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Jim Abbott

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left • Fields Left as well

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: September 19, 1967 in Flint, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 36th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central HS (Flint, MI) and the California Angels in the 1st round (8th) of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI).

High School: Central HS (Flint, MI)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: April 8, 1989 (Age 21-201d, 15,588th in major league history)
vs. SEA 4.2 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: July 21, 1999 (Age 31-305d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: James Anthony Abbott

Twitter: @jabbottum31

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.6

108

ERA

4.25

263

254

1674.0

888

WHIP

1.433

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-23 / in Starts: 4-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 3

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	212	4	Apr 6	CAL		CHW	L,4-8	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.2	8	5	5	2	4	0	0	7.94	2.82	25	93	59	15	10	11	8	5	1	0	35			1	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.36	-0.197	1.44	-0.13%	-1.94	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d4
2	213	8	Apr 11	CAL	@	TOR	L,4-7	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	6.2	11	6	6	1	2	1	1	8.03	4.23	30	99	60	12	6	12	14	7	0	0	29			0	2	0	27	5	0	0	2	1	1	1.24	-0.321	1.32	-0.21%	-2.19	1b start a 1	7b -2- 2 out d2
3	214	13	Apr 16	CAL	@	SEA	L,3-5	GS-7	L(0-3)	4	6.1	6	5	5	2	3	1	0	7.71	4.56	26	91	59	13	8	15	6	1	2	0	42			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.153	1.41	-0.10%	-1.15	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out d4
4	215	18	Apr 21	CAL		DET	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.0	6	5	5	6	1	1	0	7.99	5.50	25	94	53	11	7	12	6	5	0	0	30			1	1	1	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	-0.204	1.49	-0.13%	-1.45	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d2
5	216	22	Apr 27	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-4)	5	7.0	5	2	2	3	2	1	0	6.75	5.55	29	104	55	17	6	17	7	1	0	0	58			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.154	1.27	0.11%	2.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	217	27	May 2	CAL	@	OAK	W,3-1	GS-8	W(1-4)	4	7.1	6	1	1	3	6	0	1	5.68	5.09	30	106	62	14	11	7	13	6	3	0	65			0	1	1	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.306	1.84	0.24%	3.10	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a1
7	218	32	May 7	CAL		KCR	L,3-5	GS-8	L(1-5)	4	8.0	8	5	5	1	3	2	0	5.67	5.26	32	106	76	17	8	16	12	7	0	0	48			3	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.26	-0.305	1.54	-0.22%	-0.28	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
8	219	37	May 12	CAL		CLE	L,1-4	GS-6		4	5.2	4	1	1	6	1	0	0	5.23	5.34	23	99	53	13	8	10	6	3	1	0	52			2	1	0	17	2	0	1	3	0	0	1.37	0.153	1.58	0.11%	1.71	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out tie
9	220	40	May 17	CAL	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS-6	L(1-6)	4	5.2	7	7	7	2	1	1	0	5.81	5.42	26	95	56	15	4	8	15	10	0	0	26			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.363	.98	-0.21%	-3.76	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out d5
10	221	45	May 22	CAL	@	BAL	L,5-10	GS-5	L(1-7)	4	4.2	9	7	7	1	1	2	0	6.39	5.69	23	89	53	14	3	6	15	7	3	0	18			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	.58	-0.290	.56	-0.17%	-3.26	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d5
11	222	49	May 27	CAL		NYY	L,5-16	GS-5	L(1-8)	4	4.0	8	7	6	4	3	0	0	6.82	5.63	25	100	56	13	11	12	6	3	1	0	19			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.39	-0.412	1.18	-0.21%	-3.49	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	223	54	Jun 2	CAL		BAL	L,1-14	GS-3	L(1-9)	5	2.1	5	6	6	2	1	2	0	7.38	5.98	14	53	30	7	6	4	7	2	1	0	22			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.280	.85	-0.18%	-3.83	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d5
