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Jim Abbott | Major Leaguer 1989-1999

Full Name: James Anthony Abbott
Born: September 19,1967 in Flint, Michigan
Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Central (Flint,MI)
College: University of Michigan

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Debut: April 8,1989

Drafted: Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in 36th Round (826th overall) of 1985 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by California Angels in 1st Round (8th overall) of 1988 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Dec 6,1992] - Traded by Angels to Yankees for Russ Springer, Jerry Nielsen and J.T. Snow. [Dec 23,1994] - Granted Free Agency. [Apr 8,1995] - Signed as Free Agent by White Sox. [Jul 27,1995] - Traded by White Sox with Tim Fortugno to Angels for Bill Simas, Andrew Lorraine, John Snyder and McKay Christensen. [Oct 31,1995] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 9,1996] - Signed as Free Agent by Angels. [Mar 31,1997] - Released by Angels. [May 27,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by White Sox. [Nov 5,1998] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 27,1999] - Signed as Free Agent by Brewers. [Jul 23,1999] - Released by Brewers.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1986	Michigan	NCAA	18		NCAA	6	2	4.11	14	10	1	1		0	50.1		34	23		34	44			---	---	6.08	7.87		--
1987	Michigan	NCAA	19		NCAA	11	3	2.08	15	15	4	3		0	86.1		24	20		39	60			---	---	4.07	6.25		--
1988	Michigan	NCAA	20		NCAA	9	3	3.33	17	16	8	2		0	97.1		54	36		56	82			---	---	5.18	7.58		--
1989	California	AL	21	Cal	MLB	12	12	3.92	29	29	4	2	0	0	181.1	190	95	79	13	74	115	8	2	9.43	0.65	3.67	5.71	1.46	54%
1990	California	AL	22	Cal	MLB	10	14	4.51	33	33	4	1	0	0	211.2	246	116	106	16	72	105	4	3	10.46	0.68	3.06	4.46	1.50	54%
1991	California	AL	23	Cal	MLB	18	11	2.89	34	34	5	1	0	0	243.0	222	85	78	14	73	158	1	4	8.22	0.52	2.70	5.85	1.21	53%
1992	California	AL	24	Cal	MLB	7	15	2.77	29	29	7	0	0	0	211.0	208	73	65	12	68	130	2	0	8.87	0.51	2.90	5.55	1.31	53%
1993	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	11	14	4.37	32	32	4	1	0	0	214.0	221	115	104	22	73	95	9	0	9.29	0.93	3.07	4.00	1.37	55%
1994	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	9	8	4.55	24	24	2	0	0	0	160.1	167	88	81	24	64	90	8	1	9.37	1.35	3.59	5.05	1.44	49%
1995	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	6	4	3.36	17	17	3	0	0	0	112.1	116	50	42	10	35	45	0	0	9.29	0.80	2.80	3.61	1.34	50%
	California	AL	27	Cal	MLB	5	4	4.15	13	13	1	1	0	0	84.2	93	43	39	4	29	41	1	0	9.89	0.43	3.08	4.36	1.44	54%
1996	Vancouver	PCL	28	Cal	AAA	0	2	3.41	4	4	1	0	0	0	29.0	16	12	11	3	20	20	2	0	4.97	0.93	6.21	6.21	1.24	--
	California	AL	28	Cal	MLB	2	18	7.48	27	23	1	0	2	0	142.0	171	128	118	23	78	58	13	1	10.84	1.46	4.94	3.68	1.75	52%
1998	Hickory	SAL	30	Chw	A	0	0	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	6.75	0.00	4.50	4.50	1.25	--
	Winst-Salm	Caro	30	Chw	A+	2	1	5.40	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.2	17	13	13	2	7	13	4	0	7.06	0.83	2.91	5.40	1.11	--
	Birmingham	Sou	30	Chw	AA	2	3	5.40	8	8	0	0	0	0	41.2	53	33	25	2	21	35	5	0	11.45	0.43	4.54	7.56	1.78	--
	Calgary	PCL	30	Chw	AAA	2	2	2.61	5	5	1	0	0	0	31.0	31	9	9	1	9	20	2	0	9.00	0.29	2.61	5.81	1.29	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	5	0	4.55	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.2	35	16	16	2	12	14	0	0	9.95	0.57	3.41	3.98	1.48	69%
1999	Milwaukee	NL	31	Mil	MLB	2	8	6.91	20	15	0	0	3	0	82.0	110	71	63	14	42	37	7	0	12.07	1.54	4.61	4.06	1.85	--

