Paul Abbott

Q: When was Paul Abbott born?

Paul Abbott was born on September 15, 1967.

Q: Where was Paul Abbott born?

Paul Abbott was born in Van Nuys, CA .

Q: How tall is Paul Abbott?

Paul Abbott is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Paul Abbott weigh when playing?

Paul Abbott weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Paul Abbott in the Hall of Fame?

Paul Abbott has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Paul Abbott drafted?

Paul Abbott was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sunny Hills HS (Fullerton, CA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Paul Abbott have?

Paul Abbott had 496 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Paul Abbott played for?

Paul Abbott played for 6 teams; the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Q: When did Paul Abbott retire?

Paul Abbott last played in 2004.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 185lb (190cm, 83kg)

Born: September 15, 1967 in Van Nuys, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sunny Hills HS (Fullerton, CA).

High School: Sunny Hills HS (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: August 21, 1990 (Age 22-340d, 15,825th in major league history)
vs. KCR 3.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 7 ER, L

Last Game: August 7, 2004 (Age 36-327d)
vs. LAD 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 9 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

Full Name: Paul David Abbott

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

ERA

4.92

162

112

720.2

496

WHIP

1.492

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1985	17	MIN-min	Rk	1	5	.167	6.94	10	10	0	1	0	0	35.0	33	32	27	3	32	0	34	0	1	7				1.857	8.5	0.8	8.2	8.7	1.06	ELZ APPY
1986	18	MIN-min	A	6	10	.375	4.50	25	15	7	1	0	0	98.0	102	62	49	13	73	3	73	2	0	7				1.786	9.4	1.2	6.7	6.7	1.00	KSH MIDW
1987	19	MIN-min	A	13	6	.684	3.65	26	25	0	1	0	0	145.1	102	76	59	11	103	0	138	3	2	11				1.411	6.3	0.7	6.4	8.5	1.34	KSH MIDW
1988	20	MIN-min	A	11	9	.550	4.18	28	28	0	4	2	0	172.1	141	95	80	9	143	5	205	4	9	12				1.648	7.4	0.5	7.5	10.7	1.43	VIS CALL
1989	21	MIN-min	AA	9	3	.750	4.37	17	17	0	1	0	0	90.2	71	48	44	6	48	0	102	0	7	7				1.313	7.0	0.6	4.8	10.1	2.13	ORL SOUL
1990	22	MIN-min	AAA	5	14	.263	4.56	23	23	0	4	1	0	128.1	110	75	65	9	82	0	129	1	5	8				1.496	7.7	0.6	5.8	9.0	1.57	POR PCL
1990	22	MIN	AL	0	5	.000	5.97	7	7	0	0	0	0	34.2	37	24	23	0	28	0	25	1	0	1	162	70	3.88	1.875	9.6	0.0	7.3	6.5	0.89
1991	23	MIN-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.89	8	8	0	1	1	0	44.0	36	19	19	2	28	0	40	3	0	1	193			1.455	7.4	0.4	5.7	8.2	1.43	POR PCL
1991	23	MIN	AL	3	1	.750	4.75	15	3	1	0	0	0	47.1	38	27	25	5	36	1	43	0	0	5	210	90	4.69	1.563	7.2	1.0	6.8	8.2	1.19
1992	24	MIN-min	AAA	4	1	.800	2.33	7	7	0	0	0	0	46.1	30	13	12	2	31	0	46	0	0	0	191			1.317	5.8	0.4	6.0	8.9	1.48	POR PCL
1992	24	MIN	AL	0	0		3.27	6	0	5	0	0	0	11.0	12	4	4	1	5	0	13	1	0	1	50	127	3.24	1.545	9.8	0.8	4.1	10.6	2.60
1993	25	CLE-min	AA,AAA	4	6	.400	4.58	17	16	0	1	0	0	94.1	97	50	48	8	35	2	98	1	0	10	406			1.399	9.3	0.8	3.3	9.3	2.80	CAK,CHR EL,IL
1993	25	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	6.38	5	5	0	0	0	0	18.1	19	15	13	5	11	1	7	0	0	1	84	69	7.57	1.636	9.3	2.5	5.4	3.4	0.64

