SPORTS  :  Baseball  |  Football  |  Basketball  |  Hockey  |  Olympics  View Sports-Reference.com's new Olympic Section
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Jim Abbott

Jim Abbott
James Anthony Abbott

Bats Left, Throws Left,
Fields Left as well
Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.
School University of Michigan

Debut April 8, 1989
  vs. SEA 4.7 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L
Final Game July 21, 1999
Born September 19, 1967 in Flint, MI

Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed August 3, 1988. (All Transactions)

 About biographical information

Minors.B-R: Minor League Stats
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this person (what's this?)
Oracle: Find all of this player's teammates.

Let people know you like this site. Sponsor this page for $25 per year.

  

Pitching  Glossary / Minors / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1989 21 CAL AL  12  12  29  29   4   2   0  0  181.3  190   95   79  13   74  115   4   8   788   3   2  3.92  3.81   97 1.456 RoY-5
 1990 22 CAL AL  10  14  33  33   4   1   0  0  211.7  246  116  106  16   72  105   5   4   925   6   3  4.51  3.80   84 1.502
 1991 23 CAL AL  18  11  34  34   5   1   0  0  243.0  222   85   78  14   73  158   5   1  1002   6   4  2.89  4.10  142 1.214 CYA-3
 1992 24 CAL AL   7  15  29  29   7   0   0  0  211.0  208   73   65  12   68  130   4   2   874   3   0  2.77  3.99  144 1.308
 1993 25 NYY AL  11  14  32  32   4   1   0  0  214.0  221  115  104  22   73   95   3   9   906   4   0  4.37  4.16   95 1.374
 1994 26 NYY AL   9   8  24  24   2   0   0  0  160.3  167   88   81  24   64   90   2   8   692   1   1  4.55  4.61  101 1.441
 1995 27 TOT AL  11   8  30  30   4   1   0  0  197.0  209   93   81  14   64   86   2   1   842   1   0  3.70  4.57  123 1.386
         CHW AL   6   4  17  17   3   0   0  0  112.3  116   50   42  10   35   45   1   0   474   1   0  3.36  4.48  133 1.344
         CAL AL   5   4  13  13   1   1   0  0   84.7   93   43   39   4   29   41   1   1   368   0   0  4.15  4.67  113 1.441
 1996 28 CAL AL   2  18  27  23   1   0   2  0  142.0  171  128  118  23   78   58   4  13   654   3   1  7.48  4.90   66 1.754
 1998 30 CHW AL   5   0   5   5   0   0   0  0   31.7   35   16   16   2   12   14   1   0   134   0   0  4.55  4.56  100 1.484
 1999 31 MIL NL   2   8  20  15   0   0   3  0   82.0  110   71   63  14   42   37   2   7   394   3   0  6.91  4.52   65 1.854
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .446  87 108 263 254  31   6   5  0 1674.0 1779  880  791 154  620  888  32  53  7211  30  11  4.25  4.23   99 1.433
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  14  34  33   4   0   0  0  220.0  233  115  104  20   81  116   4   6   948   3   1  4.25  4.23   99 1.433
 Career High     18  18  34  34   7   2   3  0  243.0  246  128  118  24   78  158   5  13  1002   6   4  2.77  4.90  144 1.214

