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Matt Adams

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 263lb (190cm, 119kg)

Born: August 31, 1988 in Philipsburg, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 23rd round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (Slippery Rock, PA).

High School: Philipsburg-Osceola HS (Philipsburg, PA)

School: Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (Slippery Rock, PA)

Debut: May 20, 2012 (Age 23-263d, 20,186th in major league history)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 24, 2021 (Age 32-327d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2013 season

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Matthew James Adams

Nicknames: Big City or Jumbo Pepsi

Twitter: @BigCityForReal

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2019 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.9

2421

624

118

.258

297

RBI

399

OBP

.306

SLG

.463

OPS

.769

OPS+

104

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2019 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2019 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Mar 31	WSN		NYM	W,6-5	GF	8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
2	4	Apr 2	WSN		PHI	L,2-8	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	11 (6)	Apr 10	WSN	@	PHI	W,15-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
4	13 (1)	Apr 13	WSN		PIT	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	9	0	0	9	1
5	16 (2)	Apr 17	WSN		SFG	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	11	1	1	13	0
6	18 (1)	Apr 19	WSN	@	MIA	L,2-3	GF	8	2.1	4	0	0	4	0
7	19	Apr 20	WSN	@	MIA	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
8	22 (2)	Apr 23	WSN	@	COL	W,6-3	GF	4	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
9	23	Apr 24	WSN	@	COL	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
10	26 (2)	Apr 28	WSN		SDP	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	7	2	0	9	2
11	27	Apr 29	WSN		STL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
12	28	Apr 30	WSN		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	29	May 1	WSN		STL	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
14	30	May 2	WSN		STL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	31	May 3	WSN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	32	May 4	WSN	@	PHI	W,10-8	GS	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	49 (16)	May 22	WSN	@	NYM	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	7	2	1	10	0
18	50	May 23	WSN	@	NYM	L,4-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	51	May 24	WSN		MIA	W,12-10	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
20	52	May 25	WSN		MIA	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	13	1	0	14	3
21	54 (1)	May 27	WSN		MIA	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
22	56 (1)	May 29	WSN	@	ATL	W,14-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	57	May 31	WSN	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	58	Jun 1	WSN	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	3
25	59	Jun 2	WSN	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	60	Jun 4	WSN		CHW	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
27	61	Jun 5	WSN		CHW	W,6-4	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	62	Jun 6	WSN	@	SDP	L,4-5	GF	1	0.2	0	1	0	1	1
29	65 (2)	Jun 9	WSN	@	SDP	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	6	1	0	7	2
30	66	Jun 10	WSN	@	CHW	W,12-1	GS	16	5.0	6	1	0	7	0
31	70 (3)	Jun 15	WSN		ARI	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
32	71	Jun 16	WSN		ARI	W,15-5	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
33	72	Jun 19 (1)	WSN		PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
34	73	Jun 19 (2)	WSN		PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	74	Jun 20	WSN		PHI	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
36	76 (1)	Jun 22	WSN		ATL	L,9-13	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
37	77	Jun 23	WSN		ATL	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	7	1	0	8	1
38	79 (1)	Jun 26	WSN	@	MIA	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
39	80	Jun 27	WSN	@	MIA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
40	83 (2)	Jun 30	WSN	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	85 (1)	Jul 3	WSN		MIA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
42	88 (2)	Jul 6	WSN		KCR	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
43	89	Jul 7	WSN		KCR	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
44	92 (2)	Jul 14	WSN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	5	0	0	5	0
45	93	Jul 16	WSN	@	BAL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	9	3	0	12	0
46	94	Jul 17	WSN	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	2
47	95	Jul 18	WSN	@	ATL	W,13-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	97 (1)	Jul 20	WSN	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS	35	7.1	2	2	0	4	1
49	98	Jul 21	WSN	@	ATL	L,1-7	GF	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
50	99	Jul 23	WSN		COL	W,11-1	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
51	100	Jul 24 (1)	WSN		COL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
52	102 (1)	Jul 25	WSN		COL	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
53	105 (2)	Jul 28	WSN		LAD	W,11-4	GS	12	4.0	3	1	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	109 (3)	Aug 2	WSN	@	ARI	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
55	110	Aug 3	WSN	@	ARI	L,7-18	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	111	Aug 4	WSN	@	ARI	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
57	112	Aug 5	WSN	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
58	113	Aug 6	WSN	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
59	115 (1)	Aug 9	WSN	@	NYM	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	7	2	0	9	0
60	116	Aug 10	WSN	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
61	117	Aug 11	WSN	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
62	118	Aug 12	WSN		CIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
63	120 (1)	Aug 14	WSN		CIN	W,17-7	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
64	121	Aug 16	WSN		MIL	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
65	122	Aug 17	WSN		MIL	L,14-15	GS	29	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	123	Aug 18	WSN		MIL	W,16-8	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
67	124	Aug 19	WSN	@	PIT	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
68	125	Aug 20	WSN	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
69	126	Aug 21	WSN	@	PIT	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
70	131 (4)	Aug 27	WSN		BAL	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
71	133 (1)	Aug 30	WSN		MIA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
72	134	Aug 31	WSN		MIA	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	136 (1)	Sep 2	WSN		NYM	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
74	137	Sep 3	WSN		NYM	W,11-10	CG	39	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
75	142 (4)	Sep 8	WSN	@	ATL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
76	145 (2)	Sep 12	WSN	@	MIN	W,12-6	GS	14	3.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	157 (11)	Sep 24 (2)	WSN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
78	160 (2)	Sep 27	WSN		CLE	W,8-2	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
79	162 (1)	Sep 29	WSN		CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
							79gm		610.1	502	51	5	558	40