Born on March 2, 1910 in Willows, California, Ace Adams (Ace Townsend Adams) played for the New York Giants for his entire 6 year career. Adams broke into the bigs on April 15, 1941 with the New York Giants, and put up a 4.82 ERA in 71 innings pitched in 1941, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Ace Adams's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1945, when he posted a 3.42 ERA, won 11 games and notched 15 saves. However, others believe that it was 1942, when he posted a 1.84 ERA and notched 11 saves.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1941
NY
N
38
0
4
1
4.82
18
43
38
0
0
1
71
84
3
35
0
3
1
1942
NY
N
61
0
7
4
1.84
33
23
18
0
0
11
88
69
1
31
0
3
0
1943
NY
N
70
3
11
7
2.82
46
50
44
1
0
9
140.1
121
5
55
0
3
1
1944
NY
N
65
4
8
11
4.25
32
71
65
1
0
13
137.2
149
8
58
0
4
4
1945
NY
N
65
0
11
9
3.42
39
55
43
0
0
15
113
109
7
44
0
2
2
1946
NY
N
3
0
0
1
16.88
3
5
5
0
0
0
2.2
9
2
1
0
0
0
Total
302
7
41
33
3.47
171
247
213
2
0
49
552.2
541
26
224
0
15
8
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1941
NY
N
P
38
0
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1942
NY
N
P
61
0
0
1
21
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
.957
1943
NY
N
P
70
0
0
3
28
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.969
1944
NY
N
P
65
0
0
3
20
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1945
NY
N
P
65
0
0
7
27
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
.919
1946
NY
N
P
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
P
302
0
0
14
108
5
7
0
0
0
0
0
.961
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1941
NY
N
38
12
0
1
0
0
.083
.083
.083
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1942
NY
N
61
10
2
1
0
0
.100
.100
.100
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1943
NY
N
70
32
3
4
0
1
.125
.176
.125
0
0
2
4
0
2
0
0
0
1944
NY
N
65
29
2
3
0
0
.103
.161
.103
0
0
2
3
0
4
0
0
2
1945
NY
N
65
16
2
3
0
1
.188
.278
.188
0
0
2
3
0
2
0
0
0
1946
NY
N
3
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
302
99
9
12
0
2
.121
.171
.121
0
0
6
14
0
8
0
0
2
Transactions[]
Selected by New York Giants from Brooklyn Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 1, 1940).