Ted Abernathy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: March 6, 1933 in Stanley, NC us

Died: December 16, 2004 in Gastonia, NC

Buried: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, NC

High School: Stanley HS (Stanley, NC)

Debut: April 13, 1955 (Age 22-038d, 11,205th in major league history)
vs. NYY 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 30, 1972 (Age 39-208d)
vs. OAK 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Theodore Wade Abernathy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.9

ERA

3.46

681

149

1148.1

765

WHIP

1.395

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 70 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 9 tying, 21 go ahead

6 Tms
WSH	20
CHC	19
CIN	10
KCR	8
CLE	8
ATL	5

Platoon
vs RHB	35
vs LHB	35

Home/Road
Away	36
Home	34

Outs
0	26
2	24
1	20

21 Opps
SFG	7
KCA	7
DET	7
PIT	6
PHI	6
BOS	5
NYY	4
STL	3
TEX/WSA	3
BAL	3
CLE	3
CIN	2
NYM	2
LAD	2
MON	2
HOU	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
CHC	1
ATL	1
MIL	1

61 Batters
Willie Mays	3
Norm Cash	2
Frank Bolling	2
Willie Stargell	2
Mickey Mantle	2
Vic Power	2
Jim Ray Hart	2
Vic Wertz	2
Johnny Callison	1
Norm Siebern	1
Lou Skizas	1
Frank House	1
Joe Frazier	1
Gates Brown	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Mike Hegan	1
John Briggs	1
Gus Zernial	1
Wes Covington	1
Jim Lefebvre	1
Ted Williams	1
Rusty Staub	1
Jim Wynn	1
Tommy Harper	1
Curt Flood	1
Al Oliver	1
Billy Klaus	1
Gene Alley	1
Bob Bailey	1
Art Shamsky	1
Wayne Causey	1
Bob Gibson	1
Norm Zauchin	1
Frank Robinson	1
Earl Torgeson	1
Don Lock	1
Julián Javier	1
Boog Powell	1
Bob Saverine	1
John Bateman	1
George Mitterwald	1
Jim Busby	1
Tony Kubek	1
Ron Santo	1
Ron Fairly	1
Chico Carrasquel	1
Willie McCovey	1
Roberto Clemente	1
Tony Pérez	1
Cleon Jones	1
Bill Virdon	1
Lee Maye	1
Dick Allen	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Sherm Lollar	1
Jim Gentile	1
Billy Martin	1
Tommy McCraw	1
Ron Stone	1
Tom Grieve	1
Gene Oliver	1

20 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	12
GriffithStad (WAS)	9
ClevelandStd (CLE)	7
Munic. Stad (KAN)	5
3Com Park (SFO)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Crosley Fld (CIN)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
Forbes Fld (PIT)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
Parc Jarry (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	27
9	26
8	6
78	2

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	60
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
1--	18
-2-	8
12-	6
1-3	4
--3	3
123	2

125 Runs
RISP	23
0 on	29
1 on	29
2 on	10
3 on	2
Any on	41

Inning
1	5
2	3
4	3
5	7
6	6
7	6
8	19
9	14
Extra	7

1-3	8
4-6	16
7-end	46

RelScore
+4..	13
+3	2
+2	7
+1	7
Tied	18
-1	8
-2	6
-3	5
-4..	4

Ahead	29
Tied	18
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	13
CF	11
LF	10
RF	9
PH	6
3B	6
C	5
SS	5
2B	4
P	1

