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Kurt Abbott
Kurt Thomas Abbott

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 8, 1993

Final Game April 13, 2001
Born June 2, 1969 in Zanesville, OH

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 15th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1989. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1993 24 OAK AL  20   61   11   15   1  0   3    9   2  0   3  20  .246  .281  .410   89   25   3   0   0   0   3
 1994 25 FLA NL 101  345   41   86  17  3   9   33   3  0  16  98  .249  .291  .394   76  136   3   2   1   5   5
 1995 26 FLA NL 120  420   60  107  18  7  17   60   4  3  36 110  .255  .318  .452  100  190   2   5   4   5   6
 1996 27 FLA NL 109  320   37   81  18  7   8   33   3  3  22  99  .253  .307  .428   95  137   4   0   1   3   7
 1997 28 FLA NL  94  252   35   69  18  2   6   30   3  1  14  68  .274  .315  .433   98  109   6   0   3   1   5
 1998 29 TOT     77  194   26   51  13  1   5   24   2  1  12  53  .263  .308  .418   84   81   1   3   0   2   5
         OAK AL  35  123   17   33   7  1   2    9   2  1  10  34  .268  .326  .390   89   48   1   1   0   1   3
         COL NL  42   71    9   18   6  0   3   15   0  0   2  19  .254  .276  .465   76   33   0   2   0   1   2
 1999 30 COL NL  96  286   41   78  17  2   8   41   3  2  16  69  .273  .310  .430   68  123   2   1   0   0   4
 2000 31 NYM NL  79  157   22   34   7  1   6   12   1  1  14  51  .217  .283  .389   71   61   0   1   2   1   2
 2001 32 ATL NL   6    9    0    2   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   3  .222  .222  .222   15    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      702 2044  273  523 109 23  62  242  22 11 133 571  .256  .305  .423   85  864  21  12  11  17  37
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        472   63  121  25  5  14   56   5  3  31 132  .256  .305  .423   85  199   5   3   3   4   9
 Career High    120  420   60  107  18  7  17   60   4  3  36 110  .274  .318  .452  100  190   6   5   4   5   7
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1993 24 OAK AL   67   52    6   3.1    97| .246  .259| .281  .329| .410  .397| .691  .726|  89  .307  -1.4  -0.1 100%
 1994 25 FLA NL  371  269   40   4.0   111| .249  .277| .291  .344| .394  .433| .685  .777|  76  .405 -14.0  -1.3 100%
 1995 26 FLA NL  468  329   61   5.0   108| .255  .272| .318  .341| .452  .423| .770  .764| 100  .513  -1.7  -0.2  57%
 1996 27 FLA NL  349  253   40   4.2   104| .253  .266| .307  .335| .428  .416| .735  .752|  95  .440  -3.9  -0.4  50%
 1997 28 FLA NL  273  195   33   4.5   104| .274  .264| .315  .335| .433  .415| .748  .750|  98  .467  -1.3  -0.1  75%
 1998 29 TOT     212  153   25   4.4   113| .263  .276| .308  .346| .418  .438| .726  .784|  84  .432  -4.6  -0.5  66%
         OAK AL  136   96   16   4.4   106| .268  .267| .326  .335| .390  .425| .716  .760|  89  .429  -1.8  -0.2  66%
         COL NL   76   57    9   4.2   124| .254  .292| .276  .366| .465  .461| .741  .827|  76  .438  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1999 30 COL NL  305  217   38   4.7   138| .273  .306| .310  .385| .430  .492| .740  .877|  68  .443 -16.7  -1.5  60%
 2000 31 NYM NL  173  127   17   3.6   113| .217  .268| .283  .345| .389  .438| .672  .783|  71  .326  -7.6  -0.7  50%
 2001 32 ATL NL    9    7    1   3.8   114| .222  .272| .222  .344| .222  .446| .444  .789|  15  .378  -1.2  -0.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2227 1602  261   4.4   112| .256  .275| .305  .347| .423  .434| .728  .781|  85  .441 -52.4  -4.9  66%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1993 24 OAK AL LF 13 33 1 1 0 .971 .983 2.62 1.84 2.99 2.23 11 102.3 SS 6 3 12 1 2 .938 .974 2.50 4.13 4.13 4.68 3 32.7 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.55 0.00 5.10 0 3.0 1994 25 FLA NL SS 99 162 260 15 61 .966 .966 4.26 4.05 4.60 4.53 93 825.3 1995 26 FLA NL SS 115 149 290 19 66 .959 .968 3.82 3.97 4.05 4.51 109 975.0 1996 27 FLA NL SS 44 66 123 6 34 .969 .967 4.30 3.99 4.72 4.60 41 360.0 3B 33 22 43 6 3 .915 .948 1.97 2.21 2.68 2.71 27 218.3 2B 20 35 39 0 6 1.000 .981 3.70 4.40 4.75 5.09 15 140.3 1997 28 FLA NL 2B 54 101 116 7 21 .969 .980 4.02 4.31 5.22 5.07 43 374.0 LF 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.30 