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Batting
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Career Regular Season
G
W-L
ERA
IP
SO
WHIP
574
51-62
4.17
869.1
691
1.46
G
W-L
ERA
IP
SO
WHIP
574
51-62
4.17
869.1
691
1.46
Career Regular Season
AB
AVG
HR
RBI
SB
OPS
78
.051
0
2
0
.192
AB
AVG
HR
RBI
SB
OPS
78
.051
0
2
0
.192
Terry Adams Bio
Fullname:
Terry Wayne Adams
Born:
3/06/1973 in Mobile, AL
Draft:
1991, Chicago Cubs, Round: 4, Overall Pick: 111
High School:
Mary G. Montgomery, Semmes, AL
Debut:
8/10/1995
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Terry Wayne Adams
Terry Wayne Adams...Single; one daughter, Delaney (8/15/97) and one son, Trenton Beau (3/6/03)...1991 graduate of Mary G. Montgomery High School (AL), where he played baseball and football...1991 Alabama High School Player of the Year, after going 12-2 with a 1.17 ERA during his senior season...Assisted Chicago's Literacy Campaign while a member of the Cubs.
2004
His first season in the AL...Began the year with TOR...Pitched at least 60.0 innings for the 9th straight season and appeared in at least 60 games for the 6th time in his career...Went 3-1, 2.60 ERA (5 ER, 17.1 IP) through his first 16 appearances of the season...Allowed a HR in his first appearance of the season, 4/6 vs DET, which was only the 2nd he had allowed in his last 73.0 IP, dating back to 9/21/02...Traded to BOS, 7/24...At the time of the trade, he was leading all TOR pitchers in appearances (42)...Held left-handers to a .228 avg...Compiled a 1.72 ERA (3 ER, 15.2 IP) and did not allow a HR over an 18-game span, 6/10-8/6...Pitched at least 2.0 innings in 11 of his 61 combined appearances, including a season-high 3.0 IP, 9/18 at NYY.
2003
Pitched in relief all season ... Had a career-low 2.65 ERA ... Pitched at least 60.0 innings for 8th straight season ... Led staff in games despite making just 1 appearance after 8/26 ... Did not allow a run in first 8 appearances of season (6.0 IP, 4 H) ... Allowed just 1 HR all season, 4/25 vs SF (Marquis Grissom) ... Placed on MLB restricted list, 5/24 ... Reinstated on 5/27 ... Pitch a season-high 2.2 innings, 6/10 at ANA, retiring all 8 batters he faced ... Had a 1.64 ERA in 6 appearances vs AL (2 ER, 11.0 IP) ... Following his 2.0 scoreless innings, 6/27 at BAL, his ERA went below 3.00, where it stayed for remainder of season ... Recorded lone win of season, 7/1 vs CHI (1.0 IP); all 4 losses came on the road ... Placed on 15-day DL, 8/27, with a left oblique muscle strain ... Activated, 9/11, and pitched 1.0 scoreless inning that night at ATL (1 H, 1 BB, 2 SO) ... Shut down for remainder of season, 9/12, with loose bodies in his right elbow ... Had athroscopic surgery on elbow, 9/22, by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, AL ... Posted a 1.97 ERA in his last 41 appearances (10 ER, 45.2 IP), dating back to 5/29.
2002
Began season in starting rotation . . . Missed his 3rd start of the season with a strain of his right sternoclavicular joint . . . Allowed 10 unearned runs in his first 9 starts . . . Struck out a season-high 7 batters, 3 times: 4/26 at COL, 5/12 vs ARI and 6/16 vs BAL . . . Struck out his 500th career batter, 5/1 at SF (Tsuyoshi Shinjo) . . . Earned his 1st win as a Phillie, 5/12 vs ARI (6.0 IP, 0 ER), 3-1 . . . Pitched a season-high 7.0 innings in 3 straight starts, 6/16-7/27 (3.00 ERA) . . . Got his only RBI of the season, 7/7 vs MTL (walked with bases loaded) . . . Moved into bullpen following his start, 7/20 vs ATL (5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER) . . . Allowed 3 ER or less in 11 of 19 starts . . . Pitched 3.0 shutout innings to get the win, 8/23 at STL (2 H, 4 SO) . . . Won both ends of a doubleheader, 9/21 at CIN, becoming the first Phillie to do so since Jack Baldschun, 4/14/63 at STL . . . Posted a 2.38 ERA in 27 relief appearances; 0.91 ERA in his final 16 appearances . . . Held opponents to a .186 avg in relief.
