Jeff Abbott

Jeffrey William Abbott

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 17, 1972 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Dunwoody HS (Dunwoody, GA)
School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
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
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Marlins 1997-2001

Final Game: September 29, 2001
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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
1994	21	CHW-min	A,Rk	67	284	239	51	95	17	6	7	51	4	2	42	33	.397	.488	.607	1.094		145	5	1	1	1	1		HCK,WHS · SALL,GULF
1995	22	CHW-min	A+,AA	125	521	461	66	155	27	1	7	75	8	4	45	45	.336	.395	.445	.839		205	11	4	4	7	2		PRW,BIR · CARL,SOUL
1996	23	CHW-min	AAA	113	475	440	64	143	27	1	14	60	12	4	32	50	.325	.373	.486	.860		214	12	2	1	0	1		NVL · AA
1997	24	CHW-min	AAA	118	516	465	88	152	35	3	11	63	12	7	41	52	.327	.385	.486	.871		226	12	5	2	3	0		NVL · AA
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	261	244	33	68	14	1	12	41	3	3	9	28	.279	.298	.492	.790	104	120	2	0	2	5	1	897/D
1999	26	CHW-min	AAA	67	299	277	42	88	24	1	9	37	2	3	16	27	.318	.350	.509	.859		141	6	0	2	4	1		CHR · IL
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	242	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-min	AAA,AA,A+	57	223	209	31	70	10	0	11	32	1	3	9	34	.335	.356	.541	.897		113	3	0	1	4	1		CGY,PRT,BRE · PCL,EL,FLOR
2001	28	FLA	NL	28	46	42	5	11	3	0	0	5	0	0	3	7	.262	.326	.333	.659	75	14	1	1	0	0	0	/897
2002	29	BOS-min	AAA	100	405	367	47	104	28	1	10	41	4	2	25	44	.283	.331	.447	.778		164	7	4	3	6	2		PAW · IL
2003	30	SEA-min	AAA	4	15	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.133	.133	.200	.333		3	1	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
5 Yrs				233	651	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	453	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	605	554	77	146	30	2	18	78	6	5	35	84	.264	.306	.422	.728	86	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	75	14	1	1	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				205	605	554	77	146	30	2	18	78	6	5	35	84	.264	.306	.422	.728	86	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	75	14	1	1	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
1997	24	CHW	AL	19	38	-2	0	-1	-1	-1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.480	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/79D8
1998	25	CHW	AL	89	261	-1	0	2	-16	-2	-16	-1.5	9	-8	-0.7	.483	.490	0.8	-1.6	8	$175,000	897/D
1999	26	CHW	AL	17	64	-7	-0	-1	2	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.463	.496	-0.6	0.1	-6	$255,000	7
2000	27	CHW	AL	80	242	-7	1	1	-6	-2	-13	-1.1	8	-5	-0.4	.485	.493	0.2	-0.6	1	$255,000	879/D
2001	28	FLA	NL	28	46	-2	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$300,000	/897
5 Seasons				233	651	-18	1	2	-20	-5	-41	-3.7	21	-19	-1.8	.483	.495	0.2	-2.2	0	$985,000

CHW (4 yrs)				205	605	-17	1	2	-20	-5	-39	-3.6	20	-20	-1.8	.482	.494	0.2	-2.2	1	$685,000
FLA (1 yr)				28	46	-2	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$300,000

Advanced Batting

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	.756	66	.221	-2.1	-0.2	.452	.105	.105	.0
1998	25	CHW	AL	261	188	35	5.0	107	.268	.279	.268	.298	.336	.492	.427	.790	.763	104	.479	0.6	0.1	.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	-0.6	.377	.193	.105	1.3
2000	27	CHW	AL	242	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	108	.314	.262	.264	.326	.334	.333	.432	.659	.766	75	.416	-1.4	-0.1	.563	.143	.071
5 Yrs				651	468	77	4.4	111	.281	.263	.272	.307	.343	.416	.436	.724	.779	85	.413	-14.6	-1.3	.636	.218	.153	9.0
162 Game Avg.				453	325	54	4.4	111	.281	.263	.272	.307	.343	.416	.436	.724	.779	85	.413	-14.6	-1.3	.636	.218	.153	6

CHW (4 yrs)				605	436	72	4.4	112	.279	.264	.273	.306	.344	.422	.436	.728	.780	86	.413	-13.1	-1.2	.642	.224	.159	9.0
FLA (1 yr)				46	32	5	4.2	108	.314	.262	.264	.326	.334	.333	.432	.659	.766	75	.416	-1.4	-0.1	.563	.143	.071

