Ted Abernathy stats

Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 1972

Pitcher

Age 93

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Ted Abernathy played 14 MLB seasons, 1955 to 1972.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
681
W
63
L
69
ERA
3.46
IP
1,147.2
K
765
BB
592
WHIP
1.40

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1955MIN40595.96119.179671.70
1956MIN5134.1530.118101.48
1957MIN262106.7885.050651.94
1960MIN20012.003.0142.67
1963CLE43722.8859.147291.40
1964CLE53264.3372.257461.54
1965CHC84462.57136.1104561.24
1966CHC/ATL58574.5593.060531.47
1967CIN70631.27106.188410.98
1968CIN781072.47134.264551.23
1969CHC56433.1685.155421.37
1970CHC/STL/KC581032.6083.059551.45
1971KC63462.5681.055501.36
1972KC45341.7058.128191.08

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
7
SHO
2
K/9
6.0
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1955MIN0326.00000
1956MIN0205.30000
1957MIN0205.30000
1960MIN0003.00000
1963CLE0007.10000
1964CLE0007.10000
1965CHC0006.90000
1966CHC/ATL0005.80000
1967CIN0007.40000
1968CIN0004.30000
1969CHC0005.80000
1970CHC/STL/KC0006.40000
1971KC0006.10000
1972KC0004.30000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
93 yearsMar 6, 1933
Debut
1955

What were Ted Abernathy's career stats?

Ted Abernathy played 14 seasons for the Twins, the Guardians, the Cubs, the Reds and the Royals. He had 63 wins and 765 strikeouts with a 3.46 ERA over 1,147.2 innings. His best season was 1968: 10 wins, a 2.47 ERA and 64 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 1955 to 1972

Ted Abernathy led MLB in ERA (1967) and saves (1965, 1967); finished top 10 in a stat 6 times.

All-time career rank

  • 92nd in saves (148)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

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