2001
Reached career high in wins (12) in his 2nd season with the Dodgers . . . Began season in bullpen before being moved into starting rotation . . . Did not allow a run in first 6 appearances of season (8.1 IP) . . . Scoreless streak was snapped, 4/17 at SF, when he gave up Barry Bonds' 500th HR . . . Struck out the side 3 times in first 10 outings, 4/3 vs ARI, 4/5 vs ARI and 4/27 vs PHI . . . Made 363 consecutive major league relief appearances before his 1st big league start, 6/5 at ARI (ND, 4.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R) . . . Had a career-high 9 strikeouts in 6.0 innings, 6/10 vs ANA . . . Pitched career-high 8.0 innings, 3 times: 7/17 at PIT (4-1 win), 9/1 vs STL (3-1 win) and 9/18 vs SD (3-2 loss) . . . Previous career-high was 4.0 IP, last done 5/11/96 at NYM . . . Went 10-6, 4.16 ERA (136.1 IP, 63 ER) as starter and 2-2, 5.10 ERA (30.0 IP, 17 ER) as reliever . . . Gave up 3 ER or less in 14 starts . . . Was 5-4, 3.32 ERA (65.0 IP, 24 ER) in final 10 starts . . . Threw career-high 166.1 innings, surpassing previous high of 157.0, set in 1992.
2000
Led LA staff in appearances (66) . . . In 32 home games, had a 2.88 ERA (13 ER, 40.2 1P) and held opponents to .185 avg (27-146) . . . Held lefties to .226 avg (36-159) . . . Earned the save in his 1st appearance of the season, 4/3 at MTL (3.0 IP) . . . MISC: Appeared in more games in the 1990's than any other CHI pitcher (276).
1999
Opened the season on the DL with a sprained right elbow Made 2 relief appearances at West Tenn (AA) . . . Activated 5/8 . . . Had season-high 4 strikeouts, 5/18 at FLA (2.0 IP) . . . Returned to DL, 6/19-7/3 with a strained right groin . . . Had 13 saves in 18 opportunities . . . Traded to LA, 12/12.
1998
Averaged 9.04 strikeouts per 9.0 innings . . . Had a 2.03 ERA in first 35 games (10 ER, 44.1 IP) . . . Threw 15.2 consecutive scoreless innings, 5/28-6/22 . . . Optioned to Iowa, 8/23, after allowing 15 ER over 16 appearances . . . Rejoined CHI, 8/31, for remainder of season.
1997
Led CHI staff in saves (18), going 18-for-22 . . . Tied for 9th in NL in appearances (74) . . . Allowed only 7 of 43 inherited runners to score (16.3 %), 5th-lowest ratio among NL relievers . . . Began season by allowing just 2 ER in 27.1 IP (21 games) . . . Pitched 18.2 consecutive scoreless innings, 4/13-5/14 (13 games), longest streak by a CHI reliever since Les Lancaster hurled 30.2 IP in 1989.
1996
First full season in majors . . . Ranked 3rd among ML relievers with 101.0 IP . . . Became the 3rd Cubs rookie in franchise history to pitch at least 100.0 relief innings, joining Willie Hernandez (103.0 in 1977) and Chuck McElroy (101.1 IP in 1991) . . . Pitched a relief career-high 4.0 innings, 4/8 at COL and 5/1 at NYM . . . Threw 15.0 consecutive scoreless innings, 5/14-6/18 (10 games).
1995
Began season with Orlando (AA) before being promoted to Iowa (AAA) . . . Combined to go 24-for-27 in save opportunities for both teams . . . Allowed just 1 ER over final 25 minor league games (23.2 IP) . . . Recalled by CHI, 8/9, and made ML debut, 8/10 vs SD, appearing in both games of a DH (1.2 IP) . . . Earned 1st ML save, 8/14 at LA . . . Picked up 1st ML win, 9/13 vs LA.
1994
Opened season in rotation for Daytona, but was converted to a reliever in mid-May after going 1-5, 6.32 ERA in first 7 starts . . . Was 8-5, 2.85 ERA (47.1 IP, 15 ER) in relief.
1993
Spent season with Daytona (A), but missed 2nd half of year following arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder . . . On DL, 6/21-9/21.
1992
Spent season with Peoria (A) . . . Made a career-high 25 starts and threw only complete games (3) of career.
1991
Cubs 4th round selection in June draft . . . Began his pro career as a starter with Huntington (R) . . . Led Appalachian League with 9 losses.
Batting
Pitching
Year
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OBP
OPS
Career Regular Season
78
2
4
0
2
0
.051
.128
.192
Year
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OBP
OPS
Career Regular Season
78
2
4
0
2
0
.051
.128
.192
Year
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
SO
WHIP
Career Regular Season
51
62
4.17
574
41
42
869.1
691
1.46
Year
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
SO
WHIP
Career Regular Season
51
62
4.17
574
41
42
869.1
691
1.46
League Rankings
Games Played
Year
BP
Rank
2000
66
24th in NL
1997
74
9th in NL
1996
69
18th in NL
Wins
Year
Wins
Rank
2001
12
23rd in NL
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