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Glenn Abbott

William Glenn Abbott

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 16, 1951 in Little Rock, AR
High School: North HS (Little Rock, AR)
School: University of Central Arkansas (Conway, AR)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 8th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1973
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Athletics/Tigers 1973-1984
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: August 8, 1984
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1973 22 OAK AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1974 23 OAK AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 24 OAK AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 25 OAK AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 26 SEA AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 27 SEA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 28 SEA AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 29 SEA AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 30 SEA AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 32 TOT AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 32 SEA AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 32 DET AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 33 DET AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 248 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (6 yrs) 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (4 yrs) 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (2 yrs) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1973 22 OAK AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1974 23 OAK AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1975 24 OAK AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1976 25 OAK AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1977 26 SEA AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1978 27 SEA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1979 28 SEA AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1980 29 SEA AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1981 30 SEA AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1983 32 SEA AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1983 32 DET AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1984 33 DET AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
11 Seasons 248 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $
SEA (6 yrs) 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $
OAK (4 yrs) 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $
DET (2 yrs) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 24 OAK AL ALCS BOS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1973 22 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1974 23 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1975 24 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1976 25 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1977 26 SEA AL 0.0 0.0
1978 27 SEA AL 0.0 0.0
1979 28 SEA AL 0.0 0.0
1980 29 SEA AL 0.0 0.0
1981 30 SEA AL 0.0 0.0
1983 32 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1983 32 SEA AL 0.0 0.0
1983 32 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1984 33 DET AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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