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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Sparky Adams 2026 Season · CIN

Sparky Adams played in the majors from 1922 to 1934. His career NUT is -10.6, #7,690 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1931 (-0.2). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .286/.343/.353, 9 HR, 1588 H in 1424 games.

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Sparky Adams

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-10.6Career NUT

+7.6 to Weak

Career

.286AVG9HR394RBI1588H844R154SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 5' 6", 151 lb · b. Aug 26, 1894 · Zerbe, PA · Signed Undrafted FA, 1922

Player Overview

Year by Year


1922	27	CHC	—	11	49	44	5	11	0	1	0	3	4	0	3	1	2	1	0	.250	.313	.295	.045	.608	.268
1923	28	CHC	-0.6	95	352	311	40	90	12	0	4	35	26	1	10	20	19	14	0	.289	.346	.367	.078	.713	.290
1924	29	CHC	-0.9	117	473	418	66	117	11	5	1	27	40	1	20	15	17	14	0	.280	.344	.337	.057	.681	.292
1925	30	CHC	-1.2	149	687	627	95	180	29	8	2	48	44	7	15	26	12	9	0	.287	.341	.368	.081	.709	.292
1926	31	CHC	-0.2	154	700	624	95	193	35	3	0	39	52	5	27	27	0	19	0	.309	.367	.375	.066	.742	.323
1927	32	CHC	-1.7	146	705	647	100	189	17	7	0	49	42	0	26	26	0	16	0	.292	.335	.340	.048	.675	.304
1928	33	PIT	-1.2	135	628	539	91	149	14	6	0	38	64	4	18	8	0	21	0	.276	.357	.325	.049	.682	.286
1929	34	PIT	-1.1	74	217	196	37	51	8	1	0	11	15	1	5	3	0	5	0	.260	.316	.311	.051	.627	.267
1930	35	STL	-0.3	137	631	570	98	179	36	9	0	55	45	1	27	7	0	15	0	.314	.365	.409	.095	.774	.330
1931	36	STL	-0.2	143	658	608	97	178	46	5	1	40	42	2	24	16	0	6	0	.293	.340	.390	.097	.730	.304
1932	37	STL	-0.2	31	142	127	22	35	3	1	0	13	14	1	5	0	0	0	0	.276	.352	.315	.039	.667	.287
1933	38	STL	—	8	32	30	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	2	.167	.219	.200	.033	.419	.185
1933	38	CIN	-1.7	137	599	538	59	141	21	1	1	22	44	2	30	3	0	15	10	.262	.320	.310	.048	.630	.276
1933	38	TOT	-2.0	145	631	568	60	146	22	1	1	22	45	3	33	3	0	15	12	.257	.315	.305	.048	.620	.272
1934	39	CIN	-1.1	87	301	278	38	70	16	1	0	14	20	2	10	2	0	1	2	.252	.307	.317	.065	.624	.261
Career	—	13 yrs	-10.6	1424	6174	5557	844	1588	249	48	9	394	453	28	223	154	50	136	14	.286	.343	.353	.067	.696	.297

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Adams's career NUT of -10.6

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

-0.2

232425262728293031323334

NUT by Season

-0.6

-0.9

-1.2

-0.2

-1.7

-1.2

-1.1

-0.3

-0.2

-2.0

-1.1

Awards

1931World Series Championship

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