OrderPos
4th	16
3rd	14
5th	10
1st	9
7th	6
8th	5
6th	5
9th	3
2nd	2

Leverage
High Lev	24
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1955-04-13	Mickey Mantle	NYY		WSH	ahead 4-0	b 4	2	12-	3	3	8	7%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Ford Scores; G. McDougald Scores
2	2	2	1	1955-05-27	Norm Zauchin	BOS		WSH	ahead 12-0	b 5	2	12-	3	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Goodman Scores; J. Jensen Scores
3	3	3	1	1955-07-10 (2)	Mickey Mantle	NYY	@	WSH	ahead 5-1	t 4	2	1--	2	3	8	7%	95%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Collins Scores
4	4	4	1	1955-07-14 (2)	Chico Carrasquel	CHW		WSH	behind 1-2	b 6	2	---	1	6	6	19%	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	2	1955-07-14 (2)	Sherm Lollar	CHW		WSH	ahead 3-2	b 8	2	1--	2	8	2	12%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Dropo Scores
6	6	6	1	1955-08-15	Ted Williams	BOS		WSH	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	123	4	3	7	9%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Parnell Scores; B. Goodman Scores; B. Klaus Scores
7	7	7	1	1955-08-24	Vic Power	KCA		WSH	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	3	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run
8	8	8	1	1955-08-31	Earl Torgeson	DET		WSH	tied 4-4	b 7	2	1-3	3	4	PH	35%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Tuttle Scores/unER; A. Kaline Scores/unER; E. Torgeson Scores/unER
9	9	9	1	1955-09-21	Billy Martin	NYY	@	WSH	ahead 4-0	t 5	2	12-	3	7	4	8%	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; J. Collins Scores; E. Howard Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1956-09-19	Vic Wertz	CLE		WSH	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	4	3	13%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	2	1	1956-09-30 (2)	Joe Frazier	BAL	@	WSH	ahead 2-1	t 9	1	---	1	4	9	10%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1957-05-07	Frank House	DET		WSH	tied 1-1	b 5	0	1--	2	7	2	21%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Tuttle Scores
13	13	2	2	1957-05-07	Frank Bolling	DET		WSH	ahead 3-1	b 5	2	-2-	2	2	4	12%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Bertoia Scores
14	14	3	1	1957-05-13	Billy Klaus	BOS		WSH	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	10%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	4	1	1957-05-18	Jim Busby	CLE	@	WSH	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	5	1	1957-05-22	Gus Zernial	KCA	@	WSH	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3	2	3	7	13%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. DeMaestri Scores
17	17	6	2	1957-05-22	Vic Power	KCA	@	WSH	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	1	3	14%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Graff Scores
18	18	7	1	1957-06-18	Lou Skizas	KCA	@	WSH	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	5	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
19	19	8	1	1957-06-23 (1)	Vic Wertz	CLE	@	WSH	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	3	16%	68%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Raines Scores
20	20	9	1	1957-09-12	Frank Bolling	DET	@	WSH	ahead 7-4	t 8	0	---	1	8	4	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1963-06-05	Norm Cash	DET	@	CLE	ahead 4-3	t 9	2	---	1	4	3	10%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	2	1	1963-06-19 (1)	Bob Saverine	BAL	@	CLE	behind 1-4	t 7	2	1--	2	8	PH	15%	22%		Home Run; C. Lau Scores
23	23	3	1	1963-08-10	Norm Siebern	KCA	@	CLE	ahead 4-3	t 9	2	--3	2	4	3	12%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Tartabull Scores
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1964-05-06	Boog Powell	BAL	@	CLE	behind 3-7	t 8	1	1--	2	6	7	6%	9%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Siebern Scores
25	25	2	1	1964-06-14 (1)	Jim Gentile	KCA	@	CLE	tied 5-5	t 10	1	---	1	5	3	39%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	3	1	1964-07-16	Wayne Causey	KCA		CLE	ahead 8-7	b 6	0	---	1	1	6	11%	85%		Home Run
27	27	4	1	1964-07-18	Tony Kubek	NYY		CLE	behind 2-4	b 12	2	-2-	2	1	6	49%	53%		Home Run (RF Line); C. Boyer Scores
28	28	5	1	1964-09-09	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	CLE	tied 4-4	t 10	1	1--	2	3	8	43%	93%		Home Run; F. Mantilla Scores
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1965-05-04	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	CHC	tied 3-3	t 9	2	1-3	3	4	9	46%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Rodgers Scores; B. Virdon Scores
30	30	2	1	1965-06-04	Wes Covington	PHI	@	CHC	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	1--	2	5	7	4%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Allen Scores
31	31	3	1	1965-06-20 (2)	Frank Robinson	CIN		CHC	behind 7-8	b 9	0	---	1	4	9	44%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	4	1	1965-07-22	Johnny Callison	PHI	@	CHC	behind 5-10	t 8	1	---	1	3	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	5	1	1965-09-10	Willie McCovey	SFG		CHC	tied 1-1	b 6	1	123	4	5	PH	24%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Alou Scores; W. Mays Scores; J. Hart Scores
34	34	6	1	1965-09-12 (2)	Willie Mays	SFG		CHC	ahead 7-1	b 8	1	-2-	2	3	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Henderson Scores