1.48 2.60 1.96 6 45.0 SS 7 10 19 0 6 1.000 .973 4.14 3.86 4.55 4.59 6 57.3 3B 4 2 1 1 0 .750 .938 0.75 2.20 1.30 2.65 2 20.7 DH 2 1998 29 TOT SS 35 44 76 11 18 .916 .972 3.43 4.19 4.20 4.69 31 257.0 TOT OF 14 19 0 1 0 .950 .979 1.36 1.86 2.48 2.22 7 69.0 TOT LF 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.44 1.58 3.77 2.00 2 31.0 TOT RF 6 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 1.00 1.68 1.42 2.11 5 38.0 TOT 3B 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 2.33 3.86 2.70 0 7.0 TOT DH 4 OAK AL SS 28 40 70 11 16 .909 .972 3.93 4.26 4.27 4.71 28 232.0 LF 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 1.74 3.86 2.12 0 14.0 OF 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 2.02 2.57 2.31 1 21.0 DH 3 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.19 1 7.0 COL NL OF 9 13 0 1 0 .929 .977 1.44 1.78 2.44 2.17 6 48.0 2B 7 13 17 0 3 1.000 .984 4.29 4.39 6.28 5.09 5 43.0 SS 7 4 6 0 2 1.000 .971 1.43 3.89 3.60 4.54 3 25.0 RF 5 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 1.20 1.66 1.74 2.09 4 31.0 LF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 1.38 3.71 1.91 2 17.0 3B 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.37 4.50 2.70 0 6.0 DH 1 1999 30 COL NL 2B 66 124 145 3 34 .989 .981 4.08 4.19 4.94 5.05 58 489.7 1B 8 57 3 0 6 1.000 .993 7.50 7.64 11.09 9.20 7 48.7 OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.85 1.44 2.27 3 25.0 SS 3 3 3 1 2 .857 .968 2.00 3.80 3.86 4.44 1 14.0 CF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 2.20 1.80 2.64 2 15.0 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.70 0.90 2.16 1 10.0 2000 31 NYM NL SS 39 47 75 6 10 .953 .967 3.13 3.88 4.39 4.52 25 250.0 2B 23 23 29 1 3 .981 .981 2.26 4.34 4.50 4.96 8 104.0 3B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 2.20 2.65 2.65 2 17.0 CF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.25 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 2001 32 ATL NL 2B 1 1 6 0 0 1.000 .986 7.00 4.20 7.88 4.84 1 8.0 SS 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 3.90 13.50 4.50 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1999 30 COL NL 1B 8 57 3 0 6 1.000 .993 7.50 7.64 11.09 9.20 7 48.7 1993 24 OAK AL 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.55 0.00 5.10 0 3.0 1996 27 FLA NL 2B 20 35 39 0 6 1.000 .981 3.70 4.40 4.75 5.09 15 140.3 1997 28 FLA NL 2B 54 101 116 7 21 .969 .980 4.02 4.31 5.22 5.07 43 374.0 1998 29 COL NL 2B 7 13 17 0 3 1.000 .984 4.29 4.39 6.28 5.09 5 43.0 1999 30 COL NL 2B 66 124 145 3 34 .989 .981 4.08 4.19 4.94 5.05 58 489.7 2000 31 NYM NL 2B 23 23 29 1 3 .981 .981 2.26 4.34 4.50 4.96 8 104.0 2001 32 ATL NL 2B 1 1 6 0 0 1.000 .986 7.00 4.20 7.88 4.84 1 8.0 1996 27 FLA NL 3B 33 22 43 6 3 .915 .948 1.97 2.21 2.68 2.71 27 218.3 1997 28 FLA NL 3B 4 2 1 1 0 .750 .938 0.75 2.20 1.30 2.65 2 20.7 1998 29 TOT 3B 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 2.33 3.86 2.70 0 7.0 OAK AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 COL NL 3B 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.37 4.50 2.70 0 6.0 2000 31 NYM NL 3B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 2.20 2.65 2.65 2 17.0 1999 30 COL NL CF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 2.20 1.80 2.64 2 15.0 2000 31 NYM NL CF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.25 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1997 28 FLA NL DH 2 1998 29 TOT DH 4 OAK AL DH 3 COL NL DH 1 1993 24 OAK AL LF 13 33 1 1 0 .971 .983 2.62 1.84 2.99 2.23 11 102.3 1997 28 FLA NL LF 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.30 1.48 2.60 1.96 6 45.0 1998 29 TOT LF 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.44 1.58 3.77 2.00 2 31.0 OAK AL LF 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 1.74 3.86 2.12 0 14.0 COL NL LF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 1.38 3.71 1.91 2 17.0 1993 24 OAK AL OF 13 33 1 1 0 .971 .983 2.62 2.09 2.99 2.41 11 102.3 1997 28 FLA NL OF 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.30 1.77 2.60 2.12 6 45.0 1998 29 TOT OF 14 19 0 1 0 .950 .979 1.36 1.86 2.48 2.22 7 69.0 OAK AL OF 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 2.02 2.57 2.31 1 21.0 COL NL OF 9 13 0 1 0 .929 .977 1.44 1.78 2.44 2.17 6 48.0 1999 30 COL NL OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.85 