walk for a 1–0 victory at Redland Field. Adams was known as an excellent control pitcher. On July 17, 1914, he pitched a 21-inning game against the New York Giants without allowing a single walk, surrendering only 12 hits, but losing 3–1 on Larry Doyle's home run in the top of the 21st; it is the longest game without a walk in major league history. Rube Marquard also went the distance for New York to gain the victory, allowing two walks. In , Adams allowed only 18 walks in 263 innings. In his career, Adams had a 194–140 win–loss record and a 2.76 ERA. His last game was on August 11, 1926; he was released days later after joining a group of players who requested that former manager and team vice president Fred Clarke, who had been openly criticizing manager Bill McKechnie, not be permitted to sit on the bench. He never played another major league game. Adams was a better than average hitting pitcher in his major league career, compiling a .212 batting average (216-for-1,019) with 79 runs, 3 home runs, 75 RBI and drawing 53 bases on balls. Defensively, he was a better-than-average fielding pitcher, recording a .976 fielding percentage which was 24 points higher than the league average at that position. Later life and death Adams later managed in the minor leagues, farmed in Mount Moriah, Missouri, and worked as a reporter and foreign correspondent during World War II and the Korean War. Adams died of throat cancer in Silver Spring, Maryland, at age 86. He was cremated at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, Maryland. He has a memorial stone at Mount Moriah Cemetery, MO. References External links Babe Adams at SABR (Baseball BioProject) 1882 births 1968 deaths Baseball players from Indiana Major League Baseball pitchers St. Louis Cardinals players Pittsburgh Pirates players Deaths from esophageal cancer Deaths from cancer in Maryland People from Tipton, Indiana Minor league baseball managers Parsons Preachers players Denver Grizzlies (baseball) players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players St. Joseph Drummers players Hutchinson Wheatshockers players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Springfield Midgets players Johnstown Johnnies players