Sparky Adams Stats

Sparky Adams was born on Sunday, August 26, 1894, in Zerbe, Pennsylvania. Adams was 28 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 18, 1922, with the Chicago Cubs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Sparky Adams baseball stats page.

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Sparky Adams

Earl 'Sparky' Adams Autograph on a 1933 Goudey Baseball Card (#213)

Earl 'Sparky' Adams Autograph on a 1933 Goudey Baseball Card (#213)

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Birth Name:   Earl John Adams
Nickname:   Sparky
Born On:   08-26-1894  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Zerbe, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-24-1989 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   St. Peter Church of Christ Cemetery, Tremont, Pennsylvania
High School:   Tremont High School (Tremont, PA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-05½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   151
First Game:   09-18-1922 (Age 28)
Last Game:   09-30-1934
Draft:   Not Applicable

Sparky Adams

Sparky Adams Pitching Stats

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Sparky Adams Hitting Stats

1922 28 Cubs 11 44 5 11 0 1 0 0 3 4 - 3 1 - 0 - .250 .313 .295
1923 29 Cubs 95 311 40 90 12 0 4 0 35 26 - 10 14 - 1 - .289 .346 .367
1924 30 Cubs 117 418 66 117 11 5 1 0 27 40 - 20 14 - 1 - .280 .344 .337
1925 31 Cubs 149 627 95 180 29 8 2 0 48 44 - 15 9 - 7 - .287 .341 .368
1926 32 Cubs 154 624 95 193 35 3 0 0 39 52 - 27 19 - 5 - .309 .367 .375
1927 33 Cubs 146 647 100 189 17 7 0 0 49 42 - 26 16 - 0 - .292 .335 .340
1928 34 Pirates 135 539 91 149 14 6 0 0 38 64 - 18 21 - 4 - .276 .357 .325
1929 35 Pirates 74 196 37 51 8 1 0 0 11 15 - 5 5 - 1 - .260 .316 .311
1930 36 Cardinals 137 570 98 179 36 9 0 0 55 45 - 27 15 - 1 - .314 .365 .409
1931 37 Cardinals 143 608 97 178 46 5 1 0 40 42 - 24 6 - 2 - .293 .340 .390
1932 38 Cardinals 31 127 22 35 3 1 0 0 13 14 - 5 0 - 1 - .276 .352 .315
1933 39 Cardinals 8 30 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 0 0 1 2 .167 .219 .200
1933 39 Reds 137 538 59 141 21 1 1 0 22 44 - 30 15 - 2 10 .262 .320 .310
1934 40 Reds 87 278 38 70 16 1 0 0 14 20 - 10 1 - 2 2 .252 .307 .317
13 Years 1,424 5,557 844 1,588 249 48 9 0 394 453 - 223 136 0 28 14 .286 .343 .353

