Cal Abrams
1949–1956 · bats L / throws L · Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates
567G
.269AVG
.386OBP
.392SLG
More career statistics
433H
32HR
138RBI
12SB
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 | 1,611 | 1,612 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 18 | 22 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,942 | 1,943 |
| Batting · Sacrifice flies | 4 | 3 |
| Batting · Walks | 304 | 305 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 567 | 1,942 | 1,611 | 257 | 433 | 64 | 19 | 32 | 138 | 304 | 290 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 631 | .269 | .386 | .392 | .778 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1951-05-03 to 1951-05-15
32longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1954-06-23 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1951-05-25 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1954-07-09 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 287 | 1004 | 214 | 14 | 69 | 150 | 132 | .256 | .363 | .364 |
| Away | 280 | 939 | 219 | 18 | 69 | 155 | 158 | .282 | .398 | .421 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 47 | 135 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 22 | .222 | .378 | .306 |
| May | 92 | 320 | 77 | 7 | 29 | 54 | 45 | .291 | .409 | .423 |
| June | 106 | 353 | 77 | 5 | 27 | 55 | 54 | .262 | .374 | .398 |
| July | 106 | 371 | 83 | 6 | 20 | 52 | 64 | .267 | .364 | .395 |
| August | 119 | 460 | 102 | 6 | 27 | 73 | 58 | .268 | .380 | .388 |
| September | 96 | 300 | 70 | 6 | 27 | 42 | 47 | .279 | .373 | .390 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 56 | 179 | 34 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 28 | .224 | .335 | .296 |
| chicago-cubs | 54 | 177 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 16 | .316 | .379 | .471 |
| new-york-giants | 50 | 136 | 34 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 21 | .306 | .434 | .468 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 47 | 146 | 33 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 21 | .264 | .370 | .360 |
| chicago-white-sox | 35 | 146 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 29 | .244 | .336 | .317 |
| new-york-yankees | 35 | 139 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 22 | .217 | .381 | .330 |
| boston-red-sox | 35 | 137 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 13 | .295 | .445 | .371 |
| detroit-tigers | 33 | 134 | 37 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 21 | .322 | .396 | .574 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 8 | 24 | 2 | – | – | 1 | .083 | – | – |
| 1950 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 38 | 44 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .205 | – | – |
| 1951 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 67 | 150 | 42 | 3 | 19 | 3 | .280 | – | – |
| 1952 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds | 81 | 168 | 46 | 2 | 13 | 1 | .274 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 119 | 448 | 128 | 15 | 43 | 4 | .286 | – | – |
| 1954 | Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates | 132 | 465 | 130 | 6 | 27 | 1 | .280 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Baltimore Orioles | 118 | 310 | 75 | 6 | 32 | 2 | .242 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Chicago White Sox | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | – | – |