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Jim Abbott

James Anthony Abbott

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left , Fields Left as well
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 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
Teams (by GP): Angels/Yankees/WhiteSox/Brewers 1989-1999
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: July 21, 1999
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 11:57PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #510. Sherry Smith… #511. Harry Coveleski… #512. Johnny Schmitz… #513. JIM ABBOTT… #514. Scott Erickson… #515. Danny MacFayden… #516. Danny Jackson… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1989 21 CAL AL 12 12 .500 3.92 29 29 0 4 2 0 181.1 190 95 79 13 74 3 115 4 2 8 788 98 1.456 9.4 0.6 3.7 5.7 1.55 RoY-5
1990 22 CAL AL 10 14 .417 4.51 33 33 0 4 1 0 211.2 246 116 106 16 72 6 105 5 3 4 925 84 1.502 10.5 0.7 3.1 4.5 1.46
1991 23 CAL AL 18 11 .621 2.89 34 34 0 5 1 0 243.0 222 85 78 14 73 6 158 5 4 1 1002 142 1.214 8.2 0.5 2.7 5.9 2.16 CYA-3
1992 24 CAL AL 7 15 .318 2.77 29 29 0 7 0 0 211.0 208 73 65 12 68 3 130 4 0 2 874 144 1.308 8.9 0.5 2.9 5.5 1.91
1993 25 NYY AL 11 14 .440 4.37 32 32 0 4 1 0 214.0 221 115 104 22 73 4 95 3 0 9 906 95 1.374 9.3 0.9 3.1 4.0 1.30
1994 26 NYY AL 9 8 .529 4.55 24 24 0 2 0 0 160.1 167 88 81 24 64 1 90 2 1 8 692 102 1.441 9.4 1.3 3.6 5.1 1.41
1995 27 TOT AL 11 8 .579 3.70 30 30 0 4 1 0 197.0 209 93 81 14 64 1 86 2 0 1 842 124 1.386 9.5 0.6 2.9 3.9 1.34
1995 27 CHW AL 6 4 .600 3.36 17 17 0 3 0 0 112.1 116 50 42 10 35 1 45 1 0 0 474 134 1.344 9.3 0.8 2.8 3.6 1.29
1995 27 CAL AL 5 4 .556 4.15 13 13 0 1 1 0 84.2 93 43 39 4 29 0 41 1 0 1 368 113 1.441 9.9 0.4 3.1 4.4 1.41
1996 28 CAL AL 2 18 .100 7.48 27 23 2 1 0 0 142.0 171 128 118 23 78 3 58 4 1 13 654 66 1.754 10.8 1.5 4.9 3.7 0.74
1998 30 CHW AL 5 0 1.000 4.55 5 5 0 0 0 0 31.2 35 16 16 2 12 0 14 1 0 0 134 101 1.484 9.9 0.6 3.4 4.0 1.17
1999 31 MIL NL 2 8 .200 6.91 20 15 3 0 0 0 82.0 110 71 63 14 42 3 37 2 0 7 394 66 1.854 12.1 1.5 4.6 4.1 0.88
10 Seasons 87 108 .446 4.25 263 254 5 31 6 0 1674.0 1779 880 791 154 620 30 888 32 11 53 7211 100 1.433 9.6 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.43
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .446 4.25 35 33 1 4 1 0 220 234 116 104 20 82 4 117 4 1 7 948 100 1.433 9.6 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.43
CAL (6 yrs) 54 74 .422 4.07 165 161 2 22 5 0 1073.2 1130 540 485 82 394 21 607 23 10 29 4611 102 1.419 9.5 0.7 3.3 5.1 1.54
NYY (2 yrs) 20 22 .476 4.45 56 56 0 6 1 0 374.1 388 203 185 46 137 5 185 5 1 17 1598 98 1.402 9.3 1.1 3.3 4.4 1.35
CHW (2 yrs) 11 4 .733 3.63 22 22 0 3 0 0 144.0 151 66 58 12 47 1 59 2 0 0 608 125 1.375 9.4 0.8 2.9 3.7 1.26
MIL (1 yr) 2 8 .200 6.91 20 15 3 0 0 0 82.0 110 71 63 14 42 3 37 2 0 7 394 66 1.854 12.1 1.5 4.6 4.1 0.88
AL (9 yrs) AL 85 100 .459 4.12 243 239 2 31 6 0 1592.0 1669 809 728 140 578 27 851 30 11 46 6817 103 1.411 9.4 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.47
NL (1 yr) NL 2 8 .200 6.91 20 15 3 0 0 0 82.0 110 71 63 14 42 3 37 2 0 7 394 66 1.854 12.1 1.5 4.6 4.1 0.88

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1989 21 CAL AL 181.1 29 95 97 6 1.0 2 0.2 $68,000 RoY-5
1990 22 CAL AL 211.2 33 116 127 -7 1.0 11 1.2 $185,000
1991 23 CAL AL 243.0 34 85 154 -4 1.0 69 7.0 $357,500 CYA-3
1992 24 CAL AL 211.0 29 73 124 1 1.0 51 5.5 $1,850,000
1993 25 NYY AL 214.0 32 115 126 6 1.0 11 1.1 $2,350,000
1994 26 NYY AL 160.1 24 88 108 0 .9 20 1.9 $2,775,000
1995 27 CHW AL 112.1 17 50 75 -2 1.1 25 2.6 $2,775,000
1995 27 CAL AL 84.2 13 43 55 1 1.0 12 1.1 $
1996 28 CAL AL 142.0 23 128 101 -1 .9 -27 -2.5 $2,200,000
1998 30 CHW AL 31.2 5 16 21 0 1.0 5 0.5 $
1999 31 MIL NL 82.0 15 71 56 -2 1.0 -15 -1.4 $400,000
10 Seasons 1674.0 254 880 1044 -2 1.0 164 17.2 $12,960,500
CAL (6 yrs) 1073.2 161 540 658 -4 1.0 118 12.5 $4,660,500
NYY (2 yrs) 374.1 56 203 234 6 1.0 31 3.0 $5,125,000
CHW (2 yrs) 144.0 22 66 96 -2 1.1 30 3.1 $2,775,000
MIL (1 yr) 82.0 15 71 56 -2 1.0 -15 -1.4 $400,000