13	224	62	Jun 11	CAL	@	KCR	W,11-9	GS-6		8	5.0	4	7	6	6	4	0	0	7.61	5.93	24	96	52	15	8	10	4	1	0	0	31			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.305	.55	-0.12%	-3.42	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
14	225	67	Jun 16	CAL		TOR	L,4-6	GS-6	L(1-10)	4	5.1	8	5	5	1	2	2	0	7.67	6.06	25	88	57	12	6	8	14	8	1	0	33			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.215	.74	-0.13%	-2.96	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d4
15	226	72	Jun 21	CAL	@	MIL	L,5-10	GS-3	L(1-11)	4	2.0	2	4	4	6	1	1	0	7.92	6.35	13	67	31	8	5	2	4	1	0	0	31			0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.223	1.17	-0.17%	-2.79	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d2
16	227	79	Jun 28	CAL		OAK	L,3-6	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.82	6.34	4	13	5	2	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.011	.25	0.01%	0.59	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	228	84	Jul 3	CAL		TEX	L,1-8	6-GF		4	3.1	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	7.73	6.29	14	50	34	7	1	6	6	0	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	.10	-0.017	.11	-0.01%	0.26	6t 12- 2 out d6	9t end d 7
18	229	86	Jul 5	CAL	@	OAK	L,8-16	1-6		1	5.0	7	5	3	6	0	0	0	7.60	6.32	27	114	66	19	6	12	9	6	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	21	3	0	0	1	0	1	.09	-0.088	.07	-0.04%	-4.61	1b 123 2 out d5	6b 12- 2 out d9
19	230	94	Jul 16	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-6	GS-7	L(1-12)	10	7.0	5	5	5	5	3	1	0	7.52	6.32	29	102	57	15	5	9	12	4	4	0	45			1	1	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	.72	-0.173	.48	-0.07%	-0.57	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
20	231	99	Jul 21	CAL		SEA	L,2-6	GS-7	L(1-13)	4	6.0	8	5	5	2	5	2	0	7.51	6.35	28	92	60	21	8	8	13	4	2	0	39			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.224	.35	-0.07%	-1.86	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d3
21	232	106	Jul 30	CAL	@	DET	L,9-12	1-5		8	5.0	4	2	1	3	2	1	0	7.25	6.37	23	102	60	15	4	12	6	3	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	1	3	.14	-0.066	.07	-0.02%	-0.14	1b 123 0 out d3	5b 3 out d8
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	233	111	Aug 4	CAL	@	TOR	L,1-7	GS-6	L(1-14)	4	5.1	6	6	5	3	1	0	1	7.31	6.30	25	87	52	12	7	8	12	5	2	0	32			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.36	-0.142	.36	-0.02%	-1.10	1b start a 1	6b 123 1 out d2
23	234	116	Aug 10	CAL		KCR	L,3-18	GS-4	L(1-15)	5	3.1	7	9	9	4	0	2	0	7.79	6.54	21	77	40	12	2	11	6	1	2	0	6			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.398	.04	-0.02%	-5.64	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	235	143	Sep 8	CAL	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS-6	W(2-15)	28	6.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	1	7.56	6.35	23	60	43	11	6	13	6	4	1	0	51			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.134	.00	0.00%	1.65	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
25	236	148	Sep 13	CAL	@	KCR	L,2-8	GS-6	L(2-16)	4	5.0	10	8	8	4	1	0	0	7.83	6.31	26	88	53	12	7	9	12	7	0	0	12			1	1	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.382	.00	0.00%	-4.52	1b start a 1	6b -23 0 out d4
26	237	153	Sep 21	CAL		TEX	L,1-7	GS-7	L(2-17)	7	6.1	8	5	4	1	3	3	0	7.72	6.43	28	67	49	19	3	6	18	9	1	0	41			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	.65	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-0.62	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d4
27	238	158	Sep 26	CAL	@	TEX	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(2-18)	4	8.0	8	6	3	1	5	0	0	7.48	6.19	36	114	79	19	10	9	21	7	2	0	52			1	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	2	3	.91	-0.201	.00	0.00%	-0.94	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							4-23		W-L:2-18	4.5	142.0	171	128	118	78	58	23	4	7.48	6.19	654	2346	60%	15%	7%	0.98		23%	6%	0	36	8	75%	16	8	3	558	36	3	3	17	10	10	.95	-4.292	.76	-1.76%	-41.22

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