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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 22)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHC		PIT	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 15	CHC		PIT	L,4-8	CG	48	9.0	8	4	0	12	1
3	3	Apr 16	CHC		PIT	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
5	5	Apr 18	CHC		STL	L,5-20	CG	58	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 19	CHC		STL	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 20	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
8	12 (4)	Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
9	13	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
10	14	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-9	GS	34	7.0	3	5	0	8	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	15	May 1	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
12	16	May 2	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
13	17	May 3	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
14	18	May 8	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
15	19	May 9	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	2	5	0	7	0
16	20	May 12 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
17	21	May 12 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
18	22	May 13	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
19	23	May 14	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
20	24	May 15	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
21	25	May 16	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
22	26	May 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	27	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
24	28	May 19	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
25	29	May 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
26	30	May 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	7	1	11	2
27	31	May 22	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
28	32	May 23	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	46	8.1	1	4	0	5	0
29	33	May 24 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
30	34	May 24 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
31	35	May 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
32	36	May 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
33	37	May 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
34	38	May 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
35	39	May 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	40	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
37	41	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
38	42	May 31	CHC		PIT	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	43	Jun 1	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
40	44	Jun 4	CHC		BRO	W,11-9	CG	47	9.0	5	3	0	8	3
41	45	Jun 5	CHC		BRO	L,6-7	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
42	46	Jun 6	CHC		BRO	L,9-12	CG	50	9.0	5	3	1	9	1
43	47	Jun 7	CHC		BRO	L,9-10	CG	49	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
44	48	Jun 8	CHC		NYG	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
45	49	Jun 9	CHC		NYG	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
46	50	Jun 10	CHC		NYG	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
47	51	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
48	52	Jun 12	CHC		BSN	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
49	53	Jun 13	CHC		BSN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
50	54	Jun 14	CHC		BSN	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	55	Jun 15	CHC		BSN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
52	56	Jun 16	CHC		BSN	L,4-7	CG	53	13.0	4	6	0	10	0
53	57	Jun 17	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
54	58	Jun 18	CHC		PHI	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
55	59	Jun 19	CHC		PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
56	60	Jun 20	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
57	61	Jun 21	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	62	Jun 22	CHC		CIN	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
59	63	Jun 23	CHC		CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	6	0	11	1
60	64	Jun 26	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
61	65	Jun 27	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
62	66	Jun 28 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
63	67	Jun 28 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
64	68	Jun 30	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	69	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
66	70	Jul 2 (1)	CHC		STL	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
67	71	Jul 2 (2)	CHC		STL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
68	72	Jul 3	CHC		STL	L,8-10	CG	49	10.0	3	7	0	10	1
69	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	0	12.0	1	3	0	4	1
70	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	75	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
72	76	Jul 7	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
73	77	Jul 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	78	Jul 11	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
75	79	Jul 12	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-8	CG	0	16.0	6	10	0	16	2
76	80	Jul 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	81	Jul 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	82	Jul 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	27	6.0	2	4	0	6	0
79	83	Jul 16	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
80	84	Jul 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
81	85	Jul 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	2	7	0	9	1
82	86	Jul 20	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	4	8	0	12	3
83	87	Jul 21	CHC	@	BSN	W,15-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
84	88	Jul 24	CHC		CIN	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
85	89	Jul 25 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	6	5	0	11	1
86	90	Jul 25 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
87	91	Jul 26	CHC		PIT	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
88	92	Jul 28	CHC		NYG	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
89	93	Jul 29	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
90	94	Jul 30	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
91	95	Jul 31	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	96	Aug 1	CHC		BRO	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	97	Aug 2	CHC		BRO	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
94	98	Aug 3	CHC		BRO	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	9	0	12	0
95	99	Aug 4	CHC		BRO	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	3	9	1
96	100	Aug 5	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
97	101	Aug 6	CHC		PHI	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
98	102	Aug 7	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
99	103	Aug 8	CHC		PHI	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
100	104	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
101	105	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,13-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
102	106	Aug 10	CHC		BSN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
103	107	Aug 11	CHC		BSN	L,2-9	CG	50	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
104	108	Aug 13	CHC	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
105	109	Aug 14	CHC	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
106	110	Aug 15	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
107	111	Aug 16	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
108	112	Aug 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	6	3	0	9	2
109	113	Aug 19	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	2	8	0	10	3
110	114	Aug 20	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
111	115	Aug 22 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
112	116	Aug 22 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
113	117	Aug 23 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
114	118	Aug 23 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
115	119	Aug 24 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-13	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
116	120	Aug 24 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
117	121	Aug 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,19-10	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
118	122	Aug 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-12	CG	48	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
119	123	Aug 27	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
120	124	Aug 28	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
121	125	Aug 29 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	5	5	0	10	2
122	126	Aug 29 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
123	127	Aug 31	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	128	Sep 1	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
125	129	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	2	6	0	8	0
126	130	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
127	131	Sep 4	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
128	132	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
129	133	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
130	134	Sep 6	CHC		PIT	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
131	135	Sep 7 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
132	136	Sep 7 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG	48	10.0	4	3	0	7	0
133	137	Sep 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
134	138	Sep 9	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	52	11.0	3	5	0	8	0
135	139	Sep 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
136	140	Sep 12	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
137	141	Sep 13	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	142	Sep 16 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
139	143	Sep 16 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,6-8	GS	37	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
140	144	Sep 18	CHC		NYG	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
141	145	Sep 19	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	8	0	11	2
142	146	Sep 20	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
143	147	Sep 21	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
144	148	Sep 22	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	41	12.0	4	4	0	8	2
145	149	Sep 23	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
146	150	Sep 26	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	52	12.0	3	3	0	6	0
147	152 (1)	Oct 2	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
148	153	Oct 3	CHC		STL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
149	154	Oct 4	CHC		STL	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							149gm		1319.0	367	573	16	956	95