Cal Abrams
Brooklyn Dodgers 1949–1952; Cincinnati Reds 1952; Pittsburgh Pirates 1953; Baltimore Orioles 1954; Pittsburgh Pirates 1954; Baltimore Orioles 1955; Chicago White Sox 1956
Percentile snapshot
1954 season — qualified batters
of 82 qualified 1954 batters (min 477 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .083 | .290 | .125 | .415 | 28.8 | 14.0 | .240 | -0.2 |
| 1950 | 38 | 54 | 44 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .340 | .227 | .567 | 59.9 | 51.7 | .287 | -0.1 |
| 1951 | 67 | 186 | 150 | 27 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 36 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .280 | .419 | .393 | .813 | 128.5 | 119.0 | .385 | 1.1 |
| 1952 | 81 | 189 | 168 | 24 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 29 | 1 | 0 | .274 | .354 | .387 | .741 | 107.3 | 105.1 | .345 | 0.7 |
| 1953 | 119 | 512 | 448 | 66 | 128 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 58 | 70 | 4 | 4 | .286 | .368 | .435 | .803 | 107.5 | 105.9 | .361 | 1.6 |
| 1954 | 132 | 558 | 465 | 73 | 130 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 82 | 76 | 1 | 4 | .280 | .391 | .402 | .793 | 125.5 | 119.3 | .376 | 3.0 |
| 1955 | 118 | 407 | 309 | 56 | 75 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 89 | 69 | 2 | 8 | .243 | .413 | .359 | .773 | 127.9 | 116.2 | .380 | 2.5 |
| 1956 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .600 | .333 | .933 | 191.9 | 154.8 | .489 | 0.1 |
Career totals
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
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-07-22 | CIN @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1953-07-12 | PIT @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1954-05-02 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 1954-09-03 | BAL @ DET Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1955-06-03 | BAL @ DET Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949-04-19 | SF @ LAD Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949-04-20 | SF @ LAD Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949-04-21 | SF @ LAD Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949-04-23 | LAD @ PHI Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949-04-24 | LAD @ PHI Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.