Jim Abbott

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 200 lb

BornSeptember 19, 1967 · Flint, MI, USA

MLB debutApril 8, 1989

Final gameJuly 21, 1999

Seasons10 (1989–1999)

California Angels 1989–1992; New York Yankees 1993–1994; California Angels 1995; Chicago White Sox 1995; California Angels 1996; Chicago White Sox 1998; Milwaukee Brewers 1999

Percentile snapshot

1995 season — qualified pitchers

39.2

55.4

39.2

60.8

75.7

SHO

37.8

209

16.2

51.4

48.6

8.1

83.8

197.0

70.3

ERA

3.70

63.5

WHIP

1.386

40.5

K/9

3.93

4.1

FIP

4.20

41.9

FIP-

91.5

59.5

ERA+

124.1

71.6

sWAR

3.8

74.3

of 75 qualified 1995 pitchers (min 145 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

99.7

37.4

sWAR

16.8

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 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

Season	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1989	29	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
1990	33	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4
1991	34	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.7
1992	29	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.0
1993	32	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.7
1994	24	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.7
1995	30	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.8
1996	27	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-2.1
1998	5	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3
1999	20	24	21	2	3	10	.095	.095	.095	.190	-67.9	-51.1	.086	-1.4

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1989	29	29	12	12	4	2	190	79	74	115	13	181.3	3.92	1.456	5.71	3.80	99.5	97.6	1.6
1990	33	33	10	14	4	1	246	106	72	105	16	211.7	4.51	1.502	4.46	3.89	101.7	84.9	0.4
1991	34	34	18	11	5	1	222	78	73	158	14	243.0	2.89	1.214	5.85	3.32	81.5	141.1	5.7
1992	29	29	7	15	7	0	208	65	68	130	12	211.0	2.77	1.308	5.55	3.32	84.1	142.4	5.0
1993	32	32	11	14	4	1	221	104	73	95	22	214.0	4.37	1.374	4.00	4.52	107.3	96.2	1.7
1994	24	24	9	8	2	0	167	81	64	90	24	160.3	4.55	1.441	5.05	5.25	113.4	101.9	1.7
1995	30	30	11	8	4	1	209	81	64	86	14	197.0	3.70	1.386	3.93	4.20	91.5	124.1	3.8
1996	27	23	2	18	1	0	171	118	78	58	23	142.0	7.48	1.754	3.68	6.27	125.4	66.9	-2.1
1998	5	5	5	0	0	0	35	16	12	14	2	31.7	4.55	1.484	3.98	4.39	96.3	100.3	0.3
1999	20	15	2	8	0	0	110	63	42	37	14	82.0	6.91	1.854	4.06	6.00	132.8	65.4	-1.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

263

RBI

.0952

OBP

.0952

SLG

.0952

OPS

.1904

Pitching

G (P)

263

254

108

463rd-most career L

SHO

1,674

SO (P)

888

BB allowed

620

ERA

4.253

WHIP

1.4331

K/9

4.77

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	H	RBI	TB
1999-06-30	MIL @ CHC Gameday	2	1	2	1
1999-06-15	CHC @ MIL Gameday	3	1	1	1
1999-04-08	MIL @ STL Gameday	2	0	0	0
1999-04-14	MIL @ WSH Gameday	1	0	0	0
1999-04-19	STL @ MIL Gameday	2	0	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1991-09-24	TOR @ LAA Gameday	10.0	4	3	3	1	13	1
1992-09-11	LAA @ MIN Gameday	8.1	8	0	0	1	10	0
1995-09-19	LAA @ ATH Gameday	7.0	5	1	1	5	10	0
1989-04-29	TOR @ LAA Gameday	8.0	9	3	3	0	9	1
1990-09-05	LAA @ NYY Gameday	7.1	5	1	1	2	9	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.