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1999 31 MIL NL  18   21    0    2   0  0   0    3   0  0   0  10  .095  .095  .095  -51    2   3   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     261   21    0    2   0  0   0    3   0  0   0  10  .095  .095  .095  -51    2   3   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         13    0    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   6  .095  .095  .095  -51    1   2   0   0   0   1
 Career High     34   21    0    2   0  0   0    3   0  0   0  10                           2   3   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1999 31 MIL NL   24   23    0   0.0   115| .095  .274| .095  .350| .095  .442| .190  .792| -51  .000  -4.9  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons       24   23    0   0.0   115| .095  .274| .095  .350| .095  .442| .190  .792| -51  .000  -4.9  -0.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
1989 21 CAL AL P 29 6 26 3 1 .914 .961 1.10 0.66 1.59 1.87 29 181.3 1990 22 CAL AL P 33 8 36 1 4 .978 .952 1.33 0.59 1.87 1.78 33 211.7 1991 23 CAL AL P 34 19 46 2 3 .970 .956 1.91 0.58 2.41 1.80 34 243.0 1992 24 CAL AL P 29 11 35 0 1 1.000 .952 1.59 0.56 1.96 1.72 29 211.0 1993 25 NYY AL P 32 4 42 1 3 .979 .952 1.44 0.56 1.93 1.79 32 214.0 1994 26 NYY AL P 24 8 23 1 1 .969 .957 1.29 0.52 1.74 1.72 24 160.3 1995 27 TOT AL P 30 8 32 0 0 1.000 .959 1.33 0.53 1.83 1.79 30 197.0 CHW AL P 17 5 16 0 0 1.000 .959 1.24 0.53 1.68 1.79 17 112.3 CAL AL P 13 3 16 0 0 1.000 .960 1.46 0.53 2.02 1.79 13 84.7 1996 28 CAL AL P 27 3 27 0 1 1.000 .958 1.11 0.52 1.90 1.77 23 142.0 1998 30 CHW AL P 5 2 10 0 1 1.000 .960 2.40 0.50 3.41 1.79 5 31.7 1999 31 MIL NL P 20 3 23 1 1 .963 .952 1.30 0.48 2.85 1.72 15 82.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1989 21 CAL AL P 29 6 26 3 1 .914 .961 1.10 0.66 1.59 1.87 29 181.3 1990 22 CAL AL P 33 8 36 1 4 .978 .952 1.33 0.59 1.87 1.78 33 211.7 1991 23 CAL AL P 34 19 46 2 3 .970 .956 1.91 0.58 2.41 1.80 34 243.0 1992 24 CAL AL P 29 11 35 0 1 1.000 .952 1.59 0.56 1.96 1.72 29 211.0 1993 25 NYY AL P 32 4 42 1 3 .979 .952 1.44 0.56 1.93 1.79 32 214.0 1994 26 NYY AL P 24 8 23 1 1 .969 .957 1.29 0.52 1.74 1.72 24 160.3 1995 27 TOT AL P 30 8 32 0 0 1.000 .959 1.33 0.53 1.83 1.79 30 197.0 CHW AL P 17 5 16 0 0 1.000 .959 1.24 0.53 1.68 1.79 17 112.3 CAL AL P 13 3 16 0 0 1.000 .960 1.46 0.53 2.02 1.79 13 84.7 1996 28 CAL AL P 27 3 27 0 1 1.000 .958 1.11 0.52 1.90 1.77 23 142.0 1998 30 CHW AL P 5 2 10 0 1 1.000 .960 2.40 0.50 3.41 1.79 5 31.7 1999 31 MIL NL P 20 3 23 1 1 .963 .952 1.30 0.48 2.85 1.72 15 82.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 263 72 300 9 16 .976 .956 1.41 0.56 2.00 1.78 254 1674.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 263 72 300 9 16 .976 .956 1.41 0.56 2.00 1.78 254 1674
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Awards
1995-ML-Hutch Award

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1991-AL-3-0.19
Car-144-0.19 shares

ERA
1991 AL-2.89-4
1992 AL-2.77-5
1995 AL-3.70-9

Wins
1991 AL-18-4

Innings
1991 AL-243.0-6

Games Started
1990 AL-33-8
1991 AL-34-7

Comp. Games
1992 AL-7-8
1995 AL-4-8

Shutouts
1989 AL-2-7
1993 AL-1-10
1995 AL-1-9

Home Runs Allow.
1994 AL-24-6

Hits Allowed
1990 AL-246-1
1991 AL-222-10
1995 AL-209-10

Losses
1990 AL-14-8
1992 AL-15-3
1993 AL-14-4
1996 AL-18-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1990 AL-106-3
1993 AL-104-10
1996 AL-118-9

Wild Pitches
1996 AL-13-3

Batters Faced
1991 AL-1002-5

Adjusted ERA+
1991 AL-142-4
1992 AL-144-5
1995 AL-123-10

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 28 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1636) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1119) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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.


Similar Pitchers View in Pop-up

Compare Stats
  1. Jim Deshaies (956)
  2. Steve Trout (953)
  3. Steve Hargan (951)
  4. Andy Hawkins (947)
  5. Sheriff Blake (942)
  6. Tim Leary (942)
  7. Rick Waits (940)
  8. Lloyd Brown (938)
  9. Frank Castillo (935)
  10. Neal Heaton (935)
Most Similar by Age 
  1. Steve Trout (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jerry Reuss (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kid Madden (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave McNally (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Kaat (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Underwood (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Billy Hoeft (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Clancy (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Steve Trout (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Steve Trachsel (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 36th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed August 3, 1988.

December 6, 1992: Traded by the California Angels to the New York Yankees for J.T. Snow, Jerry Nielsen, and Russ Springer.

December 23, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 8, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

July 27, 1995: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Tim Fortugno to the California Angels for McKay Christensen, John Snyder, Andrew Lorraine, and Bill Simas.

October 31, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 9, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

March 31, 1997: Released by the Anaheim Angels.

May 27, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

November 5, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

January 27, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

July 23, 1999: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989California Angels$68,000
1990California Angels$185,000
1991California Angels$357,500
1992California Angels$1,850,000
1993New York Yankees$2,350,000
1994New York Yankees$2,775,000
1995Chicago White Sox$2,775,000
1996California Angels$2,200,000
1999Milwaukee Brewers$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$12,960,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Jim Abbott's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

Other References 
Error?     Compare     Search Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Jim Abbott    

Viewed 158684 times through August 21, 2008.
Name and misspellings: jim jimmy James jimmie jimmie Jim jimmy james Anthony abott Abbott

Pages Updated through August 20,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Jim Abbott
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through August 20, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.