Born on May 18, 1882 in Tipton, Indiana, Babe Adams (Charles Benjamin Adams) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 19 year career. Adams broke into the bigs on April 18, 1906 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 1.11 ERA in 130 innings pitched in 1909, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Babe Adams's best season was 1913, when he posted a 2.15 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 144 batters.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1906
STL
N
1
1
0
1
13.50
0
8
6
0
0
0
4
9
0
2
0
0
0
1907
PIT
N
4
3
0
2
6.95
11
25
17
1
0
0
22
40
1
3
0
1
3
1909
PIT
N
25
12
12
3
1.11
65
25
16
7
3
2
130
88
0
23
0
1
3
1910
PIT
N
34
30
18
9
2.24
101
95
61
16
3
0
245
217
4
60
0
1
6
1911
PIT
N
40
37
22
12
2.33
133
97
76
24
6
0
293.1
253
5
42
0
3
8
1912
PIT
N
28
20
11
8
2.91
63
73
55
11
2
0
170.1
169
4
35
0
0
3
1913
PIT
N
43
37
21
10
2.15
144
94
75
24
4
0
313.2
271
8
49
0
5
0
1914
PIT
N
40
35
13
16
2.51
91
97
79
19
3
1
283
253
5
39
0
2
7
1915
PIT
N
40
30
14
14
2.87
62
90
78
17
2
2
245
229
6
34
0
2
2
1916
PIT
N
16
10
2
9
5.72
22
51
46
4
1
0
72.1
91
2
12
0
1
3
1918
PIT
N
3
3
1
1
1.19
6
4
3
2
0
0
22.2
15
0
4
0
0
0
1919
PIT
N
34
29
17
10
1.98
92
66
58
23
6
1
263.1
213
1
23
0
2
3
1920
PIT
N
35
33
17
13
2.16
84
83
63
19
8
2
263
240
6
18
0
5
1
1921
PIT
N
25
20
14
5
2.64
55
57
47
11
2
0
160
155
4
18
0
0
0
1922
PIT
N
27
19
8
11
3.57
39
77
68
12
4
0
171.1
191
1
15
4
1
4
1923
PIT
N
26
22
13
7
4.42
38
83
78
11
0
1
158.2
196
8
25
0
1
1
1924
PIT
N
9
3
3
1
1.13
5
5
5
2
0
0
39.2
31
1
3
0
1
0
1925
PIT
N
33
10
6
5
5.42
18
67
61
3
0
3
101.1
129
7
17
0
0
3
1926
PIT
N
19
0
2
3
6.14
7
32
25
0
0
3
36.2
51
5
8
0
0
0
Total
482
354
194
140
2.76
1036
1129
917
206
44
15
2995.1
2841
68
430
4
26
47
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1906
STL
N
P
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.750
1907
PIT
N
P
4
0
0
3
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.909
1909
PIT
N
P
25
0
0
1
33
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.919
1910
PIT
N
P
34
0
0
7
44
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
.911
1911
PIT
N
P
40
37
291.1
3
42
1
2
0
3
37
25
0
.978
1912
PIT
N
P
28
0
0
2
36
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1913
PIT
N
P
43
0
0
10
74
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.988
1914
PIT
N
P
40
0
0
13
62
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1915
PIT
N
P
40
0
0
3
67
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1916
PIT
N
P
16
0
0
2
20
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1918
PIT
N
P
3
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1919
PIT
N
P
34
0
0
4
55
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1920
PIT
N
P
35
0
0
3
66
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.972
1921
PIT
N
P
25
20
160
1
34
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1922
PIT
N
P
27
19
171.1
5
43
1
2
0
1
8
7
3
.980
1923
PIT
N
P
26
0
0
0
29
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.967
1924
PIT
N
P
9
0
0
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1925
PIT
N
P
33
0
0
0
17
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1926
PIT
N
P
19
0
0
0
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.875
Total
P
482
76
622.2
58
648
17
17
0
4
45
32
3
.976
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1906
STL
N
1
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1907
PIT
N
4
7
1
2
0
0
.286
.286
.286
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1909
PIT
N
25
39
0
2
0
1
.051
.098
.103
0
1
2
0
0
5
0
0
0
1910
PIT
N
34
83
9
16
0
6
.193
.272
.229
3
0
9
23
0
5
0
0
0
1911
PIT
N
40
103
9
26
0
10
.252
.274
.320
5
1
3
17
0
1
0
0
3
1912
PIT
N
28
53
5
12
0
3
.226
.328
.321
3
1
8
9
0
1
0
0
0
1913
PIT
N
43
114
13
33
0
13
.289
.296
.377
6
2
1
16
0
3
0
0
0
1914
PIT
N
40
97
8
16
1
4
.165
.198
.237
0
2
3
29
1
2
0
0
0
1915
PIT
N
40
85
4
12
0
7
.141
.180
.153
1
0
4
14
0
2
0
0
0
1916
PIT
N
16
22
1
6
0
2
.273
.333
.364
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
1918
PIT
N
3
9
0
3
0
0
.333
.333
.556
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1919
PIT
N
34
92
2
17
0
4
.185
.235
.228
2
1
6
13
0
3
0
0
0
1920
PIT
N
35
89
4
13
1
3
.146
.156
.180
0
0
1
18
0
2
0
0
0
1921
PIT
N
25
63
7
16
0
6
.254
.266
.413
2
4
1
7
0
2
1
0
0
1922
PIT
N
27
56
6
16
1
6
.286
.333
.375
2
0
4
7
0
5
0
0
4
1923
PIT
N
26
55
5
15
0
8
.273
.344
.400
5
1
6
13
0
1
0
0
0
1924
PIT
N
9
11
1
2
0
1
.182
.182
.273
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1925
PIT
N
33
31
3
7
0
1
.226
.294
.258
1
0
3
6
0
1
0
0
0
1926
PIT
N
19
9
1
2
0
0
.222
.222
.222
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
482
1019
79
216
3
75
.212
.252
.281
31
15
53
177
1
35
1
0
7
Transactions[]
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Pittsburgh Pirates (September, 1907).