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Bert Abbey

Bert Wood Abbey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 11, 1869 in Essex, VT
High School: Essex Classical Institute (Essex, VT)
School: University of Vermont (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1892
Teams (by GP): Senators/Bridegrooms/Colts/Grooms 1892-1896

Final Game: September 23, 1896
Died: June 11, 1962 in Essex Junction, VT
Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Essex Junction, VT
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1892	22	WHS	NL	5	18	.217	3.45	27	22	5	19	0	1	195.2	207	139	75	7	76	77	6	0	11	876	94	1.446	9.5	0.3	3.5	3.5	1.01
1893	23	-min	B	19	17	.528		36	36		34	1																				MAC · SOUA
1893	23	CHC	NL	2	4	.333	5.46	7	7	0	5	0	0	56.0	74	52	34	1	20	6	4	0	2	264	89	1.679	11.9	0.2	3.2	1.0	0.30
1894	24	CHC	NL	2	7	.222	5.18	11	11	0	10	0	0	92.0	119	74	53	3	37	24	3	0	0	424	109	1.696	11.6	0.3	3.6	2.3	0.65
1895	25	-min	B	3	3	.500		7	7		6	0																				QUI · WA
1895	25	TOT	NL	5	3	.625	4.35	9	7	2	6	0	0	60.0	76	42	29	0	11	17	4	0	2	265	104	1.450	11.4	0.0	1.7	2.6	1.55
1895	25	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	10	8	4	0	2	3	1	0	0	36	118	1.500	11.3	0.0	2.3	3.4	1.50
1895	25	BRO	NL	5	2	.714	4.33	8	6	2	5	0	0	52.0	66	34	25	0	9	14	3	0	2	229	102	1.442	11.4	0.0	1.6	2.4	1.56
1896	26	BRO	NL	8	8	.500	5.15	25	18	7	12	0	0	164.1	210	135	94	7	48	37	9	0	3	739	81	1.570	11.5	0.4	2.6	2.0	0.77
1897	27	-min	A	15	26	.366	3.71	42	39		37			332.2	443	332	137		113	89	16		6			1.671	12.0		3.1	2.4	0.79	KCY · WL
1898	28	-min	A	15	9	.625		25	23		23	4		210.0	195	84			37	64	15		6			1.105	8.4		1.6	2.7	1.73	MTL · EL
1899	29	-min	A	4	2	.667		8	8		6	0		66.0	78	42			15	9	5		1			1.409	10.6		2.0	1.2	0.60	MTL · EL
5 Seasons				22	40	.355	4.52	79	65	14	52	0	1	568.0	686	442	285	18	192	161	26	0	18	2568	93	1.546	10.9	0.3	3.0	2.6	0.84
162 Game Avg.				10	19	.355	4.52	37	31	7	25	0	0	268	324	209	135	9	91	76	12	0	9	1213	93	1.546	10.9	0.3	3.0	2.6	0.84

CHC (3 yrs)				4	12	.250	5.25	19	19	0	16	0	0	156.0	203	134	91	4	59	33	8	0	2	724	102	1.679	11.7	0.2	3.4	1.9	0.56
BRO (2 yrs)				13	10	.565	4.95	33	24	9	17	0	0	216.1	276	169	119	7	57	51	12	0	5	968	85	1.539	11.5	0.3	2.4	2.1	0.89
WHS (1 yr)				5	18	.217	3.45	27	22	5	19	0	1	195.2	207	139	75	7	76	77	6	0	11	876	94	1.446	9.5	0.3	3.5	3.5	1.01

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1892	22	WHS	NL	195.2	23	139	130	-2	1.0	-9	-0.8	$
1893	23	CHC	NL	56.0	7	52	47	-1	1.0	-5	-0.4	$
1894	24	CHC	NL	92.0	11	74	87	-2	1.0	13	1.4	$
1895	25	CHC	NL	8.0	1	8	7	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
1895	25	BRO	NL	52.0	6	34	44	1	1.0	10	0.5	$
1896	26	BRO	NL	164.1	18	135	127	2	1.0	-8	-1.4	$
5 Seasons				568.0	66	442	442	-2	1.0	0	-0.8	$

