1929 Batting Game Log

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1929 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	808	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	.84	-0.054	2.01	-0.08%	-1.31	SS
2	809	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-13	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	1	.36	-0.034	1.00	-0.06%	-1.20	SS
3	810	3	Apr 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-11	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.000	.071	.000	.071	1	.72	-0.019	1.80	-0.03%	-0.34	SS
4	811	4	Apr 20	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.263	.176	.440	1	.80	0.129	1.81	0.17%	1.20	SS
5	812	5	Apr 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.208	.136	.345	1	.58	-0.076	1.42	-0.11%	-1.25	SS
6	813	7 (1)	Apr 26	PIT		CHC	L,6-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.208	.136	.345	9	2.11	0.007	5.69	0.01%	0.23	PR
7	814	8	Apr 27	PIT		CHC	L,7-8	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.240	.174	.414	8	.77	0.034	1.81	0.05%	0.41	PH
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
8	815	11 (2)	May 1	PIT	@	STL	T,4-4	9-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	1	3.39	-0.031	7.68	-0.04%	-0.25	SS
9	816	15 (3)	May 7	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.258	.207	.465	1	1.39	-0.044	3.37	-0.06%	-0.41	2B
10	817	16	May 8	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2		0	0	.188	.257	.188	.445	1	.35	0.059	.97	0.10%	1.21	2B
11	818	17	May 9	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.250	.216	.466	1	.84	-0.021	1.98	-0.03%	-0.16	2B
12	819	18	May 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-9	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.227	.195	.422	1	.74	-0.081	2.02	-0.13%	-0.94	2B
13	820	19	May 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-11	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.224	.196	.420	1	.73	-0.026	2.07	-0.04%	-0.51	2B
14	821	20	May 13	PIT	@	BRO	W,12-4	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		1	0	.220	.264	.240	.504	1	.76	0.064	1.77	0.09%	1.05	SS
15	822	21	May 15	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.263	.241	.504	1	.68	-0.032	1.77	-0.05%	-0.39	SS
16	823	22	May 16	PIT		STL	L,9-10	CG(10)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.270	.250	.520	1	2.22	-0.112	7.60	-0.23%	-1.69	SS
17	824	23	May 17	PIT		STL	W,6-2	GS-8	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.284	.281	.565	1	1.19	0.021	3.58	0.04%	0.23	SS
18	825	26 (2)	May 20	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.284	.281	.565	7						PR
19	826	28 (1)	May 22	PIT		CIN	W,11-2	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.261	.292	.290	.582	1	.26	0.027	.69	0.04%	0.62	3B
20	827	29	May 23	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.280	.278	.558	1	2.04	-0.136	5.62	-0.23%	-1.21	3B
21	828	30	May 25	PIT		CIN	W,6-4	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	1	.253	.291	.280	.571	1	1.25	-0.048	3.71	-0.09%	-0.90	3B
22	829	36 (5)	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.288	.276	.564	7	.56	-0.015	3.37	-0.06%	-0.20	PH LF
23	830	38 (1)	May 31	PIT		PHI	L,7-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.288	.276	.564	6						LF
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
24	831	44 (5)	Jun 8	PIT		BRO	W,9-2	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.288	.276	.564	1		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR SS
25	832	45	Jun 9	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-9	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.274	.263	.536	1	1.36	-0.157	6.28	-0.44%	-1.57	SS
26	833	49 (3)	Jun 13	PIT		NYG	W,11-7	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.274	.263	.536	9						PR
27	834	51 (1)	Jun 15	PIT		NYG	L,15-20	GS-9	5	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.238	.281	.262	.543	1	.65	-0.021	3.36	-0.07%	-0.13	SS
28	835	53 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.259	.537	9	.31	-0.008	1.31	-0.02%	-0.27	PH
29	836	60 (6)	Jun 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.259	.537	7						PR
30	837	61	Jun 26	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.259	.537	7						PR
31	838	65 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.259	.537	9						PR
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
32	839	71 (5)	Jul 6	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.259	.537	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
33	840	77 (5)	Jul 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	5	5	2	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.267	.305	.311	.616	1						2B
34	841	78	Jul 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.310	.326	.636	1	.54	0.039	2.93	0.13%	0.65	2B
35	842	79	Jul 15	PIT	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.314	.323	.638	1	1.39	-0.069	7.36	-0.22%	-0.21	2B
36	843	80	Jul 16	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.312	.314	.626	1	.75	-0.011	4.09	-0.04%	-0.14	2B
37	844	81	Jul 17 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-7	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.301	.302	.603	1	1.24	-0.130	6.67	-0.42%	-1.62	2B 3B
