Buster Adams

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Full Name: Elvin Clark Adams	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: April 27, 1939
Birthdate: June 24, 1915	Final Game: September 21, 1947
Birthplace: Trinidad, Colorado	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: September 1, 1990
Deathplace: Rancho Mirage, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Buster Adams (Elvin Clark Adams) was born on June 24, 1915 in Trinidad, Colorado. He made his Major League debut on April 27, 1939 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1943, his rookie year, he hit .252 with 4 home runs and 39 RBI. Adams played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that Buster Adams's best season was 1945, when he slugged 22 home runs, hit for a .287 average and knocked in 109 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1939	STL	N	2	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1943	STL	N	8	11	1	1	0	1	.091	.333	.182	1	0	4	4	0	3	0	0	0
1943	PHI	N	111	418	48	107	4	38	.256	.319	.352	14	7	39	67	0	9	2	0	8
1943	TOT	N	119	429	49	108	4	39	.252	.320	.347	15	7	43	71	0	12	2	0	8
1944	PHI	N	151	584	86	165	17	64	.283	.370	.440	35	3	74	74	7	17	2	0	11
1945	STL	N	140	578	98	169	20	101	.292	.359	.441	26	0	57	75	3	8	3	0	8
1945	PHI	N	14	56	6	13	2	8	.232	.295	.429	3	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	2
1945	TOT	N	154	634	104	182	22	109	.287	.353	.440	29	1	62	80	3	8	3	0	10
1946	STL	N	81	173	21	32	5	22	.185	.312	.306	6	0	29	27	3	4	3	0	3
1947	PHI	N	69	182	21	45	2	15	.247	.341	.352	11	1	26	29	0	1	2	0	3
Total			576	2003	282	532	50	249	.266	.346	.400	96	12	234	281	13	42	12	0	35

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1943	STL	N	OF	6	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1943	PHI	N	OF	107	0	0	298	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1943	TOT	N	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1943	TOT	N	OF	113	0	0	309	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1944	PHI	N	OF	151	0	0	449	14	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1945	STL	N	OF	140	0	0	382	9	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1945	PHI	N	OF	14	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1945	TOT	N	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1945	TOT	N	OF	154	0	0	408	9	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1946	STL	N	OF	58	0	0	95	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1947	PHI	N	OF	51	0	0	78	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.954
Total			OF	527	0	0	1339	35	29	8	0	0	0	0	0	.979

[edit] Transactions

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Coaker Triplett and Dain Clay to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Danny Litwhiler and Earl Naylor (June 1, 1943).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for John Antonelli and Glenn Crawford (May 8, 1945).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies (March 21, 1947).

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