Buster
Adams
 
Nickname: Mr. Blue
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: June 24, 1915 in Usa, CO, TRINIDAD
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 28 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7
1944 29 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7
1945 30 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7
1946 31 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
1947 32 BRK NL $ 1,325,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6
1948 33 BRK NL $ 370,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1949 34 BRK NL $ 370,000   4 4 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1950 35 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
1951 36 BSN NL $ 450,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,325,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1943 28 BRK NL 15 24 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 2 .292 .452 .292 .743 4.0 0.7
    AAA   106 391 58 119 16 2 13 60 4 2 77 60 .304 .419 .455 .874 76.5  
1944 29 BRK NL 85 253 43 83 13 2 6 35 0 0 30 33 .328 .396 .466 .863 42.5 9.8
1945 30 BRK NL 106 255 37 67 9 0 9 37 0 0 31 38 .263 .346 .404 .750 36.1 6.8
1946 31 BRK NL 106 253 39 67 13 1 5 46 0 1 36 37 .265 .352 .383 .735 36.0 6.1
1947 32 BRK NL 102 276 25 57 15 1 4 29 0 0 29 61 .207 .280 .312 .592 25.5 1.2
1948 33 BRK NL 116 307 42 87 22 2 9 52 0 0 37 45 .283 .359 .456 .815 47.4 8.9
1949 34 BRK NL 133 436 47 93 13 2 9 48 0 0 45 74 .213 .287 .314 .601 35.5 0.0
1950 35 BSN NL 47 110 6 22 5 0 1 11 0 0 8 24 .200 .254 .273 .527 6.9 0.0
1951 36 AAA   3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3  
8 Years Sim 710 1914 241 483 90 8 43 262 0 1 223 314 .252 .329 .375 .704 233.9 33.6
2 Years AAA 109 394 58 120 16 2 13 60 4 2 77 61 .305 .416 .454 .870 76.8  
162 Game Average 436 54 110 20 1 9 59 0 0 50 71 .252 .329 .375 .704 53.4  
Career Highs 133 436 47 93 22 2 9 52 0 1 45 74 .328 .452 .466 .863 47.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   543 62 118 21 1 11 64 0 0 51 102 .217 .283 .320 .603 51.0
vs LH   1371 179 365 69 7 32 198 0 1 172 212 .266 .347 .397 .744 193.1
Home 368 973 128 245 38 3 27 147 0 0 121 148 .252 .332 .380 .712 129.1
Away 342 941 113 238 52 5 16 115 0 1 102 166 .253 .327 .370 .697 115.1
RISP   481 0 132 31 1 14 208 0 0 55 87 .274 .341 .430 .771 71.7
Pinch Hitting   161 20 48 9 1 5 35 0 0 15 25 .298 .356 .460 .815 25.5
Close/Late   176 18 42 9 0 5 31 0 0 23 31 .239 .328 .375 .703 22.6
Mar/Apr 113 286 35 78 16 2 6 48 0 0 33 40 .273 .345 .406 .750 40.5
May 131 356 41 84 13 1 7 48 0 0 37 56 .236 .310 .337 .647 38.4
June 103 292 41 74 10 1 7 29 0 1 35 55 .253 .333 .366 .700 37.0
July 110 318 47 77 21 1 7 46 0 0 41 48 .242 .327 .381 .707 41.0
August 129 328 38 82 11 2 10 37 0 0 41 68 .250 .332 .387 .719 44.2
Sep/Oct 124 334 39 88 19 1 6 54 0 0 36 47 .263 .333 .380 .714 43.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1943 28 BRK NL LF 5 5 41.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.16   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 29 BRK NL CF 64 62 523.3 133 7 1 0 .993 2.41   2.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1945 30 BRK NL CF 70 60 530.3 168 6 6 3 .967 2.95   1.9
    LF 2 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 3 0 7.3 3 3 0 3 1.000 7.37   0.1
1946 31 BRK NL CF 72 63 540.3 139 7 3 0 .980 2.43   1.1
    LF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 32 BRK NL CF 64 60 501.3 144 3 2 0 .987 2.64   1.8
    LF 21 19 157.0 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.29    
1948 33 BRK NL CF 87 78 662.7 195 7 4 2 .981 2.74   2.4
    LF 6 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1949 34 BRK NL CF 114 112 935.0 247 6 7 2 .973 2.44   1.9
    LF 4 3 22.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23    
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1950 35 BSN NL LF 29 27 223.0 46 0 0 0 1.000 1.86   0.4
    CF 11 5 47.0 18 1 0 0 1.000 3.64    
  CF 483 440 3741.0 1044 37 23 7 .979 2.60   11.0
  LF 71 54 471.7 102 0 0 0 1.000 1.95   0.6
  SS 4 0 8.7 3 3 0 3 1.000 6.24   0.1
  2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   559 494 4222.3 1150 40 23 10 .981 2.54   11.6
Career Highs   119 115 958.0 251 9 7 6 1.000 2.96    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1943 28 BRK NL 5 19 1 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .316 .316 .474 .789
1944 29 BRK NL 4 13 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .308 .357 .538 .896
1945 30 BRK NL 8 28 4 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 .393 .452 .500 .952
1946 31 BRK NL 4 15 2 4 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 2 .267 .353 .467 .820
Career Post-Season Batting 21 75 8 25 2 2 2 12 0 0 6 6 .333 .383 .493 .876
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1949-7-74
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Leron Lee (967)
  2. George Puccinelli (963)
  3. Gene Locklear (960)
  4. Sam Mejias (959)
  5. Jim Mosolf (957)
  6. Doug Frobel (957)
  7. Chet Laabs (956)
  8. Pancho Herrera (955)
  9. Champ Summers (954)
  10. Joe Christopher (953)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1943
Had first career hit on 8/7/1943, off Al Milnar (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/3/1944, off Harry Matuzak (SEM)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 6/25/1944
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,325,000 through salary arbitration
9/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $370,000 per year, for 1 years
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $370,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/12/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
7/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $450,000 per year, for 2 years