Paul Abbott

Paul David Abbott

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 15, 1967 in Van Nuys, CA
High School: Sunny Hills HS (Fullerton, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 1990
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Twins/Royals/Phillies/DevilRays/... 1990-2004

Final Game: August 7, 2004
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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
1985	17	MIN-min	Rk	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		ELZ · APPY
1986	18	MIN-min	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		KSH · MIDW
1987	19	MIN-min	A	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		KSH · MIDW
1988	20	MIN-min	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		VIS · CALL
1989	21	MIN-min	AA	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		ORL · SOUL
1990	22	MIN-min	AAA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1990	22	MIN	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1991	23	MIN-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1991	23	MIN	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	24	MIN-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1992	24	MIN	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1993	25	CLE-min	AAA,AA	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CHR,CAK · IL,EL
1993	25	CLE	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1994	26	KCR-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1995	27	CHC-min	AAA	46	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333		0	0	1	1	0	0		IWA · AA
1996	28	SDP-min	AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
1997	29	SEA-min	AAA,Rk	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TAC,MRE · PCL,ARIZ
1998	30	SEA-min	AAA,Rk	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TAC,MRE · PCL,ARIZ
1998	30	SEA	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1999	31	SEA-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1999	31	SEA	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	32	SEA	AL	35	6	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	156	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
2001	33	SEA-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
2001	33	SEA	AL	28	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
2002	34	SEA-min	AAA,A+	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TAC,SBR · PCL,CALL
2002	34	SEA	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2003	35	ARI-min	AAA	11	9	8	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	.625	1.125		5	0	0	1	0	0		TUC · PCL
2003	35	KCR	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	36	PHI-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SWB · IL
2004	36	TOT	MLB	20	14	11	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	-7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
2004	36	TBD	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	36	PHI	NL	10	14	11	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	-7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
11 Yrs				162	25	20	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.300	.550	42	6	0	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	25	20	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.300	.550	42	6	0	0	5	0	0

SEA (5 yrs)				99	11	9	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.444	.778	104	4	0	0	2	0	0
MIN (3 yrs)				28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD (1 yr)				10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				10	14	11	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	-7	2	0	0	3	0	0

AL (11 yrs)				152	11	9	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.444	.778	104	4	0	0	2	0	0
NL (1 yr)				10	14	11	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	-7	2	0	0	3	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
1990	22	MIN	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$100,000	/1
1991	23	MIN	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1992	24	MIN	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$126,000	/1
1993	25	CLE	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1998	30	SEA	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$175,000	/1
1999	31	SEA	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$235,000	1
2000	32	SEA	AL	35	6	0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$285,000	1
2001	33	SEA	AL	28	5	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,700,000	1
2002	34	SEA	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,425,000	/1
2003	35	KCR	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2004	36	TBD	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$600,000	1
2004	36	PHI	NL	10	14	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
11 Seasons				162	25	-2	0	0	0	4	2	0.1	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	2	$6,646,000

SEA (5 yrs)				99	11	-0	-0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	2	$5,820,000
MIN (3 yrs)				28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$226,000
KCR (1 yr)				10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
TBD (1 yr)				10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$600,000
CLE (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
PHI (1 yr)				10	14	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$

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
2000	32	SEA	AL	6	4	1	6.7	110	.500	.400	.269	.400	.341	.600	.432	1.000	.773	156	.586	0.4	0.0	1.000	.200	.200
2001	33	SEA	AL	5	4	0	0.0	102	.333	.250	.260	.250	.326	.250	.418	.500	.744	37	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000

2004	36	TOT	MLB	14	12	1	2.2	115	.286	.182	.275	.182	.348	.182	.446	.364	.794	-7	.184	-1.8	-0.2	.222	.000	.000
2004	36	PHI	NL	14	12	1	2.2	115	.286	.182	.275	.182	.348	.182	.446	.364	.794	-7	.184	-1.8	-0.2	.222	.000	.000
11 Yrs				25	20	2	2.7	111	.357	.250	.271	.250	.342	.300	.437	.550	.779	42	.232	-1.8	-0.2	.400	.050	.050
162 Game Avg.				25	20	2	2.7	111	.357	.250	.271	.250	.342	.300	.437	.550	.779	42	.232	-1.8	-0.2	.400	.050	.050

SEA (5 yrs)				11	8	1	3.3	106	.429	.333	.265	.333	.334	.444	.426	.778	.760	104	.300	0.1	0.0	.667	.111	.111
PHI (1 yr)				14	12	1	2.2	115	.286	.182	.275	.182	.348	.182	.446	.364	.794	-7	.185	-1.8	-0.2	.222	.000	.000