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
1989 21 CAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-5
1990 22 CAL AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 23 CAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-3
1992 24 CAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 25 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 26 NYY AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 27 TOT AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 27 CHW AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 27 CAL AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 28 CAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 30 CHW AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1999 31 MIL NL 20 24 21 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .095 .095 .095 .190 -51 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
10 Seasons 263 24 21 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .095 .095 .095 .190 -51 2 0 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .095 .095 .095 .190 -51 1 0 0 2 0 0
CAL (6 yrs) 165 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (2 yrs) 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 20 24 21 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .095 .095 .095 .190 -51 2 0 0 3 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 243 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (1 yr) 20 24 21 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .095 .095 .095 .190 -51 2 0 0 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1999 31 MIL NL 24 -5 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $400,000 1
1 Season 24 -5 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $400,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1989 CAL AL 21 P 29 181.1 35 6 26 3 1 .914 1.59 1.10 .960 1.87 1.85 RoY-5
1990 CAL AL 22 P 33 211.2 45 8 36 1 4 .978 1.87 1.33 .953 1.78 1.76
1991 CAL AL 23 P 34 243.0 67 19 46 2 3 .970 2.41 1.91 .956 1.80 1.80 CYA-3
1992 CAL AL 24 P 29 211.0 46 11 35 0 1 1.000 1.96 1.59 .953 1.72 1.71
1993 NYY AL 25 P 32 214.0 47 4 42 1 3 .979 1.93 1.44 .953 1.79 1.78
1994 NYY AL 26 P 24 160.1 32 8 23 1 1 .969 1.74 1.29 .956 1.72 1.71
1995 TOT AL 27 P 30 30 4 197.0 40 8 32 0 0 1.000 1.83 1.33 .960 1.79 1.77 15 9 38% 5
1995 CHW AL 27 P 17 17 3 112.1 21 5 16 0 0 1.000 1.68 1.24 .960 1.79 1.77 10 8 44% 3
1995 CAL AL 27 P 13 13 1 84.2 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 2.02 1.46 .960 1.79 1.77 5 1 17% 2
1996 CAL AL 28 P 27 142.0 30 3 27 0 1 1.000 1.90 1.11 .960 1.77 1.76
1998 CHW AL 30 P 5 31.2 12 2 10 0 1 1.000 3.41 2.40 .958 1.79 1.76
1999 MIL NL 31 P 20 82.0 27 3 23 1 1 .963 2.85 1.30 .951 1.72 1.71
10 Seasons P 263 30 4 1674.0 381 72 300 9 16 .976 2.00 1.41 .956 1.78 1.76 15 9 38% 5
10 Seasons TOT 263 30 4 1674.0 381 72 300 9 16 .976 2.00 1.41 .956 1.78 1.76 15 9 38% 5
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2005 BBWAA ( 2.5%)

Awards (yr lg award)
1995 ML Hutch Award

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1991 AL (3, 19%)
0.19 Career Shares (157th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1991 AL  7.0 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1991 AL  7.0 (2nd)
1992 AL  5.5 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1991 AL  2.89 (4th)
1992 AL  2.77 (5th)
1995 AL  3.70 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1991 AL  18 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1991 AL  243.0 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1990 AL  33 (8th)
1991 AL  34 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1992 AL  7 (8th)
1995 AL  4 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1989 AL  2 (7th)
1993 AL  1 (10th)
1995 AL  1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1994 AL  24 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1990 AL  246 (1st)
1991 AL  222 (10th)
1995 AL  209 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1991 AL  0.519 (5th)
1992 AL  0.512 (8th)
1995 AL  0.640 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1990 AL  14 (8th)
1992 AL  15 (3rd)
1993 AL  14 (4th)
1996 AL  18 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1990 AL  106 (3rd)
1993 AL  104 (10th)
1996 AL  118 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1996 AL  13 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1991 AL  1,002 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1991 AL  142 (4th)
1992 AL  144 (5th)
1995 AL  124 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1991 AL  33 (4th)
1992 AL  28 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1991 AL  3.5 (4th)
1992 AL  3.0 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1991 AL  36.32 (4th)
1992 AL  26.82 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1991 AL  3.5 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1991 AL  3.5 (3rd)
1992 AL  2.5 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1991 AL  3.9 (4th)
1992 AL  2.9 (8th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1990 AL  36 (5th)
1991 AL  46 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1991 AL  1.91 (2nd)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 28 (837), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Dave McNally (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Kaat (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Underwood (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Billy Hoeft (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Clancy (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Steve Trout (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Steve Trachsel (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198921California Angels$68,0001989 USA Today survey
199022California Angels$185,000USA Today
199123California Angels$357,5001994 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $45,000 earned bonus
199224California Angels$1,850,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199325New York Yankees$2,350,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Arbitration loss; $3,500,000 request
199426New York Yankees$2,775,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199527Chicago White Sox$2,775,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $775,000 earned bonus
199628California Angels$2,200,0001996 AP survey
199931Milwaukee Brewers$400,0004/6/99 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$12,960,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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