Glenn Abbott

Full Name: William Glenn Abbott	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 6"/200	First Game: July 29, 1973
Birthdate: February 16, 1951	Final Game: August 8, 1984
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on February 16, 1951 in Little Rock, Arkansas, Glenn Abbott (William Glenn Abbott) played for the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 11 year career. Abbott broke into the bigs on July 29, 1973 with the Oakland Athletics, and put up a 3.00 ERA in 96 innings pitched in 1974, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Glenn Abbott's best season was 1977, when he posted a 4.45 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 100 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1973	OAK	A	5	3	1	0	3.86	6	8	8	1	0	18.2	16	3	7	0	0	0
1974	OAK	A	19	17	5	7	3.00	38	38	32	3	0	96	89	4	34	3	3	3
1975	OAK	A	30	15	5	5	4.25	51	61	54	3	1	114.1	109	12	50	7	2	2
1976	OAK	A	19	10	2	4	5.49	27	41	38	0	0	62.1	87	6	16	0	3	1
1977	SEA	A	36	34	12	13	4.45	100	111	101	7	0	204.1	212	32	56	2	3	12
1978	SEA	A	29	28	7	15	5.27	67	99	91	8	1	155.1	191	22	44	5	1	2
1979	SEA	A	23	19	4	10	5.17	25	78	67	3	0	116.2	138	19	38	2	1	3
1980	SEA	A	31	31	12	12	4.10	78	110	98	7	2	215	228	27	49	4	1	3
1981	SEA	A	22	20	4	9	3.94	35	64	57	1	0	130.1	127	14	28	1	1	0
1983	SEA	A	14	14	5	3	4.59	38	46	42	2	0	82.1	103	9	15	2	0	4
1983	DET	A	7	7	2	1	1.93	11	12	10	1	1	46.2	43	5	7	1	2	0
1983	TOT	A	21	21	7	4	3.63	49	58	52	3	1	129	146	14	22	3	2	4
1984	DET	A	13	8	3	4	5.93	8	39	29	1	0	44	62	9	8	1	1	2
Total			248	206	62	83	4.39	484	707	627	37	5	1286	1405	162	352	28	18	32

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1973	OAK	A	P	5	3	18.2	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
1974	OAK	A	P	19	17	96	6	13	3	2	2	10	5	0	.864
1975	OAK	A	P	30	15	114.1	9	15	2	0	0	13	4	1	.923
1976	OAK	A	P	19	10	62.1	3	12	0	0	0	4	7	1	1.000
1977	SEA	A	P	36	34	204.1	16	28	2	2	2	17	9	1	.957
1978	SEA	A	P	29	28	155.1	15	22	3	1	0	12	6	1	.925
1979	SEA	A	P	23	19	116.2	6	18	0	2	0	7	4	0	1.000
1980	SEA	A	P	31	31	215	25	39	1	1	1	11	8	0	.985
1981	SEA	A	P	22	20	130.1	11	21	1	1	1	10	6	2	.970
1983	SEA	A	P	14	14	82.1	10	7	3	1	0	4	4	1	.850
1983	DET	A	P	7	7	46.2	7	2	0	1	0	3	2	0	1.000
1983	TOT	A	P	21	21	129	17	9	3	2	0	7	6	1	.897
1984	DET	A	P	13	8	44	4	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	.857
Total			P	248	206	1286	113	187	17	12	6	93	57	7	.946

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AVG	OBP	SLG
1973	OAK	A	5	.000	.000	.000
1974	OAK	A	19	.000	.000	.000
1975	OAK	A	30	.000	.000	.000
1976	OAK	A	19	.000	.000	.000
1977	SEA	A	36	.000	.000	.000
1978	SEA	A	29	.000	.000	.000
1979	SEA	A	23	.000	.000	.000
1980	SEA	A	31	.000	.000	.000
1981	SEA	A	22	.000	.000	.000
1983	SEA	A	14	.000	.000	.000
1983	DET	A	7	.000	.000	.000
1983	TOT	A	21	.000	.000	.000
1984	DET	A	13	.000	.000	.000
Total			248	.000	.000	.000

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Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 8th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1969).
Selected by Seattle Mariners from Oakland Athletics (24th pick overall) in the expansion draft (November 5, 1976).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1981).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (January 15, 1982).
Sold by Seattle Mariners to Detroit Tigers for $100000 (August 23, 1983).
Released by Detroit Tigers (August 14, 1984).

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