Babe Adams Position: PitcherBats: Left • Throws: Right5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)Born: May 18, 1882 in Tipton, INDied: July 27, 1968 in Silver Spring, MDBuried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Mount Moriah, MOHigh School: Mount Moriah HS (Mount Moriah, MO)Debut: April 18, 1906 (2,814th in major league history)vs. CHC 4.0 IP, 9 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, LLast Game: August 11, 1926vs. BRO 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ERFull Name: Charles Benjamin AdamsView…
Babe Adams, the Pirates bellwether, pitches a one-hit 4 – 0 shutout against the Cardinals, the only safety coming when a ball squirts out of second baseman Joe Schultz’s glove. Adams will win only one more game this season, and the Pirates will release him in August. They will then re-sign him during the 1918 season.
1912 – Fred Merkle’s 3-run homer off Babe Adams in the 7th gives the Giants a 3 – 2 lead over Pittsburgh, and Christy Mathewson pitches the last three innings to preserve Hooks Wiltse’s win over the Bucs.
Cy Young wins his 511th and final career game when he blanks the Pirates at Forbes Field, 1-0. The 35-101 Rustlers have won only three contests in 22 attempts against Pittsburgh this season, with two of the victories coming on shutouts thrown by the 44 year-old veteran right-hander, who was obtained by Boston on waivers from Cleveland in late July.
At Pittsburgh, Owen Wilson legs out three triples against Brooklyn.
1909 STANDINGS National League Pittsburgh Pirates 110 42 .724 — Chicago Cubs 104 49 .680 6.5 New York Giants 92 61 .601 18.5 Cincinnati Reds 77 76 .503 33.5 Philadelphia Phillies 74 79 .484 36.5 Brooklyn Superbas 55 98 .359 55.5 St. Louis Cardinals 54 98 .355 56 Boston Doves 45 108 .294…
On October 16, 1909, Pittsburgh Pirates 27 year old rookie Babe Adams earns his third win of the World Series. Adams shuts out the Detroit Tigers, 8-0, to give the Pirates the World Championship. Adams also won Games 1 (4-1) and 5 (8-4), Pittsburgh wins its first Fall Classic in franchise history. Tigers Starter Bill…
On October 16, 1908 At Bennet Park in Detriot, Game 7 of the 1908 World World Series, the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates, behind the complete-game shutout thrown by Rookie Babe Adams, beat the Tigers, 8-0, in the seventh and deciding game of the World Series. Adams won 3 games in the series, Honus Wagner tripled in the 6th to…