Emery Adams
1935–1947 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Elite Giants, Memphis Red Sox, NAS, New York Black Yankees, Philadelphia Stars, SAS
164G
.344AVG
.373OBP
.418SLG
More career statistics
120H
0HR
42RBI
4SB
28–26W–L
457.1IP
204K
4.57ERA
59GS
1SV
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 · Games | 164 | 111 |
| Batting · At bats | 349 | 218 |
| Batting · Doubles | 16 | 12 |
| Batting · Hits | 120 | 67 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 372 | 226 |
| Batting · Runs | 48 | 30 |
| Batting · RBI | 42 | 11 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 4 | 1 |
| Batting · Triples | 5 | 3 |
| Batting · Walks | 16 | 4 |
| Pitching · Games | 93 | 73 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,035 | 1,209 |
| Pitching · p cg | 29 | 23 |
| Pitching · p er | 232 | 35 |
| Pitching · p gs | 59 | 44 |
| Pitching · p h | 470 | 307 |
| Pitching · p hr | 30 | 18 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,372 | 1,028 |
| Pitching · p k | 204 | 105 |
| Pitching · p r | 291 | 210 |
| Pitching · p w | 196 | 128 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 164 | 372 | 349 | 48 | 120 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | .344 | .373 | .418 | .791 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 457.3 | 93 | 59 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 470 | 291 | 232 | 30 | 196 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 4.57 | 1.456 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1943-07-18 to 1943-08-28
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1943-06-24 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1941-08-24 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1943-05-25 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 52 | 74 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .297 | .380 |
| Away | 59 | 152 | 45 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .306 | .322 | .395 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
| May | 30 | 70 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .309 | .314 | .397 |
| June | 26 | 46 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .364 | .391 | .432 |
| July | 32 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .246 | .242 | .361 |
| August | 12 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .348 | .346 | .435 |
| September | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 28 | 58 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .351 | .362 | .474 |
| newark-eagles | 23 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .241 | .250 | .333 |
| homestead-grays | 18 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .371 | .389 | .486 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .444 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 10 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 |
| new-york-cubans | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .235 | .286 |
| CI1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| HSL | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .400 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | SAS | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 2 | – |
| 1937 | MSMemphis Red Sox | 9 | 11 | 5 | – | – | – | .455 | 58 | 14 |
| 1939 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 13 | 9 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .556 | 43 | 16 |
| 1940 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 22 | 49 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .245 | 115 | 45 |
| 1941 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 13 | 18 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .444 | 62 | 15 |
| 1942 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 12 | 16 | 3 | – | – | – | .188 | 35 | 7 |
| 1943 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 22 | 63 | 19 | – | 4 | 1 | .302 | 19 | 8 |
| 1945 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 17 | 51 | 15 | – | – | – | .294 | 5 | – |
| 1946 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 1947 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |