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.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	PIT	@	STL	L,7-14	CG	46	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
2	2	Apr 12	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 14	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 15	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
5	5	Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 19	PIT		STL	L,10-13	CG	49	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
7	7	Apr 20	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
8	8	Apr 22	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
9	9	Apr 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
10	10	Apr 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
11	11	Apr 25	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
12	12	Apr 26	PIT		CIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
13	13	Apr 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 30	PIT		CHC	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	3	8	0	11	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
16	16	May 2	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	2	4	3	9	1
17	17	May 3	PIT		BSN	L,4-5	CG	44	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
18	18	May 4	PIT		BSN	W,13-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
19	19	May 5	PIT		BSN	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
20	20	May 7	PIT		BSN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
21	21	May 8	PIT		NYG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
22	22	May 9	PIT		NYG	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
23	23	May 10	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
24	24	May 12	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
25	25	May 13	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	5	4	0	9	0
26	26	May 14	PIT		BRO	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
27	27	May 15	PIT		BRO	L,3-10	CG	48	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
28	28	May 18	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
29	29	May 19	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
30	30	May 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	2	3	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	46 (15)	Jun 7	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-6	GF	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	47	Jun 8	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-9	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	51 (3)	Jun 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,15-4	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	52	Jun 13	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	32	8.1	3	7	0	10	1
35	53	Jun 14	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	50	11.0	4	3	1	8	0
36	54	Jun 15	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
37	55	Jun 16	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
38	56	Jun 17	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
39	57	Jun 20	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
40	58	Jun 21	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
41	59	Jun 22	PIT		CIN	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
42	60	Jun 23	PIT		CIN	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	3	5	0	8	0
43	61	Jun 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
44	62	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
45	63	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
46	64	Jun 28	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
47	65	Jun 29	PIT	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	66	Jun 30	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	67	Jul 1 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
50	68	Jul 1 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
51	69	Jul 3	PIT		CIN	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
52	70	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
53	71	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
54	72	Jul 6	PIT		NYG	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	73	Jul 7 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
56	74	Jul 7 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
57	75	Jul 9	PIT		NYG	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
58	76	Jul 10	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	77	Jul 11	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	CG	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	78	Jul 14	PIT		BSN	W,10-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
61	79	Jul 16	PIT		BSN	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
62	80	Jul 17	PIT		BSN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
63	81	Jul 18	PIT		BSN	W,16-3	CG	36	9.0	3	9	0	12	2
64	82	Jul 19	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
65	83	Jul 20	PIT		BRO	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
66	84	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
67	85	Jul 21 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
68	86	Jul 22 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	5	2	1	8	0
69	87	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
70	88	Jul 23	PIT	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
71	89	Jul 24	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	90	Jul 25	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
73	91	Jul 26	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
74	92	Jul 27	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
75	93	Jul 30 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
76	94	Jul 30 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	7	2	0	9	0
77	95	Jul 31	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	0	1	2	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	96	Aug 2	PIT	@	PHI	W,18-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	97	Aug 3	PIT	@	PHI	W,14-6	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
80	98	Aug 4 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,14-8	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
81	99	Aug 4 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
82	100	Aug 7 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
83	101	Aug 7 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	45	12.0	7	5	0	12	2
84	102	Aug 8	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
85	103	Aug 9	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
86	104	Aug 10	PIT		STL	L,1-2	CG	45	12.0	2	6	0	8	3
87	105	Aug 11	PIT		CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
88	106	Aug 13	PIT		BRO	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
89	107	Aug 14	PIT		BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
90	108	Aug 15	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
91	109	Aug 16	PIT		BRO	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	2	10	0	12	0
92	110	Aug 17 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
93	111	Aug 17 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
94	112	Aug 18 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
95	113	Aug 18 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,8-11	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
96	114	Aug 20	PIT		BSN	L,11-14	CG	50	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
97	115	Aug 21	PIT		BSN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
98	116	Aug 22	PIT		BSN	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
99	117	Aug 23 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
100	118	Aug 23 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,13-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
101	119	Aug 24	PIT		NYG	W,16-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
102	120	Aug 25	PIT		NYG	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	121	Aug 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
104	122	Aug 27	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
105	123	Aug 28 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	124	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,16-7	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
107	125	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	L,0-4	CG	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	126	Aug 31 (1)	PIT		STL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
109	127	Aug 31 (2)	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	128	Sep 1	PIT		STL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
111	129	Sep 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
112	130	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,16-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
113	131	Sep 3 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
114	132	Sep 4	PIT		CHC	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
115	133	Sep 6	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.1	3	5	0	8	0
116	134	Sep 7	PIT	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
117	135	Sep 8	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
118	136	Sep 9	PIT	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	137	Sep 10	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
120	138	Sep 11	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
121	139	Sep 14	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
122	140	Sep 15	PIT		CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
123	141	Sep 16	PIT	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
124	142	Sep 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
125	143	Sep 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	1	3	0	4	0
126	144	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
127	145	Sep 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
128	146	Sep 22 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
129	147	Sep 22 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
130	148	Sep 24 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	2
131	149	Sep 24 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
132	150	Sep 25	PIT	@	BSN	W,13-8	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
133	151	Sep 27 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	40	9.1	4	9	0	13	2
134	152	Sep 27 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-8	GS	28	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
							135gm		1172.0	317	440	19	776	68