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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
Schools: 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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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 97 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 8 692 101 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 1 842 123 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 0 474 133 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 0 134 100 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 65 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 99 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 99 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 101 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 3.62 22 22 0 3 0 0 144.0 151 66 58 12 47 1 59 2 0 0 608 124 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 65 1.854 12.1 1.5 4.6 4.1 0.88
AL (9 yrs) 85 100 .459 4.12 243 239 2 31 6 0 1592.0 1669 809 728 140 578 27 851 30 11 46 6817 102 1.411 9.4 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.47
NL (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 65 1.854 12.1 1.5 4.6 4.1 0.88
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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
1999 31 MIL NL 18 24 21 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .095 .095 .095 .190 -51 2 1 0 3 0 0 1
10 Seasons 18 24 21 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .095 .095 .095 .190 -51 2 1 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 216 189 0 18 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 90 .095 .095 .095 .190 -51 18 9 0 27 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 CAL AL 21 P 29 29 181.1 35 6 26 3 1 .914 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.87 1.33 .951 1.78 0.59
1991 CAL AL 23 P 34 34 243.0 67 19 46 2 3 .970 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.96 1.59 .950 1.72 0.56
1993 NYY AL 25 P 32 32 214.0 47 4 42 1 3 .979 0.0 0.0 1.93 1.44 .951 1.79 0.56
1994 NYY AL 26 P 24 24 160.1 32 8 23 1 1 .969 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.90 1.11 .957 1.77 0.52
1998 CHW AL 30 P 5 5 31.2 12 2 10 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.41 2.40 .958 1.79 0.50
1999 MIL NL 31 P 20 15 82.0 27 3 23 1 1 .963 0.0 0.0 2.85 1.30 .952 1.72 0.48
10 Seasons P 263 254 1674.0 381 72 300 9 16 .976 0.0 0.0 2.00 1.41 .955 1.78 0.56
10 Seasons TOT 263 254 1674.0 381 72 300 9 16 .976 0.0 0.0 2.00 1.41 .931 1.78 0.56

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1995-ML-Hutch Award

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1991-AL--3--19%
0.19 Career Shares (147th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1991 AL--2.889--4th
1992 AL--2.773--5th
1995 AL--3.701--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--.519--5th
1992 AL--.512--8th
1995 AL--.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--1002--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1991 AL--142--4th
1992 AL--144--5th
1995 AL--123--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 28 (844), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1138), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1637), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Billy Hoeft (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. Steve Trout (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 36th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed August 3, 1988.

December 6, 1992: Traded by the California Angels to the New York Yankees for Jerry Nielsen, J.T. Snow and Russ Springer.

December 23, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 8, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

July 27, 1995: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Tim Fortugno to the California Angels for McKay Christensen, Andrew Lorraine, Bill Simas and John Snyder.

October 31, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 9, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

March 31, 1997: Released by the Anaheim Angels.

May 27, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

November 5, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

January 27, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

July 23, 1999: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1989California Angels$68,000
1990California Angels$185,000
1991California Angels$357,500
1992California Angels$1,850,000
1993New York Yankees$2,350,000
1994New York Yankees$2,775,000
1995Chicago White Sox$2,775,000
1996California Angels$2,200,000
1999Milwaukee Brewers$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$12,960,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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