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Mike
Adams		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 190
 
Born: July 24, 1948 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1978    1980    1982   
Gold Glove 1975    1976    1977    1985    1986   
All-Star Selections 1979    1983   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 23 COL NL     3 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 10 10 10 5 4 4
1973 24 COL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
1974 25 PIT NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
1975 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 10 10 10 6 5 5
1976 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1977 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 6 6
1978 29 SDP NL $ 2,835,714   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 4 4 10 10 10 7 6 6
1979 30 SDP NL $ 3,957,143   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 6 6
1980 31 SDP NL $ 4,900,000   6 6 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 6 6
1981 32 SDP NL $ 6,500,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 5 4 4 10 10 10 6 5 5
1982 33 CLN NL $ 6,500,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 10 10 10 6 5 5
1983 34 CLN NL $ 6,500,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10 6 5 5
1984 35 CLN NL $ 6,500,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 3 4 10 10 10 5 4 4
1985 36 PHN NL $ 4,250,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10 4 3 3
1986 37 PHN NL $ 4,250,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 6 6
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
1972 23 AAA   56 175 28 50 11 0 8 27 1 1 52 47 .286 .449 .486 .935 40.5  
    AA   55 181 48 52 12 0 12 31 0 0 67 53 .287 .480 .552 1.032 50.3  
    A   26 73 17 23 6 0 4 6 0 0 35 21 .315 .537 .562 1.099 23.7  
1973 24 COL NL 20 32 4 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 7 9 .125 .378 .219 .597 4.4 0.5
    AAA   101 330 60 67 13 2 18 49 2 0 89 93 .203 .372 .418 .790 59.7  
1974 25 AAA   111 382 73 100 12 1 26 68 2 0 114 65 .262 .431 .503 .934 89.7  
    AA   26 90 9 20 5 0 5 10 0 0 19 15 .222 .358 .444 .802 15.5  
1975 26 PIT NL 158 464 64 95 16 0 10 45 0 0 114 106 .205 .362 .304 .666 62.8 8.2
1976 27 SDP NL 154 530 101 137 16 0 18 68 1 0 117 120 .258 .394 .391 .784 89.4 18.9
1977 28 SDP NL 153 562 102 133 12 1 12 59 2 0 128 97 .237 .381 .326 .706 83.2 15.4
1978 29 SDP NL 151 568 108 161 18 0 18 67 0 1 130 96 .283 .420 .410 .830 104.8 26.9
1979 30 SDP NL 156 558 114 161 17 0 25 73 0 0 131 81 .289 .428 .453 .882 113.9 31.0
1980 31 SDP NL 158 577 100 155 18 3 25 73 0 0 101 101 .269 .378 .440 .819 102.1 22.1
1981 32 SDP NL 153 523 91 137 13 1 23 61 0 0 135 104 .262 .416 .423 .838 100.7 26.6
1982 33 CLN NL 148 545 110 141 17 2 21 76 0 0 120 112 .259 .396 .413 .809 97.1 19.4
1983 34 CLN NL 153 586 119 158 16 3 24 65 1 0 103 116 .270 .382 .430 .812 98.2 20.1
1984 35 CLN NL 57 201 37 59 13 0 12 36 0 0 51 52 .294 .437 .537 .974 46.7 13.8
1985 36 PHN NL 155 560 98 133 17 2 20 66 1 0 127 152 .238 .384 .382 .766 95.3 18.2
1986 37 PHN NL 153 440 72 71 9 0 17 52 0 0 95 135 .161 .314 .298 .611 50.5 5.3
13 Years Sim 1769 6146 1120 1545 182 12 226 746 5 1 1359 1281 .251 .390 .395 .785 1049.0 226.6
3 Years AAA 268 887 161 217 36 3 52 144 5 1 255 205 .245 .417 .468 .885 189.9  
2 Years AA 81 271 57 72 17 0 17 41 0 0 86 68 .266 .446 .517 .963 65.9  
1 Years A 26 73 17 23 6 0 4 6 0 0 35 21 .315 .550 .562 1.111 23.7  
6 Years Minors 375 1231 235 312 59 3 73 191 5 1 376 294 .253 .432 .484 .917 279.4  
162 Game Average 562 102 141 16 1 20 68 0 0 124 117 .251 .390 .395 .785 96.1  
Career Highs 158 586 119 161 18 3 25 76 2 1 135 152 .294 .437 .537 .974 113.9  
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   4242 778 1034 110 6 160 509 1 1 886 931 .244 .378 .386 .764 688.0
vs LH   1904 342 511 72 6 66 237 4 0 473 350 .268 .416 .416 .833 364.4
Home 882 2984 535 751 78 7 97 342 3 1 682 622 .252 .394 .380 .774 505.4
Away 887 3162 585 794 104 5 129 404 2 0 677 659 .251 .387 .410 .796 547.1
RISP   1273 0 306 43 2 46 496 0 0 295 254 .240 .380 .386 .766 214.2
Pinch Hitting   73 10 22 2 0 2 11 0 0 16 17 .301 .427 .411 .838 13.9
Close/Late   649 81 166 21 4 21 80 0 0 151 126 .256 .400 .398 .797 114.5
Mar/Apr 286 1029 179 252 33 1 40 130 1 0 224 210 .245 .380 .396 .776 173.1
May 323 1139 217 297 28 6 51 144 0 0 256 234 .261 .396 .430 .827 212.0
June 289 1009 199 274 39 0 34 130 0 0 225 210 .272 .410 .411 .821 183.5
July 267 966 189 246 25 2 34 121 1 0 198 192 .255 .384 .390 .774 159.9
August 308 1050 183 250 38 1 34 122 3 0 242 237 .238 .382 .373 .756 171.9
Sep/Oct 296 953 153 226 19 2 33 99 0 1 214 198 .237 .387 .365 .752 151.9
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
1973 24 COL NL 1B 10 4 44.0 49 2 0 7 1.000 10.43   0.1
    CF 5 2 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.2
    RF 2 2 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 26 PIT NL RF 139 138 1227.0 294 11 0 2 1.000 2.24   3.3
    CF 4 0 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17    
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1976 27 SDP NL RF 138 135 1097.7 280 10 0 3 1.000 2.38   2.9
