Bill Abstein
1906–1910 · bats R / throws R · Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns
170G
.242AVG
.281OBP
.315SLG
More career statistics
150H
1HR
76RBI
21SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 619 | 609 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 681 | 676 |
| Batting · RBI | 76 | 73 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 21 | 20 |
| Batting · Walks | 29 | 33 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 170 | 681 | 619 | 54 | 150 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 76 | 29 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 195 | .242 | .281 | .315 | .596 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1909-09-15 to 1909-09-22
16longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1909-05-03 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 85 | 337 | 73 | 1 | 42 | 17 | 30 | .244 | .267 | .331 |
| Away | 85 | 339 | 77 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 41 | .248 | .274 | .310 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 21 | 84 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | .273 | .298 | .364 |
| May | 37 | 154 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 16 | .207 | .240 | .264 |
| June | 21 | 88 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | .221 | .239 | .273 |
| July | 19 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | .237 | .254 | .271 |
| August | 30 | 125 | 33 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 13 | .295 | .312 | .348 |
| September | 34 | 134 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | .261 | .291 | .412 |
| October | 8 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .214 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 23 | 93 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | .250 | .269 | .303 |
| chicago-cubs | 22 | 92 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | .212 | .228 | .300 |
| cincinnati-reds | 21 | 79 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | .278 | .291 | .375 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 21 | 90 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | .298 | .311 | .405 |
| boston-braves | 21 | 88 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | .295 | .352 | .423 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 19 | 72 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | .257 | .264 | .286 |
| new-york-giants | 18 | 70 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | .242 | .271 | .306 |
| detroit-tigers | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .263 | .318 | .316 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 20 | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | .200 | – | – |
| 1909 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 137 | 502 | 133 | 1 | 69 | 15 | .265 | – | – |
| 1910 |  St. Louis Browns | 25 | 87 | 13 | – | 3 | 3 | .149 | – | – |