AL (11 yrs)				11	8	1	3.3	106	.429	.333	.265	.333	.334	.444	.426	.778	.760	104	.300	0.1	0.0	.667	.111	.111
NL (1 yr)				14	12	1	2.2	115	.286	.182	.275	.182	.348	.182	.446	.364	.794	-7	.185	-1.8	-0.2	.222	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2000	32	SEA	AL	ALDS	CHW	W	1
2000	32	SEA	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	1
2001	33	SEA	AL	ALDS	CLE	W	1
2001	33	SEA	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	1
2 Yrs (4 Series)							4
2 ALDS							2
2 ALCS							2

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
2000	32	SEA	AL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	16.7%	50%		5.0			1.00	3.00	67%	40%	0.0%	0%
2001	33	SEA	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			2.00		60%	25%	0.0%	0%

2004	36	TOT	MLB	14	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.8		5.5	5.00	8.00	50%	0%	0.0%	0%
2004	36	PHI	NL	14	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.8		5.5	5.00	8.00	50%	0%	0.0%	0%
11 Yrs				25	0.0%	24.0%	0.0%	4.0%	20%		3.3		10.0	2.25	7.00	56%	16%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.6%	16.2%	8.8%	7.6%	33%	1.84	5.5	33.9	7.7	0.80	1.08	71%	21%	7.7%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1990	22	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
1991	23	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1992	24	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
1993	25	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0

1998	30	SEA	AL	0.0	0.0
1999	31	SEA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2000	32	SEA	AL	0.4	0.0	6	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.94	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.92	0.1	0
2001	33	SEA	AL	-0.4	-0.0	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.66	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.98	-0.7	0
2002	34	SEA	AL	0.0	0.0
2003	35	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
2004	36	TOT	MLB	-1.8	-0.2	14	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.34	-0.2	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.06	-2.2	0
2004	36	TBD	AL	0.0	0.0
2004	36	PHI	NL	-1.8	-0.2	14	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.34	-0.2	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.06	-2.2	0
11 Yrs				-1.8	-0.2	25	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.11	-0.2	0.1	-1.9	-0.2	1.01	-2.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2000	32	SEA	AL	0	0	50%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2001	33	SEA	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2004	36	TOT	MLB	0	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
2004	36	PHI	NL	0	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				0	0	40%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	33%	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0

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
2000	32	SEA	AL	6	50%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2001	33	SEA	AL	5	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2004	36	TOT	MLB	14	71%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	5	0	0%	6	1	17%	12	2	17%	0	0		0	0		0
2004	36	PHI	NL	14	71%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	5	0	0%	6	1	17%	12	2	17%	0	0		0	0		0
11 Yrs				25	52%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	63%	8	0	0%	9	1	11%	18	2	11%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					56%																			72%			11%			34%			15%			52%			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
2000	32	SEA	AL	6	26	4.33	18	69%	33%	11%	28%	28%	67%	0%	46%	83%	50%	17%	1	0	33%	2	0	33%	2	0	0%	0	0	0
2001	33	SEA	AL	5	17	3.40	12	71%	17%	33%	17%	33%	83%	0%	59%	60%	60%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2004	36	TOT	MLB	14	50	3.57	36	72%	33%	19%	19%	28%	67%	0%	48%	71%	29%	0%	0	0	14%	2	2	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
2004	36	PHI	NL	14	50	3.57	36	72%	33%	19%	19%	28%	67%	0%	48%	71%	29%	0%	0	0	14%	2	2	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				25	93	3.72	66	71%	30%	20%	21%	29%	70%	0%	49%	72%	40%	4%	1	0	16%	4	2	8%	2	0	17%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.70		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	30%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
2000	32	97	6	5	1	2	1	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	156	3	1
2001	33	125	11	9	1	3	1	0	2	.333	.333	.444	.778	104	4	2
2002	34	132	11	9	1	3	1	0	2	.333	.333	.444	.778	104	4	2
2003	35	142	11	9	1	3	1	0	2	.333	.333	.444	.778	104	4	2
2004	36	162	25	20	2	5	1	2	6	.250	.250	.300	.550	42	6	5

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

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
2000	32	35	6	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	1	35
2001	33	28	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	28

2004	36	20	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	20
3 Yrs		83	25	20	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.100	.100	.150	.250	1	83
162 Game Avg.		162	49	39	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	.100	.100	.150	.250	2	83

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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