Glenn Abbott
William Glenn Abbott
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 16, 1951 in Little Rock, AR
High School: North Little Rock (North Little Rock, AR)
School: University of Central Arkansas
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 8th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1973
Final Game: August 8, 1984
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 OAK AL 22 P 5 3 18.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.45 0.60 .933 1.88 0.86
1974 OAK AL 23 P 19 17 96.0 22 6 13 3 2 .864 1.78 1.00 .950 1.81 0.83
1975 OAK AL 24 P 30 15 114.1 26 9 15 2 0 .923 1.89 0.80 .942 1.87 0.85
1976 OAK AL 25 P 19 10 62.1 15 3 12 0 0 1.000 2.17 0.79 .947 1.86 0.85
1977 SEA AL 26 P 36 34 204.1 46 16 28 2 2 .957 1.94 1.22 .948 1.95 0.84
1978 SEA AL 27 P 29 28 155.1 40 15 22 3 1 .925 2.14 1.28 .955 1.90 0.85
1979 SEA AL 28 P 23 19 116.2 24 6 18 0 2 1.000 1.85 1.04 .946 1.92 0.81
1980 SEA AL 29 P 31 31 215.0 65 25 39 1 1 .985 2.68 2.06 .955 1.85 0.77
1981 SEA AL 30 P 22 20 130.1 33 11 21 1 1 .970 2.21 1.45 .964 1.98 0.81
1983 TOT AL 32 P 21 21 129.0 29 17 9 3 2 .897 1.81 1.24 .962 1.80 0.73
1983 SEA AL 32 P 14 14 82.1 20 10 7 3 1 .850 1.86 1.21 .965 1.80 0.73
1983 DET AL 32 P 7 7 46.2 9 7 2 0 1 1.000 1.74 1.29 .956 1.79 0.73
1984 DET AL 33 P 13 8 44.0 14 4 8 2 1 .857 2.45 0.92 .964 1.80 0.70
11 Seasons P 248 206 1286.0 317 113 187 17 12 .946 2.10 1.21 .953 1.88 0.81
11 Seasons TOT 248 206 1286.0 317 113 187 17 12 .946 2.10 1.21 .900 1.88 0.81

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 OAK AL 22 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 23 19 0 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 24 30 0 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 OAK AL 25 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 SEA AL 26 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SEA AL 27 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SEA AL 28 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 SEA AL 29 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 SEA AL 30 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 SEA AL 32 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 DET AL 32 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 DET AL 33 13 0 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 248 0 3 248 248 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1973 OAK AL 22 84 85% 25% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 23 426 82% 28% 16 94% 1 6 2 4 13 9 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 100%
1975 OAK AL 24 514 80% 24% 14 93% 0 9 0 8 14 13 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1976 OAK AL 25 298 85% 20% 10 90% 0 3 0 2 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1977 SEA AL 26 899 81% 26% 31 97% 0 17 0 17 32 25 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 7 100%
1978 SEA AL 27 709 84% 27% 23 96% 0 15 0 11 22 20 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 6 83%
1979 SEA AL 28 531 87% 30% 18 100% 0 6 0 4 18 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 100%
1980 SEA AL 29 924 86% 32% 43 95% 4 25 1 19 39 31 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 8 100%
1981 SEA AL 30 549 89% 34% 22 95% 2 11 1 8 22 17 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 80%
1983 SEA AL 32 367 84% 32% 8 88% 0 11 0 9 7 6 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
1983 DET AL 32 193 91% 25% 4 100% 0 7 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1984 DET AL 33 207 91% 34% 10 80% 0 4 0 4 8 7 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 33%
11 Seasons 5701 85% 28% 202 95% 7 115 7 90 190 154 13 17 0 8 9 6 13 7 13 0 42 88%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 91% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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