Cal Abrams

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Full Name: Calvin Ross Abrams	Primary Position: OF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: April 20, 1949
Birthdate: March 2, 1924	Final Game: May 9, 1956
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: February 25, 1997
Deathplace: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Cal Abrams (Calvin Ross Abrams) was born on March 2, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1949 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1951, his rookie year, he hit .280 with 3 home runs and 19 RBI. Abrams played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Cal Abrams's best season was 1953, when he slugged 15 home runs and hit for a .286 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1949	BRO	N	8	24	6	2	0	0	.083	.290	.125	1	0	7	6	0	0	1	0	1
1950	BRO	N	38	44	5	9	0	4	.205	.340	.227	1	0	9	13	0	1	0	0	0
1951	BRO	N	67	150	27	42	3	19	.280	.419	.393	8	0	36	26	0	0	3	0	5
1952	CIN	N	71	158	23	44	2	13	.278	.356	.399	9	2	19	25	0	0	1	0	1
1952	BRO	N	10	10	1	2	0	0	.200	.333	.200	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
1952	TOT	N	81	168	24	46	2	13	.274	.354	.387	9	2	21	29	0	0	1	0	1
1953	PIT	N	119	448	66	128	15	43	.286	.368	.435	10	6	58	70	0	6	4	0	2
1954	PIT	N	17	42	6	6	0	2	.143	.308	.214	1	1	10	9	0	0	0	0	2
1954	BAL	A	115	423	67	124	6	25	.293	.400	.421	22	7	72	67	4	6	1	0	5
1954	Total		132	465	73	130	6	27	.280	.391	.402	23	8	82	76	4	6	1	0	7
1955	BAL	A	118	309	56	75	6	32	.243	.413	.359	12	3	89	69	3	3	2	2	6
1956	CHI	A	4	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.600	.333	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		330	876	134	233	20	81	.266	.368	.389	30	9	141	153	0	7	9	0	11
Total	AL		237	735	123	200	12	57	.272	.407	.395	34	10	163	137	7	9	3	2	11
Total			567	1611	257	433	32	138	.269	.386	.392	64	19	304	290	7	16	12	2	22

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1949	BRO	N	OF	7	0	0	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1950	BRO	N	OF	15	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	BRO	N	OF	34	0	0	64	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1952	CIN	N	OF	46	0	0	87	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	BRO	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1952	TOT	N	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1952	TOT	N	OF	47	0	0	87	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	PIT	N	OF	112	0	0	205	13	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1954	PIT	N	LF	5	5	40	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	PIT	N	OF	13	11	97.2	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	PIT	N	RF	8	6	57.2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	BAL	A	OF	115	0	0	248	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1954	Total		RF	109	6	57.2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	Total		OF	128	11	97.2	271	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1955	BAL	A	1B	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	BAL	A	OF	96	0	0	191	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1956	CHI	A	OF	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	5	5	40	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	441	11	97.2	846	33	21	7	0	0	0	0	0	.977
Total			1B	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	8	6	57.2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1942).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Rudy Rufer and cash (June 9, 1952).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Joe Rossi and Gail Henley to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Gus Bell (October 14, 1952).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Dick Littlefield (May 25, 1954).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bobby Adams (October 18, 1955).

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