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Sparky Adams played 13 major-league seasons (1922-1934) as a 2B (551), 3B (532), SS (297), OF (4). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 28 | CHN | 11 | 44 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .250 | .608 | 63 |
| 1923 | 29 | CHN | 95 | 311 | 40 | 90 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 26 | 10 | .289 | .713 | 94 |
| 1924 | 30 | CHN | 117 | 418 | 66 | 117 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 40 | 20 | .280 | .682 | 88 |
| 1925 | 31 | CHN | 149 | 627 | 95 | 180 | 2 | 48 | 26 | 44 | 15 | .287 | .709 | 87 |
| 1926 | 32 | CHN | 154 | 624 | 95 | 193 | 0 | 39 | 27 | 52 | 27 | .309 | .742 | 106 |
| 1927 | 33 | CHN | 146 | 647 | 100 | 189 | 0 | 49 | 26 | 42 | 26 | .292 | .675 | 87 |
| 1928 | 34 | PIT | 135 | 539 | 91 | 149 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 64 | 18 | .276 | .682 | 86 |
| 1929 | 35 | PIT | 74 | 196 | 37 | 51 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 5 | .260 | .627 | 62 |
| 1930 | 36 | SLN | 137 | 570 | 98 | 179 | 0 | 55 | 7 | 45 | 27 | .314 | .774 | 93 |
| 1931 | 37 | SLN | 143 | 608 | 97 | 178 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 42 | 24 | .293 | .730 | 103 |
| 1932 | 38 | SLN | 31 | 127 | 22 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 5 | .276 | .667 | 87 |
| 1933 | 39 | SLN|CIN | 145 | 568 | 60 | 146 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 45 | 33 | .257 | .620 | 83 |
| 1934 | 40 | CIN | 87 | 278 | 38 | 70 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 10 | .252 | .623 | 73 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 2B | 11 | 0 | 18 | 35 | 5 | 5 |
| 1923 | SS | 79 | 0 | 153 | 248 | 28 | 44 |
| 1923 | OF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1924 | SS | 88 | 0 | 169 | 277 | 28 | 62 |
| 1924 | 2B | 19 | 0 | 55 | 66 | 3 | 15 |
| 1925 | 2B | 144 | 0 | 354 | 551 | 16 | 90 |
| 1925 | SS | 5 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 5 |
| 1926 | 2B | 136 | 0 | 324 | 485 | 29 | 93 |
| 1926 | 3B | 19 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 4 |
| 1926 | SS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | 2B | 60 | 0 | 149 | 194 | 2 | 34 |
| 1927 | 3B | 53 | 0 | 45 | 107 | 6 | 12 |
| 1927 | SS | 40 | 0 | 82 | 142 | 10 | 23 |
| 1928 | 2B | 107 | 0 | 265 | 343 | 18 | 54 |
| 1928 | SS | 27 | 0 | 52 | 97 | 1 | 14 |
| 1928 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | SS | 30 | 0 | 33 | 58 | 10 | 8 |
| 1929 | 2B | 20 | 0 | 33 | 48 | 5 | 5 |
| 1929 | 3B | 15 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| 1929 | OF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | 3B | 104 | 0 | 66 | 159 | 8 | 18 |
| 1930 | 2B | 25 | 0 | 62 | 85 | 4 | 25 |
| 1930 | SS | 7 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 3 |
| 1931 | 3B | 138 | 0 | 118 | 223 | 13 | 29 |
| 1931 | SS | 6 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| 1932 | 3B | 30 | 0 | 25 | 42 | 5 | 11 |
| 1933 | 3B | 135 | 0 | 121 | 278 | 17 | 16 |
| 1933 | SS | 13 | 0 | 11 | 33 | 1 | 3 |
| 1934 | 3B | 38 | 0 | 31 | 75 | 5 | 10 |
| 1934 | 2B | 29 | 0 | 61 | 81 | 3 | 11 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1931.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 9 | 18 / 80 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.