Major League Totals - 10 Season(s)						87	108	4.25	263	254	31	6	5	0	1,674.0	1779	880	791	154	620	888	53	11	9.56	0.83	3.33	4.77	1.43	53%
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)						6	8	4.18	22	22	2	0	0	0	127.1	120	68	59	8	59	90	13	0	8.50	0.57	4.18	6.37	1.41	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1989	California	AL	21	Cal	MLB	p	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1990	California	AL	22	Cal	MLB	p	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1991	California	AL	23	Cal	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1992	California	AL	24	Cal	MLB	p	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1993	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1994	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	p	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	California	AL	27	Cal	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	p	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	California	AL	28	Cal	MLB	p	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1998	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	p	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1999	Milwaukee	NL	31	Mil	MLB	p		18	21	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	0	0	3	0	1	.095	.095	.095	190	--

Major League Totals - 10 Season(s)								261	21	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	0	0	3	0	1	.095	.095	.095	190	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1989	California	AL	21	Cal	MLB	P	29		181.1	6	26	3	35	1	-	-	-	.914	1.59

1990	California	AL	22	Cal	MLB	P	33		211.2	8	36	1	45	4	-	-	-	.978	1.87

1991	California	AL	23	Cal	MLB	P	34		243	19	46	2	67	3	-	-	-	.970	2.41

1992	California	AL	24	Cal	MLB	P	29		211	11	35	0	46	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.96

1993	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	P	32		214	4	42	1	47	3	-	-	-	.979	1.93

1994	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	P	24		160.1	8	23	1	32	1	-	-	-	.969	1.74

1995	California	AL	27	Cal	MLB	P	13		84.2	3	16	0	19	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.02
1995	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	P	17		112.1	5	16	0	21	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.68

1996	Vancouver	PCL	28	Cal	AAA	P	4			1	6	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1996	California	AL	28	Cal	MLB	P	27		142	3	27	0	30	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.90

1998	Hickory	SAL	30	Chw	A	P	1			0	4	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	Winst-Salm	Caro	30	Chw	A+	P	4			4	8	0	12	3	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	Birmingham	Sou	30	Chw	AA	P	8			4	7	2	13	0	-	-	-	.846	--
1998	Calgary	PCL	30	Chw	AAA	P	5			2	6	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	P	5		31.2	2	10	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.41

1999	Milwaukee	NL	31	Mil	MLB	P	20		82	3	23	1	27	1	-	-	-	.963	2.85

Awards

[1987] - Golden Spikes Award [1989] - AL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #5) [1991] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3) [1992] - Tony Conigliaro Award (Overcoming Adversity) [2005] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (13 votes - 2.5%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1989	68,000		375,257	68
1990	185,000		426,358	49
1991	357,500		617,627	39
1992	1,850,000		798,185	19
1993	2,350,000		815,723	14
1994	2,775,000		914,157	14
1995	2,775,000		831,504	13
1996	2,200,000		835,262	14
1998	*170,000		1,054,037	80
1999	400,000		1,222,537	43

Career:	$13,130,500	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Abbott was the winner of College Baseball's Golden Spikes Award in 1987 while at the University of Michigan. He was a Member of the gold-medal winning United States Baseball Team at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

Notes: Named Left-handed pitcher on The Sporting News AL All-star team in 1991

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