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Glenn Abbott
William Glenn Abbott

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 6", Weight 200 lb.
School University of Central Arkansas

Debut July 29, 1973
  vs. TEX 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER
Final Game August 8, 1984
Born February 16, 1951 in Little Rock, AR

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 8th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1973 22 OAK AL   1   0   5   3   1   0   1  0   18.7   16    8    8   3    7    6   0   0    79   0   1  3.86  3.55   92 1.232
 1974 23 OAK AL   5   7  19  17   3   0   0  0   96.0   89   38   32   4   34   38   3   3   401   3   0  3.00  3.34  111 1.281
 1975 24 OAK AL   5   5  30  15   3   1   4  0  114.3  109   61   54  12   50   51   2   2   495   7   1  4.25  3.64   86 1.391
 1976 25 OAK AL   2   4  19  10   0   0   4  0   62.3   87   41   38   6   16   27   1   3   283   0   0  5.49  3.35   61 1.652
 1977 26 SEA AL  12  13  36  34   7   0   0  0  204.3  212  111  101  32   56  100  12   3   864   2   0  4.45  4.11   92 1.312
 1978 27 SEA AL   7  15  29  28   8   1   0  0  155.3  191   99   91  22   44   67   2   1   689   5   0  5.27  3.82   72 1.513
 1979 28 SEA AL   4  10  23  19   3   0   1  0  116.7  138   78   67  19   38   25   3   1   518   2   0  5.17  4.40   85 1.509
 1980 29 SEA AL  12  12  31  31   7   2   0  0  215.0  228  110   98  27   49   78   3   1   903   4   1  4.10  4.16  102 1.288
 1981 30 SEA AL   4   9  22  20   1   0   1  0  130.3  127   64   57  14   28   35   0   1   530   1   0  3.94  3.88   99 1.189
 1983 32 TOT AL   7   4  21  21   3   1   0  0  129.0  146   58   52  14   22   49   4   2   541   3   2  3.63  4.15  114 1.302
         SEA AL   5   3  14  14   2   0   0  0   82.3  103   46   42   9   15   38   4   0   355   2   2  4.59  4.28   93 1.433
         DET AL   2   1   7   7   1   1   0  0   46.7   43   12   10   5    7   11   0   2   186   1   0  1.93  3.91  203 1.071
 1984 33 DET AL   3   4  13   8   1   0   2  0   44.0   62   39   29   9    8    8   2   1   206   1   0  5.93  3.92   66 1.591
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .428  62  83 248 206  37   5  13  0 1286.0 1405  707  627 162  352  484  32  18  5509  28   5  4.39  3.94   90 1.366
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  12  37  30   5   0   1  0  192.3  210  105   93  24   52   72   4   2   825   4   0  4.39  3.94   90 1.366
 Career High     12  15  36  34   8   2   4  0  215.0  228  111  101  32   56  100  12   3   903   7   2  3.00  4.40  114 1.189

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1973 22 OAK AL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.60 0.86 1.44 1.88 3 18.7 1974 23 OAK AL P 19 6 13 3 2 .864 .945 1.00 0.83 1.78 1.81 17 96.0 1975 24 OAK AL P 30 9 15 2 0 .923 .941 0.80 0.85 1.89 1.87 15 114.3 1976 25 OAK AL P 19 3 12 0 0 1.000 .949 0.79 0.85 2.17 1.86 10 62.3 1977 26 SEA AL P 36 16 28 2 2 .957 .948 1.22 0.84 1.94 1.95 34 204.3 1978 27 SEA AL P 29 15 22 3 1 .925 .954 1.28 0.85 2.14 1.90 28 155.3 1979 28 SEA AL P 23 6 18 0 2 1.000 .949 1.04 0.81 1.85 1.92 19 116.7 1980 29 SEA AL P 31 25 39 1 1 .985 .957 2.06 0.77 2.68 1.85 31 215.0 1981 30 SEA AL P 22 11 21 1 1 .970 .964 1.45 0.81 2.21 1.98 20 130.3 1983 32 TOT AL P 21 17 9 3 2 .897 .959 1.24 0.73 1.81 1.80 21 129.0 SEA AL P 14 10 7 3 1 .850 .960 1.21 0.73 1.86 1.80 14 82.3 DET AL P 7 7 2 0 1 1.000 .957 1.29 0.73 1.73 1.79 7 46.7 1984 33 DET AL P 13 4 8 2 1 .857 .960 0.92 0.70 2.45 1.80 8 44.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1973 22 OAK AL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.60 0.86 1.44 1.88 3 18.7 1974 23 OAK AL P 19 6 13 3 2 .864 .945 1.00 0.83 1.78 1.81 17 96.0 1975 24 OAK AL P 30 9 15 2 0 .923 .941 0.80 0.85 1.89 1.87 15 114.3 1976 25 OAK AL P 19 3 12 0 0 1.000 .949 0.79 0.85 2.17 1.86 10 62.3 1977 26 SEA AL P 36 16 28 2 2 .957 .948 1.22 0.84 1.94 1.95 34 204.3 1978 27 SEA AL P 29 15 22 3 1 .925 .954 1.28 0.85 2.14 1.90 28 155.3 1979 28 SEA AL P 23 6 18 0 2 1.000 .949 1.04 0.81 1.85 1.92 19 116.7 1980 29 SEA AL P 31 25 39 1 1 .985 .957 2.06 0.77 2.68 1.85 31 215.0 1981 30 SEA AL P 22 11 21 1 1 .970 .964 1.45 0.81 2.21 1.98 20 130.3 1983 32 TOT AL P 21 17 9 3 2 .897 .959 1.24 0.73 1.81 1.80 21 129.0 SEA AL P 14 10 7 3 1 .850 .960 1.21 0.73 1.86 1.80 14 82.3 DET AL P 7 7 2 0 1 1.000 .957 1.29 0.73 1.73 1.79 7 46.7 1984 33 DET AL P 13 4 8 2 1 .857 .960 0.92 0.70 2.45 1.80 8 44.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 248 113 187 17 12 .946 .953 1.21 0.81 2.10 1.88 206 1286.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 248 113 187 17 12 .946 .953 1.21 0.81 2.10 1.88 206 1286
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1975   ALCS  OAK BOS     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1975   ALCS  OAK BOS     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1980 AL-2.05-9
1981 AL-1.93-6

Shutouts
1980 AL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1977 AL-32-2
1980 AL-27-4
1981 AL-14-6

Losses
1978 AL-15-5

Hit Batsmen
1977 AL-12-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1839) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1322) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 8th round of the 1969 amateur draft.

November 5, 1976: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners from the Oakland Athletics as the 24th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

January 15, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

August 23, 1983: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Seattle Mariners for $100,000.

August 14, 1984: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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