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Ted
Abernathy		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: March 6, 1933 in Usa, NC, STANLEY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1960   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 22 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1956 23 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1957 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 8 8
1958 25 DET AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 8 8 8
1959 26 DET AL $ 870,000 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1960 27 DET AL $ 870,000 6 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 7 7
1961 28 DET AL $ 874,286 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1962 29 CLN NL   6 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1963 30 WOR AL $ 380,000 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 8 8 8
1964 31 WOR AL $ 380,000 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1965 32 KCR AL $ 380,000 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1966 33 KCR AL $ 380,000 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 874,286 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 9 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 25 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 26 DET AL $ 870,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 27 DET AL $ 870,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 28 DET AL $ 874,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 29 CLN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 30 WOR AL $ 380,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 31 WOR AL $ 380,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 32 KCR AL $ 380,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 33 KCR AL $ 380,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 874,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1955 22 NYG NL 3 2 .600 16 0 0 0 2 18.3 18 10 2 13 8 4.91 .273 .395 .455 .850 1.5
    AAA   6 6 .500 39 0 0 0 16 46.3 45 21 2 31 42 4.08 .253 .364 .326 .689  
1956 23 NYG NL 6 9 .400 53 1 0 0 20 71.3 80 45 6 45 37 5.68 .289 .392 .426 .818 1.9
1957 24 NYG NL 2 2 .500 29 0 0 0 5 26.7 33 23 4 17 15 7.76 .300 .394 .500 .894 0.0
1958 25 NYG NL 8 2 .800 46 6 1 1 3 48.7 50 21 3 26 23 3.88 .263 .355 .368 .723 4.4
  DET AL 3 2 .600 17 2 0 0 2 57.7 61 23 4 27 39 3.59 .270 .350 .389 .740 4.3
  TOT   11 4 .733 63 8 1 1 5 106.3 111 44 7 53 62 3.72 .267 .352 .380 .732 8.7
1959 26 DET AL 8 12 .400 78 8 0 0 12 140.3 149 75 16 64 88 4.81 .271 .348 .418 .766 5.1
1960 27 DET AL 9 9 .500 76 0 0 0 7 87.7 83 37 9 37 52 3.80 .252 .335 .377 .712 8.3
1961 28 DET AL 2 2 .500 68 0 0 0 9 73.3 77 46 15 28 45 5.65 .272 .339 .498 .837 1.0
1962 29 CLN NL 2 4 .333 26 0 0 0 2 25.7 38 23 2 10 11 8.07 .342 .397 .486 .883 0.0
    AAA   1 1 .500 5 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 6 1 3 2 10.80 .400 .478 .700 1.178  
1963 30 AAA   6 5 .545 50 0 0 0 1 68.7 80 34 5 32 63 4.46 .295 .370 .417 .787  
1964 31 WOR AL 1 1 .500 12 0 0 0 0 16.3 26 13 3 9 10 7.16 .366 .438 .507 .945 0.0
    AAA   1 5 .167 32 0 0 0 2 38.0 43 28 5 16 27 6.63 .297 .366 .469 .835  
    A   3 0 1.000 38 0 0 0 9 40.0 22 3 1 11 38 0.68 .172 .237 .219 .456  
1965 32 A   2 2 .500 13 6 0 0 2 57.0 36 9 1 16 73 1.42 .177 .237 .232 .469  
1966 33 A   13 6 .684 24 24 0 0 0 169.7 138 46 8 55 187 2.44 .217 .279 .290 .569  
9 Years Sim 44 45 .494 421 17 1 1 62 566.0 615 316 64 276 328 5.03 .278 .360 .427 .788 26.6
4 Years AAA 14 17 .452 126 0 0 0 19 158.0 176 89 13 82 134 5.07 .287 .371 .412 .783  
3 Years A 18 8 .692 75 30 0 0 11 266.7 196 58 10 82 298 1.96 .202 .265 .269 .533  
7 Years Minors 32 25 .561 201 30 0 0 30 424.7 372 147 23 164 432 3.12 .235 .307 .324 .631  
Season Average 4 5 .444 46 1 0 0 6 62.9 68 35 7 30 36 5.03 .278 .360 .427 .788  
Career Highs 11 12 .733 78 8 1 1 20 140.3 149 75 16 64 88 8.07 .366 .438 .507 .945  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   313 160 28 150 209   .257 .339 .387 .726
vs LH   302 156 36 126 119   .303 .381 .477 .858
Home 25 19 .568 215 9 1 1 24 310.6 318 154 35 146 170 4.46 .263 .343 .419 .762
Away 19 26 .422 206 8 0 0 39 255.3 297 162 29 130 158 5.71 .295 .376 .437 .813
Mar/Apr 8 6 .571 69 0 0 0 14 79.6 68 30 7 36 52 3.39 .226 .309 .339 .647
May 7 11 .389 79 0 0 0 10 95.7 97 47 8 38 45 4.42 .267 .337 .388 .725
June 6 4 .600 68 0 0 0 9 78.0 87 48 12 39 50 5.54 .280 .360 .469 .829
July 8 8 .500 76 1 0 0 13 78.6 95 61 5 52 32 6.98 .300 .398 .426 .824
August 9 8 .529 73 7 0 0 12 122.6 133 70 20 55 82 5.14 .276 .350 .469 .819
