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Cal Abrams
Calvin Ross Abrams (Abie)

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

Debut April 20, 1949
Final Game May 9, 1956
Born March 2, 1924 in Philadelphia, PA
Died February 25, 1997 in Ft.Lauderdale, FL

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 25 BRO NL   8   24    6    2   1  0   0    0   1      7   6  .083  .290  .125   13    3   0           0   1
 1950 26 BRO NL  38   44    5    9   1  0   0    4   0      9  13  .205  .340  .227   51   10   1           0   0
 1951 27 BRO NL  67  150   27   42   8  0   3   19   3  2  36  26  .280  .419  .393  118   59   0           0   5
 1952 28 TOT NL  81  168   24   46   9  2   2   13   1  0  21  29  .274  .354  .387  105   65   0           0   1
         BRO NL  10   10    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   4  .200  .333  .200   50    2   0           0   0
         CIN NL  71  158   23   44   9  2   2   13   1  0  19  25  .278  .356  .399  109   63   0           0   1
 1953 29 PIT NL 119  448   66  128  10  6  15   43   4  4  58  70  .286  .368  .435  109  195   6           0   2
 1954 30 TOT    132  465   73  130  23  8   6   27   1  4  82  76  .280  .391  .402  124  187   6   1       4   7
         PIT NL  17   42    6    6   1  1   0    2   0  0  10   9  .143  .308  .214   41    9   0   0       0   2
         BAL AL 115  423   67  124  22  7   6   25   1  4  72  67  .293  .400  .421  133  178   6   1       4   5 MVP-26
 1955 31 BAL AL 118  309   56   75  12  3   6   32   2  8  89  69  .243  .413  .359  117  111   3   3   2   3   6
 1956 32 CHW AL   4    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .333  .600  .333  151    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      567 1611  257  433  64 19  32  138  12 18 304 290  .269  .386  .392  112  631  16   4   2   7  22
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        460   73  124  18  5   9   39   3  5  87  83  .269  .386  .392  112  180   5   1   1   2   6
 Career High    132  465   73  130  23  8  15   43   4  8  89  76  .286  .413  .435  124  195   6   3   2   4   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 25 BRO NL   31   23    1   1.2   107| .083  .275| .290  .349| .125  .412| .415  .761|  13  .075  -2.8  -0.3     
 1950 26 BRO NL   54   36    3   2.2   110| .205  .272| .340  .349| .227  .422| .567  .771|  51  .202  -2.8  -0.3     
 1951 27 BRO NL  186  115   25   5.8   105| .280  .270| .419  .344| .393  .409| .812  .753| 118  .616   6.4   0.6  60%
 1952 28 TOT NL  189  123   24   5.2    97| .274  .262| .354  .335| .387  .389| .741  .724| 105  .603   1.7   0.1 100%
         BRO NL   12    8    1   3.4    98| .200  .263| .333  .336| .200  .391| .533  .727|  50  .402  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         CIN NL  177  115   23   5.4    97| .278  .262| .356  .335| .399  .389| .755  .724| 109  .614   2.3   0.2 100%
 1953 29 PIT NL  512  332   71   5.7   109| .286  .273| .368  .344| .435  .425| .803  .769| 109  .572   6.4   0.6  50%
 1954 30 TOT     558  353   72   5.5    94| .280  .258| .391  .332| .402  .380| .793  .712| 124  .607  18.9   2.0  20%
         PIT NL   52   38    3   2.1   107| .143  .272| .308  .343| .214  .420| .522  .763|  41  .183  -3.5  -0.3   0%
         BAL AL  506  315   69   5.9    93| .293  .257| .400  .331| .421  .376| .821  .707| 133  .643  22.4   2.3  20%
 1955 31 BAL AL  407  254   52   5.5    96| .243  .258| .413  .336| .359  .384| .772  .720| 117  .581  14.3   1.4  20%
 1956 32 CHW AL    5    2    1  13.4   108| .333  .270| .600  .352| .333  .411| .933  .763| 151  .867   0.5   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1942 1238  249   5.4   101| .269  .264| .386  .338| .392  .399| .778  .737| 112  .577  42.6   4.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1949 25 BRO NL OF 7 9 1 2 0 .833 .980 1.43 2.26 7 0 0 1950 26 BRO NL OF 15 17 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.13 2.14 9 1 5 1951 27 BRO NL OF 34 64 3 4 1 .944 .981 1.97 2.23 34 0 0 1952 28 TOT NL OF 47 87 1 0 1 1.000 .981 1.87 2.10 32 18 0 BRO NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1 0 0 CIN NL OF 46 87 1 0 1 1.000 .981 1.91 2.10 31 18 0 1953 29 PIT NL OF 112 205 13 6 3 .973 .980 1.95 2.11 0 0 112 1954 30 TOT OF 128 271 8 6 1 .979 .979 2.18 2.17 5 17 106 PIT NL OF 13 23 2 0 0 1.000 .977 1.92 2.18 5 3 5 BAL AL OF 115 248 6 6 1 .977 .979 2.21 2.17 0 14 101 1955 31 BAL AL OF 96 191 7 3 1 .985 .982 2.06 2.08 13 58 46 1B 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.18 1956 32 CHW AL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.05 6.00 2.40 0 3.0 LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 9.00 2.25 0 2.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 31 BAL AL 1B 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.18 1956 32 CHW AL LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 9.00 2.25 0 2.0 1949 25 BRO NL OF 7 9 1 2 0 .833 .980 1.43 2.26 7 0 0 1950 26 BRO NL OF 15 17 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.13 2.14 9 1 5 1951 27 BRO NL OF 34 64 3 4 1 .944 .981 1.97 2.23 34 0 0 1952 28 TOT NL OF 47 87 1 0 1 1.000 .981 1.87 2.10 32 18 0 BRO NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1 0 0 CIN NL OF 46 87 1 0 1 1.000 .981 1.91 2.10 31 18 0 1953 29 PIT NL OF 112 205 13 6 3 .973 .980 1.95 2.11 0 0 112 1954 30 TOT OF 128 271 8 6 1 .979 .979 2.18 2.17 5 17 106 PIT NL OF 13 23 2 0 0 1.000 .977 1.92 2.18 5 3 5 BAL AL OF 115 248 6 6 1 .977 .979 2.21 2.17 0 14 101 1955 31 BAL AL OF 96 191 7 3 1 .985 .982 2.06 2.08 13 58 46 1956 32 CHW AL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.05 6.00 2.40 0 3.0 1956 32 CHW AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF* 441 846 33 21 7 .977 .980 1.99 2.13 0 3.0 101 94 270# 1B 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.18 LF* 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 0 2.0 RF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 445 850 33 21 7 .977 .980 1.98 2.19
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1954-AL-26-0.00

On-base %
1954 AL-.400-7

Triples
1954 AL-7-10

Bases on Balls
1955 AL-89-8

Strikeouts
1954 AL-67-7
1955 AL-69-8

Adjusted OPS+
1954 AL-133-9

Caught Stealing
1955 AL-8-4

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1983) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

June 9, 1952: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Rudy Rufer and cash.

October 14, 1952: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Gail Henley and Joe Rossi to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gus Bell.

May 25, 1954: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Baltimore Orioles for Dick Littlefield.

October 18, 1955: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Bobby Adams.


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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