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Full name Earl John Adams
Born August 26, 1894, Zerbe, Pennsylvania
Died February 24, 1989, Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Buried at St. Peter Church of Christ Cemetery, Tremont, Pennsylvania
First Game: September 18, 1922; Final Game: September 30, 1934
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 5.5" Weight: 151
SABR Biography

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Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1922 CHI N Daily Splits 11 44 5 11 0 1 0 3 4 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 .250 .313 .295 -0.5 1922 CHI N 1923 CHI N Daily Splits 95 311 40 90 12 0 4 35 26 0 10 1 14 0 8 6 20 19 .289 .346 .367 -0.5 1923 CHI N 1924 CHI N Daily Splits 117 418 66 117 11 5 1 27 40 0 20 1 13 1 0 13 3 15 17 .280 .343 .337 -0.9 1924 CHI N 1925 CHI N Daily Splits 149 627 95 180 29 8 2 48 44 0 15 7 6 3 0 23 8 26 12 .287 .339 .368 1.6 1925 CHI N 1926 CHI N Daily Splits 154 624 95 193 35 3 0 39 52 0 27 5 11 8 1 15 4 27 14 .309 .363 .375 2.7 1926 CHI N 1927 CHI N Daily Splits 146 647 100 189 17 7 0 49 42 0 26 0 9 7 0 16 9 26 17 .292 .332 .340 -0.2 1927 CHI N 1928 PIT N Daily Splits 135 539 91 149 14 6 0 38 64 0 18 4 14 7 0 12 11 8 8 .276 .353 .325 -1.5 1928 PIT N 1929 PIT N Daily Splits 74 196 37 51 8 1 0 11 15 1 5 1 2 3 0 7 1 3 2 .260 .312 .311 -2.4 1929 PIT N 1930 STL N Daily Splits 137 570 98 179 36 9 0 55 45 0 27 1 6 9 0 17 18 7 7 .314 .360 .409 -1.8 1930 STL N 1931 STL N Daily Splits 143 608 97 178 46 5 1 40 42 0 24 2 6 0 20 2 16 16 .293 .340 .390 -1.2 1931 STL N 1932 STL N Daily Splits 31 127 22 35 3 1 0 13 14 0 5 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 .276 .352 .315 -0.6 1932 STL N 1933 STL N Daily Splits 8 30 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .167 .219 .200 -0.5 1933 STL N 1933 CIN N Daily Splits 137 538 59 141 21 1 1 22 44 0 30 2 15 1 10 10 3 4 .262 .320 .310 -0.4 1933 CIN N 1933 TOT N 145 568 60 146 22 1 1 22 45 0 33 3 15 1 11 12 3 4 .257 .315 .305 -0.9 1933 TOT N 1934 CIN N Daily Splits 87 278 38 70 16 1 0 14 20 1 10 2 1 0 10 2 2 5 .252 .307 .317 -1.1 1934 CIN N Total (13 Years) Splits 1424 5557 844 1588 249 48 9 394 453 2 223 28 98 38 2 158 80 154 123 .286 .341 .353 -7.3 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1930 STL N Daily Splits 6 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 1930 STL N 1931 STL N Daily Splits 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1931 STL N Total ( 2 Years) Splits 8 25 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160 .160 .160 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1922 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 11 11 11 92.2 18 35 5 5 0 .914 1923 CHI N Daily Splits SS 79 74 73 672.1 153 248 28 44 0 .935 1923 CHI N RF 1 1 1 8 3 1 0 1 0 1.000 1923 CHI N OF 1 1 1 8 3 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 1924 CHI N Daily Splits SS 88 82 79 745.2 169 277 28 62 0 .941 1924 CHI N 2B 19 19 19 166 55 66 3 15 0 .976 1925 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 144 144 142 1271 354 551 16 90 0 .983 1925 CHI N SS 5 5 5 51 13 22 0 5 1 1.000 1926 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 135 132 127 1165.2 324 485 29 93 0 .965 1926 CHI N 3B 20 19 16 170 12 35 2 4 0 .959 1926 CHI N SS 2 1 1 9.2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1927 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 61 55 52 507.2 149 194 2 34 0 .994 1927 CHI N 3B 55 52 45 456 45 107 6 12 0 .962 1927 CHI N SS 40 39 39 356.2 82 142 10 23 0 .957 1928 PIT N Daily Splits 2B 107 105 103 932.1 265 343 18 54 0 .971 1928 PIT N SS 27 27 27 238.1 52 97 1 14 0 .993 1928 PIT N OF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 1928 PIT N RF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 1929 PIT N Daily Splits SS 30 19 15 182 33 58 10 8 0 .901 1929 PIT N 2B 20 16 13 145.1 33 48 5 5 0 .942 1929 PIT N 3B 15 11 8 100.2 7 24 2 1 0 .939 1929 PIT N LF 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1929 PIT N OF 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 1930 STL N Daily Splits 3B 104 104 96 908 66 159 8 18 0 .966 1930 STL N 2B 25 24 24 224.2 62 85 4 25 0 .974 1930 STL N SS 8 5 5 53.1 12 20 4 3 0 .889 1931 STL N Daily Splits 3B 137 136 127 1197.1 118 223 13 29 0 .963 1931 STL N SS 9 6 5 56.2 9 16 5 1 0 .833 1932 STL N Daily Splits 3B 30 30 29 264.2 25 42 5 11 0 .931 1933 STL N Daily Splits SS 5 5 5 45 5 16 1 2 0 .955 1933 STL N 3B 3 3 3 25 0 6 2 1 0 .750 1933 CIN N Daily Splits 3B 132 128 122 1126.1 121 272 15 15 0 .963 1933 CIN N SS 8 6 5 49 6 17 0 1 0 1.000 1933 CIN N 2B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1933 TOT N 3B 135 131 125 1151.1 121 278 17 16 0 .959 1933 TOT N SS 13 11 10 94 11 33 1 3 0 .978 1934 CIN N Daily Splits 3B 38 37 37 333.1 31 75 5 10 0 .955 1934 CIN N 2B 29 24 23 221 61 81 3 11 0 .979 Total (10 Years) Splits 2B 552 530 514 4727.1 1321 1888 85 332 0 .974 Total ( 8 Years) 3B 534 520 483 4581.1 425 943 58 101 0 .959 Total (10 Years) SS 301 269 259 2459.2 536 916 87 163 1 .943 Total ( 3 Years) OF 4 1 1 14 5 1 0 1 0 1.000 2 0 2 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) RF 2 1 1 11 3 1 0 1 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1930 STL N Daily Splits 3B 6 6 5 48 4 7 0 1 0 1.000 1931 STL N Daily Splits 3B 2 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits 3B 8 8 5 53 4 8 0 1 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

Transaction Information

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Frank Dodson and Walt Schulz to Syracuse (International) in exchange for Specs Toporcer (March 24, 1921).

Traded by Wichita Falls (Texas) to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Lefty York and cash plus optional assignment of Butch Weis and Vic Keen (June 27, 1922); Buck Freeman refused to report to Chicago Cubs.

Traded by Chicago Cubs with Pete Scott to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Kiki Cuyler (November 28, 1927).

Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals (November, 1929).

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Paul Derringer and Allyn Stout to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Leo Durocher, Dutch Henry and Jack Ogden (May 7, 1933).

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