CHC (3 yrs)				156.0	19	134	141	-3	1.0	7	0.9	$
BRO (2 yrs)				216.1	24	169	171	3	1.0	2	-0.9	$
WHS (1 yr)				195.2	23	139	130	-2	1.0	-9	-0.8	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1892	22	WHS	NL	27	84	75	5	9	1	0	0	3	2	9	27	.120	.214	.133	.348	7	10	0		1
1893	23	-min	B	36	116	116	16	23	5	1	0					.198	.198	.259	.457		30			MAC · SOUA
1893	23	CHC	NL	7	28	26	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	.231	.286	.269	.555	46	7	0		/1
1894	24	CHC	NL	11	43	39	3	5	0	0	0	4	1	2	7	.128	.171	.128	.299	-29	5	0	2	1
1895	25	-min	B	7																				QUI · WA
1895	25	TOT	NL	9	24	22	4	6	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	.273	.333	.364	.697	84	8	0	0	/1
1895	25	CHC	NL	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	67	1	0	0	/1
1895	25	BRO	NL	8	21	19	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	.263	.333	.368	.702	87	7	0	0	/1
1896	26	BRO	NL	25	73	63	7	12	1	2	0	7	0	6	13	.190	.261	.270	.531	44	17	0	4	1
1897	27	-min	A	42	132	132	12	25	3	0	0		0			.189	.189	.212	.402		28			KCY · WL
1898	28	-min	A	25	72	71	3	11	1	0	0		1			.155	.155	.169	.324		12		1	MTL · EL
1899	29	-min	A	8	24	23		4	0	0	0		0			.174	.174	.174	.348		4		1	MTL · EL
5 Seasons				79	252	225	21	38	3	3	0	17	3	21	54	.169	.240	.209	.449	23	47	0	6
162 Game Avg.				162	517	461	43	78	6	6	0	35	6	43	111	.169	.240	.209	.449	23	96	0

CHC (3 yrs)				19	74	68	5	12	1	0	0	6	1	4	10	.176	.222	.191	.413	2	13	0	2
BRO (2 yrs)				33	94	82	11	17	1	3	0	8	0	8	17	.207	.278	.293	.570	54	24	0	4
WHS (1 yr)				27	84	75	5	9	1	0	0	3	2	9	27	.120	.214	.133	.348	7	10	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1892	22	WHS	NL	84	-10	0	0	0	0	2	3	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$	1
1893	23	CHC	NL	28	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1894	24	CHC	NL	43	-10	0	0	0	0	2	1	-7	-0.4	-7	-0.6	0.2	$	1
1895	25	CHC	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1895	25	BRO	NL	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	/1
1896	26	BRO	NL	73	-7	0	0	0	0	3	2	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	1
5 Seasons				252	-29	0	0	0	0	9	8	-12	-0.8	-12	-1.1	0.3	$

CHC (3 yrs)				74	-12	0	0	0	0	3	2	-7	-0.4	-7	-0.6	0.2	$
BRO (2 yrs)				94	-7	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$
WHS (1 yr)				84	-10	0	0	0	0	2	3	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1892	WHS	NL	22	P	27	195.2	72	6	55	11	2	.847	2.81	2.26	.901	2.48	2.41
1893	CHC	NL	23	P	7	56.0	21	3	14	4	1	.810	2.73	2.43	.913	2.51	2.46
1894	CHC	NL	24	P	11	92.0	18	2	13	3	0	.833	1.47	1.36	.912	2.18	2.09
1895	TOT	NL	25	P	9	60.0	19	1	18	0	1	1.000	2.85	2.11	.918	2.52	2.42
1895	CHC	NL	25	P	1	8.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.38	3.00	.917	2.48	2.40
1895	BRO	NL	25	P	8	52.0	16	1	15	0	1	1.000	2.77	2.00	.918	2.53	2.42
1896	BRO	NL	26	P	25	164.1	43	5	34	4	0	.907	2.14	1.56	.916	2.72	2.62
	5 Seasons			P	79	568.0	173	17	134	22	4	.873	2.39	1.91	.909	2.51	2.44
	5 Seasons			TOT	79	568.0	173	17	134	22	4	.873	2.39	1.91	.909	2.51	2.44

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Saves s c a p y 1892 NL 1 (3rd)	Games Finished s c a p y 1892 NL 5 (10th) 1896 NL 7 (5th)

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1896 NL 7 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

October, 1892: Released by the Washington Senators.
Before 1893 Season: Sent from ??? to the Pittsburgh Pirates in an unknown transaction.
June 26, 1893: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago Colts for Ad Gumbert.

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