Cal Abrams
| Cal Abrams | |||
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Abrams in about 1953.
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: March 2, 1924 Philadelphia |
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Died: February 25, 1997 (aged 72) Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 20, 1949, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |||
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| May 9, 1956, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .269 | ||
| Home runs | 32 | ||
| Runs batted in | 138 | ||
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Calvin Ross Abrams (March 2, 1924 – February 25, 1997), nicknamed Abie, was an American left-handed Major League Baseball player.
Abrams was born in Philadelphia 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 PONY League. He played in 19 games that season.
In January 1943, he was inducted into the Army. 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 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 .345. The next two seasons, Abrams was with the Mobile Bears in the Class AA Southern Association.
Abrams was making $90 ($1,000 today) a month in the minors when he got married in 1947, and the most he ever made was $22,000 ($197,000 today) a year with the Baltimore Orioles.
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 .333. He split 1950 between the St. Paul Saints of the AAA American Association and the Dodgers. A New York Post headline once read: Mantle, Schmantle. We Got Abie.
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