38	845	82	Jul 17 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,13-5	CG	6	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.259	.303	.304	.606	1	.32	0.040	1.80	0.13%	0.51	2B 3B
39	846	83	Jul 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.301	.302	.603	1	.60	-0.014	3.95	-0.06%	-0.20	3B
40	847	84	Jul 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.289	.289	.578	1	.88	-0.126	6.03	-0.52%	-1.60	3B
41	848	85	Jul 20 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-8	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.288	.288	.576	1	.92	-0.007	6.04	-0.03%	-0.25	3B
42	849	86	Jul 21	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.246	.285	.285	.569	1	.71	0.019	4.65	0.07%	0.02	3B
43	850	87	Jul 22	PIT		BRO	W,13-3	CG	5	5	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.303	.311	.614	1	.46	0.068	2.62	0.23%	1.67	2B 3B
44	851	88	Jul 23	PIT		BRO	L,7-10	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.306	.314	.620	1	.69	-0.016	3.83	-0.05%	0.18	3B
45	852	89	Jul 24	PIT		BRO	L,4-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.309	.317	.626	1	1.51	0.186	8.48	0.63%	1.33	2B 3B
46	853	90	Jul 26	PIT		BSN	W,9-8	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.306	.309	.614	1	1.06	-0.033	5.82	-0.11%	-0.53	2B 3B
47	854	91	Jul 27 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,3-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.304	.307	.610	4	.13	-0.003	.73	-0.01%	-0.29	PH 2B
48	855	92	Jul 27 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.309	.325	.633	7	.53	0.102	2.99	0.35%	0.71	2B
49	856	93	Jul 29	PIT		BSN	L,9-10	GS-9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.272	.307	.329	.636	7	1.16	-0.058	6.15	-0.18%	-0.34	2B
50	857	94	Jul 30	PIT		PHI	L,5-13	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.267	.306	.323	.629	7	.75	-0.055	3.67	-0.16%	-0.74	2B
51	858	95	Jul 31	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.312	.321	.633	7	1.24	0.065	5.69	0.18%	0.79	2B
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
52	859	96	Aug 1	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.316	.321	.638	1	.57	-0.002	2.36	0.00%	-0.06	2B
53	860	99 (2)	Aug 6	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.320	.325	.646	9	2.95	0.097	8.01	0.16%	0.40	PH
54	861	102 (2)	Aug 9	PIT		STL	W,7-6	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.318	.323	.642	8	.86	-0.024	2.79	-0.05%	-0.13	SS
55	862	103	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.321	.322	.642	8	1.13	-0.037	3.59	-0.07%	-0.79	SS
56	863	104	Aug 10 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.317	.318	.635	7	.75	-0.040	2.60	-0.08%	-0.40	SS
57	864	106 (1)	Aug 12	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.266	.319	.316	.636	8	2.11	-0.161	4.58	-0.21%	-0.59	SS
58	865	107	Aug 14	PIT	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.316	.313	.629	7	1.48	-0.051	2.60	-0.05%	-0.62	SS
59	866	108	Aug 15	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.316	.309	.626	7	1.03	-0.039	2.22	-0.05%	-0.32	SS
60	867	115 (6)	Aug 22	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.315	.308	.623	8	.46	-0.026	.27	-0.01%	0.34	SS
61	868	117 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.319	.309	.627	7	1.48	-0.067	.54	-0.02%	-0.34	SS
62	869	119 (1)	Aug 27	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.260	.317	.307	.625	7	.81	-0.048	.07	0.00%	-0.73	SS
63	870	121 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.317	.307	.625	8						SS
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
64	871	125 (3)	Sep 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-7	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.317	.307	.625	8						SS
65	872	126	Sep 2 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.317	.307	.625	5						SS
66	873	127	Sep 2 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,9-8	9-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.316	.306	.621	6	2.37	-0.065	.09	0.00%	-0.29	PR SS
67	874	128	Sep 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	4-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.318	.313	.630	4	1.15	-0.050	.02	0.00%	-0.31	3B
68	875	134 (5)	Sep 9	PIT		BRO	W,9-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.318	.313	.630	8						SS
69	876	136 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.318	.313	.630	8						PR
70	877	137	Sep 11 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,5-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.318	.313	.630	7						PR SS
71	878	145 (7)	Sep 20	PIT		BSN	W,10-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.318	.313	.630	4						3B
72	879	147 (1)	Sep 26	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.318	.313	.630	8						SS
73	880	148	Sep 27	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.318	.313	.630	7						PR SS
74	881	151 (2)	Sep 29 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.316	.311	.627	9	.11	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH
							32-41		217	196	37	51	8	1	0	11	15	1	5	1	2		7		3	2	.260	.316	.311	.627		.97	-1.093	3.42	-1.71%	-11.96

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