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Cal
Abrams		  
Nickname: Abie
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: March 2, 1924 in Usa, PA, PHILADELPHIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1958   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1950 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1951 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1952 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1953 29 SEM AL $ 2,385,714   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1954 30 SEM AL $ 2,480,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1955 31 SEM AL $ 2,480,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1956 32 SEM AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 7 10 10 10 6 7 7
1957 33 SEM AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 7 7 7 9 10 10 6 6 6
1958 34 SEM AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 10 5 6 6
1959 35 SEM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 7 10 10 10 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1949 25 CIN NL 92 262 44 62 9 0 9 30 1 0 54 52 .237 .364 .374 .738 41.3 5.9
    AAA   26 90 29 34 6 0 14 37 2 2 22 10 .378 .500 .911 1.411 33.3  
1950 26 CIN NL 156 469 72 124 17 4 5 51 0 2 106 82 .264 .399 .350 .749 72.0 7.8
1951 27 CIN NL 133 432 74 114 14 3 12 65 8 4 90 95 .264 .388 .394 .781 72.9 10.1
1952 28 CIN NL 155 585 81 148 27 5 7 50 8 7 95 102 .253 .359 .352 .711 77.2 11.1
1953 29 CIN NL 49 166 26 46 6 1 3 20 1 0 28 23 .277 .381 .380 .761 23.8 3.9
  SEM AL 53 77 13 27 6 2 3 19 0 0 9 11 .351 .419 .597 1.016 16.1 4.0
  TOT   102 243 39 73 12 3 6 39 1 0 37 34 .300 .393 .449 .841 39.9 7.9
1954 30 SEM AL 102 203 30 45 9 1 3 19 0 0 41 43 .222 .351 .320 .671 23.6 2.6
1955 31 SEM AL 42 137 17 34 3 0 2 11 0 0 27 33 .248 .372 .314 .686 18.8 2.6
    AAA   98 365 69 120 19 2 15 46 8 8 73 70 .329 .441 .515 .956 79.5  
1956 32 SEM AL 154 569 93 160 32 5 11 66 0 0 113 113 .281 .403 .413 .816 99.2 22.1
1957 33 SEM AL 90 273 52 78 16 2 5 23 0 0 44 59 .286 .387 .414 .801 44.1 9.3
1958 34 SEM AL 148 520 74 130 29 2 5 46 0 0 76 106 .250 .348 .342 .691 63.8 9.9
1959 35 SEM AL 115 347 40 63 13 3 1 21 0 0 49 106 .182 .285 .245 .530 24.9 0.0
    AAA   2 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 1.0  
11 Years Sim 1289 4040 616 1031 181 28 66 421 18 13 732 825 .255 .370 .363 .733 577.7 89.1
3 Years AAA 126 461 99 156 25 2 29 85 10 10 96 80 .338 .453 .590 1.043 113.8  
162 Game Average 507 77 129 22 3 8 52 2 1 91 103 .255 .370 .363 .733 72.6  
Career Highs 156 585 93 160 32 5 12 66 8 7 113 113 .300 .403 .449 .841 99.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2784 454 726 125 18 51 289 13 7 524 518 .261 .378 .374 .752 428.9
vs LH   1256 162 305 56 10 15 132 5 6 208 307 .243 .351 .339 .690 162.7
Home 646 2001 295 512 102 12 35 210 9 9 364 395 .256 .370 .371 .742 297.4
Away 643 2039 321 519 79 16 31 211 9 4 368 430 .255 .370 .355 .724 294.2
RISP   877 0 239 34 5 14 326 0 0 183 210 .273 .394 .371 .765 143.8
Pinch Hitting   197 18 53 11 2 4 36 0 0 35 42 .269 .382 .406 .788 31.8
Close/Late   511 77 141 23 1 11 66 0 0 93 108 .276 .390 .389 .779 82.5
Mar/Apr 210 675 106 176 28 5 9 68 3 2 117 135 .261 .371 .357 .728 97.1
May 230 698 107 195 38 3 13 89 1 3 137 129 .279 .400 .398 .798 117.2
June 186 598 84 138 31 6 6 54 3 1 103 130 .231 .343 .333 .676 75.8
July 206 656 93 167 28 7 11 76 3 1 121 145 .255 .372 .369 .741 98.2
August 235 702 105 173 25 2 11 56 4 4 137 150 .246 .368 .335 .702 98.7
Sep/Oct 222 711 121 182 31 5 16 78 4 2 117 136 .256 .362 .381 .743 104.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1949 25 CIN NL RF 82 79 644.7 135 5 6 1 .959 1.95   1.4
    CF 5 0 7.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.14    
1950 26 CIN NL CF 121 113 1027.3 288 10 2 3 .993 2.61   4.1
    LF 16 2 48.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.92    
    RF 6 2 30.3 6 0 1 0 .857 1.78    
1951 27 CIN NL CF 79 69 602.3 170 6 2 0 .989 2.63   2.9
    LF 45 41 371.3 79 3 0 0 1.000 1.99    
