Adams, Babe (Charles Benjamin) b. May 18, 1882 d. July 27, 1968 Major League Baseball Player. He played Major League baseball as a pitcher for nineteen seasons (1906 to 1907, 1909 to 1916, and 1918 to 1926) with the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates. He pitched three complete-game victories (including a shutout in game 7) in the 1909 World Series over the Detroit Tigers as a rookie. In that series, American League batting champ, Ty Cobb, went one-for-eleven against Adams (.090). He is still credited as the only rookie to win three games in a single...[Read More] (Bio by: Kent Kooi) Mount Moriah Cemetery, Mount Moriah, Harrison County, Missouri, USA
b. May 18, 1882 d. July 27, 1968