Buster Adams
| Buster Adams | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
| Born: June 24, 1915 Trinidad, Colorado |
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| Died: Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Rancho Mirage, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 27, 1939, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 21, 1947, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .266 | ||
| Home runs | 50 | ||
| Runs batted in | 249 | ||
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Elvin Clark "Buster" Adams (June 24, 1915, Trinidad, Colorado – September 1, 1990, Rancho Mirage, California) was a major league outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies in 1939 and between 1943 and 1947.
He made his major league debut on April 27, 1939 for the Cardinals, but appeared in only two games that season. He would return to the majors with the Cardinals in 1943, playing in eight games before being traded to the Phillies. He played the rest of that season, all of 1944, and the first 14 games of 1945 with the Phillies, and was then traded back to the Cardinals. Adams put together his best season with the Cardinals in 1945 and finished 18th in voting for the MVP Award. He also played 1946 with the Cardinals and 1947 with the Phillies.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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