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Buster Adams
Elvin Clark Adams

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 27, 1939
Final Game September 21, 1947
Born June 24, 1915 in Trinidad, CO
Died September 1, 1990 in Rancho Mirage, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 24 STL NL   2    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1943 28 TOT NL 119  429   49  108  15  7   4   39   2     43  71  .252  .320  .347   96  149  12           0   8
         STL NL   8   11    1    1   1  0   0    1   0      4   4  .091  .333  .182   48    2   3           0   0
         PHI NL 111  418   48  107  14  7   4   38   2     39  67  .256  .319  .352   97  147   9           0   8
 1944 29 PHI NL 151  584   86  165  35  3  17   64   2     74  74  .283  .370  .440  130  257  17           7  11
 1945 30 TOT NL 154  634  104  182  29  1  22  109   3     62  80  .287  .353  .440  118  279   8           3  10 MVP-18
         PHI NL  14   56    6   13   3  1   2    8   0      5   5  .232  .295  .429  102   24   0           0   2
         STL NL 140  578   98  169  26  0  20  101   3     57  75  .292  .359  .441  119  255   8           3   8
 1946 31 STL NL  81  173   21   32   6  0   5   22   3     29  27  .185  .312  .306   73   53   4           3   3
 1947 32 PHI NL  69  182   21   45  11  1   2   15   2     26  29  .247  .341  .352   87   64   1           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      576 2003  282  532  96 12  50  249  12  0 234 281  .266  .346  .400  110  802  42   0   0  13  35
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        563   79  150  27  3  14   70   3  0  66  79  .266  .346  .400  110  226  12   0   0   4  10
 Career High    154  634  104  182  35  7  22  109   3  0  74  80  .287  .370  .440  130  279  17   0   0   7  11
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 24 STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   108| .000  .287| .000  .354| .000  .411| .000  .765|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1943 28 TOT NL  484  341   48   3.8    86| .252  .260| .320  .328| .347  .353| .667  .681|  96  .482  -2.8  -0.3     
         STL NL   18   13    1   2.1    93| .091  .271| .333  .340| .182  .367| .515  .707|  48  .236  -0.5  -0.1     
         PHI NL  466  328   47   3.9    86| .256  .260| .319  .328| .352  .353| .671  .681|  97  .491  -2.3  -0.2     
 1944 29 PHI NL  682  447   93   5.6    92| .283  .264| .370  .331| .440  .371| .810  .703| 130  .628  25.6   2.6     
 1945 30 TOT NL  707  470   98   5.6    99| .287  .276| .353  .346| .440  .381| .793  .727| 118  .619  13.9   1.4     
         PHI NL   61   45    7   4.2    94| .232  .270| .295  .339| .429  .372| .724  .711| 102  .488  -0.2   0.0     
         STL NL  646  425   91   5.7    99| .292  .277| .359  .347| .441  .382| .800  .729| 119  .630  14.1   1.4     
 1946 31 STL NL  209  148   16   2.9    96| .185  .267| .312  .343| .306  .374| .618  .717|  73  .351  -5.8  -0.6     
 1947 32 PHI NL  209  141   22   4.1   102| .247  .269| .341  .344| .352  .399| .693  .743|  87  .449  -2.3  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2292 1548  277   4.8    94| .266  .268| .346  .337| .400  .373| .746  .711| 110  .561  28.3   2.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 28 TOT NL OF 113 309 6 5 1 .984 .977 2.79 2.27 1 113 0 STL NL OF 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.83 2.27 0 6 0 PHI NL OF 107 298 6 5 1 .984 .977 2.84 2.27 1 107 0 1944 29 PHI NL OF 151 449 14 10 1 .979 .980 3.07 2.31 0 151 0 1945 30 TOT NL OF 154 408 9 9 3 .979 .978 2.71 2.33 27 126 0 PHI NL OF 14 26 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.86 2.33 13 0 0 STL NL OF 140 382 9 9 3 .978 .978 2.79 2.33 14 126 0 1946 31 STL NL OF 58 95 1 1 1 .990 .977 1.66 2.16 24 35 0 1947 32 PHI NL OF 51 78 5 4 2 .954 .976 1.63 2.19 6 1 44
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 28 TOT NL OF 113 309 6 5 1 .984 .977 2.79 2.27 1 113 0 STL NL OF 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.83 2.27 0 6 0 PHI NL OF 107 298 6 5 1 .984 .977 2.84 2.27 1 107 0 1944 29 PHI NL OF 151 449 14 10 1 .979 .980 3.07 2.31 0 151 0 1945 30 TOT NL OF 154 408 9 9 3 .979 .978 2.71 2.33 27 126 0 PHI NL OF 14 26 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.86 2.33 13 0 0 STL NL OF 140 382 9 9 3 .978 .978 2.79 2.33 14 126 0 1946 31 STL NL OF 58 95 1 1 1 .990 .977 1.66 2.16 24 35 0 1947 32 PHI NL OF 51 78 5 4 2 .954 .976 1.63 2.19 6 1 44
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 527 1339 35 29 8 .979 .978 2.61 2.28 58 426 44 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 527 1339 35 29 8 .979 .978 2.61 2.28
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1945-NL-18-0.04
Car-1148-0.04 shares

Games
1945 NL-154-2

At Bats
1944 NL-584-9
1945 NL-634-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1944 NL-682-6
1945 NL-707-4

Runs
1945 NL-104-6

Hits
1945 NL-182-5

Total Bases
1945 NL-279-2

Doubles
1944 NL-35-7
1945 NL-29-7

Home Runs
1944 NL-17-6
1945 NL-22-3

RBI
1945 NL-109-5

Bases on Balls
1944 NL-74-8

Strikeouts
1943 NL-71-5
1944 NL-74-2
1945 NL-80-2

Singles
1945 NL-130-8

Runs Created
1945 NL-98-8

Extra-Base Hits
1944 NL-55-9
1945 NL-52-3

Times on Base
1944 NL-246-9
1945 NL-247-9

Hit By Pitch
1944 NL-7-2
1946 NL-3-10

Sac. Hits
1943 NL-12-8
1944 NL-17-3

At Bats per Home Run
1944 NL-34.4-10
1945 NL-28.8-7

Outs
1944 NL-447-7
1945 NL-470-3

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 27 (837) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1920) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.0 (1292) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 1, 1943: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Dain Clay and Coaker Triplett to the Philadelphia Blue Jays for Danny Litwhiler and Earl Naylor.

May 8, 1945: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Antonelli and Glenn Crawford.

March 21, 1947: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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