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Cal Abrams

Calvin Ross Abrams (Abie)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 2, 1924 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: James Madison HS (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1949
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Pirates/Dodgers/Reds/WhiteSox 1949-1956

Final Game: May 9, 1956
Died: February 25, 1997 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Buried: Star of David Memorial Gardens, North Lauderdale, FL
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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
1949 BRO NL 25 LF 7 7 6 12 9 1 2 0 .833 1.43 .974 2.41
1949 BRO NL 25 OF 7 7 6 12 9 1 2 0 .833 1.43 .977 2.49
1950 BRO NL 26 OF 15 6 5 67.2 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.26 1.13 .978 2.34 2.31
1950 BRO NL 26 LF 9 3 3 36.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.24 0.56 .976 2.28 2.27
1950 BRO NL 26 CF 5 3 2 29.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.68 2.40 .980 2.76 2.72
1950 BRO NL 26 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1951 BRO NL 27 LF 34 33 26 285.0 70 63 3 4 1 .943 2.08 1.94 .977 2.32 2.32
1951 BRO NL 27 OF 34 33 26 285.0 71 64 3 4 1 .944 2.12 1.97 .981 2.42 2.41
1952 TOT NL 28 OF 47 36 22 314.0 88 87 1 0 1 1.000 2.52 1.87 .981 2.31 2.29
1952 TOT NL 28 LF 26 11 8 126.1 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.28 1.23 .979 2.02 2.00
1952 BRO NL 28 LF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.95 2.00
1952 BRO NL 28 OF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.30
1952 CIN NL 28 OF 46 35 22 308.0 88 87 1 0 1 1.000 2.57 1.91 .981 2.31 2.29
1952 CIN NL 28 CF 25 25 14 187.2 60 59 1 0 1 1.000 2.88 2.40 .983 2.75 2.73
1952 CIN NL 28 LF 25 10 8 120.1 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 1.28 .979 2.02 2.00
1953 PIT NL 29 OF 112 110 106 960.0 224 205 13 6 3 .973 2 2 2.04 1.95 .980 2.37 2.32
1953 PIT NL 29 RF 112 110 106 960.0 208 190 12 6 3 .971 2 2 1.89 1.80 .981 2.00 1.96
1954 TOT MLB 30 OF 128 121 116 1077.0 285 271 8 6 1 .979 6 7 2.33 2.18 .979 2.39 2.37 MVP-26
1954 TOT MLB 30 RF 111 104 100 937.0 233 222 5 6 1 .974 9 11 2.18 2.05 .975 2.04 2.02 MVP-26
1954 PIT NL 30 OF 13 11 9 97.2 25 23 2 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.30 1.92 .975 2.36 2.34
1954 PIT NL 30 RF 8 6 4 57.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 12 1.40 1.13 .970 1.95 1.94
1954 PIT NL 30 LF 5 5 5 40.0 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 2.48 2.20 .971 2.18 2.16 MVP-26
1954 BAL AL 30 OF 115 110 107 979.1 260 248 6 6 1 .977 6 7 2.33 2.21 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 BAL AL 30 RF 103 98 96 879.1 224 213 5 6 1 .973 8 11 2.23 2.12 .975 2.05 2.03
1954 BAL AL 30 CF 12 12 11 100.0 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -26 3.33 3.08 .983 2.85 2.83 MVP-26
1955 BAL AL 31 OF 96 87 51 748.1 201 191 7 3 1 .985 -7 -11 2.38 2.06 .982 2.40 2.38
1955 BAL AL 31 CF 58 50 26 411.1 123 114 6 3 1 .976 -8 -23 2.63 2.07 .985 2.87 2.85
1955 BAL AL 31 RF 46 26 18 248.2 60 60 0 0 0 1.000 3 15 2.17 1.30 .981 2.05 2.03
1955 BAL AL 31 LF 13 11 7 88.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -26 1.63 1.23 .980 2.26 2.25
1955 BAL AL 31 1B 4 0 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 7.20 1.00 .990 9.72 9.55
1956 CHW AL 32 OF 2 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 200 6.00 1.00 .980 2.40 2.30
1956 CHW AL 32 LF 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 300 9.00 2.00 .975 2.25 2.10
1956 CHW AL 32 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
8 Seasons OF 441 400 332 3455.0 900 846 33 21 7 .977 2 1 2.26 1.99 .980 2.38 2.35
5 Seasons RF 271 240 224 2148.2 501 472 17 12 4 .976 14 8 2.05 1.80 .978 2.02 2.00
4 Seasons CF 100 90 53 728.1 232 221 8 3 2 .987 -10 -17 2.83 2.29 .984 2.83 2.81
7 Seasons LF 95 70 55 578.0 148 136 6 6 1 .959 -1 -3 2.06 1.49 .977 2.23 2.21
1 Season 1B 4 0 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 7.20 1.00 .990 9.72 9.55
8 Seasons TOT 445 400 332 3460.0 904 850 33 21 7 .977 2 1 2.27 1.98 .980 2.39 2.42
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.
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-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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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
1949 BRO NL 25 LF
1950 BRO NL 26 LF
1950 BRO NL 26 CF
1950 BRO NL 26 RF
1951 BRO NL 27 LF
1952 BRO NL 28 LF
1952 CIN NL 28 CF
1952 CIN NL 28 LF
1953 PIT NL 29 RF 2 2 1 1 0 1
1954 PIT NL 30 RF 1 12 1 0 0 0
1954 PIT NL 30 LF -0 -3 -0 0 -0 0
1954 BAL AL 30 RF 8 11 7 6 1 1
1954 BAL AL 30 CF -2 -26 -1 -1 0 -1
1955 BAL AL 31 CF -8 -23 -7 -3 -4 -1
1955 BAL AL 31 RF 3 15 2 1 2 1
1955 BAL AL 31 LF -2 -26 -2 -2 -0 0
1955 BAL AL 31 1B -0 -24 -0 -0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 32 LF 0 300 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 32 RF 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons RF 14 8 11 7 3 3
4 Seasons CF -10 -17 -8 -4 -4 -2
7 Seasons LF -1 -3 -1 -2 -0 0
1 Season 1B -0 -24 -0 -0 0 0
8 Seasons TOT 2 1 1 1 -1 0 1
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 P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1949 BRO NL 25 8 7 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 1 0
1950 BRO NL 26 38 6 38 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 1 15 0 26 1
1951 BRO NL 27 67 33 67 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 34 0 33 1
1952 CIN NL 28 71 35 71 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 25 0 45 0 28 1
1952 BRO NL 28 10 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
1953 PIT NL 29 119 110 119 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 112 0 7 1
1954 BAL AL 30 115 110 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 103 115 0 2 0
1954 PIT NL 30 17 11 17 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 13 0 4 1
1955 BAL AL 31 118 87 118 98 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 58 46 96 0 20 4
1956 CHW AL 32 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 0
8 Seasons 567 400 567 442 0 0 4 0 0 0 95 100 271 440 0 134 9
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 -- 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%
1950 BRO NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 14 79% 71% 29% 2 0%
1953 PIT NL 29 4 0 2 2 1 7 0 3 0 2 38 14 1 15 2 2 11 7 0 5 2 0 11 8 1 80 33 41.3% 43 4 5.0% 3 2625 63% 83% 30% 238 52%
1954 BAL AL 30 6 0 5 1 2 5 0 2 2 1 52 18 2 29 10 0 17 12 0 12 4 1 23 22 0 133 66 49.6% 64 3 2.3% 2 3800 61% 80% 31% 398 54%
1954 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 166 57% 91% 32% 17 47%
1955 BAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 0 9 3 0 7 6 0 5 1 0 6 6 0 39 22 56.4% 17 0 0.0% 0 1062 67% 81% 28% 116 53%
1956 CHW AL 32 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 6 50% 33% 0% 0
5 Seasons 10 0 7 3 3 12 0 5 2 3 104 39 3 55 15 2 37 26 0 22 7 1 41 37 1 259 124 47.9% 128 7 2.7% 5 7673 62% 81% 30% 771 53%
MLB Averages 43.7% 3.3% 63% 81% 31% 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%
1949 BRO NL 25 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 235 66% 86% 48% 28 36%
1950 BRO NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 151 62% 83% 38% 17 29%
1951 BRO NL 27 4 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 19 13 1 11 3 1 5 2 0 4 1 1 5 4 0 44 23 52.3% 18 3 6.8% 0 1211 62% 83% 42% 149 44%
1952 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 117 58% 82% 32% 15 47%
1952 BRO NL 28 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 27 56% 85% 37% 2 0%
1954 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 137 74% 83% 22% 15 47%
1955 BAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 5 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 21 15 71.4% 6 0 0.0% 0 400 73% 84% 29% 45 36%
1956 CHW AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 8 75% 88% 50% 3 67%
7 Seasons 6 0 4 2 0 5 0 2 1 2 38 29 1 21 5 1 12 8 0 4 1 1 11 10 0 86 53 61.6% 30 3 3.5% 2 2286 65% 83% 38% 274 41%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.7% 63% 81% 31% 50%

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%
1950 BRO NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 120 61% 83% 33% 23 52%
1952 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 1 577 60% 86% 32% 62 71%
1954 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 5 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 4 3 0 26 9 34.6% 16 1 3.8% 0 460 68% 84% 29% 63 59%
1955 BAL AL 31 3 0 3 0 1 6 0 1 1 2 38 20 2 22 3 0 2 1 0 7 2 0 18 15 0 87 41 47.1% 44 2 2.3% 4 1834 67% 83% 31% 220 54%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 8 0 1 1 3 55 30 2 29 3 1 3 2 0 18 3 0 24 20 0 129 58 45.0% 68 3 2.3% 5 2991 65% 83% 31% 368 58%
MLB Averages 45.3% 2.8% 63% 81% 31% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 BAL AL 31 20 65% 75% 10% 2 100% 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 20 65% 75% 10% 2 100% 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 81% 26% 93% 85%

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1954 AL (26, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1955 AL  6 (4th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 NL  112 (4th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 NL  190 (4th)
1954 AL  213 (4th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 NL  12 (1st)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 NL  6 (2nd)
1954 AL  6 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 AL  8 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1953 NL  1.89 (4th)
1954 AL  2.23 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 NL  1.80 (4th)
1954 AL  2.12 (2nd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 AL  .973 (5th)

                           

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