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Charles Benjamin "Babe" Adams (May 18, 1882 - July 27, 1968) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1926, almost entirely with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

He was born in Tipton, Indiana. He made his major league debut on April 18, 1906 with the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not pitch again for them. In September 1907 his contract was sold to the Pirates, with whom he spent the remainder of his career. After going 12-3 with a 1.11 ERA in the regular season, Adams was the star of the 1909 World Series, winning 3 complete game victories including a shutout in Game 7; he was also the only member of that team who would be on the Pirates' World Series champions in 1925. He later won 20 games in both 1911 and 1913. An off year in 1916 that saw his ERA rise to 5.72 got him farmed out to the Western Association, but late in 1918 he found his stride again and rejoined the Pirates, where he stayed until 1926.

Adams was known as an excellent control pitcher. On July 17, 1914, he pitched an entire 21-inning game against the New York Giants without allowing a single walk, surrendering only 12 hits but losing 3-1 on Larry Doyle's home run in the top of the 21st; it is the longest game without a walk in major league history. Rube Marquard also went the distance for New York to gain the victory, allowing two walks. In 1920, Adams allowed only 18 walks in 263 innings.

In his career Adams won 194 games and lost 140. His ERA was 2.76. His last game was on August 11, 1926; he was released days later after joining a group of players who requested that former manager Fred Clarke not be permitted to sit on the bench. Adams later managed in the minors, farmed, and worked as a reporter.

Adams died of throat cancer in Silver Spring, Maryland at age 86.

 YEAR TEAM        AGE   W   L   PCT    G  GS  CG  SV  GF   IP      H    R   ER   BB   SO    ERA RSAA
 1906 Cardinals    24   0   1  .000    1   1   0   0   0    4      9    8    6    2    0  13.50   -5 
 1907 Pirates      25   0   2  .000    4   3   1   0   1   22     40   25   17    3   11   6.95  -11 
 1909 Pirates      27  12   3  .800   25  12   7   2  11  130     88   25   16   23   65   1.11   22 
 1910 Pirates      28  18   9  .667   34  30  16   0   3  245    217   95   61   60  101   2.24   31 
 1911 Pirates      29  22  12  .647   40  37  24   0   2  293    253   97   76   42  133   2.33   33 
 1912 Pirates      30  11   8  .579   28  21  11   0   5  170    169   73   55   35   63   2.91    5 
 1913 Pirates      31  21  10  .677   43  37  24   0   5  314    271   94   75   49  144   2.15   30 
 1914 Pirates      32  13  16  .448   40  35  19   1   4  283    253   97   79   39   91   2.51    0 
 1915 Pirates      33  14  14  .500   40  30  17   2   8  245    229   90   78   34   62   2.87   -5 
 1916 Pirates      34   2   9  .182   16  10   4   0   5   72     91   51   46   12   22   5.75  -24 
 1918 Pirates      36   1   1  .500    3   3   2   0   0   22.2   15    4    3    4    6   1.19    4 
 1919 Pirates      37  17  10  .630   34  29  23   1   5  263    213   66   58   23   92   1.98   30 
 1920 Pirates      38  17  13  .567   35  33  19   2   2  263    240   83   63   18   84   2.16   28 
 1921 Pirates      39  14   5  .737   25  20  11   0   3  160    155   57   47   18   55   2.64   20 
 1922 Pirates      40   8  11  .421   27  19  12   0   4  171    191   77   68   15   39   3.58   12 
 1923 Pirates      41  13   7  .650   26  22  11   1   2  159    196   83   78   25   38   4.42  -11 
 1924 Pirates      42   3   1  .750    9   3   2   0   3   40     31    5    3    3    5   0.68   15 
 1925 Pirates      43   6   5  .545   33  10   3   3  12  101    129   67   61   17   18   5.44  -13 
 1926 Pirates      44   2   3  .400   19   0   0   3  14   37     51   32   25    8    7   6.08   -7 
      TOTALS          194 140  .581  482 355 206  15  89 2994.2 2841 1129  915  430 1036   2.75  154 
      LG AVERAGE      165 165  .500          193  12     2994.2 2963 1391 1076  940 1127   3.23    0

 YEAR TEAM          HR   H/9  BR/9  SO/9  BB/9 SO/BB SHO  WP IBB HBP   BFP BK  NW  NL
 1906 Cardinals      0 20.25 24.75  0.00  4.50  0.00   0   0   0   0    21  1   0   1 
 1907 Pirates        1 16.36 18.82  4.50  1.23  3.67   0   1   0   3   104  0   0   2 
 1909 Pirates        0  6.09  7.89  4.50  1.59  2.83   3   1   0   3   475  0  12   3 
 1910 Pirates        4  7.97 10.40  3.71  2.20  1.68   3   1   0   6   971  0  18   9 
 1911 Pirates        5  7.77  9.31  4.09  1.29  3.17   6   3   0   8  1117  0  22  12 
 1912 Pirates        4  8.95 10.96  3.34  1.85  1.80   2   0   0   3   704  0  10   9 
 1913 Pirates        8  7.77  9.17  4.13  1.40  2.94   4   5   0   0  1227  0  20  11 
 1914 Pirates        5  8.05  9.51  2.89  1.24  2.33   3   2   0   7  1116  0  14  15 
 1915 Pirates        6  8.41  9.73  2.28  1.25  1.82   2   2   0   2   969  0  13  15 
 1916 Pirates        2 11.38 13.25  2.75  1.50  1.83   1   1   0   3   314  0   2   9 
 1918 Pirates        0  5.96  7.54  2.38  1.59  1.50   0   0   0   0    82  0   2   0 
 1919 Pirates        1  7.29  8.18  3.15  0.79  4.00   6   2   0   3  1017  0  18   9 
 1920 Pirates        6  8.21  8.86  2.87  0.62  4.67   8   5   0   1  1035  0  20  10 
 1921 Pirates        4  8.72  9.73  3.09  1.01  3.06   2   0   0   0   646  1  13   6 
 1922 Pirates        1 10.05 11.05  2.05  0.79  2.60   4   1   0   4   707  0  11   8 
 1923 Pirates        8 11.09 12.57  2.15  1.42  1.52   0   1   0   1   676  0   9  11 
 1924 Pirates        1  6.98  7.65  1.13  0.68  1.67   0   1   0   0   154  0   4   0 
 1925 Pirates        7 11.50 13.28  1.60  1.51  1.06   0   0   0   3   448  0   4   7 
 1926 Pirates        5 12.41 14.35  1.70  1.95  0.88   0   0   0   0   164  0   2   3 
      TOTALS        68  8.54  9.97  3.11  1.29  2.41  44  26   0  47 11947  2 194 140 
      LG AVERAGE    84  8.90 11.98  3.39  2.83  1.20  26  59   0  85 12508  6

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