1.44 2.27 3 25.0 2000 31 NYM NL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.85 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 1998 29 TOT RF 6 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 1.00 1.68 1.42 2.11 5 38.0 OAK AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.19 1 7.0 COL NL RF 5 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 1.20 1.66 1.74 2.09 4 31.0 1999 30 COL NL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.70 0.90 2.16 1 10.0 1993 24 OAK AL SS 6 3 12 1 2 .938 .974 2.50 4.13 4.13 4.68 3 32.7 1994 25 FLA NL SS 99 162 260 15 61 .966 .966 4.26 4.05 4.60 4.53 93 825.3 1995 26 FLA NL SS 115 149 290 19 66 .959 .968 3.82 3.97 4.05 4.51 109 975.0 1996 27 FLA NL SS 44 66 123 6 34 .969 .967 4.30 3.99 4.72 4.60 41 360.0 1997 28 FLA NL SS 7 10 19 0 6 1.000 .973 4.14 3.86 4.55 4.59 6 57.3 1998 29 TOT SS 35 44 76 11 18 .916 .972 3.43 4.19 4.20 4.69 31 257.0 OAK AL SS 28 40 70 11 16 .909 .972 3.93 4.26 4.27 4.71 28 232.0 COL NL SS 7 4 6 0 2 1.000 .971 1.43 3.89 3.60 4.54 3 25.0 1999 30 COL NL SS 3 3 3 1 2 .857 .968 2.00 3.80 3.86 4.44 1 14.0 2000 31 NYM NL SS 39 47 75 6 10 .953 .967 3.13 3.88 4.39 4.52 25 250.0 2001 32 ATL NL SS 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 3.90 13.50 4.50 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 349 485 860 59 199 .958 .968 3.85 4.01 4.36 4.55 309 2773.3 2B* 173 297 352 11 67 .983 .981 3.75 4.28 5.03 5.05 130 1162.0 OF* 43 69 1 2 0 .972 .980 1.63 1.91 2.58 2.29 27 244.3 32 4 8# 3B* 43 30 46 7 3 .916 .948 1.77 2.22 2.60 2.70 31 263.0 LF* 32 59 1 1 0 .984 .980 1.88 1.65 3.03 2.12 19 178.3 1B* 8 57 3 0 6 1.000 .993 7.50 7.64 11.09 9.20 7 48.7 RF* 8 7 0 1 0 .875 .986 0.88 1.69 1.31 2.12 6 48.0 DH 6 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.75 2.23 1.50 2.65 2 18.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 616 938 1262 79 275 .965 .972 3.57 3.86 4.41 4.50 504 4491
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1997   NLDS  FLA SFG     W   3   8   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  FLA ATL     W   2   8   0   3  1  0  0   0   0   2  .375  .375  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    FLA CLE     W   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2000   NLDS  NYM SFG     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  NYM STL     W   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYM NYY     L   5   8   0   2  1  0  0   0   1   3  .250  .333  .375   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   4  10   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   1  .200  .200  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   4  11   0   3  1  0  0   0   0   4  .273  .273  .364   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        1-1   8  11   0   2  1  0  0   0   1   4  .182  .250  .273   0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   5-1  16  32   0   7  2  0  0   0   1   9  .219  .242  .281   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.

Triples
1995 NL-7-6
1996 NL-7-8

Strikeouts
1994 NL-98-4
1995 NL-110-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2483) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 15th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1989.

December 20, 1993: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Florida Marlins for Kerwin Moore.

December 19, 1997: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the Oakland Athletics for Eric Ludwick.

June 9, 1998: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later and cash. The Colorado Rockies sent Ara Petrosian (minors) (June 18, 1998) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

November 1, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

January 26, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

November 3, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

January 14, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993Oakland Athletics$109,000
1994Florida Marlins$109,000
1995Florida Marlins$119,000
1996Florida Marlins$250,000
1997Florida Marlins$650,000
1998Oakland Athletics$1,000,000
1999Colorado Rockies$900,000
2000New York Mets$500,000
2001Atlanta Braves$600,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,237,000

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