Karl Adams (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1891–1967)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Karl Adams

|image= Karl T. Adams, Savannah, minor league (baseball) LCCN2014698634.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1891|8|11}}

|birth_place=Columbus, Georgia

|death_date={{death date and age|1967|9|17|1891|8|11}}

|death_place=Everett, Washington

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 19

|debutyear=1914

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 23

|finalyear=1915

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=1-9

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.01

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=62

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds (1914)
• Chicago Cubs (1915)

}}

Karl Tutwiler Adams (August 11, 1891 – September 17, 1967), nicknamed "Rebel", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds (1914) and Chicago Cubs (1915) of the National League, compiling a 1-9 won-lost record in his brief career.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/adamska01.shtml "Karl Adams Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 22, 2011.

Adams was a native of Columbus, Georgia. He died in Everett, Washington, where he had lived for the previous 27 years. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Old Guard Post 2100. After baseball, Karl worked for a number of years as a golf professional in Illinois and Kentucky. He was also a member of the Plumber and Pipefitters Union Local 265 and the Port Gardner Golf Club at Everett's Municipal Golf Course.