Dick Adams (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dick Adams (baseball)

baseball player

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1920

Place of Birth: Tuolumne County, California, United States

Date of Death: 14-Sep-2016

Profession: pianist, baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Richard Leroy Adams (April 8, 1920 – September 14, 2016) was an American baseball player who was first baseman in Major League Baseball, playing briefly for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1947 season.
Born in Tuolumne County, California, he batted right-handed and threw left-handed. Coming from a baseball family, Adams was the older brother of second baseman Bobby Adams and uncle of outfielder Mike Adams.
He started his professional career in 1939 with the Cincinnati Reds affiliate Ogden Reds of the Pioneer League, spending three seasons in the minor leagues seasons before enlisting in the US Army Air Force in 1941.
Discharged from the service at the end of 1945, he played and managed the Santa Ana, California Army Air Base team, for which Joe DiMaggio played.