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.

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	1	6	1	8	1
2	2	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	W,13-4	GS	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
3	3	Apr 17	CHC	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 19	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	6	0	6	2
6	6	Apr 20	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
7	7	Apr 21	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.1	1	4	0	5	2
8	8	Apr 22	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
9	9	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
10	10	Apr 24	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 25	CHC		STL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
12	12	Apr 27	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	3	5	0
14	14	Apr 29	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	2	3	0	5	2
15	15	Apr 30	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	54	14.0	1	3	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	CHC		CIN	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
17	17	May 2	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
18	18	May 3	CHC		CIN	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	5	7	0	12	2
19	19	May 4	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
20	20	May 5	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	2	2	1	5	0
21	21	May 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
22	23 (1)	May 10	CHC		BRO	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	24	May 11	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
24	25	May 12	CHC		BRO	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	2	7	2
25	26	May 13	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
26	29 (2)	May 16	CHC		NYG	L,12-16	CG	52	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	35 (5)	May 24	CHC		BSN	L,3-11	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	41 (5)	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	57 (15)	Jun 21 (2)	CHC		STL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
30	60 (2)	Jun 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	68 (7)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
32	70 (1)	Jul 6	CHC	@	STL	L,4-13	GF	0	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	71	Jul 7	CHC	@	STL	L,3-15	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	74 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	75	Jul 11	CHC		BRO	L,1-9	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	81 (5)	Jul 17	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
37	82	Jul 18	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	3	0	4	2
38	83	Jul 19 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	6	5	0	11	1
39	84	Jul 19 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
40	85	Jul 20	CHC		BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	2	9	1
41	86	Jul 21	CHC		BSN	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
42	87	Jul 22 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
43	88	Jul 22 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	2
44	89	Jul 23	CHC		BSN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
45	90	Jul 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	5	5	0	10	0
46	91	Jul 26	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
47	92	Jul 28	CHC	@	PHI	L,11-12	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
48	93	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
49	94	Jul 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	95	Jul 31	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	96	Aug 1	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
52	97	Aug 2	CHC	@	BRO	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	4	5	0	9	0
53	98	Aug 3	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	99	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	3	2	5	0
55	100	Aug 4 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
56	101	Aug 5	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	4	2	2	8	0
57	102	Aug 6	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	5	5	0	10	1
58	103	Aug 7	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
59	104	Aug 8	CHC	@	BSN	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
60	105	Aug 9 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,11-6	CG	43	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
61	106	Aug 9 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	5	2	7	0
62	107	Aug 11	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	108	Aug 15	CHC		PHI	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
64	109	Aug 16	CHC		PHI	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
65	110	Aug 17	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	1	2	1
66	113 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
67	114	Aug 21	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
68	115	Aug 22	CHC		BRO	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
69	116	Aug 23	CHC		BRO	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	8	0	10	0
70	117	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
71	118	Aug 25 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
72	119	Aug 25 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,7-11	CG	49	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
73	120	Aug 26	CHC		NYG	L,9-11	CG	52	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
74	121	Aug 27	CHC		STL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
75	122	Aug 28 (1)	CHC		STL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
76	123	Aug 28 (2)	CHC		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
77	124	Aug 29	CHC		STL	L,5-12	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
78	125	Aug 30	CHC		STL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
79	126	Aug 31	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	127	Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	9.1	2	1	0	3	0
81	128	Sep 1 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
82	129	Sep 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
83	130	Sep 4	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
84	131	Sep 5	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
85	132	Sep 6	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	2
86	133	Sep 7 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	8	0	9	2
87	134	Sep 7 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,4-15	GS	0	5.0	2	1	2	5	0
88	135	Sep 9	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
89	136	Sep 10	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	5	1	10	0
90	137	Sep 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	0	8	1	9	1
91	138	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
92	139	Sep 13 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
93	140	Sep 16 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-3	GS	19	4.2	0	2	0	2	0
94	141	Sep 16 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	46	12.0	2	4	1	7	2
95	142	Sep 18 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	51	11.0	7	2	0	9	0
96	143	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	4	1	7	3
97	144	Sep 19	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	2	3	1	6	2
98	145	Sep 20	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	52	12.0	1	10	1	12	1
99	146	Sep 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
100	147	Sep 22	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	48	11.1	2	3	0	5	0
101	148	Sep 23	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	2	5	0	7	0
102	149	Sep 24	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	5	3	1	9	1
103	150	Sep 26 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	2	6	0	8	2
104	151	Sep 26 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	152	Sep 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	9.2	1	1	0	2	0
106	153	Sep 28	CHC		PIT	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
107	154	Sep 29	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
							107gm		912.0	224	343	31	598	77