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Bill Abstein
William Henry Abstein (Big Bill)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 25, 1906
Final Game June 2, 1910
Born February 2, 1883 in St. Louis, MO
Died April 8, 1940 in St.Louis, MO

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1906 23 PIT NL   8   20    2    4   0  0   0    3   2      0      .200  .200  .200   23    4   1           0    
 1909 26 PIT NL 137  512   51  133  20 10   1   70  16     27      .260  .302  .344   96  176  27           4    
 1910 27 SLB AL  25   87    1   13   2  0   0    3   3      2      .149  .169  .172   10   15   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      170  619   54  150  22 10   1   76  21  0  29   0  .242  .281  .315   82  195  29   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        590   51  143  21 10   1   72  20  0  28   0  .242  .281  .315   82  186  28   0   0   4   0
 Career High    137  512   51  133  20 10   1   70  16  0  27   0  .260  .302  .344   96  176  27   0   0   4   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1906 23 PIT NL   21   17    1   1.6    79| .200  .257| .200  .325| .200  .328| .400  .652|  23  .217  -1.9  -0.2     
 1909 26 PIT NL  570  406   52   3.5    80| .260  .258| .302  .326| .344  .332| .646  .658|  96  .530  -4.6  -0.5     
 1910 27 SLB AL   90   75    3   1.1    71| .149  .243| .169  .308| .172  .314| .341  .622|  10  .120  -9.0  -1.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       681  498   56   3.0    79| .242  .255| .281  .324| .315  .329| .596  .653|  82  .471 -15.6  -1.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1906 23 PIT NL 2B 3 3 7 3 0 .769 .943 3.33 4.97 OF 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.85 0 0 2 1909 26 PIT NL 1B 135 1412 65 27 70 .982 .985 10.94 7.41 1910 27 SLB AL 1B 23 268 20 11 13 .963 .983 12.52 10.73
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1909 26 PIT NL 1B 135 1412 65 27 70 .982 .985 10.94 7.41 1910 27 SLB AL 1B 23 268 20 11 13 .963 .983 12.52 10.73 1906 23 PIT NL 2B 3 3 7 3 0 .769 .943 3.33 4.97 1906 23 PIT NL OF 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.85 0 0 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 158 1680 85 38 83 .979 .985 11.17 7.89 2B 3 3 7 3 0 .769 .943 3.33 4.97 OF 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.85 0 0 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 163 1685 93 41 83 .977 .984 10.91 7.76
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1909   WS    PIT DET     W   7  26   3   6  2  0  0   2   3   9  .231  .310  .308   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

RBI
1909 NL-70-6

Sac. Hits
1909 NL-27-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2141) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

January 6, 1910: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Browns from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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Uniforms 
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