# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/doc-adams
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:10:17.239Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/doc-adams"
name: "Doc Adams"
slug: "doc-adams"
description: "Daniel Lucius \"Doc\" Adams was an American baseball player and executive who is regarded by historians as an important figure in the sport's early years. For most of his career he was a member of the New York Knickerbockers. He first played for the New York Base Ball Club in 1840 and started his Knickerbockers career five years later, continuing to play for the club into his forties and to take part in inter-squad practice games and matches against opposing teams. Researchers have called Adams the creator of the shortstop position, which he used to field short throws from outfielders. In addition to his playing career, Adams manufactured baseballs and oversaw bat production; he also occasionally acted as an umpire."
tagline: "Baseball player and executive (1814–1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel_Doc_Adams.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1814-11-01"
deathDate: "1899-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.26
  momentum:             0.6593406593406593
  historical:           6.152017333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doktor_Adams"
    title: "Doktor Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "دوك آدامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "دوك ادمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Adams"
    title: "Doc Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "داک آدامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Adams"
    title: "Doc Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "டாக் அடம்ஸ்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5287015"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump