Jeff Abbott
Jeffrey William Abbott
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 17, 1972 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Dunwoody (Dunwoody, GA)
School: University of Kentucky
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 1997
Final Game: September 29, 2001
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Standard Batting

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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
1997 24 CHW AL 19 38 38 8 10 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 .263 .263 .368 .632 66 14 3 0 0 0 0 /79D8
1998 25 CHW AL 89 260 244 33 68 14 1 12 41 3 3 9 28 .279 .298 .492 .790 103 120 2 0 2 5 1 897/D
1999 26 CHW AL 17 64 57 5 9 0 0 2 6 1 1 5 12 .158 .222 .263 .485 23 15 4 0 1 1 0 7
2000 27 CHW AL 80 241 215 31 59 15 1 3 29 2 1 21 38 .274 .343 .395 .738 86 85 2 2 2 1 1 879/D
2001 28 FLA NL 28 46 42 5 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 7 .262 .326 .333 .659 74 14 1 1 0 0 0 /897
5 Seasons 233 649 596 82 157 33 2 18 83 6 5 38 91 .263 .307 .416 .724 85 248 12 3 5 7 2
162 Game Avg. 162 451 414 57 109 23 1 13 58 4 3 26 63 .263 .307 .416 .724 85 172 8 2 3 5 1
CHW (4 yrs) 205 603 554 77 146 30 2 18 78 6 5 35 84 .264 .306 .422 .728 85 234 11 2 5 7 2
FLA (1 yr) 28 46 42 5 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 7 .262 .326 .333 .659 74 14 1 1 0 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 205 603 554 77 146 30 2 18 78 6 5 35 84 .264 .306 .422 .728 85 234 11 2 5 7 2
NL (1 yr) 28 46 42 5 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 7 .262 .326 .333 .659 74 14 1 1 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1997 24 CHW AL 38 31 3 2.6 105 .290 .263 .266 .263 .335 .368 .421 .632 .757 66 .221 -2.1 -0.2 .452 .105 .105 .0
1998 25 CHW AL 260 188 35 5.0 108 .268 .279 .269 .298 .338 .492 .429 .790 .766 103 .479 0.3 0.0 .713 .250 .213 4.8
1999 26 CHW AL 64 55 3 1.4 115 .159 .158 .276 .222 .349 .263 .442 .485 .791 23 .083 -7.1 -0.7 .377 .193 .105 1.3
2000 27 CHW AL 241 162 31 5.1 117 .320 .274 .279 .343 .352 .395 .448 .738 .800 86 .464 -4.6 -0.4 .686 .223 .121 2.4
2001 28 FLA NL 46 32 5 4.2 109 .314 .262 .265 .326 .336 .333 .434 .659 .770 74 .416 -1.5 -0.1 .563 .143 .071
5 Seasons 649 468 77 4.4 112 .281 .263 .273 .307 .344 .416 .437 .724 .781 85 .413 -15.0 -1.4 .636 .218 .153 9.0
162 Game Avg. 451 325 54 4.4 112 .281 .263 .273 .307 .344 .416 .437 .724 .781 85 .413 -15.0 -1.4 .636 .218 .153 6
CHW (4 yrs) 603 436 72 4.4 112 .279 .264 .273 .306 .344 .422 .437 .728 .782 85 .413 -13.4 -1.3 .642 .224 .159 9.0
FLA (1 yr) 46 32 5 4.2 109 .314 .262 .265 .326 .336 .333 .434 .659 .770 74 .416 -1.5 -0.1 .563 .143 .071
AL (4 yrs) 603 436 72 4.4 112 .279 .264 .273 .306 .344 .422 .437 .728 .782 85 .413 -13.4 -1.3 .642 .224 .159 9.0
NL (1 yr) 46 32 5 4.2 109 .314 .262 .265 .326 .336 .333 .434 .659 .770 74 .416 -1.5 -0.1 .563 .143 .071

Postseason Batting

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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
2000 27 CHW AL ALDS SEA L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1997 24 CHW AL 38 2.6% 15.8% 0.0% 5.3% 20% 6.3 38.0 19.0 0.68 0.73 82% 25% 5.3% 0%
1998 25 CHW AL 260 4.6% 10.8% 3.5% 10.4% 40% 3.11 8.7 20.3 6.0 0.82 1.07 80% 16% 12.0% 17%
1999 26 CHW AL 64 3.1% 18.8% 7.8% 3.1% 22% 2.40 4.8 28.5 9.5 1.09 1.63 69% 17% 10.0% 9%
2000 27 CHW AL 241 1.2% 15.8% 8.7% 7.9% 32% 1.81 5.7 71.7 7.4 0.76 1.21 73% 29% 3.7% 17%
2001 28 FLA NL 46 0.0% 15.2% 6.5% 6.5% 27% 2.33 6.0 8.4 0.79 1.27 76% 29% 0.0% 11%
5 Seasons 649 2.8% 14.0% 5.9% 8.2% 34% 2.39 6.6 33.1 7.2 0.81 1.15 76% 22% 7.6% 15%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1997 24 CHW AL 0 0 78% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 67% 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1998 25 CHW AL 2 1 32% 82 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 45% 11 7 4 4 2 2 5 2 3
1999 26 CHW AL 1 0 25% 15 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
2000 27 CHW AL 0 1 35% 92 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 41% 8 6 2 6 4 2 8 2 5
2001 28 FLA NL 0 0 33% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
5 Seasons 3 2 36% 222 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 13 43% 30 21 9 12 7 5 18 5 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1997 24 CHW AL 38 47% 10 3 0 6 0 0 0 1.88 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 3 23% 3 1 33% 30 2 7% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1998 25 CHW AL 261 28% 68 15 1 13 2 1 1 1.42 12 0 10 8 4 5 7 0 3 2 67% 70 2 3% 33 10 30% 176 30 17% 18 9 50% 8 3 38% 0
1999 26 CHW AL 64 39% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 100% 19 4 21% 9 3 33% 49 4 8% 6 3 50% 5 2 40% 0
2000 27 CHW AL 242 29% 59 6 1 11 1 1 1 1.75 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 100% 40 2 5% 22 9 41% 173 29 17% 17 9 53% 20 9 45% 0
2001 28 FLA NL 46 26% 11 1 0 8 2 0 1 1.40 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 4 1 25% 33 5 15% 1 1 100% 2 2 100% 0
5 Seasons 651 30% 157 25 2 38 5 2 3 1.58 18 0 20 12 6 6 12 0 6 5 83% 153 12 8% 71 24 34% 461 70 15% 43 22 51% 36 16 44% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1997 24 CHW AL 38 104 2.74 76 73% 16% 16% 26% 42% 84% 0% 62% 81% 42% 0% 0 0 3% 1 1 5% 2 2 33% 0 0 0
1998 25 CHW AL 261 956 3.66 626 65% 22% 10% 33% 36% 78% 0% 51% 88% 33% 3% 8 0 13% 33 20 5% 14 10 36% 0 0 0
1999 26 CHW AL 64 220 3.44 141 64% 28% 14% 25% 33% 72% 0% 46% 80% 28% 3% 2 0 11% 7 4 8% 5 2 25% 0 0 0
2000 27 CHW AL 242 865 3.57 555 64% 29% 13% 26% 33% 71% 1% 46% 82% 29% 5% 13 0 17% 40 20 10% 24 7 29% 0 0 0
2001 28 FLA NL 46 170 3.70 108 64% 31% 11% 25% 32% 69% 0% 44% 84% 20% 7% 3 0 9% 4 0 9% 4 0 43% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 651 2315 3.56 1506 65% 25% 12% 28% 34% 75% 0% 49% 84% 30% 4% 26 0 13% 85 45 8% 49 21 32% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 24 19 38 38 8 10 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 .263 .263 .368 .632 66 14 3 0 0 0 0
1998 25 108 298 282 41 78 15 1 13 43 3 3 9 34 .277 .294 .475 .769 98 134 5 0 2 5 1
1999 26 125 362 339 46 87 15 1 15 49 4 4 14 46 .257 .281 .440 .721 85 149 9 0 3 6 1
2000 27 205 603 554 77 146 30 2 18 78 6 5 35 84 .264 .306 .422 .728 85 234 11 2 5 7 2
2001 28 233 649 596 82 157 33 2 18 83 6 5 38 91 .263 .307 .416 .724 85 248 12 3 5 7 2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1997 24 19 38 38 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 19
1998 25 89 255 241 32 65 13 1 11 40 3 9 28 .270 .290 .469 .759 34 89
1999 26 17 60 55 4 7 0 0 2 5 1 4 12 .127 .183 .236 .420 2 17
2000 27 80 236 213 27 57 14 1 3 26 2 20 38 .268 .335 .385 .720 27 80
2001 28 28 45 41 4 10 3 0 0 4 0 3 7 .244 .311 .317 .628 4 28
5 Seasons 233 634 588 76 139 30 2 16 77 6 36 91 .236 .281 .376 .657 70 233
162 Game Avg. 162 441 409 53 97 21 1 11 54 4 25 63 .236 .281 .376 .657 49 233

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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