Bobby Adams
1946–1959 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds
1,281G
.269AVG
.340OBP
.368SLG
More career statistics
1,082H
37HR
303RBI
67SB
2Rare 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 | 4,019 | 4,018 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 30 | 44 |
| Batting · Doubles | 188 | 189 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,082 | 1,081 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 17 | 18 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 447 | 450 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,533 | 4,530 |
| Batting · Runs | 591 | 592 |
| Batting · RBI | 303 | 304 |
| Batting · Walks | 414 | 411 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,281 | 4,533 | 4,019 | 591 | 1,082 | 188 | 49 | 37 | 303 | 414 | 447 | 67 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 1,479 | .269 | .340 | .368 | .708 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1953-05-31 to 1953-06-12
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1951-06-15 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1954-09-15 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1951-04-21 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 656 | 2378 | 582 | 15 | 153 | 217 | 228 | .276 | .336 | .376 |
| Away | 625 | 2152 | 499 | 22 | 151 | 194 | 222 | .261 | .322 | .360 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 115 | 451 | 109 | 8 | 30 | 59 | 44 | .284 | .373 | .430 |
| May | 208 | 689 | 138 | 5 | 41 | 70 | 79 | .229 | .302 | .312 |
| June | 226 | 835 | 205 | 9 | 61 | 70 | 73 | .276 | .329 | .375 |
| July | 261 | 892 | 208 | 4 | 58 | 64 | 92 | .257 | .305 | .345 |
| August | 234 | 823 | 215 | 7 | 54 | 64 | 99 | .290 | .339 | .387 |
| September | 231 | 818 | 199 | 4 | 59 | 83 | 61 | .277 | .345 | .376 |
| October | 6 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .364 | .571 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 182 | 660 | 161 | 3 | 40 | 60 | 68 | .276 | .335 | .346 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 180 | 713 | 191 | 7 | 60 | 87 | 62 | .314 | .390 | .451 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 166 | 577 | 151 | 8 | 43 | 47 | 68 | .292 | .343 | .409 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 161 | 583 | 145 | 6 | 40 | 43 | 53 | .274 | .322 | .374 |
| chicago-cubs | 157 | 576 | 118 | 3 | 41 | 62 | 52 | .236 | .312 | .341 |
| new-york-giants | 150 | 565 | 127 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 51 | .244 | .292 | .353 |
| boston-braves | 110 | 376 | 94 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 36 | .273 | .314 | .349 |
| milwaukee-braves | 66 | 224 | 45 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 30 | .223 | .277 | .257 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  Cincinnati Reds | 94 | 311 | 76 | 4 | 24 | 15 | .244 | – | – |
| 1947 | Cincinnati Reds | 81 | 217 | 59 | 4 | 21 | 10 | .272 | – | – |
| 1948 | Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 262 | 77 | 1 | 21 | 6 | .294 | – | – |
| 1949 | Cincinnati Reds | 107 | 276 | 70 | – | 25 | 4 | .254 | – | – |
| 1950 | Cincinnati Reds | 115 | 348 | 98 | 3 | 25 | 7 | .282 | – | – |
| 1951 | Cincinnati Reds | 125 | 403 | 107 | 5 | 24 | 4 | .266 | – | – |
| 1952 | Cincinnati Reds | 154 | 637 | 180 | 6 | 48 | 11 | .283 | – | – |
| 1953 | Cincinnati Reds | 150 | 607 | 167 | 8 | 49 | 3 | .275 | – | – |
| 1954 | Cincinnati Reds | 110 | 390 | 105 | 3 | 23 | 2 | .269 | – | – |
| 1955 | Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds | 92 | 171 | 43 | 2 | 23 | 2 | .251 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Baltimore Orioles | 41 | 111 | 25 | – | 7 | 1 | .225 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Chicago Cubs | 60 | 187 | 47 | 1 | 10 | – | .251 | – | – |
| 1958 | Chicago Cubs | 62 | 96 | 27 | – | 4 | 2 | .281 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago Cubs | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |