Babe Adams
1906–1926 · bats L / throws R · Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
482G
.212AVG
.252OBP
.281SLG
More career statistics
216H
3HR
75RBI
1SB
194–140W–L
2,995.1IP
1,036K
2.76ERA
354GS
15SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,019 | 1,018 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 2 |
| Batting · Doubles | 31 | 32 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 177 | 193 |
| Batting · RBI | 75 | 74 |
| Batting · Walks | 53 | 51 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 11,947 | 12,004 |
| Pitching · p cg | 206 | 205 |
| Pitching · p er | 917 | 888 |
| Pitching · p gs | 354 | 355 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,841 | 2,844 |
| Pitching · p hr | 68 | 66 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 8,986 | 8,955 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,036 | 1,044 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,133 | 1,134 |
| Pitching · p w | 430 | 426 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 482 | 1,108 | 1,019 | 79 | 216 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 75 | 53 | 177 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 286 | .212 | .252 | .281 | .533 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,995.3 | 482 | 354 | 206 | 194 | 140 | 15 | 2,841 | 1,133 | 917 | 68 | 430 | 1,036 | 0 | 0 | 2.76 | 1.092 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1921-06-06 to 1921-08-01
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1909-05-04 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1907-10-06 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1916-04-13 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 247 | 527 | 108 | 1 | 41 | 18 | 85 | .222 | .239 | .311 |
| Away | 235 | 581 | 108 | 2 | 33 | 33 | 108 | .203 | .243 | .256 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 46 | 114 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 21 | .202 | .263 | .231 |
| May | 87 | 200 | 38 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 39 | .209 | .230 | .291 |
| June | 80 | 161 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 27 | .188 | .217 | .255 |
| July | 77 | 179 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 27 | .225 | .240 | .284 |
| August | 94 | 225 | 46 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 38 | .224 | .262 | .322 |
| September | 86 | 199 | 41 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 34 | .227 | .251 | .293 |
| October | 12 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | .143 | .133 | .179 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 81 | 197 | 36 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 30 | .196 | .213 | .293 |
| cincinnati-reds | 79 | 198 | 35 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 37 | .202 | .227 | .266 |
| chicago-cubs | 74 | 156 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 30 | .160 | .186 | .201 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 67 | 134 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 28 | .206 | .216 | .267 |
| boston-braves | 65 | 151 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | .197 | .245 | .263 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 61 | 129 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 19 | .244 | .295 | .286 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 55 | 143 | 39 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 26 | .300 | .329 | .408 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 4 | – |
| 1907 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | .286 | 22 | 11 |
| 1909 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 25 | 39 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .051 | 130 | 66 |
| 1910 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 82 | 16 | – | 6 | – | .195 | 243 | 101 |
| 1911 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 103 | 26 | – | 10 | – | .252 | 291 | 134 |
| 1912 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 53 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .226 | 169 | 63 |
| 1913 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 43 | 114 | 33 | – | 13 | – | .289 | 313 | 147 |
| 1914 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 97 | 16 | 1 | 4 | – | .165 | 282 | 91 |
| 1915 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 85 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .141 | 245 | 62 |
| 1916 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 16 | 22 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .273 | 71 | 22 |
| 1918 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 9 | 3 | – | – | – | .333 | 22 | 6 |
| 1919 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 92 | 17 | – | 5 | – | .185 | 263 | 92 |
| 1920 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 89 | 13 | 1 | 3 | – | .146 | 261 | 84 |
| 1921 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 25 | 63 | 16 | – | 6 | 1 | .254 | 160 | 55 |
| 1922 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 27 | 56 | 16 | 1 | 6 | – | .286 | 171 | 43 |
| 1923 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | 55 | 15 | – | 6 | – | .273 | 157 | 37 |
| 1924 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 9 | 11 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .182 | 40 | 5 |
| 1925 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 31 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .226 | 101 | 18 |
| 1926 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 9 | 2 | – | – | – | .222 | 35 | 7 |