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Cal Abrams was born on 2 March, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., is an American baseball player (1924-1997). Discover Cal Abrams's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
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72 years old |
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Pisces |
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2 March 1924 |
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2 March |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Date of death |
25 February, 1997 |
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
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Cal Abrams Height, Weight & Measurements
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Cal Abrams Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Cal Abrams worth at the age of 72 years old? Cal Abrams’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. He is from . We have estimated Cal Abrams's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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In eight seasons, Abrams posted a .269 batting average (433-for-1611) with 257 runs, 32 home runs, 138 RBIs, 304 bases on balls, .386 on-base percentage and .392 slugging percentage.
Defensively, he recorded a .977 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions.
Calvin Ross Abrams (March 2, 1924 – February 25, 1997), nicknamed "Abie", was an American professional baseball outfielder.
He came in 26th in the AL MVP voting.
Abrams was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and signed by Joe Labate, a scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers, out of James Madison High School in Brooklyn in 1942, and assigned to the Olean Oilers of the Class D Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League (PONY League).
He played in 19 games that season.
In January 1943, he was inducted into the Army.
He was released from the service in January 1946.
He then played for the Danville Dodgers in the Class B Three-I League for the 1946 season, hitting .331 and leading the league with 13 triples.
The next two seasons, Abrams was with the Mobile Bears in the Class AA Southern Association, batting .345 and .337.
He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1949 and 1956 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, and Chicago White Sox.
On April 20, 1949, he made his Major League debut with the Dodgers, and then was sent to the Fort Worth Cats of the AA Texas League for the rest of the season, where he hit .336.
He was assigned to Battery B 500th Anti-Aircraft Artillery, and served in Europe and the Pacific with two battle stars in the Pacific.
Abrams was also awarded the Philippine Liberation Medal with one bronze star.
He split 1950 between the St. Paul Saints of the AAA American Association, for whom he hit .333 with a league-leading .502 on base percentage, and the Dodgers.
A New York Post headline once read: ''Mantle, Schmantle.
In 1950, he changed his uniform number to 18, explaining later: "18 means a lot."
The number 18 stands for the Hebrew word for life.
He wore this number for the majority of his career.
On October 1, 1950, the Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies were playing a game that would determine which team would win the National League pennant.
In the bottom of the 9th inning, with nobody out and the game tied 1–1, Abrams was on second base when Duke Snider hit a single to short center field.
He was waved home by third-base coach Milt Stock, and was gunned down at the plate by a perfect throw by Phillies center fielder Richie Ashburn, who had fielded the ball on one bounce.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Abrams owned The Blossom Lounge in Garden City South, New York, near Adelphi College, later University.
In 1951, his manager Charlie Dressen, who was "capable of cruelty", failed to play him on "Cal Abrams Day."
He finished the season with a .419 on-base percentage.
On June 9, 1952, he was traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Rudy Rufer and cash.
In 1953, he hit 15 home runs, his career high, and had 13 assists and 3 double plays-leading all NL right fielders.
On May 25, 1954, he was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Baltimore Orioles for Dick Littlefield.
In 1954, he was 7th in the AL with a .400 OBP, and 10th in the league with 7 triples.
In 1955, he had a .413 OBP, was 8th in the league in walks with 89, and was 4th in the league in assists by a center fielder with 6.
On October 18, 1955, he was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Bobby Adams.
He remained in the Major Leagues into the 1956 season, when he was sent to the Miami Marlins in the AAA International League.
The next year Abrams retired from play.
In all of his minor league seasons, his lowest batting average was .331.
He played in 567 major league games with the Dodgers, Reds, Pirates, Orioles, and White Sox.
In the 1960s Abrams was also associated with Camp Iroquois in Peterborough.
New Hampshire which was owned by Leo and Rose Trigoboff.
The play resulted in the preservation of the 1–1 tie, and facilitated the Phils' Dick Sisler's 10th-inning pennant-winning home run.
