Jim Abbott vs. Ted Abernathy — Career Comparison

Jim Abbott
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Abernathy
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Abbott built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Abernathy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Abernathy led in home run suppression (HR9+ 128 vs 103), run prevention (ERA+ 108 vs 92), and strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 81). Jim Abbott held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 95 vs 73). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ted Abernathy.

Pitching Stats for Jim Abbott and Ted Abernathy

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
1.41
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.34
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.37
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.47
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.49
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.58
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.54
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.73
47.73
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.58
96.58
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.16
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
4.25
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.46
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5022
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3443
27
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1674
9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1147.2
9
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1779
9.56
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1010
7.92
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
0.83
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.55
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
3.33
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
4.64
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.63
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
888
4.77
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.28
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.27
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7211
38.77
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4963
38.92
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
3.26
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
4.73
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
4.02
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.38
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.18
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.25
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.08
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.433
1.433
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6442
34.63
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4296
33.69
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.77
38.77
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.92
38.92

Fielding Stats for Jim Abbott and Ted Abernathy

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
1.41
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.35
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.37
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5022
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3438
27
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1674
9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1146
9
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.39
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.72
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
1.61
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.39
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
2.05
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.27
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
2
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
3.11
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.96
94.96
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.414
1.414
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.582
0.582
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.58
96.58
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Abbott and Ted Abernathy

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
263
6575
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
681
2002.94
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
600
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
21
525
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
532.35
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
73.53
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
64.71
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.82
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.82
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
4.24
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.23
12.45
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
82.35
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
97.06
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.29
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
26.47
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.76
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-18.67
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
1.09
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.88
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.65
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
250
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
217.65
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
2.4
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
2.76
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
44.12
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.76
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA