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.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHC		STL	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 13	CHC		STL	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 15	CHC		STL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
4	4	Apr 16	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 18	CHC		PIT	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
8	8	Apr 23	CHC	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
10	10	Apr 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,9-11	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
12	12	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
13	13	Apr 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,16-4	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
14	14	Apr 30	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
16	16	May 3	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
17	17	May 4	CHC		CIN	W,13-9	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
18	18	May 7	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
19	19	May 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	1	3	1	5	1
20	20	May 10	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
21	21	May 11	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	22	May 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
23	23	May 13	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	24	May 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-2	CG	71	18.0	10	4	0	14	1
25	25	May 17	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	82	22.0	5	4	0	9	2
26	26	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	27	May 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
28	28	May 21 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	4	8	0	12	1
29	29	May 21 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
30	30	May 22	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
31	31	May 25 (1)	CHC		STL	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
32	32	May 25 (2)	CHC		STL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
33	33	May 26	CHC		CIN	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	34	May 27	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	1	3	0	4	1
35	35	May 28	CHC		CIN	L,0-8	CG	48	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
36	36	May 29	CHC		PIT	L,5-8	CG	48	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
37	37	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	2	4	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	46 (7)	Jun 9	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
40	47	Jun 10	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG	45	12.0	4	3	0	7	0
41	48	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
42	49	Jun 12	CHC		NYG	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
43	50	Jun 13	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
44	51	Jun 14	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	51	11.0	3	4	1	8	0
45	52	Jun 15	CHC		PHI	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
46	53	Jun 16	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
47	54	Jun 17	CHC		PHI	L,2-12	CG	44	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
48	55	Jun 18	CHC		PHI	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
49	56	Jun 19	CHC		PIT	W,14-7	CG	45	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
50	57	Jun 20	CHC		PIT	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
51	58	Jun 21 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	60	12.2	2	5	0	7	0
52	59	Jun 21 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-12	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
53	60	Jun 22	CHC	@	STL	L,5-11	CG	49	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
54	61	Jun 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
55	62	Jun 25	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
56	63	Jun 26	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
57	64	Jun 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
58	65	Jun 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
59	66	Jun 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	5	0	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	67	Jul 1	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
61	68	Jul 2	CHC		STL	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
62	69	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
63	70	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	1	1	3	1
64	71	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
65	72	Jul 5	CHC		CIN	W,8-5	CG	45	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
66	73	Jul 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	28	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	74	Jul 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
68	75	Jul 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	2	7	0	9	2
69	76	Jul 10	CHC	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
70	77	Jul 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	8	0	8	0
71	78	Jul 13 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	45	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
72	79	Jul 13 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
73	80	Jul 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
74	81	Jul 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
75	82	Jul 16 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
76	83	Jul 16 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
77	84	Jul 18 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	2	6	0	8	1
78	85	Jul 18 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
79	86	Jul 19	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
80	87	Jul 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
81	88	Jul 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	44	8.0	6	4	0	10	3
82	89	Jul 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
83	90	Jul 24 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	0	9.2	5	1	0	6	0
84	91	Jul 24 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
85	92	Jul 27	CHC		NYG	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
86	93	Jul 28	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	GS	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
87	94	Jul 29	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	GS	44	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
88	95	Jul 30	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
89	96	Jul 31	CHC		PHI	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	97	Aug 1	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	GS	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
91	98	Aug 2	CHC		PHI	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
92	99	Aug 3	CHC		BSN	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
93	100	Aug 4	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	101	Aug 5	CHC		BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
95	102	Aug 6	CHC		BRO	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
96	103	Aug 7	CHC		BRO	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	1	3	1	5	2
97	104	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
98	105	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,4-5	GS	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
99	106	Aug 11	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	107	Aug 13	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
101	108	Aug 14	CHC		CIN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	109	Aug 16	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
103	110	Aug 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	3	3	0	6	0
104	111	Aug 19 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
105	112	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
106	113	Aug 20 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	36	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
107	114	Aug 20 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
108	115	Aug 22	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	116	Aug 24 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	2	5	0	7	1
110	117	Aug 24 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
111	118	Aug 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	119	Aug 27 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
113	120	Aug 27 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-6	GS	46	10.0	5	6	1	12	2
114	121	Aug 29 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,7-8	GS	44	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
115	122	Aug 29 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
116	123	Aug 30	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-7	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	124	Sep 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	125	Sep 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
119	126	Sep 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	7	0	8	0
120	127	Sep 4	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
121	128	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		STL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
122	129	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-2	GS	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
123	130	Sep 6	CHC	@	STL	L,1-13	CG	46	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
124	131	Sep 7 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	GS	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
125	132	Sep 7 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
126	133	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
127	134	Sep 9	CHC		NYG	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
128	135	Sep 10	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	136	Sep 11	CHC		NYG	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	137	Sep 12	CHC		NYG	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
131	138	Sep 13	CHC		BRO	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
132	139	Sep 14	CHC		BRO	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
133	140	Sep 16	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
134	141	Sep 17 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	GS	47	13.0	1	6	0	7	2
135	142	Sep 17 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	143	Sep 18	CHC		BSN	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
137	144	Sep 19	CHC		BSN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
138	145	Sep 20	CHC		BSN	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
139	146	Sep 22	CHC		PHI	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
140	147	Sep 23	CHC		PHI	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	1
141	148	Sep 24	CHC		PHI	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
142	149	Sep 25 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
143	150	Sep 25 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
144	151	Sep 26	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
145	152	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
146	153	Oct 2	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
							153gm		1320.0	276	443	18	737	69