Red Adams

Red Adams
Pitcher
Born: (1921-10-07) October 7, 1921 Parlier, California
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 5, 1946, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
July 2, 1946, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	0–1
Earned run average	8.25
Strikeouts	8
Teams
As player Chicago Cubs (1946) As coach Los Angeles Dodgers (1969–1980)

Charles Dwight "Red" Adams (born October 7, 1921) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, scout and pitching coach. The native of Parlier, California, pitched only briefly in Major League Baseball, but had a lengthy career as a scout and coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers. A right-hander in his playing days, he stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg). As of 2016, he is the oldest living former Chicago Cubs player.

Adams won 193 games in the minor leagues from 1939 to 1942 and in 1944–58, including a 21-victory season for the 1945 Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League. His Major League pitching tenure, however, consisted of only 12 innings over eight games for the Chicago Cubs in 1946.

After his playing career, he was a scout for the Dodgers from 1959 to 1968. He then worked as the Dodgers' MLB pitching coach from 1969 to 1980, serving on three National League pennant-winning teams (1974; 1977–78) under managers Walter Alston and Tommy Lasorda, and helping develop many of the Dodgers' pitchers. Said 324-game-winning pitcher Don Sutton upon his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in July 1998: "No person ever meant more to my career than Red Adams. Without him, I would not be standing in Cooperstown today."

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Baseball Almanac statistics
• Dodgers coaching list
• Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics