Cal Abrams
Calvin Ross Abrams (Abie)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 2, 1924 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: James Madison (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1949
Final Game: May 9, 1956
Died: February 25, 1997 in Ft.Lauderdale, FL
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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
1949 25 BRO NL 8 31 24 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 6 .083 .290 .125 .415 13 3 1 0 0 /O
1950 26 BRO NL 38 54 44 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 9 13 .205 .340 .227 .567 51 10 0 0 1 O
1951 27 BRO NL 67 186 150 27 42 8 0 3 19 3 2 36 26 .280 .419 .393 .813 118 59 5 0 0 O
1952 28 TOT NL 81 189 168 24 46 9 2 2 13 1 0 21 29 .274 .354 .387 .741 105 65 1 0 0 O
1952 28 BRO NL 10 12 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .200 .333 .200 .533 50 2 0 0 0 /O
1952 28 CIN NL 71 177 158 23 44 9 2 2 13 1 0 19 25 .278 .356 .399 .755 109 63 1 0 0 O
1953 29 PIT NL 119 512 448 66 128 10 6 15 43 4 4 58 70 .286 .368 .435 .803 109 195 2 0 6 *O
1954 30 TOT MLB 132 558 465 73 130 23 8 6 27 1 4 82 76 .280 .391 .402 .793 125 187 7 4 6 1 *98/7 MVP-26
1954 30 PIT NL 17 52 42 6 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 10 9 .143 .308 .214 .522 41 9 2 0 0 0 /97
1954 30 BAL AL 115 506 423 67 124 22 7 6 25 1 4 72 67 .293 .400 .421 .821 134 178 5 4 6 1 *98
1955 31 BAL AL 118 407 309 56 75 12 3 6 32 2 8 89 69 .243 .413 .359 .773 118 111 6 3 3 3 2 897/3
1956 32 CHW AL 4 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .333 .933 152 1 0 0 0 0 0 /79
8 Seasons 567 1942 1611 257 433 64 19 32 138 12 18 304 290 .269 .386 .392 .778 113 631 22 7 16 4 2
162 Game Avg. 162 555 460 73 124 18 5 9 39 3 87 83 .269 .386 .392 .778 113 180 6 2 5
BRO (4 yrs) 123 283 228 39 55 10 0 3 23 4 2 54 49 .241 .387 .325 .711 91 74 6 0 1
PIT (2 yrs) 136 564 490 72 134 11 7 15 45 4 4 68 79 .273 .362 .416 .778 103 204 4 0 6 0
BAL (2 yrs) 233 913 732 123 199 34 10 12 57 3 12 161 136 .272 .406 .395 .801 127 289 11 7 9 4 2
CIN (1 yr) 71 177 158 23 44 9 2 2 13 1 0 19 25 .278 .356 .399 .755 109 63 1 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 4 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .333 .933 152 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 330 1024 876 134 233 30 9 20 81 9 6 141 153 .266 .368 .389 .757 101 341 11 0 7 0
AL (3 yrs) 237 918 735 123 200 34 10 12 57 3 12 163 137 .272 .407 .395 .802 127 290 11 7 9 4 2

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1949 25 BRO NL 31 23 1 1.2 107 .111 .083 .275 .290 .349 .125 .412 .415 .761 13 .075 -2.8 -0.3 .478 .375 .042 .0
1950 26 BRO NL 54 36 3 2.2 110 .290 .205 .272 .340 .349 .227 .422 .567 .771 51 .202 -2.8 -0.3 .543 .227 .023
1951 27 BRO NL 186 115 25 5.8 105 .322 .280 .270 .419 .344 .393 .409 .813 .753 118 .616 6.4 0.6 .835 .360 .113 3.0
1952 28 TOT NL 189 123 24 5.2 97 .321 .274 .262 .354 .335 .387 .389 .741 .724 105 .603 1.7 0.1 .707 .244 .113 1.3
1952 28 BRO NL 12 8 1 3.4 98 .333 .200 .263 .333 .336 .200 .391 .533 .727 50 .402 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .200 .000
1952 28 CIN NL 177 115 23 5.4 97 .321 .278 .262 .356 .335 .399 .389 .755 .724 109 .614 2.3 0.2 .722 .247 .120 1.3
1953 29 PIT NL 512 332 71 5.7 109 .311 .286 .273 .368 .344 .435 .425 .803 .769 109 .572 6.4 0.6 .776 .279 .150 6.3
1954 30 TOT MLB 558 353 72 5.5 93 .323 .280 .257 .391 .331 .402 .378 .793 .709 125 .607 19.5 2.0 .780 .292 .123 1.7
1954 30 PIT NL 52 38 3 2.1 107 .182 .143 .272 .308 .343 .214 .420 .522 .763 41 .183 -3.5 -0.3 .500 .310 .071
1954 30 BAL AL 506 315 69 5.9 92 .336 .293 .256 .400 .330 .421 .374 .821 .704 134 .643 23.0 2.3 .815 .291 .128 1.7
1955 31 BAL AL 407 254 52 5.5 95 .291 .243 .257 .413 .335 .359 .382 .773 .717 118 .581 14.9 1.5 .794 .385 .117 3.0
1956 32 CHW AL 5 2 1 13.4 107 .500 .333 .269 .600 .351 .333 .410 .933 .760 152 .867 0.5 0.1 1.500 .667 .000
8 Seasons 1942 1238 249 5.4 100 .310 .269 .264 .386 .338 .392 .398 .778 .735 113 .577 43.9 4.3 .768 .308 .123 17.5
162 Game Avg. 555 354 71 5.4 100 .310 .269 .264 .386 .338 .392 .398 .778 .735 113 .577 13 1 .768 .308 .123 5
BRO (4 yrs) 283 182 30 4.4 106 .295 .241 .270 .387 .345 .325 .411 .711 .756 91 .487 0.2 -0.1 .718 .329 .083 3.4
PIT (2 yrs) 564 370 74 5.3 109 .301 .273 .273 .362 .344 .416 .425 .778 .769 103 .542 2.9 0.3 .747 .282 .143 6.3
BAL (2 yrs) 913 569 121 5.7 93 .318 .272 .256 .406 .332 .395 .377 .801 .709 127 .616 37.9 3.8 .806 .331 .123 4.8
CIN (1 yr) 177 115 23 5.4 97 .321 .278 .262 .356 .335 .399 .389 .755 .724 109 .614 2.3 0.2 .722 .247 .120 1.3
CHW (1 yr) 5 2 1 13.4 107 .500 .333 .269 .600 .351 .333 .410 .933 .760 152 .867 0.5 0.1 1.500 .667 .000
NL (6 yrs) 1024 667 127 5.1 106 .303 .266 .270 .368 .343 .389 .415 .757 .757 101 .541 5.4 0.4 .735 .288 .123 12.4
AL (3 yrs) 918 571 122 5.7 93 .319 .272 .256 .407 .332 .395 .378 .802 .710 127 .618 38.5 3.9 .808 .332 .122 4.8

Ratio Batting*

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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
1949 25 BRO NL 31 0.0% 19.4% 22.6% 3.2% 50% 0.86 4.0 58%
1950 26 BRO NL 54 0.0% 24.1% 16.7% 1.9% 11% 1.44 3.4 11.0 57%
1951 27 BRO NL 186 1.6% 14.0% 19.4% 5.9% 26% 0.72 5.8 50.0 7.9 65%
1952 28 TOT NL 189 1.1% 15.3% 11.1% 6.9% 28% 1.38 5.8 84.0 12.9 72%
1952 28 BRO NL 12 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.5 50%
1952 28 CIN NL 177 1.1% 14.1% 10.7% 7.3% 30% 1.32 6.3 79.0 12.2 74%
1953 29 PIT NL 512 2.9% 13.7% 11.3% 6.1% 24% 1.21 6.4 29.9 10.4 71%
1954 30 TOT MLB 558 1.1% 13.6% 14.7% 6.6% 29% 0.93 6.1 77.5 17.2 1.07 69%
1954 30 PIT NL 52 0.0% 17.3% 19.2% 3.9% 33% 0.90 4.7 21.0 1.43 63%
1954 30 BAL AL 506 1.2% 13.2% 14.2% 6.9% 28% 0.93 6.3 70.5 16.9 1.05 69%
1955 31 BAL AL 407 1.5% 17.0% 21.9% 5.2% 28% 0.78 4.5 51.5 9.7 1.35 58%
1956 32 CHW AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 3.0 0.00 40%
8 Seasons 1942 1.7% 14.9% 15.7% 5.9% 27% 0.95 5.6 50.3 11.7 1.17 67%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 30 TOT MLB 5 0 32% 303 1 4 20% 1 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 9 16 38% 51 36 13 6 3 3 29 10 17
1954 30 PIT NL 0 0 38% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1
1954 30 BAL AL 5 0 31% 281 1 4 20% 1 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 9 16 38% 48 34 12 5 3 2 27 9 16
1955 31 BAL AL 8 0 31% 222 2 8 20% 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 44% 37 25 12 9 5 4 13 2 10
1956 32 CHW AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 13 0 32% 526 12 18 41% 3 12 0 3 0 0 2 0 15 24 41% 89 61 26 15 8 7 42 12 27
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 30 TOT MLB 516 70% 130 4 1 0 0 1.85 6 0 11 6 0 2 4 0 7 6 86% 71 7 10% 29 9 31% 242 22 9% 16 5 31% 17 6 35% 43
1954 30 PIT NL 33 73% 6 2 0 0 0 3.14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 2 0 0% 21 1 5% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 20
1954 30 BAL AL 483 70% 124 2 1 0 0 0.56 6 0 10 6 0 2 4 0 7 6 86% 65 5 8% 27 9 33% 221 21 10% 15 5 33% 16 6 38% 23
1955 31 BAL AL 407 64% 75 16 2 2 3 1.59 6 0 9 3 3 1 5 0 3 3 100% 93 6 6% 32 9 28% 228 26 11% 16 9 56% 11 5 45% 0
1956 32 CHW AL 5 100% 1 2 1 0 0 1.55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
8 Seasons 928 67% 433 22 4 2 3 1.63 32 0 20 9 3 3 9 0 10 16 160% 164 22 13% 61 18 30% 473 48 10% 32 14 44% 29 11 38% 43
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 25 8 31 24 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 6 .083 .290 .125 .415 13 3 1 0 0
1950 26 46 85 68 11 11 2 0 0 4 1 16 19 .162 .321 .191 .513 38 13 1 0 1
1951 27 113 271 218 38 53 10 0 3 23 4 2 52 45 .243 .389 .330 .719 93 72 6 0 1
1952 28 194 460 386 62 99 19 2 5 36 5 2 73 74 .256 .375 .355 .730 98 137 7 0 1
1953 29 313 972 834 128 227 29 8 20 79 9 6 131 144 .272 .371 .398 .769 104 332 9 0 7
1954 30 445 1530 1299 201 357 52 16 26 106 10 10 213 220 .275 .378 .400 .778 111 519 16 4 13 1
1955 31 563 1937 1608 257 432 64 19 32 138 12 18 302 289 .269 .386 .392 .778 113 630 22 7 16 4 2
1956 32 567 1942 1611 257 433 64 19 32 138 12 18 304 290 .269 .386 .392 .778 113 631 22 7 16 4 2

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1949 25 8 32 25 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 6 .080 .281 .120 .401 1 8
1950 26 40 55 46 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 9 14 .196 .327 .217 .545 3 38
1951 27 70 192 155 27 43 8 0 3 19 3 37 27 .277 .417 .387 .804 25 67
1952 28 85 202 179 27 51 10 2 2 15 1 23 30 .285 .366 .397 .763 26 81
1953 29 124 518 460 65 128 10 6 15 42 4 58 73 .278 .359 .424 .783 70 119
1954 30 138 593 496 86 146 26 9 7 32 1 92 79 .294 .408 .425 .833 85 132
1955 31 123 447 334 63 89 14 4 7 36 2 106 72 .266 .445 .395 .840 59 118
1956 32 4 8 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .500 .750 .500 1.250 1 4
8 Seasons 592 2047 1699 280 470 70 21 34 148 12 336 302 .277 .398 .403 .800 270 567
162 Game Avg. 162 560 465 77 129 19 6 9 41 3 92 83 .277 .398 .403 .800 74 567

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1954-AL-26-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1954 AL--.400--7th

Triples s c a p y
1954 AL--7--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL--89--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 AL--67--7th
1955 AL--69--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1954 AL--134--9th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1955 AL--8--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1533), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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