1994	26	KCR-min	AAA	4	1	.800	4.87	15	10	4	0	0	0	57.1	57	32	31	8	45	0	48	2	0	3	262			1.779	8.9	1.3	7.1	7.5	1.07	OMA AA
1995	27	CHC-min	AAA	7	7	.500	3.67	46	11	7	0	0	0	115.1	104	50	47	12	64	4	127	0	0	12	498			1.457	8.1	0.9	5.0	9.9	1.98	IWA AA
1996	28	SDP-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.18	28	0	14	0	0	7	28.0	27	14	13	4	12	4	37	1	0	4	124			1.393	8.7	1.3	3.9	11.9	3.08	LVG PCL
1997	29	SEA-min	AAA,Rk	8	4	.667	3.83	20	17	0	3	0	0	103.1	80	50	44	11	36	1	130	6	0	9	426			1.123	7.0	1.0	3.1	11.3	3.61	TAC,MRE PCL,ARIZ
1998	30	SEA-min	AAA,Rk	1	0	1.000	1.00	4	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	10	2	2	2	5	0	26	1	0	0	68			0.833	5.0	1.0	2.5	13.0	5.20	TAC,MRE PCL,ARIZ
1998	30	SEA	AL	3	1	.750	4.01	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.2	24	11	11	2	10	0	22	0	0	3	105	115	3.63	1.378	8.8	0.7	3.6	8.0	2.20
1999	31	SEA-min	AAA	1	1	.500	6.43	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	21	11	10	1	4	0	10	1	0	0	63			1.786	13.5	0.6	2.6	6.4	2.50	TAC PCL
1999	31	SEA	AL	6	2	.750	3.10	25	7	8	0	0	0	72.2	50	31	25	9	32	3	68	0	0	2	298	161	4.19	1.128	6.2	1.1	4.0	8.4	2.13
2000	32	SEA	AL	9	7	.563	4.22	35	27	2	0	0	0	179.0	164	89	84	23	80	4	100	5	0	3	766	109	5.11	1.363	8.2	1.2	4.0	5.0	1.25
2001	33	SEA-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	4	1	0	0	18			1.250	2.3	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	TAC PCL
2001	33	SEA	AL	17	4	.810	4.25	28	27	0	1	0	0	163.0	145	79	77	21	87	5	118	7	0	11	710	97	5.01	1.423	8.0	1.2	4.8	6.5	1.36
2002	34	SEA-min	AAA,A+	0	1	.000	3.95	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.2	16	10	6	3	5	0	13	0	0	0	60			1.537	10.5	2.0	3.3	8.6	2.60	TAC,SBR PCL,CALL
2002	34	SEA	AL	1	3	.250	11.96	7	5	1	0	0	0	26.1	40	36	35	5	20	0	22	1	0	2	137	36	6.15	2.278	13.7	1.7	6.8	7.5	1.10
2003	35	ARI-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.95	11	8	1	1	1	0	54.2	63	29	24	3	12	0	50	4	0	3	242			1.372	10.4	0.5	2.0	8.2	4.17	TUC PCL
2003	35	KCR	AL	1	2	.333	5.29	10	8	0	0	0	0	47.2	47	29	28	8	26	2	32	2	0	2	214	93	5.63	1.531	8.9	1.5	4.9	6.0	1.23
2004	36	PHI-min	AAA	1	2	.333	6.15	5	5	0	1	0	0	26.1	26	18	18	4	17	0	19	2	0	1	119			1.633	8.9	1.4	5.8	6.5	1.12	SWB IL
2004	36	TOT	MLB	3	11	.214	6.47	20	19	0	0	0	0	96.0	106	76	69	22	58	1	46	4	0	6	451	70	7.01	1.708	9.9	2.1	5.4	4.3	0.79
2004	36	TBD	AL	2	5	.286	6.70	10	9	0	0	0	0	47.0	49	39	35	8	27	0	25	3	0	3	222	68	6.11	1.617	9.4	1.5	5.2	4.8	0.93
2004	36	PHI	NL	1	6	.143	6.24	10	10	0	0	0	0	49.0	57	37	34	14	31	1	21	1	0	3	229	72	7.87	1.796	10.5	2.6	5.7	3.9	0.68
11 Yrs				43	37	.538	4.92	162	112	17	1	0	0	720.2	682	421	394	101	393	17	496	21	0	37	3187	91	5.22	1.492	8.5	1.3	4.9	6.2	1.26
162 Game Avg.				11	9	.538	4.92	40	28	4	0	0	0	179	169	104	98	25	98	4	123	5	0	9	791	91	5.22	1.492	8.5	1.3	4.9	6.2	1.26

SEA (5 yrs)				36	17	.679	4.48	99	70	11	1	0	0	465.2	423	246	232	60	229	12	330	13	0	21	2016	100	4.91	1.400	8.2	1.2	4.4	6.4	1.44
MIN (3 yrs)				3	6	.333	5.03	28	10	6	0	0	0	93.0	87	55	52	6	69	1	81	2	0	7	422	84	4.22	1.677	8.4	0.6	6.7	7.8	1.17
KCR (1 yr)				1	2	.333	5.29	10	8	0	0	0	0	47.2	47	29	28	8	26	2	32	2	0	2	214	93	5.63	1.531	8.9	1.5	4.9	6.0	1.23
TBD (1 yr)				2	5	.286	6.70	10	9	0	0	0	0	47.0	49	39	35	8	27	0	25	3	0	3	222	68	6.11	1.617	9.4	1.5	5.2	4.8	0.93
PHI (1 yr)				1	6	.143	6.24	10	10	0	0	0	0	49.0	57	37	34	14	31	1	21	1	0	3	229	72	7.87	1.796	10.5	2.6	5.7	3.9	0.68
CLE (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.38	5	5	0	0	0	0	18.1	19	15	13	5	11	1	7	0	0	1	84	69	7.57	1.636	9.3	2.5	5.4	3.4	0.64

AL (11 yrs)				42	31	.575	4.82	152	102	17	1	0	0	671.2	625	384	360	87	362	16	475	20	0	34	2958	93	5.02	1.469	8.4	1.2	4.9	6.4	1.31
NL (1 yr)				1	6	.143	6.24	10	10	0	0	0	0	49.0	57	37	34	14	31	1	21	1	0	3	229	72	7.87	1.796	10.5	2.6	5.7	3.9	0.68

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Paul Abbott?

Paul Abbott is 56 years old.

When was Paul Abbott born?

Paul Abbott was born on September 15, 1967.

Where was Paul Abbott born?

Paul Abbott was born in Van Nuys, CA.

How tall is Paul Abbott?

Paul Abbott is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much did Paul Abbott weigh when playing?

Paul Abbott weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Paul Abbott play?

Paul Abbott played 11 seasons.

Is Paul Abbott in the Hall of Fame?

Paul Abbott has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Paul Abbott drafted?

Paul Abbott was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sunny Hills HS (Fullerton, CA).

What position did Paul Abbott play?

Paul Abbott was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Paul Abbott have?

Paul Abbott had 496 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Paul Abbott played for?

Paul Abbott played for 6 teams; the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

When did Paul Abbott retire?

Paul Abbott last played in 2004.

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