AL (4 yrs)				605	436	72	4.4	112	.279	.264	.273	.306	.344	.422	.436	.728	.780	86	.413	-13.1	-1.2	.642	.224	.159	9.0
NL (1 yr)				46	32	5	4.2	108	.314	.262	.264	.326	.334	.333	.432	.659	.766	75	.416	-1.4	-0.1	.563	.143	.071

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
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*

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	261	4.6%	10.7%	3.5%	10.3%	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	242	1.2%	15.7%	8.7%	7.9%	32%	1.81	5.7	71.7	7.4	0.76	1.21	72%	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 Yrs				651	2.8%	14.0%	5.8%	8.1%	34%	2.39	6.5	33.1	7.2	0.81	1.15	76%	22%	7.6%	15%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	8.0%	34%	1.86	5.3	31.2	7.4	0.78	1.08	70%	23%	8.4%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1997	24	CHW	AL	-2.1	-0.2	38	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	1.05	-0.3	-0.1	-4.5	-0.4	1.03	-4.2	1.89	7
1998	25	CHW	AL	0.2	0.0	270	-0.2	4.8	-5.0	1.04	0.3	-0.5	3.2	0.3	0.97	0.7	1.41	15
1999	26	CHW	AL	-7.1	-0.6	66	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	.90	-0.6	0.0	-8.6	-0.8	0.92	-7.8		0
2000	27	CHW	AL	-4.6	-0.4	250	0.5	4.3	-3.8	.90	0.0	0.5	-5.3	-0.5	0.97	-5.1	1.78	15
2001	28	FLA	NL	-1.5	-0.1	46	0.1	0.9	-0.9	1.13	0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.99	-1.0	1.37	8
5 Yrs				-15.0	-1.4	670	-0.6	11.3	-11.9	.98	-0.5	-0.1	-15.6	-1.4	0.97	-17.4	1.60	45

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	24	CHW	AL	0	0	78%	9	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	1	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	33%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
2000	27	CHW	AL	0	1	35%	92	2	1	67%	2	1	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	33%	4	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
5 Yrs				3	2	36%	222	6	5	55%	6	4	1	1	1	6	13	43%	30	21	9	12	7	5	18	5	12

Situational Hitting*

						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	7	0	0	0	1.89	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		13	3	23%	3	1	33%	30	2	7%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1998	25	CHW	AL	261	28%	68	15	1	15	2	1	1	1.41	12	0	10	8	4	5	7	0	3	2	67%	70	2	3%	33	10	30%	176	30	17%	18	9	50%	9	5	56%	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%	4	3	75%	0
2000	27	CHW	AL	242	29%	59	6	1	15	2	1	2	1.78	3	0	6	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	100%	40	2	5%	22	9	41%	173	29	17%	17	9	53%	13	7	54%	0
2001	28	FLA	NL	46	26%	11	1	0	8	2	0	1	1.37	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	1	9%	4	1	25%	33	5	15%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
5 Yrs				651	30%	157	25	2	45	6	2	4	1.60	18	0	20	12	6	6	12	0	6	5	83%	153	12	8%	71	24	34%	461	70	15%	43	22	51%	29	16	55%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			75%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 Yrs				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						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

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	299	282	41	78	15	1	13	43	3	3	9	34	.277	.294	.475	.769	99	134	5	0	2	5	1
1999	26	125	363	339	46	87	15	1	15	49	4	4	14	46	.257	.281	.440	.721	86	149	9	0	3	6	1
2000	27	205	605	554	77	146	30	2	18	78	6	5	35	84	.264	.306	.422	.728	86	234	11	2	5	7	2
2001	28	233	651	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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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	10	1	0	1	2	0	0	6	.263	.263	.368	.632	4	19
1998	25	89	258	242	32	66	14	1	12	39	3	9	28	.273	.293	.488	.781	35	89
1999	26	17	62	56	4	8	0	0	2	5	1	4	12	.143	.197	.250	.447	3	17
2000	27	80	234	210	27	54	14	1	3	25	2	19	38	.257	.323	.376	.699	25	80
2001	28	28	45	41	5	10	3	0	0	5	0	3	7	.244	.311	.317	.628	4	28
5 Yrs		233	637	587	77	148	32	2	18	76	6	35	91	.252	.294	.405	.700	71	233
162 Game Avg.		162	443	408	54	103	22	1	13	53	4	24	63	.252	.294	.405	.700	49	233

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