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1952 28 CIN NL RF 152 151 1348.7 287 9 8 1 .974 1.98   1.0
1953 29 CIN NL RF 24 23 294.2 75 2 2 0 .975 2.36   0.8
    LF 3 2 31.9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
    CF 5 0 11.8 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.05   0.0
  SEM AL RF 26 25 129.8 33 1 1 0 .971 2.36   0.5
    LF 4 3 14.1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.0
    CF 5 0 5.2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.0
  TOT   RF 50 48 424.0 108 3 3 0 .974 2.36   1.2
      LF 7 5 46.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.0
      CF 10 0 17.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.0
1954 30 SEM AL CF 40 35 306.0 79 2 0 0 1.000 2.38   0.8
    RF 9 9 77.7 19 1 1 0 .952 2.32    
    LF 3 3 20.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1955 31 SEM AL CF 33 32 282.7 85 3 1 1 .989 2.80   0.4
    RF 2 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1956 32 SEM AL CF 141 136 1226.0 328 7 3 3 .991 2.46   3.3
    LF 11 10 88.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.94    
1957 33 SEM AL CF 65 61 538.7 137 0 3 0 .979 2.29   2.1
    RF 8 4 42.3 10 0 1 0 .909 2.13    
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 34 SEM AL CF 137 132 1184.7 348 4 5 2 .986 2.67   4.5
    LF 3 1 24.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1959 35 SEM AL CF 81 80 657.3 175 7 1 3 .995 2.49   2.5
    LF 10 5 58.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.09    
    1B 6 6 50.0 47 8 2 4 .965 9.90   0.0
    RF 5 3 29.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.84    
  CF 712 658 5849.3 1621 39 17 12 .990 2.55   20.5
  RF 316 297 2612.0 571 18 20 2 .967 2.03   3.6
  LF 97 67 662.0 131 5 0 0 1.000 1.85   0.0
  1B 6 6 50.0 47 8 2 4 .965 9.90   0.0
Career Totals   1131 1028 9173.3 2370 70 39 18 .984 2.39   24.1
Career Highs   152 151 1348.7 356 16 8 7 .992 2.83    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1953 29 SEM AL 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1957 33 SEM AL 4 12 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 .167 .231 .417 .647
Career Post-Season Batting 7 16 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 .125 .176 .313 .489
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1956-4-.403
 XR
1956-8-99.2
 Games
1950-3-156
1952-8-155
 At-Bats
1952-4-585
 Singles
1956-10-112
 Triples
1952-9-5
1956-8-5
Caught Stealing
1952-8-7
 Walks
1950-8-106
1956-3-113
1958-10-76
 Strikeouts
1950-10-82
1951-8-95
1952-7-102
1956-10-113
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Al Pilarcik (942)
  4. Dee Moore (928)
  5. Rick Peters (927)
  6. Connie Ryan (924)
  7. Enos Slaughter (922)
  8. John Hale (922)
  9. Jerry Morales (918)
  10. Peanuts Lowrey (916)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1949
Had first career hit (double) on 5/3/1949, off Don Newcombe (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/16/1949, off Red Embree (NYG)
Injured on 4/19/1951 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/2/1951 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/4/1951 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,385,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cincinnati to Seattle on 6/1/1953 (Going to CIN: LF Eddie Lukon. Going to SEM: RF Cal Abrams, P Johnny Klippstein)
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,480,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,480,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/4/1955 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
7/1/1955: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $6,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 5/11/1957 with a Fractured Hand, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 7/6/1957 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1958
10/22/1958: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $4,160,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by Seattle on 10/3/1959
 
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