Shawn Abner

Shawn Wesley Abner

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 17, 1966 in Hamilton, OH
High School: Mechanicsburg Area HS (Mechanicsburg, PA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1987
Teams (by GP): Padres/WhiteSox/Angels 1987-1992

Final Game: October 3, 1992
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1987	SDP	NL	21	OF	14	10	7	100.0	27	23	2	2	1	.926	1	10	2.25	1.79	.981	2.19	2.18
1987	SDP	NL	21	LF	6	6	4	48.0	14	12	1	1	0	.929	1	25	2.44	2.17	.981	2.04	2.03
1987	SDP	NL	21	RF	6	3	2	39.0	7	6	0	1	0	.857	-0	-15	1.38	1.00	.976	2.01	1.98
1987	SDP	NL	21	CF	2	1	1	13.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	28	2.77	2.00	.985	2.56	2.50
1988	SDP	NL	22	OF	35	24	14	226.1	57	55	1	1	1	.982	-1	-7	2.23	1.60	.982	2.28	2.29
1988	SDP	NL	22	RF	17	14	12	130.2	32	30	1	1	1	.969	0	1	2.14	1.82	.979	2.05	2.06
1988	SDP	NL	22	CF	11	10	2	76.0	25	25	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-6	2.96	2.27	.986	2.66	2.67
1988	SDP	NL	22	LF	10	0	0	19.2	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-67	0.00	0.00		2.15	2.13
1989	SDP	NL	23	OF	51	23	19	244.2	67	67	0	0	0	1.000	-3	-16	2.46	1.31	.981	2.32	2.32
1989	SDP	NL	23	CF	24	16	14	157.0	45	45	0	0	0	1.000	-4	-34	2.58	1.88	.985	2.69	2.70
1989	SDP	NL	23	LF	22	7	5	76.1	21	21	0	0	0	1.000	2	24	2.48	0.95	.981	2.15	2.15
1989	SDP	NL	23	RF	6	0	0	11.1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-42	1.59	0.33	.980	2.14	2.12
1990	SDP	NL	24	OF	62	40	33	392.1	110	108	1	1	0	.991	-8	-24	2.50	1.76	.981	2.39	2.37
1990	SDP	NL	24	CF	35	29	25	256.0	74	74	0	0	0	1.000	-6	-26	2.60	2.11	.984	2.74	2.73
1990	SDP	NL	24	LF	23	8	6	102.1	30	28	1	1	0	.967	-2	-19	2.55	1.26	.979	2.19	2.18
1990	SDP	NL	24	RF	6	3	2	34.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-28	1.85	1.17	.981	2.22	2.20
1991	TOT	MLB	25	OF	77	54	46	515.0	162	158	4	0	1	1.000	3	7	2.83	2.10	.983	2.32	2.32
1991	TOT	MLB	25	CF	67	53	46	494.0	159	155	4	0	1	1.000	3	8	2.90	2.37	.987	2.67	2.66
1991	TOT	MLB	25	RF	10	1	0	21.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-6	1.29	0.30	.980	2.14	2.14
1991	SDP	NL	25	OF	39	27	22	266.0	87	86	1	0	0	1.000	8	37	2.94	2.23	.983	2.28	2.27
1991	SDP	NL	25	CF	36	27	22	258.0	85	84	1	0	0	1.000	8	37	2.97	2.36	.985	2.59	2.58
1991	SDP	NL	25	RF	3	0	0	8.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	15	2.25	0.67	.980	2.02	2.03
1991	CAL	AL	25	OF	38	27	24	249.0	75	72	3	0	1	1.000	-5	-25	2.71	1.97	.983	2.37	2.37
1991	CAL	AL	25	CF	31	26	24	236.0	74	71	3	0	1	1.000	-5	-25	2.82	2.39	.989	2.76	2.76
1991	CAL	AL	25	RF	7	1	0	13.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-18	0.69	0.14	.980	2.22	2.19
1991	CAL	AL	25	DH	3	0
1992	CHW	AL	26	OF	94	48	34	514.2	157	155	2	0	0	1.000	14	32	2.75	1.67	.983	2.47	2.46
1992	CHW	AL	26	RF	75	30	25	351.0	95	93	2	0	0	1.000	11	37	2.44	1.27	.982	2.23	2.22
1992	CHW	AL	26	CF	14	11	5	92.0	45	45	0	0	0	1.000	5	63	4.40	3.21	.986	2.90	2.89
1992	CHW	AL	26	LF	12	7	4	71.2	17	17	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-30	2.13	1.42	.981	2.29	2.28
1992	CHW	AL	26	DH	1	0
	6 Seasons			OF	333	199	153	1993.0	580	566	10	4	3	.993	5	3	2.60	1.73	.982	2.36	2.36
	6 Seasons			CF	153	120	93	1088.0	352	348	4	0	1	1.000	-2	-2	2.91	2.30	.986	2.71	2.70
	6 Seasons			RF	120	51	41	587.0	146	141	3	2	1	.986	9	19	2.21	1.20	.981	2.17	2.17
	5 Seasons			LF	73	28	19	318.0	82	78	2	2	0	.976	-2	-8	2.26	1.10	.980	2.18	2.17
	6 Seasons			TOT	333	199	153	1993.0	580	566	10	4	3	.993	5	3	2.60	1.73	.982	2.36	2.36
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1987	SDP	NL	21	LF	1	25	0	0	-0		1
1987	SDP	NL	21	RF	-0	-15	-0	-0	-0		0
1987	SDP	NL	21	CF	0	28	0	0	0		0
1988	SDP	NL	22	RF	0	1	0	0	-0		0
1988	SDP	NL	22	CF	-0	-6	1	2	-1		-1
1988	SDP	NL	22	LF	-1	-67	-1	-1	-0		0
1989	SDP	NL	23	CF	-4	-34	-4	-1	-4		0
1989	SDP	NL	23	LF	2	24	2	2	-0		0
1989	SDP	NL	23	RF	-0	-42	-0	-0	0		0
1990	SDP	NL	24	CF	-6	-26	-4	-6	1		-1
1990	SDP	NL	24	LF	-2	-19	-2	-2	0		0
1990	SDP	NL	24	RF	-1	-28	-1	0	-1		0
1991	SDP	NL	25	CF	8	37	6	4	2		2
1991	SDP	NL	25	RF	0	15	0	0	0		0
1991	CAL	AL	25	CF	-5	-25	-6	-2	-4		1
1991	CAL	AL	25	RF	-0	-18	-0	0	-0		0
1992	CHW	AL	26	RF	11	37	10	7	2		1
1992	CHW	AL	26	CF	5	63	5	2	3		0
1992	CHW	AL	26	LF	-2	-30	-2	-2	0		0
	6 Seasons			CF	-2	-2	-3	-1	-2		1
	6 Seasons			RF	9	19	8	7	1		1
	5 Seasons			LF	-2	-8	-3	-3	-0		1
	6 Seasons			TOT	5	3	2	4	-2		3
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1987	SDP	NL	21	16	10	16	14	6	2	6	14	0	3	1
1988	SDP	NL	22	37	24	37	35	10	11	17	38	0	1	3
1989	SDP	NL	23	57	23	57	51	22	24	6	52	0	8	3
1990	SDP	NL	24	91	40	91	62	23	35	6	64	0	30	3
1991	SDP	NL	25	53	27	53	39	0	36	3	39	0	13	4
1991	CAL	AL	25	41	27	41	38	0	31	7	38	3	2	7
1992	CHW	AL	26	97	48	97	94	12	14	75	101	1	21	6
	6 Seasons			392	199	392	333	73	153	120	346	4	78	27

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1987	SDP	NL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	55	47%	78%	25%	6	67%
1988	SDP	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	12	4	33.3%	8	0	0.0%	0	315	41%	82%	40%	48	52%
1989	SDP	NL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	1	0	15	8	53.3%	7	0	0.0%	0	665	59%	77%	41%	72	63%
1990	SDP	NL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	9	0	9	2	0	4	1	0	4	2	0	4	1	0	37	15	40.5%	22	0	0.0%	0	1082	55%	80%	41%	134	55%
1991	SDP	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	6	0	6	3	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	10	6	0	27	16	59.3%	10	1	3.7%	0	1126	61%	80%	41%	112	76%
1991	CAL	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	7	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	8	4	1	22	10	45.5%	11	1	4.5%	2	985	68%	79%	39%	102	71%
1992	CHW	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	7	4	57.1%	3	0	0.0%	0	387	65%	79%	43%	52	87%
	6 Seasons			0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	1	41	28	0	25	6	1	6	2	0	17	5	0	31	16	1	120	57	47.5%	61	2	1.7%	2	4615	59%	79%	41%	526	67%
	MLB Averages																														42.9%			1.8%			58%	80%	39%		60%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1987	SDP	NL	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	169	63%	79%	27%	10	60%
1988	SDP	NL	22	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	4	0	10	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	6	5	0	28	12	42.9%	16	0	0.0%	1	560	49%	78%	38%	67	45%
1989	SDP	NL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	45	71%	71%	42%	4	50%
1990	SDP	NL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	8	3	37.5%	5	0	0.0%	0	145	67%	77%	45%	18	39%
1991	CAL	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	52	62%	81%	27%	2	50%
1991	SDP	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	32	53%	84%	53%	2	100%
1992	CHW	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	11	6	0	1	0	0	6	6	0	8	2	0	8	4	0	34	18	52.9%	16	0	0.0%	2	1501	60%	81%	46%	134	70%
	6 Seasons			2	0	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	26	11	0	12	2	0	10	9	0	11	3	0	16	11	0	75	36	48.0%	39	0	0.0%	3	2504	58%	80%	43%	237	60%
	MLB Averages																														42.6%			2.6%			58%	80%	39%		55%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1987	SDP	NL	21	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	214	45%	78%	31%	21	62%
1988	SDP	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	79	56%	70%	30%	6	0%
1989	SDP	NL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	4	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	308	55%	78%	39%	29	72%
1990	SDP	NL	24	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	6	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7	53.8%	5	1	7.7%	0	435	63%	79%	43%	55	53%
1992	CHW	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	50.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	301	61%	77%	39%	26	65%
	5 Seasons			2	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	10	9	0	7	2	1	4	3	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	25	17	68.0%	7	1	4.0%	1	1337	58%	77%	38%	137	58%
	MLB Averages																														61.2%			2.6%			58%	80%	39%		52%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y 1992 AL 14 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1991 NL 8 (4th)	Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1992 AL 11 (1st)	Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y 1992 AL 14 (5th)
Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1992 AL 1.000 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 1987 NL born 1966-06-17 (3rd) 1988 NL born 1966-06-17 (10th)

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