Jim Abbott  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. Abbott can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Abbott also has a decent changeup. Because he can't overpower hitters, Abbott has to fool them instead. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He changes speeds well enough to keep righthanders from teeing off on him.

Defense & Hitting
For a lefty, his move to first base is average at best, and he has a tendency to forget about runners at second, thereby creating opportunities to swipe third. Abbott is nothing special in the field. Abbott is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Abbott has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Abbott as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 DET 70 80 82 44 56 54 48 54 47 49 52 54 0 67 0 0 29 9 Overhand Active 0 6 20 55 339
1999 DET 71 82 83 44 56 54 48 54 47 49 52 54 0 70 0 0 30 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 56 347
2000 DET 71 82 83 44 56 54 48 54 47 49 52 54 0 72 0 0 31 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 349
2001 DET 71 81 83 44 56 54 48 54 47 49 52 54 0 73 0 0 32 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 348
2002 BUF 71 82 83 44 56 54 48 54 47 51 52 54 0 73 0 0 33 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 350
2003 NEV 71 85 83 44 56 54 48 54 47 51 52 54 0 73 0 0 34 14 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 353
2004 NEV 73 83 83 44 56 54 48 54 47 51 52 54 0 73 0 0 35 15 Overhand DL 0 0 0 59 352
2005 NEV 71 83 83 44 56 54 48 54 47 51 52 54 0 73 0 0 36 16 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 61 349
Ratings Delta   -2                               +1 +1           +2 -3
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.