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Bill Abstein
William Henry Abstein (Big Bill)

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 2, 1883 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1906
Final Game: June 2, 1910
Died: April 8, 1940 in St.Louis, MO
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1906	23	PIT	NL	8	21	20	2	4	0	0	0	3	2	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	23	4	0	1	/4O

1909	26	PIT	NL	137	570	512	51	133	20	10	1	70	16	27	.260	.302	.344	.646	96	176	4	27	*3
1910	27	SLB	AL	25	90	87	1	13	2	0	0	3	3	2	.149	.169	.172	.341	10	15	0	1	3
3 Seasons				170	681	619	54	150	22	10	1	76	21	29	.242	.281	.315	.596	82	195	4	29
162 Game Avg.				162	649	590	51	143	21	10	1	72	20	28	.242	.281	.315	.596	82	186	4	28

PIT (2 yrs)				145	591	532	53	137	20	10	1	73	18	27	.258	.298	.338	.637	93	180	4	28
SLB (1 yr)				25	90	87	1	13	2	0	0	3	3	2	.149	.169	.172	.341	10	15	0	1

NL (2 yrs)				145	591	532	53	137	20	10	1	73	18	27	.258	.298	.338	.637	93	180	4	28
AL (1 yr)				25	90	87	1	13	2	0	0	3	3	2	.149	.169	.172	.341	10	15	0	1

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1909	26	PIT	NL	WS	DET	W	7	29	26	3	6	2	0	0	2	1	0	3	9	.231	.310	.308	.618	8	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							7	29	26	3	6	2	0	0	2	1	0	3	9	.231	.310	.308	.618	8	0	0	0	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF
1906	PIT	NL	23	2B	3	13	3	7	3	0	.769	3.33	.954	4.97
1906	PIT	NL	23	OF	2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.50	.967	1.85	0-0-2
1909	PIT	NL	26	1B	135	1504	1412	65	27	70	.982	10.94	.985	7.41
1910	SLB	AL	27	1B	23	299	268	20	11	13	.963	12.52	.983	10.73
2 Seasons				1B	158	1803	1680	85	38	83	.979	11.17	.985	7.89
1 Season				2B	3	13	3	7	3	0	.769	3.33	.954	4.97
1 Season				OF	2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.50	.967	1.85	0-0-2
3 Seasons				TOT	163	1819	1685	93	41	83	.977	10.91	.962	7.76	0-0-2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Runs Batted In s c a p y
1909 NL--70--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1909 NL--27--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 4 (1828), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 1 (2420), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Similar Batters

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Charlie Gould (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Art Mahan (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Transactions

August, 1906: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Shreveport (Southern Association). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

January 6, 1910: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Browns from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Uniforms

View Bill Abstein's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Name and misspellings: Big William Bill billy Henry Will William Abstein

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1828), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2420), Likely HOFer ≈ 100