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Sparky Adams Fielding Stats

1922 Cubs 2B 11 11 153 58 5.3 53 18 35 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .914 9.35
1923 Cubs RF 1 1 24 4 4.0 4 3 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1923 Cubs SS 79 74 1,945 429 5.4 401 153 248 28 44 n/a n/a n/a .935 5.57
1924 Cubs 2B 19 19 498 124 6.5 121 55 66 3 15 n/a n/a n/a .976 6.56
1924 Cubs SS 88 82 2,145 474 5.4 446 169 277 28 62 n/a n/a n/a .941 5.61
1925 Cubs 2B 144 144 3,771 921 6.4 905 354 551 16 90 n/a n/a n/a .983 6.48
1925 Cubs SS 5 5 153 35 7.0 35 13 22 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.18
1926 Cubs 2B 136 132 3,404 838 6.2 809 324 485 29 93 n/a n/a n/a .965 6.42
1926 Cubs 3B 19 19 423 49 2.6 47 12 35 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .959 3.00
1926 Cubs SS 2 1 24 5 2.5 5 2 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.63
1927 Cubs 2B 60 55 1,439 345 5.8 343 149 194 2 34 n/a n/a n/a .994 6.44
1927 Cubs 3B 53 52 1,185 158 3.0 152 45 107 6 12 n/a n/a n/a .962 3.46
1927 Cubs SS 40 39 1,058 234 5.9 224 82 142 10 23 n/a n/a n/a .957 5.72
1928 Pirates 2B 107 105 2,749 626 5.9 608 265 343 18 54 n/a n/a n/a .971 5.97
1928 Pirates RF 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1928 Pirates SS 27 27 715 150 5.6 149 52 97 1 14 n/a n/a n/a .993 5.63
1929 Pirates 2B 20 16 351 86 4.3 81 33 48 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .942 6.23
1929 Pirates 3B 15 11 210 33 2.2 31 7 24 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .939 3.99
1929 Pirates LF 2 0 6 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1929 Pirates SS 30 19 394 101 3.4 91 33 58 10 8 n/a n/a n/a .901 6.24
1930 Cardinals 2B 25 24 665 151 6.0 147 62 85 4 25 n/a n/a n/a .974 5.97
1930 Cardinals 3B 104 104 2,559 233 2.2 225 66 159 8 18 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.37
1930 Cardinals SS 7 5 140 36 5.1 32 12 20 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .889 6.17
1931 Cardinals 3B 138 136 3,423 354 2.6 341 118 223 13 29 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.69
1931 Cardinals SS 6 6 132 30 5.0 25 9 16 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .833 5.11
1932 Cardinals 3B 30 30 785 72 2.4 67 25 42 5 11 n/a n/a n/a .931 2.30
1933 Cardinals 3B 3 3 75 8 2.7 6 0 6 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .750 2.16
1933 Cardinals SS 5 5 135 22 4.4 21 5 16 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .955 4.20
1933 Reds 2B 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1933 Reds 3B 132 128 3,211 408 3.1 393 121 272 15 15 n/a n/a n/a .963 3.30
1933 Reds SS 8 6 129 23 2.9 23 6 17 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.81
1934 Reds 2B 29 24 595 145 5.0 142 61 81 3 11 n/a n/a n/a .979 6.44
1934 Reds 3B 38 37 997 111 2.9 106 31 75 5 10 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.87
2B Totals 552 530 13,625 3,294 6.0 3,209 1,321 1,888 85 332 n/a n/a n/a .974 6.36
3B Totals 532 520 12,868 1,426 2.7 1,368 425 943 58 101 n/a n/a n/a .959 2.87
SS Totals 297 269 6,970 1,539 5.2 1,452 536 916 87 163 n/a n/a n/a .943 5.62
RF Totals 2 1 24 4 2.0 4 3 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
LF Totals 2 0 6 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
13 Years 1,385 1,320 33,493 6,265 4.5 6,035 2,287 3,748 230 597 n/a n/a n/a .963 4.87

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Sparky Adams Miscellaneous Stats

1922 Cubs 1 2 .333 0 0 n/a 0.0 14.7 14.7 - - -
1923 Cubs 20 19 .513 12 3 n/a 77.8 31.1 8.9 - - -
1924 Cubs 15 17 .469 8 2 n/a 418.0 20.9 15.5 - - -
1925 Cubs 26 12 .684 0 0 n/a 313.5 41.8 13.1 - - -
1926 Cubs 27 - - 2 0 n/a 0.0 23.1 16.0 - - -
1927 Cubs 26 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 24.9 13.2 - - -
1928 Pirates 8 - - 1 0 n/a 0.0 29.9 14.2 - - -
1929 Pirates 3 - - 4 8 n/a 0.0 39.2 17.8 - - -
1930 Cardinals 7 - - 4 0 n/a 0.0 21.1 10.4 - - -
1931 Cardinals 16 - - 1 0 n/a 608.0 25.3 15.2 - - -
1932 Cardinals 0 - - 1 0 n/a 0.0 25.4 9.8 - - -
1933 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 10.0 0.0 - - -
1933 Reds 3 - - 0 0 n/a 538.0 17.9 24.5 - - -
1934 Reds 2 - - 13 7 n/a 0.0 27.8 19.9 - - -
13 Years 154 50 .755 46 20 n/a 617.4 24.9 14.1 - - -

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Sparky Adams Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1922 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1925 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1926 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1927 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1928 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1929 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1930 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1931 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1932 St. Louis Cardinals 1 Undetermined n/a -
1933 St. Louis Cardinals 1 Undetermined - -
1933 Cincinnati Reds 10 Undetermined - -
1934 Cincinnati Reds 4 Undetermined - -

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