Sparky Adams
Earl John Adams
Born: August 26, 1894
Zerbe, PA USA
Deceased: 1989
Pottsville, PA USA
Primary Position: IF
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, SS, RF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 151
Career: 1922-1934
Minor League Statistics
Sparky Adams compiled a career batting average of .286 with 9 home runs and 394 RBI in his 1424-game career with the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. He began playing during the 1922 season and last took the field during the 1934 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1922 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 11 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .250 | .313 | .295 | .608 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1923 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 95 | 352 | 311 | 40 | 90 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 19 | 26 | 10 | .289 | .346 | .367 | .713 | 114 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
1924 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 117 | 473 | 418 | 66 | 117 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 40 | 20 | .280 | .344 | .337 | .682 | 141 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
1925 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 149 | 687 | 627 | 95 | 180 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 48 | 26 | 12 | 44 | 15 | .287 | .341 | .368 | .709 | 231 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1926 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 154 | 700 | 624 | 95 | 193 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 27 | 0 | 52 | 27 | .309 | .367 | .375 | .742 | 234 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
1927 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 146 | 705 | 647 | 100 | 189 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 26 | 0 | 42 | 26 | .292 | .335 | .340 | .675 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
1928 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 135 | 628 | 539 | 91 | 149 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 64 | 18 | .276 | .357 | .325 | .682 | 175 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 74 | 217 | 196 | 37 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | .260 | .316 | .311 | .627 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 137 | 631 | 570 | 98 | 179 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 27 | .314 | .365 | .409 | .774 | 233 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 143 | 658 | 608 | 97 | 178 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 0 | 42 | 24 | .293 | .340 | .390 | .730 | 237 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1932 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | 142 | 127 | 22 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | .276 | .352 | .315 | .667 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1933 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .219 | .200 | .419 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1933 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 137 | 599 | 538 | 59 | 141 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 30 | .262 | .320 | .310 | .631 | 167 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
1934 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 301 | 278 | 38 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10 | .252 | .307 | .317 | .623 | 88 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1424 | 6174 | 5557 | 844 | 1588 | 249 | 48 | 9 | 394 | 154 | 50 | 453 | 223 | .286 | .343 | .353 | .695 | 1960 | 14 | 28 | 136 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1922 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 2B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 35 | 5 | 5 | .914 | 4.818 | |
1923 | NL | Chicago Cubs | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | |
1923 | NL | Chicago Cubs | SS | 79 | 0 | 0.0 | 153 | 248 | 28 | 44 | .935 | 5.076 | |
1924 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 2B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 66 | 3 | 15 | .976 | 6.368 | |
1924 | NL | Chicago Cubs | SS | 88 | 0 | 0.0 | 169 | 277 | 28 | 62 | .941 | 5.068 | |
1925 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 2B | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 354 | 551 | 16 | 90 | .983 | 6.285 | |
1925 | NL | Chicago Cubs | SS | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 7.000 | |
1926 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 2B | 136 | 0 | 0.0 | 324 | 485 | 29 | 93 | .965 | 5.949 | |
1926 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 3B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 4 | .959 | 2.474 | |
1926 | NL | Chicago Cubs | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | |
1927 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 2B | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 149 | 194 | 2 | 34 | .994 | 5.717 | |
1927 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 3B | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 107 | 6 | 12 | .962 | 2.868 | |
1927 | NL | Chicago Cubs | SS | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 82 | 142 | 10 | 23 | .957 | 5.600 | |
1928 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 107 | 0 | 0.0 | 265 | 343 | 18 | 54 | .971 | 5.682 | |
1928 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
1928 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | SS | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 52 | 97 | 1 | 14 | .993 | 5.519 | |
1929 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 48 | 5 | 5 | .942 | 4.050 | |
1929 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3B | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 2.067 | |
1929 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
1929 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | SS | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 58 | 10 | 8 | .901 | 3.033 | |
1930 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 85 | 4 | 25 | .974 | 5.880 | |
1930 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 159 | 8 | 18 | .966 | 2.163 | |
1930 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 3 | .889 | 4.571 | |
1931 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 138 | 0 | 0.0 | 118 | 223 | 13 | 29 | .963 | 2.471 | |
1931 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | SS | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.167 | |
1932 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 42 | 5 | 11 | .931 | 2.233 | |
1933 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 2.000 | |
1933 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 132 | 0 | 0.0 | 121 | 272 | 15 | 15 | .963 | 2.977 | |
1933 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | SS | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 4.200 | |
1933 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | SS | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.875 | |
1934 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 2B | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 61 | 81 | 3 | 11 | .979 | 4.897 | |
1934 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 75 | 5 | 10 | .955 | 2.789 | |
Totals | 1384 | 0 | 0.0 | 2287 | 3748 | 230 | 597 | .963 | 4.361 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1930 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 6 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .136 | .143 | .279 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1931 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 8 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .160 | .154 | .160 | .314 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1930 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 3B | 6 | 6 | 48.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.062 | 1.833 |
1931 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 3B | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 |
Totals | 7 | 8 | 53.0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.038 | 1.714 |
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