***The following was written by Michael Eichorn of the USBA. AKA Hammer755
Jimmy Adams was perhaps the most dangerous hitter in the first six years of the USBA. Surprisingly, Adams was only the 35th player selected in the USBA Dispersal Draft. Most owners were scared off by Adams’ age, as he was to turn 33 a week into the upstart league’s inaugural season.
But Adams proved the skeptics wrong, putting up six consecutive All-Star seasons - all in a Philadelphia Maverick uniform, before calling it a career at the conclusion of the 1990 season. Adams finished with a lifetime 0.333 batting average, 262 HR (average of 44/year), 792 RBI (132/yr), 1,259 hits (210/yr) and a career OPS of 0.976.
In addition to the six All-Star appearances (five of them as a starter), Adams also was named to the All-Freedom League Team five times. In 16 All-Star at-bats, Adams batted 0.313 with 1 HR and 2 RBI and an OPS of 0.916, and was named the MVP of the 1987 game played in Las Vegas.
The only blemish on Adams’s record was his lack of post-season success. He led the Mavs to one division title and a berth in the first USBA Championship Series, and one Wild Card, but failed to failed to break 0.200 in either of his post-season appearances, finishing with a career 0.184 playoff average to go with 1 HR and 5 RBI in 13 games.
Simply put, Jimmy Adams was one of the most dominant players in the USBA in his era, among the top two or three players in the league during its rise to prominence. At the time of his retirement, he ranked in the USBA’s Career Top 10 in average, SLG, OPS, hits, home runs, RBI, and runs scored.
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