Buster Adams stats
Last played for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1947
Bio
- Debut
- 1939
Bio
- Debut
- 1939
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 576
- AB
- 2,003
- R
- 282
- H
- 532
- HR
- 50
- RBI
- 249
- SB
- 12
- AVG
- .266
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | STL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1943 |  STL/PHI | 119 | 429 | 49 | 108 | 4 | 39 | 2 | .252 |
| 1944 | PHI | 151 | 584 | 86 | 165 | 17 | 64 | 2 | .283 |
| 1945 |  PHI/STL | 154 | 634 | 104 | 182 | 22 | 109 | 3 | .287 |
| 1946 | STL | 81 | 173 | 21 | 32 | 5 | 22 | 3 | .185 |
| 1947 | PHI | 69 | 182 | 21 | 45 | 2 | 15 | 2 | .247 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,292
- TB
- 802
- XBH
- 158
- HBP
- 13
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | STL/PHI | 484 | 149 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | PHI | 682 | 257 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | PHI/STL | 707 | 279 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL | 209 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | PHI | 209 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 8.1
- RC
- 300.7
- RC/27
- 5.40
- ISOP
- .135
- SECA
- .258
- BB/K
- 0.83
- AB/HR
- 40.1
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | STL | 0.0 | -0.1 | -2.7 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | STL/PHI | 0.9 | 51.9 | 4.2 | .096 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 107.3 | 0 |
| 1944 | PHI | 4.9 | 101.6 | 6.3 | .158 | 0.3 | 1 | 34.4 | 0 |
| 1945 | PHI/STL | 2.9 | 103.2 | 6.1 | .153 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 28.8 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL | -0.5 | 19.8 | 3.7 | .121 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 34.6 | 0 |
| 1947 | PHI | -0.1 | 24.6 | 4.8 | .104 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 91 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Buster Adams's career stats?
Buster Adams played 6 seasons for the Cardinals and the Phillies. He was a career .266 hitter with 532 hits, 50 home runs and 249 RBI. His best season was 1945: a .287 batting average, 22 home runs and 109 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
6 seasons, 1939 to 1947
Championships
- 1946 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals