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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1949 BRO NL 25 OF 7 12 9 1 2 0 .833 1.43 .983 2.26 7-0-0
1950 BRO NL 26 OF 15 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 .976 2.14 9-1-5
1951 BRO NL 27 OF 34 71 64 3 4 1 .944 1.97 .982 2.23 34-0-0
1952 TOT NL 28 OF 47 88 87 1 0 1 1.000 1.87 .981 2.10 32-18-0
1952 BRO NL 28 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1-0-0
1952 CIN NL 28 OF 46 88 87 1 0 1 1.000 1.91 .981 2.10 31-18-0
1953 PIT NL 29 OF 112 224 205 13 6 3 .973 1.95 .980 2.11 0-0-112
1954 TOT MLB 30 OF 128 121 1077.0 285 271 8 6 1 .979 6.4 7.1 6.4 1.8 4.5 0 2.33 2.18 .979 2.39 2.17 MVP-26
1954 TOT MLB 30 RF 111 104 937.0 235 224 5 6 1 .974 8.7 11.1 7.7 1.8 5.8 1 2.20 2.06 .975 2.05 1.82 MVP-26
1954 PIT NL 30 OF 13 11 97.2 25 23 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 6.1 0.5 0.4 0.0 0 2.30 1.92 .976 2.36 2.18
1954 PIT NL 30 RF 8 6 57.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 12.5 0.6 0.5 0.0 0 1.72 1.38 .973 2.00 1.80
1954 PIT NL 30 LF 5 5 40.0 14 12 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -3.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 3.15 2.80 .971 2.23 1.98 MVP-26
1954 BAL AL 30 OF 115 110 979.1 260 248 6 6 1 .977 5.9 7.2 5.9 1.4 4.5 0 2.33 2.21 .979 2.39 2.17
1954 BAL AL 30 RF 103 98 879.1 224 213 5 6 1 .973 8.1 11.1 7.1 1.3 5.8 1 2.23 2.12 .975 2.05 1.82
1954 BAL AL 30 CF 12 12 100.0 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -26.4 -1.2 0.1 -1.3 -1 3.33 3.08 .984 2.85 2.64 MVP-26
1955 BAL AL 31 OF 96 87 748.1 201 191 7 3 1 .985 -6.6 -10.6 -6.6 -3.0 -3.6 0 2.38 2.06 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 BAL AL 31 CF 58 50 411.1 123 114 6 3 1 .976 -7.9 -23.0 -6.9 -4.2 -2.7 -1 2.63 2.07 .985 2.87 2.55
1955 BAL AL 31 RF 46 26 248.2 60 60 0 0 0 1.000 3.2 15.4 2.2 1.6 0.6 1 2.17 1.30 .980 2.05 1.73
1955 BAL AL 31 LF 13 11 88.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -25.8 -1.9 -0.4 -1.5 0 1.63 1.23 .981 2.26 1.78
1955 BAL AL 31 1B 4 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 7.20 1.00 1.000 9.72 8.18
1956 CHW AL 32 OF 2 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 200.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 6.00 1.00 1.000 2.40 2.05
1956 CHW AL 32 LF 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 300.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 2.25 1.70
1956 CHW AL 32 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
8 Seasons OF 441 208 1828.1 900 846 33 21 7 .977 0.3 0.2 0.3 -0.7 0.9 0 4.33 1.99 .980 2.39 2.13 101-89-275
3 Seasons (incomplete) RF 158 130 1186.2 295 284 5 6 1 .980 11.9 12.0 9.9 3.4 6.4 2 2.19 1.83 .976 2.05 1.79
2 Seasons (incomplete) CF 70 62 511.1 160 150 7 3 1 .981 -10.1 -23.7 -8.1 -4.1 -4.0 -2 2.76 2.24 .985 2.87 2.57
3 Seasons (incomplete) LF 19 16 130.1 32 30 2 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -13.8 -1.5 -0.0 -1.5 0 2.21 1.68 .978 2.25 1.83
1 Season 1B 4 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 7.20 1.00 1.000 9.72 8.18
8 Seasons TOT 445 208 1833.1 904 850 33 21 7 .977 0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.7 0.8 0 0 4.33 1.98 .957 2.41 2.19 101-89-275
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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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 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7
1950 BRO NL 26 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 5 15
1951 BRO NL 27 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 34
1952 CIN NL 28 71 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 18 0 46
1952 BRO NL 28 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1953 PIT NL 29 119 119 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 112
1954 BAL AL 30 115 110 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 101 115 2 0
1954 PIT NL 30 17 11 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 5 13 4 1
1955 BAL AL 31 118 87 118 118 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 58 46 96 20 4
1956 CHW AL 32 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0
8 Seasons 567 208 567 567 0 0 4 0 0 0 101 94 270 441 30 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1954 BAL AL 30 6 0 5 1 2 5 0 2 2 1 40 14 2 29 10 0 17 12 0 12 4 1 19 19 0 117 59 50.4% 55 3 2.6% 2 3749 60% 78% 30% 387 52%
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% 0 134 54% 90% 34% 16 56%
1955 BAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 0 9 3 0 7 6 0 5 1 0 5 5 0 37 20 54.1% 17 0 0.0% 0 1086 66% 79% 27% 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
3 Seasons 6 0 5 1 2 5 0 2 2 1 52 20 2 40 13 0 26 19 0 17 5 1 25 25 0 160 82 51.3% 75 3 1.9% 2 4975 61% 78% 29% 519 52%
MLB Averages 44.7% 3.3% 63% 79% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1954 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 5 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 2 2 0 21 8 38.1% 12 1 4.8% 0 481 65% 80% 27% 63 59%
1955 BAL AL 31 3 0 3 0 1 6 0 1 1 2 26 15 2 22 3 0 2 1 0 7 2 0 14 12 0 71 33 46.5% 36 2 2.8% 4 1888 65% 80% 30% 220 54%
2 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 7 0 1 1 3 33 20 2 28 3 1 2 1 0 13 3 0 16 14 0 92 41 44.6% 48 3 3.3% 4 2369 65% 80% 29% 283 55%
MLB Averages 44.8% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1954 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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% 0 118 74% 81% 25% 15 47%
1955 BAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 5 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 19 14 73.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 407 71% 82% 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%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 0 6 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 25 19 76.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 533 72% 82% 28% 63 40%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* 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.

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