Jim Abbott
James Anthony Abbott
Bats: Left , Throws: Left , Fields Left as well
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 19, 1967 in Flint, MI
High School: Central (Flint, MI)
School: University of Michigan
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed August 3, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1989
Final Game: July 21, 1999
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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
1989 CAL AL 21 P 29 29 181.1 35 6 26 3 1 .914 1.59 1.10 .963 1.87 0.66 RoY-5
1990 CAL AL 22 P 33 33 211.2 45 8 36 1 4 .978 1.87 1.33 .951 1.78 0.59
1991 CAL AL 23 P 34 34 243.0 67 19 46 2 3 .970 2.41 1.91 .955 1.80 0.58 CYA-3
1992 CAL AL 24 P 29 29 211.0 46 11 35 0 1 1.000 1.96 1.59 .950 1.72 0.56
1993 NYY AL 25 P 32 32 214.0 47 4 42 1 3 .979 1.93 1.44 .951 1.79 0.56
1994 NYY AL 26 P 24 24 160.1 32 8 23 1 1 .969 1.74 1.29 .956 1.72 0.52
1995 TOT AL 27 P 30 30 197.0 40 8 32 0 0 1.000 1.83 1.33 .957 1.79 0.53
1995 CHW AL 27 P 17 17 112.1 21 5 16 0 0 1.000 1.68 1.24 .957 1.79 0.53
1995 CAL AL 27 P 13 13 84.2 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 2.02 1.46 .958 1.79 0.53
1996 CAL AL 28 P 27 23 142.0 30 3 27 0 1 1.000 1.90 1.11 .960 1.77 0.52
1998 CHW AL 30 P 5 5 31.2 12 2 10 0 1 1.000 3.41 2.40 .958 1.79 0.50
1999 MIL NL 31 P 20 15 82.0 27 3 23 1 1 .963 2.85 1.30 .952 1.72 0.48
10 Seasons P 263 254 1674.0 381 72 300 9 16 .976 2.00 1.41 .955 1.78 0.56
10 Seasons TOT 263 254 1674.0 381 72 300 9 16 .976 2.00 1.41 .931 1.78 0.56

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
1989 CAL AL 21 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CAL AL 22 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CAL AL 23 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 CAL AL 24 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYY AL 25 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 NYY AL 26 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CHW AL 27 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CAL AL 27 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CAL AL 28 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CHW AL 30 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 MIL NL 31 20 13 18 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 263 13 18 263 263 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%
1989 CAL AL 21 832 77% 38% 30 80% 0 6 1 5 26 18 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 7 100%
1990 CAL AL 22 954 81% 41% 43 91% 2 7 2 3 36 28 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 4 4 0 8 88%
1991 CAL AL 23 1037 77% 40% 45 100% 0 18 4 10 46 34 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 3 0 5 100%
1992 CAL AL 24 904 78% 37% 30 100% 0 11 2 4 35 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 100%
1993 NYY AL 25 935 82% 43% 46 83% 0 4 0 3 44 30 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 3 0 9 89%
1994 NYY AL 26 724 78% 35% 21 90% 1 8 0 7 23 15 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1995 CHW AL 27 493 84% 41% 15 80% 3 5 1 3 15 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1995 CAL AL 27 376 81% 41% 18 83% 1 3 0 2 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1996 CAL AL 28 693 80% 35% 26 92% 0 3 0 3 27 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 67%
1998 CHW AL 30 142 81% 46% 11 82% 0 3 1 2 10 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0%
1999 MIL NL 31 423 81% 35% 19 95% 0 3 0 1 23 15 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 80%
10 Seasons 7513 79% 39% 304 90% 7 71 11 43 301 209 22 8 0 1 7 4 16 14 16 0 61 87%
MLB Averages 76% 31% 90% 85%

* 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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