Buster Adams
1937–1947 · bats R / throws R · MLS, Philadelphia Phillies, PIR, PRK, St. Louis Cardinals, VDA, WHK
576G
.266AVG
.346OBP
.400SLG
More career statistics
532H
50HR
249RBI
12SB
1Rare feat
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 · Strikeouts | 281 | 284 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,292 | 2,293 |
| Batting · RBI | 249 | 251 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 576 | 2,292 | 2,003 | 282 | 532 | 96 | 12 | 50 | 249 | 234 | 281 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 802 | .266 | .346 | .400 | .746 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1945-05-05 to 1945-05-17
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1945-06-08 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1944-07-27 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1944-04-25 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 288 | 1105 | 261 | 28 | 132 | 128 | 140 | .276 | .352 | .431 |
| Away | 288 | 1188 | 271 | 22 | 119 | 106 | 144 | .256 | .317 | .373 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 37 | 129 | 32 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 11 | .286 | .364 | .455 |
| May | 82 | 315 | 71 | 8 | 34 | 39 | 41 | .270 | .349 | .430 |
| June | 117 | 486 | 104 | 12 | 57 | 54 | 64 | .246 | .325 | .386 |
| July | 126 | 495 | 114 | 10 | 61 | 49 | 57 | .263 | .329 | .399 |
| August | 102 | 406 | 93 | 10 | 41 | 38 | 52 | .260 | .323 | .397 |
| September | 109 | 446 | 113 | 6 | 39 | 38 | 58 | .283 | .339 | .383 |
| October | 3 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .375 | .467 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 90 | 371 | 86 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 43 | .263 | .318 | .401 |
| new-york-giants | 88 | 363 | 91 | 6 | 43 | 38 | 40 | .283 | .355 | .399 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 83 | 334 | 72 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 50 | .254 | .344 | .408 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 79 | 301 | 76 | 5 | 40 | 30 | 31 | .289 | .352 | .430 |
| cincinnati-reds | 76 | 290 | 59 | 3 | 23 | 32 | 29 | .239 | .314 | .332 |
| chicago-cubs | 73 | 271 | 73 | 12 | 37 | 23 | 44 | .304 | .354 | .508 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 54 | 221 | 49 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 32 | .245 | .308 | .345 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 33 | 142 | 26 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 15 | .215 | .303 | .339 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1943 | Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals | 119 | 429 | 108 | 4 | 40 | 2 | .252 | – | – |
| 1944 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 151 | 584 | 165 | 17 | 63 | 2 | .283 | – | – |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals | 154 | 634 | 182 | 22 | 111 | 3 | .287 | – | – |
| 1946 | St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 173 | 32 | 5 | 22 | 3 | .185 | – | – |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 182 | 45 | 2 | 15 | 2 | .247 | – | – |