Sep/Oct 6 8 .429 56 9 1 1 4 111.3 135 60 12 56 67 4.85 .308 .386 .446 .832
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
1955 22 NYG NL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1956 23 NYG NL 53 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0
1958 25 NYG NL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  DET AL 17 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .143 .133 .143 .276 0.3 0.0
  TOT   63 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .143 .133 .143 .276 0.3 0.0
1959 26 DET AL 78 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .158 .200 .158 .358 0.4 0.0
1960 27 DET AL 76 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0
1962 29 CLN NL 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0
1964 31 WOR AL 12 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0
7 Years Sim 324 54 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 19 .130 .172 .130 .302 0.8 0.0
162 Game Average 27 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .130 .172 .130 .302 0.4  
Career Highs 78 19 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4  
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   37 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .135 .175 .135 .310 -0.2
vs LH   17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .118 .167 .118 .284 -0.1
Home 164 32 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .125 .147 .125 .272 -0.7
Away 134 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .136 .208 .136 .345 0.4
RISP   12 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .167 .154 .167 .321 0.0
Close/Late   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Mar/Apr 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
May 40 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.7
June 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 41 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6
August 32 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .214 .267 .214 .481 0.8
Sep/Oct 33 21 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .143 .136 .143 .279 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1955 22 NYG NL P 16 0 18.3 0 8 0 3 1.000 3.93    
1956 23 NYG NL P 53 1 71.3 11 15 0 0 1.000 3.28    
1957 24 NYG NL P 29 0 26.7 4 7 1 0 .917 3.71    
1958 25 NYG NL P 46 6 48.7 3 9 1 0 .923 2.22    
  DET AL P 17 2 57.7 3 11 2 0 .875 2.19    
  TOT   P 63 8 106.3 6 20 3 0 .897 2.20    
1959 26 DET AL P 78 8 140.3 8 31 1 2 .975 2.50    
1960 27 DET AL P 76 0 87.7 7 11 0 0 1.000 1.85    
1961 28 DET AL P 68 0 73.3 7 14 1 1 .955 2.58    
1962 29 CLN NL P 26 0 25.7 2 10 0 2 1.000 4.21    
1964 31 WOR AL P 12 0 16.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.20    
Career Totals   421 17 566.0 46 119 6 8 .965 2.62    
Career Highs   78 8 140.3 11 31 3 3 1.000 4.21    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1956 23 NYG NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 4 2 1 1 2 10.84 .444 .500 .778 1.278
1957 24 NYG NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 1 0 2 0 9.00 .400 .571 .400 .971
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 2.7 6 3 1 3 2 10.15 .429 .529 .643 1.172
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1956-2-20
1959-6-12
1960-10-7
1961-10-9
 Games Pitched
1959-4-78
1960-7-76
1961-8-68
 Shutouts
1958-9-1
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Hank Johnson (960)
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  4. Jack Banta (954)
  5. Bruce Berenyi (953)
  6. Dick Conger (951)
  7. Hal Kelleher (950)
  8. Al Aber (950)
  9. Eddie Erautt (949)
  10. Jim Coates (949)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 44th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1955
Injured on 5/30/1955 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 7/31/1955
Had first career hit on 7/18/1956, off Bob Grim (BSN)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 7/31/1958 (Going to NYG: P Bob Grim, P Buddy Lively, P Hal Brown. Going to DET: P Ted Abernathy, P Curt Simmons)
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $874,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/2/1961 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/4/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $701,390 per year
Released by Cleveland (N) on 10/3/1962
Signed as a free agent by Worcester on 2/20/1963 to a 4-year deal worth $380,000 per year
Injured on 5/31/1963 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 5/24/1964 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
6/1/1965: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
 
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