Thursday, October 11, 2012

Babe Adams

Wikipedia - "Charles Benjamin "Babe" Adams (May 18, 1882 – July 27, 1968) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1926 who spent nearly his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Noted for his outstanding location control, his career average of 1.29 walks per 9 innings pitched was the second lowest of the 20th century; his 1920 mark of 1 walk per 14.6 innings was a modern record until 2005. He shares the Pirates' franchise record for career victories by a right-hander (194), and holds the team mark for career shutouts (47); from 1926 to 1962 he held the team record for career games pitched (481)."
W - Babe Adams

"Best remembered for pitching three complete-game victories as a rookie to help the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1909 World Series, Babe Adams was one of the Deadball Era's greatest control pitchers. His record of 1.29 walks per nine innings over the course of his 17 years in the majors, all with the Pirates, ranks second on the modern list behind only teammate Deacon Phillippe's 1.25. To put Adams' mark in perspective, the preeminent control pitcher of today, Greg Maddux, based on his numbers after the 2002 season, would have to pitch another 206 consecutive nine-inning games without a walk to lower his lifetime walks per nine innings to the same level."
SABR

436 KISSES FOR PITCHER: Women Wait for "Babe" Adams, but Baseball Hero Escapes Them
NYT October 19, 1909: "Charles "Babe" Adams, who pitched three of the seven games of the world's series for the Pittsburg National League team and won them all, escaped the fate of Hobson only by the quickest kind of work. He made a flying retreat from his home on Mawhinney Street shortly after noon and deliberately hid from his admirers in a hotel."
NY Times

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