35	35	7	1	1965-10-02	Gene Alley	PIT		CHC	ahead 1-0	b 8	0	1--	2	8	6
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1966-04-15	Jim Lefebvre	LAD		CHC	behind 1-2	b 8	1	1-3	3	5	5	47%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Parker Scores; R. Fairly Scores
37	37	2	1	1966-05-10	Bob Gibson	STL	@	CHC	ahead 4-0	t 7	2	---	1	9	1	3%	97%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
38	38	3	2	1966-05-10	Curt Flood	STL	@	CHC	ahead 5-0	t 8	0	---	1	3	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	4	1	1966-05-18 (1)	Rusty Staub	HOU	@	CHC	ahead 3-1	t 8	2	-2-	2	5	9	10%	96%		Home Run; S. Jackson Scores
40	40	5	1	1966-05-28	Ron Santo	CHC		ATL	tied 5-5	b 12	2	12-	3	4	5	39%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); G. Beckert Scores; B. Williams Scores
41	41	6	1	1966-06-19	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	ATL	tied 1-1	t 11	0	---	1	4	7	35%	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
42	42	7	1	1966-08-06	John Briggs	PHI		ATL	ahead 5-4	b 8	2	---	1	1	8	8%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	8	1	1966-08-08	Ron Fairly	LAD	@	ATL	behind 4-6	t 8	0	1--	2	6	3	31%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Johnson Scores
44	44	9	1	1966-08-21	Jim Ray Hart	SFG		ATL	ahead 6-4	b 8	2	12-	3	5	5	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Fuentes Scores; W. McCovey Scores
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1967-05-06	Gene Oliver	ATL		CIN	behind 2-4	b 9	0	---	1	6	2	10%	17%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1968-05-01	Willie Mays	SFG		CIN	behind 4-5	b 8	0	---	1	3	8	34%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	2	1	1968-07-12	Jim Ray Hart	SFG	@	CIN	ahead 8-4	t 9	0	1--	2	5	5	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Bonds Scores
48	48	3	1	1968-07-23	Bill Virdon	PIT		CIN	behind 3-5	b 9	1	1--	2	9	PH	48%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Pagán Scores
49	49	4	1	1968-07-29 (1)	Dick Allen	PHI		CIN	behind 3-6	b 8	0	---	1	4	7	6%	12%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	5	2	1968-07-29 (1)	Don Lock	PHI		CIN	behind 4-6	b 8	1	1--	2	7	8	42%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Joseph Scores
51	51	6	1	1968-09-02	Julián Javier	STL	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 10	0	---	1	7	4	36%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	7	1	1968-09-14	Bobby Bonds	SFG		CIN	ahead 6-0	b 6	2	12-	3	1	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Dietz Scores; H. Lanier Scores
53	53	8	1	1968-09-22	Jim Wynn	HOU		CIN	ahead 4-0	b 7	0	1--	2	3	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); H. Torres Scores
54	54	9	1	1968-09-27	Willie Mays	SFG	@	CIN	tied 2-2	t 15	0	---	1	3	8	36%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1969-06-15 (1)	Tony Pérez	CIN		CHC	behind 3-4	b 6	0	1--	2	6	5	30%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Bench Scores
56	56	2	1	1969-06-22 (1)	Bob Bailey	MON	@	CHC	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	-2-	2	4	3	14%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Staub Scores
57	57	3	1	1969-06-26	Roberto Clemente	PIT	@	CHC	tied 3-3	t 8	0	1--	2	3	9	30%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Jeter Scores
58	58	4	1	1969-07-09	Cleon Jones	NYM		CHC	ahead 3-0	b 7	1	---	1	3	7	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
59	59	5	1	1969-07-11	Ron Stone	PHI	@	CHC	behind 4-5	t 9	1	---	1	7	9	35%	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	6	1	1969-07-16	Art Shamsky	NYM	@	CHC	ahead 7-5	t 8	2	1--	2	4	9	11%	96%		Home Run; C. Jones Scores/unER; A. Shamsky Scores/unER
61	61	7	1	1969-09-06	Al Oliver	PIT	@	CHC	ahead 9-3	t 5	2	--3	2	4	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Alou Scores
62	62	8	1	1969-09-15	John Bateman	MON		CHC	ahead 6-1	b 5	2	-2-	2	7	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Laboy Scores
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1970-07-28	Norm Cash	DET		KCR	behind 4-5	b 8	0	1--	2	5	3	48%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Brown Scores
64	64	2	1	1970-08-07 (2)	Mike Hegan	MIL	@	KCR	behind 1-7	t 8	0	---	1	4	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	3	1	1970-08-18	Lee Maye	WSA		KCR	behind 5-9	b 7	1	1-3	3	9	PH	19%	29%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Brinkman Scores; T. Cullen Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1971-06-08	Tommy McCraw	WSA	@	KCR	behind 1-4	t 9	0	---	1	4	PH	4%	6%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	2	1	1971-07-11 (1)	George Mitterwald	MIN		KCR	behind 4-5	b 9	1	---	1	8	2	47%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	3	1	1971-07-28	Gates Brown	DET		KCR	behind 4-7	b 9	1	1--	2	1	7	6%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. McAuliffe Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1972-06-04 (1)	Tommy Harper	BOS	@	KCR	behind 4-7	t 9	1	---	1	1	8	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	2	1	1972-09-04	Tom Grieve	TEX		KCR	behind 2-4	b 9	0	---	1	5	7	9%	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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