    LF 14 11 97.0 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.13    
    1B 5 0 10.0 14 1 0 3 1.000 13.50   0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1977 28 SDP NL RF 150 147 1282.7 322 14 1 6 .997 2.36   1.8
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1978 29 SDP NL RF 147 145 1297.3 263 5 0 2 1.000 1.86   2.6
    LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 30 SDP NL RF 152 146 1283.0 252 5 4 2 .985 1.80   2.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1980 31 SDP NL RF 148 144 1259.7 265 3 4 1 .985 1.91   3.2
    CF 4 3 28.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1981 32 SDP NL RF 151 142 1254.7 265 4 1 1 .996 1.93   4.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1982 33 CLN NL RF 144 141 1217.3 296 12 4 5 .987 2.28   4.1
    LF 2 2 20.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.45    
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 34 CLN NL RF 150 148 1342.0 301 4 3 0 .990 2.05   4.9
1984 35 CLN NL RF 56 55 476.3 91 0 1 0 .989 1.72   1.1
1985 36 PHN NL CF 151 146 1288.7 380 7 7 1 .982 2.70   5.1
    1B 6 0 10.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1986 37 PHN NL CF 145 142 1256.7 398 5 6 4 .985 2.89   5.5
    LF 2 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 1377 1343 11749.6 2633 68 18 22 .993 2.07   30.1
  CF 315 293 2617.0 793 12 13 5 .984 2.77   10.7
  LF 26 15 145.0 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.61    
  1B 26 4 71.0 79 4 0 11 1.000 10.52   0.1
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1745 1655 14583.6 3530 86 31 38 .991 2.23   41.0
Career Highs   160 148 1342.0 398 15 7 7 1.000 5.93    
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
1973 24 COL NL 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .400 .000 .400
1976 27 SDP NL 5 16 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 .125 .364 .125 .489
1978 29 SDP NL 17 64 10 16 0 0 5 9 0 0 12 9 .250 .377 .484 .861
1980 31 SDP NL 17 62 11 19 6 2 2 8 0 0 12 9 .306 .421 .565 .986
1981 32 SDP NL 5 20 3 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 4 11 .100 .250 .400 .650
1982 33 CLN NL 12 39 14 11 2 0 2 5 0 0 11 8 .282 .442 .487 .929
1983 34 CLN NL 12 41 5 11 1 0 1 4 0 0 11 11 .268 .434 .366 .800
1985 36 PHN NL 12 35 5 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 14 .171 .341 .200 .541
1986 37 PHN NL 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650
Career Post-Season Batting 87 284 51 68 10 2 12 30 1 0 67 70 .239 .391 .415 .807
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.
On-Base Pct
1976-6-.394
1977-10-.381
1978-1-.420
1979-1-.428
1980-8-.378
1981-1-.416
1982-5-.396
1983-5-.382
1985-8-.384
CAR-38-.390
 OPS
1978-7-.830
1979-6-.882
1981-8-.838
 XR
1978-3-104.8
1979-3-113.9
1980-4-102.1
1981-3-100.7
1983-7-98.2
1985-9-95.3
 Games
1975-1-158
1979-2-156
1980-1-158
1985-10-155
 Runs
1976-6-101
1977-4-102
1978-2-108
1979-3-114
1980-3-100
1981-7-91
1982-4-110
1983-1-119
1985-5-98
 Homeruns
1983-8-24
Walks
1975-2-114
1976-1-117
1977-1-128
1978-1-130
1979-1-131
1980-2-101
1981-1-135
1982-1-120
1983-1-103
1985-1-127
1986-4-95
CAR-21-1359
 Strikeouts
1976-5-120
1977-10-97
1978-9-96
1982-5-112
1983-6-116
1985-1-152
1986-4-135
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 57    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Otto Velez (863)
  2. Bobby Brooks (863)
  3. Bobby Del Greco (861)
  4. Ron Swoboda (856)
  5. Roger Maris (856)
  6. Kirk Gibson (851)
  7. Dusty Rhodes (850)
  8. Willard Marshall (845)
  9. Al Ferrara (844)
  10. Tony Solaita (839)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Colorado in 1972
Injured on 5/5/1972 with a Stress Fractured Ulna, out for 2 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 8/6/1973, off Frank Tanana (MON)
Traded from Colorado to Pittsburgh on 4/2/1974 (Going to PIT: CF Mike Adams. Going to COL: C Johnny Bench)
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1975
Traded from Pittsburgh to San Diego on 3/3/1976 (Going to SDP: CF Mike Adams. Going to PIT: P Doug Rau)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1976, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1976
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,835,714 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,957,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,900,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1980: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1981, hitting .593 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland (N) on 3/4/1982 (Going to SDP: SS Cal Ripken jr., CF Jim Eisenreich, C Mike Scioscia, P Greg Harris, P Jerry don Gleaton. Going to CLN: 1B Mike Hargrove, RF Mike Adams)
Injured on 4/5/1982 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 10/3/1982 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1982
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Milwaukee, driving in 4 runs on 9/15/1983
Injured on 6/7/1984 with a Torn Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/18/1985 to a 4-year deal worth $4,250,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1985
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1986
 
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