Sparky Adams

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 5 in · 151 lb

BornAugust 26, 1894 · Zerbe, PA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 18, 1922

Final gameSeptember 30, 1934

Seasons13 (1922–1934)

Chicago Cubs 1922–1927; Pittsburgh Pirates 1928–1929; St. Louis Cardinals 1930–1932; Cincinnati Reds 1933; St. Louis Cardinals 1933; Cincinnati Reds 1934

Percentile snapshot

1933 season — qualified batters

145

76.5

631

79.9

568

82.6

51.7

146

63.8

54.4

9.4

22.1

RBI

22.1

67.1

36.9

34.9

35.6

.257

18.8

OBP

.315

23.5

SLG

.305

10.1

OPS

.620

10.1

wRC+

77.9

15.4

OPS+

77.8

16.1

wOBA

.295

10.1

sWAR

0.7

36.2

of 150 qualified 1933 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

84.1

14.9

OPS+

83.3

13.7

sWAR

11.2

88.2

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
1922	11	49	44	5	11	0	1	0	3	4	3	1	2	.250	.313	.295	.608	57.5	56.5	.291	-0.1
1923	95	352	311	40	90	12	0	4	35	26	10	20	19	.289	.346	.367	.713	89.4	88.6	.334	1.0
1924	117	473	418	66	117	11	5	1	27	40	20	15	17	.280	.344	.337	.682	85.8	83.8	.322	1.2
1925	149	687	627	95	180	29	8	2	48	44	15	26	12	.287	.341	.368	.709	81.1	80.9	.328	0.9
1926	154	700	624	95	193	35	3	0	39	52	27	27	0	.309	.367	.375	.742	101.9	100.2	.350	2.8
1927	146	705	647	100	189	17	7	0	49	42	26	26	0	.292	.335	.340	.675	82.6	82.7	.319	1.2
1928	135	628	539	91	149	14	6	0	38	64	18	8	0	.276	.357	.325	.682	80.2	77.1	.328	0.8
1929	74	217	196	37	51	8	1	0	11	15	5	3	0	.260	.316	.311	.627	54.8	54.9	.295	-0.4
1930	137	631	570	98	179	36	9	0	55	45	27	7	0	.314	.365	.409	.774	86.5	85.5	.349	1.1
1931	143	658	608	97	178	46	5	1	40	42	24	16	0	.293	.340	.390	.730	93.1	93.8	.337	1.9
1932	31	142	127	22	35	3	1	0	13	14	5	0	0	.276	.352	.315	.667	83.2	79.5	.314	0.2
1933	145	631	568	60	146	22	1	1	22	45	33	3	0	.257	.315	.305	.620	77.9	77.8	.295	0.7
1934	87	301	278	38	70	16	1	0	14	20	10	2	0	.252	.307	.317	.623	68.2	68.4	.291	-0.1

Career totals

1,424

6,174

5,557

844

1,588

249

RBI

394

453

223

154

.2858

OBP

.3427

SLG

.3527

OPS

.6954

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
1930-08-29	STL @ CHC Gameday	7	1	5	2	1	0	2	9
1927-08-24	CHC @ PHI Gameday	6	2	5	3	0	0	2	8
1930-06-24	ATL @ STL Gameday	5	3	5	2	0	0	1	7
1924-09-26	CHC @ PIT Gameday	4	0	4	1	1	0	1	7
1931-06-30	STL @ SF Gameday	5	3	3	1	0	1	1	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1922-04-12	CHC @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922-04-13	CHC @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922-04-15	CHC @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922-04-16	CHC @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922-04-17	CHC @ STL 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.