Bobby Adams

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 160 lb

BornDecember 14, 1921 · Tuolumne, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 16, 1946

Final gameApril 22, 1959

Seasons14 (1946–1959)

Cincinnati Reds 1946–1953; Cincinnati Redlegs 1954; Chicago White Sox 1955; Cincinnati Redlegs 1955; Baltimore Orioles 1956; Chicago Cubs 1957–1959

Percentile snapshot

1953 season — qualified batters

150

58.3

677

83.3

607

84.5

76.2

167

71.4

2.4

52.4

26.2

RBI

15.5

54.8

23.8

38.1

60.7

.275

35.7

OBP

.338

27.4

SLG

.357

11.9

OPS

.696

14.3

wRC+

80.4

10.7

OPS+

80.2

8.3

wOBA

.318

9.5

sWAR

0.8

14.3

of 85 qualified 1953 batters (min 480 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

90.1

23.1

OPS+

89.4

22.1

sWAR

10.9

87.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1946	94	346	311	35	76	13	3	4	24	18	32	16	0	.244	.292	.344	.636	77.5	83.4	.301	0.3
1947	81	253	217	39	59	11	2	4	20	25	23	9	0	.272	.358	.396	.754	102.0	100.6	.351	1.0
1948	87	295	262	33	78	20	3	1	21	25	23	6	0	.298	.361	.408	.770	110.5	110.0	.356	1.5
1949	107	308	277	32	70	16	2	0	25	26	36	4	0	.253	.317	.325	.642	70.1	71.2	.301	0.0
1950	115	394	348	57	98	21	8	3	25	43	29	7	0	.282	.361	.414	.774	103.8	102.6	.353	1.6
1951	125	450	403	57	107	12	5	5	24	43	40	4	10	.266	.338	.357	.695	86.1	85.8	.323	0.9
1952	154	694	637	85	180	25	4	6	48	49	67	11	9	.283	.334	.363	.696	91.8	92.8	.323	1.9
1953	150	677	607	99	167	14	6	8	49	58	67	3	2	.275	.338	.357	.696	80.4	80.2	.318	0.8
1954	110	454	390	69	105	25	6	3	23	55	46	2	5	.269	.362	.387	.749	96.6	93.4	.345	1.5
1955	92	201	171	31	43	11	3	2	23	24	25	2	0	.251	.352	.386	.738	97.0	92.4	.339	0.7
1956	41	143	111	19	25	6	1	0	7	25	15	1	1	.225	.362	.297	.660	92.5	82.8	.328	0.4
1957	60	211	187	21	47	10	2	1	10	17	28	0	3	.251	.320	.342	.663	81.6	78.6	.306	0.3
1958	62	105	96	14	27	4	4	0	4	6	15	2	0	.281	.324	.406	.730	94.3	93.1	.328	0.2
1959	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-126.6	-100.0	.000	-0.1

Career totals

1,281

4,533

4,019

591

1,082

188

RBI

303

414

447

.2692

OBP

.3396

SLG

.3680

OPS

.7076

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1951-04-21	PIT @ CIN Gameday	5	3	3	0	2	1	2	10
1953-07-18	CIN @ PHI Gameday	5	2	3	0	1	1	2	8
1951-08-05	LAD @ CIN Gameday	5	1	4	0	0	1	3	7
1954-08-19	CIN @ CHC Gameday	5	1	3	0	2	0	2	7
1950-08-15	CIN @ PIT Gameday	4	1	3	1	0	1	1	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1946-04-16	CHC @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1946-04-17	CHC @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1946-04-18	CHC @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1946-04-20	CIN @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1946-04-21	CIN @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.