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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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Pirates/Dodgers/Reds/WhiteSox 1949-1956

Final Game: May 9, 1956 (Age 32)   vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Died: February 25, 1997 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Buried: Star of David Memorial Gardens, North Lauderdale, FL
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Cal Abrams: 32 Career Home Runs

7 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 10 go ahead, 5 lacking some details
4 Tms
PIT15
BAL12
BRO3
CIN2
 
vs RHP28
vs LHP4
 
Away18
Home14
 
Leverage
High Lev3
Medium Lev16
Low Lev8
12 Opps
NYG5
DET5
CIN4
CHC4
BRO3
WSH2
STL2
CLE2
NYY2
PHI1
MLN1
CHW1
25 Pitchers
Ruben Gomez3
Herm Wehmeier2
George Zuverink2
Steve Gromek2
Warren Hacker2
Russ Meyer2
Jack Harshman1
Ned Garver1
Tom Sturdivant1
Tom Poholsky1
Eddie Lopat1
Bob Rush1
Billy Loes1
Mike Garcia1
Jim Blackburn1
Max Surkont1
Frank Smith1
Hal Gregg1
Johnny Klippstein1
Al Brazle1
13 Parks
PIT069
NYC143
BAL113
DET043
CIN072
STL072
CLE072
CHI112
WAS092
CHI101
NYC161
NYC151
PHI111
Where Hit
913
79
Unk8
81
781
General field locations when available.
 
1 Inside the Park
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms30
2·HR gms1
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
1st22
Unk4
2nd4
9th2
Outs
016
17
25
Unk4
 
DefPos
RF22
LF6
PH2
CF2
Bases
---21
Unk5
1--3
-2-2
1231
 
41 RBI
RISP3
0 on25
1 on6
3 on1
Any on7
Inning
18
36
41
52
61
74
86
94
 
1-314
4-64
7-end14
RelScore
+4..2
+31
+13
Tied9
-12
-26
-32
-4..2
Unk5
 
Ahead6
Tied9
Behind12
Unk5
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

View Pitches · WE and WPA Explanation
1951 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1951-05-05 BRO CIN Jim Blackburn ahead 9-3 b 7 2 1-- 2 1 7 0.006 100% Home Run; Van Cuyk Scores
2 2 2 1 1951-05-19 BRO @ STL Tom Poholsky tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 7 0.098 60% Lead-Off Home Run
3 3 3 1 1951-05-20 (1) BRO @ CIN Frank Smith ahead 7-3 t 8 2 -2- 2 1 7 0.028 99% Home Run (Fly Ball); Cox Scores
1952 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
4 4 1 1 1952-06-25 CIN @ NYG Hal Gregg behind 0-1 t 3 0 --- 1 1 7 0.119 50% Home Run
5 5 2 1 1952-08-20 CIN BRO Billy Loes tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 8 0.105 65% Lead-Off Home Run
1953 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
6 6 1 1 1953-04-21 PIT NYG Sal Maglie ahead 3-2 b 5 0 --- 1 1 9 0.103 81% Home Run
7 7 2 1 1953-04-29 PIT CHC Warren Hacker b 8 1 9
8 8 3 1 1953-05-17 (2) PIT @ CHC Johnny Klippstein t 7 1 9
9 9 4 1 1953-05-29 PIT BRO Russ Meyer behind 0-2 b 1 0 --- 1 1 9 0.094 45% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball)
10 10 5 1 1953-06-12 (2) PIT MLN Max Surkont behind 0-10 b 6 0 --- 1 1 9 0.005 1% Home Run
11 11 6 1 1953-06-30 PIT @ NYG Ruben Gomez tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 9 0.092 59% Lead-Off,IPHR Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (LF-CF)
12 12 7 1 1953-07-06 PIT BRO Russ Meyer behind 0-2 b 1 0 --- 1 1 9 0.094 45% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball)
13 13 8 1 1953-07-12 (1) PIT @ PHI Robin Roberts ahead 1-0 t 3 2 --- 1 1 9 0.105 67% Home Run
14 14 9 1 1953-07-22 PIT CIN Herm Wehmeier tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 9 0.095 64% Lead-Off Home Run
15 15 10 2 1953-07-22 PIT CIN Herm Wehmeier ahead 1-0 b 3 0 --- 1 1 9 0.094 76% Home Run
16 16 11 1 1953-07-25 PIT CHC Bob Rush behind 2-4 b 7 2 --- 1 1 9 0.127 29% Home Run
17 17 12 1 1953-08-02 PIT @ CHC Warren Hacker t 1 0 1 1 9 Lead-Off
18 18 13 1 1953-09-12 PIT @ STL Al Brazle t 9 2 9
19 19 14 1 1953-09-20 PIT @ NYG Ruben Gomez behind 2-3 t 4 2 123 4 1 9 0.366 78% Home Run; Smith Scores; Koback Scores; Friend Scores
20 20 15 1 1953-09-27 PIT NYG Ruben Gomez b 8 1 9
1954 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
21 21 1 1 1954-08-14 BAL @ CLE Early Wynn tied 0-0 t 8 1 --- 1 1 9 0.279 73% Home Run
22 22 2 1 1954-08-15 (2) BAL @ CLE Mike Garcia behind 0-3 t 8 0 --- 1 1 9 0.063 13% Home Run
23 23 3 1 1954-08-29 (1) BAL @ WSH Spec Shea ahead 7-4 t 9 0 --- 1 1 9 0.016 99% Home Run
24 24 4 1 1954-09-03 BAL @ DET Steve Gromek behind 0-3 t 8 1 --- 1 1 9 0.048 9% Home Run
25 25 5 1 1954-09-20 BAL DET George Zuverink behind 0-2 b 3 1 --- 1 1 9 0.117 39% Home Run
26 26 6 1 1954-09-22 BAL DET Steve Gromek tied 0-0 b 3 1 --- 1 1 9 0.133 66% Home Run
1955 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
27 27 1 1 1955-05-22 (2) BAL @ NYY Tom Sturdivant behind 3-7 t 9 0 1-- 2 9 PH 0.041 7% Home Run; Coan Scores
28 28 2 1 1955-05-28 BAL NYY Eddie Lopat behind 1-3 b 9 1 --- 1 9 PH 0.063 10% Home Run
29 29 3 1 1955-06-03 BAL @ DET Ned Garver tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 1 2 7 0.102 58% Home Run
30 30 4 1 1955-06-05 (2) BAL @ DET George Zuverink tied 1-1 t 3 0 1-- 2 2 7 0.178 72% Home Run; Cox Scores
31 31 5 1 1955-07-17 (2) BAL @ CHW Jack Harshman behind 2-4 t 5 0 --- 1 2 9 0.114 36% Home Run
32 32 6 1 1955-08-16 BAL @ WSH Johnny Schmitz tied 2-2 t 7 1 -2- 2 2 8 0.275 81% Home Run; Palica Scores

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1916 to 2013, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.