MLB / Players

Bobby Abreu

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 220 lb
BornMarch 11, 1974 · Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
MLB debutSeptember 1, 1996
Final gameSeptember 28, 2014
Seasons18 (1996–2014)

Houston Astros 1996–1997; Philadelphia Phillies 1998–2005; New York Yankees 2006; Philadelphia Phillies 2006; New York Yankees 2007–2008; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2009–2012; Los Angeles Dodgers 2012; New York Mets 2014

Percentile snapshot

2011 season — qualified batters

G
142
37.5
PA
585
45.1
AB
502
31.9
R
54
6.9
H
127
20.8
2B
30
58.3
3B
1
17.4
HR
8
13.2
RBI
60
31.9
BB
78
89.6
SO
113
31.9
SB
21
78.5
CS
5
36.8
BA
.253
26.4
OBP
.353
67.4
SLG
.365
11.8
OPS
.717
29.2
wRC+
108.2
40.3
OPS+
105.0
38.9
wOBA
.326
31.9
sWAR
1.2
20.1

of 145 qualified 2011 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+
131.0
91.3
OPS+
127.9
88.5
sWAR
59.7
99.3

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19961524221510012300.227.292.273.56459.455.7.267-0.1
1997592101882247102326214872.250.329.372.70190.387.2.3220.2
1998151589497681552961774841331910.312.409.497.906135.7135.2.3963.7
199915266254611818335112093109113279.335.446.549.995151.5147.8.4365.7
200015468057610318242102579100116288.316.416.554.970143.2141.7.4205.2
2001162704588118170484311101061373614.289.393.543.936141.3141.6.3995.2
200215768557210217650620851041173112.308.413.521.934152.6149.4.4126.0
20031586955779917335120101109126229.300.409.468.877129.3126.5.3874.0
200415971357411817347130105127116405.301.428.544.971153.0149.1.4216.3
200516271958810416837124102117134319.286.405.474.879130.0127.3.3874.1
20061566865489816341215107124138306.297.424.462.886132.7126.4.3954.3
20071586996051231714051610184115258.283.369.445.814117.3114.1.3653.2
200815668460910018039420100731092211.296.371.471.843124.9121.8.3753.7
2009152667563961652931510394113308.293.390.435.825120.9118.9.3663.2
2010154667573881464112078871322410.255.352.435.787120.3118.0.3523.1
20111425855025412730186078113215.253.353.365.717108.2105.0.3261.2
20121002572192953111324375662.242.350.342.69397.694.0.3170.4
201478155133123390114202110.248.342.338.680102.697.5.3170.4

Career totals

G
2,425
81st-most career G
PA
10,081
82nd-most career PA
AB
8,480
109th-most career AB
R
1,453
82nd-most career R
H
2,470
107th-most career H
2B
574
25th-most career 2B
3B
59
HR
288
180th-most career HR
RBI
1,363
89th-most career RBI
BB
1,476
20th-most career BB
SO
1,840
23rd-most career SO
SB
400
74th-most career SB
BA
.2913
376th-highest career batting average
OBP
.3950
88th-highest career on-base percentage
SLG
.4748
266th-highest career slugging percentage
OPS
.8698
127th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
2002-09-05PHI @ WSH Gameday4330122011
2004-04-23PHI @ WSH Gameday5243015010
1997-04-28COL @ HOU Gameday4231024110
2008-07-30BAL @ NYY Gameday4431023110
2002-04-05MIA @ PHI Gameday424201319

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Silver Slugger Gold Glove All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.