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Sparky Adams

Retired

High Level

MLB

Years

1922-1934 (1922-1934)

Proper Name

Earl John Adams

Positions

2B (551) ... 3B (532) ... SS (297) ... OF (4)

Height / Weight

5-6 / 151

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

Death Date

February 24,1989 Age: 94.182

Place

Zerbe, Pennsylvania

High School

Tremont (Tremont,PA)

MLB Debut

September 18,1922

MLBAM ID

Retrosheet#

adams101

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[1931] World Series Champion with St. Louis Cardinals

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1922	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	-	27	2B		11	44	5	11	0	1	0	3	1	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	13	49	1	10	.250	.313	.295	.608	.114	.045	.000	8.16	6.12	0.75	0.00
1923	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	-	28	SS	95	95	311	40	90	12	0	4	35	20	19	26	10	1	14	0	0	0	114	352	16	74	.289	.346	.367	.713	.164	.078	.000	7.39	2.84	0.38	77.75
1924	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	-	29	SS	91	117	418	66	117	11	5	1	27	15	17	40	20	1	14	0	0	0	141	473	17	100	.280	.344	.337	.681	.148	.057	.000	8.46	4.23	0.50	418.00
1925	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	-	30	2B	94	149	627	95	180	29	8	2	48	26	12	44	15	7	9	0	0	0	231	687	39	141	.287	.341	.368	.709	.174	.081	.000	6.40	2.18	0.34	313.50
1926	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	-	31	2B	104	154	624	95	193	35	3	0	39	27	0	52	27	5	19	0	0	0	234	700	38	155	.309	.367	.375	.742	.000	.066	.000	7.43	3.86	0.52	0.00
1927	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	-	32	2B-3B	94	146	647	100	189	17	7	0	49	26	0	42	26	0	16	0	0	0	220	705	24	165	.292	.335	.340	.675	.000	.048	.000	5.96	3.69	0.62	0.00
1928	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	-	33	2B	95	135	539	91	149	14	6	0	38	8	0	64	18	4	21	0	0	0	175	628	20	129	.276	.357	.325	.682	.000	.049	.000	10.19	2.87	0.28	0.00
1929	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	-	34	SS-2B	84	74	196	37	51	8	1	0	11	3	0	15	5	1	5	0	0	0	61	217	9	42	.260	.316	.311	.627	.000	.051	.000	6.91	2.30	0.33	0.00
1930	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	-	35	3B	99	137	570	98	179	36	9	0	55	7	0	45	27	1	15	0	0	0	233	631	45	134	.314	.365	.409	.774	.000	.095	.000	7.13	4.28	0.60	0.00
1931	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	-	36	3B	101	143	608	97	178	46	5	1	40	16	0	42	24	2	6	0	0	0	237	658	52	126	.293	.340	.390	.730	.000	.097	.000	6.38	3.65	0.57	608.00
1932	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	1	37	3B	93*	31	127	22	35	3	1	0	13	0	0	14	5	1	0	0	0	0	40	142	4	31	.276	.352	.315	.667	.000	.039	.000	9.86	3.52	0.36	0.00
1933	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	1	38	SS-3B	90	8	30	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	6	32	1	4	.167	.219	.200	.419	.000	.033	.000	3.13	9.38	3.00	0.00
1933	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	10	38	3B	90	137	538	59	141	21	1	1	22	3	0	44	30	2	15	0	0	10	167	599	23	118	.262	.320	.310	.630	.000	.048	.000	7.35	5.01	0.68	538.00
1934	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	4	39	3B-2B	86	87	278	38	70	16	1	0	14	2	0	20	10	2	1	0	0	2	88	301	17	53	.252	.307	.317	.624	.000	.065	.000	6.64	3.32	0.50	0.00
Tot:	MLB (13 yrs)		MLB						1424	5557	844	1588	249	48	9	394	154	50	453	223	28	136	0	0	14	1960	6174	306	1282	.286	.343	.353	.695	.167	.067	.297	7.34	3.61	0.49	617.44
Tot:	NL (13 yrs)		NL						1424	5557	844	1588	249	48	9	394	154	50	453	223	28	136	0	0	14	1960	6174	306	1282	.286	.343	.353	.695	.167	.067	.297	7.34	3.61	0.49	617.44
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB						162	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’

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* indicates player had a low sample size of plate appearances.

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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1930	St. Louis Cardinals	World Series	Playoffs	35	6	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	21	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	.000	.000	.176	0.00	19.05	0.00	0.00
1931	St. Louis Cardinals	World Series	Playoffs	36	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	.000	.000	.333	0.00	25.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	Playoffs (2 Yrs)		Playoffs		8	25	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	25	0	4	.160	.160	.160	.320	.000	.000	.200	0.00	20.00

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