Ted Abernathy
Ted Abernathy
Full name: Theodore Wade Abernathy
Born: March 6, 1933, Stanley, North Carolina
Died December 16, 2004, Gastonia, North Carolina
Buried at Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, North Carolina
First Game: April 13, 1955; Final Game: September 30, 1972
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 4" Weight: 215
TSN NL Fireman (1965 and 1967)
Ted Abernathy
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1955 WAS A 40 26 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 .154 .154 .154 0.0 1955 WAS A
1956 WAS A 5 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 0.0 1956 WAS A
1957 WAS A 26 24 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 2 0 0 .167 .231 .208 0.0 1957 WAS A
1960 WAS A Daily Splits 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.0 1960 WAS A
1963 CLE A Daily Splits 43 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .500 .600 0.0 1963 CLE A
1964 CLE A Daily Splits 53 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1964 CLE A
1965 CHI N Daily Splits 84 18 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 1 3 0 0 0i 0 0 0 .167 .211 .167 0.0 1965 CHI N
1966 CHI N Daily Splits 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0i 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1966 CHI N
1966 ATL N Daily Splits 38 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0i 0 0 0 .250 .333 .250 0.0 1966 ATL N
1966 TOT N 58 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0i 0 0 0 .167 .231 .167 0.0 1966 TOT N
1967 CIN N Daily Splits 70 17 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .059 .059 .059 0.0 1967 CIN N
1968 CIN N Daily Splits 78 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .150 .000 0.0 1968 CIN N
1969 CHI N Daily Splits 56 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 0.0 1969 CHI N
1970 CHI N 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1970 CHI N
1970 STL N Daily Splits 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1970 STL N
1970 KC A Daily Splits 36 14 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .214 0.0 1970 KC A
1970 TOT N 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1970 TOT N
1970 Total 58 17 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .176 .176 0.0 1970 Total
1971 KC A Daily Splits 63 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 0.0 1971 KC A
1972 KC A Daily Splits 45 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1972 KC A
Total NL 368 75 4 8 1 0 0 5 4 0 38 1 3 0 0 0i 1 0 0 .107 .162 .120 0.0 Total NL
Total AL 313 106 8 17 2 0 0 4 2 0 36 1 12 0 0i 0i 3 0 0 .160 .183 .179 0.0 Total AL
Total Splits 681 181 12 25 3 0 0 9 6 0 74 2 15 0 0i 0i 4 0 0 .138 .175 .155 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1955 WAS A 40 14 3 2 12 0 119.1 136 553 9 87 79 67 1 79 9 8 2 7 0 5 9 5.96 -2.9 1955 WAS A
1956 WAS A 5 4 2 0 0 0 30.1 35 132 2 16 14 10 0 18 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 4.15 0.1 1956 WAS A
1957 WAS A 26 16 2 0 4 0 85 100 398 9 65 64 65 1 50 8 3 1 4 2 2 10 6.78 -2.9 1957 WAS A
1960 WAS A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 17 0 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 -0.1 1960 WAS A
1963 CLE A Daily Splits 43 0 0 0 33 12 59.1 54 249 3 25 19 29 6 47 4 1 4 0 0 10 1 3 4 7 2 2.88 0.9 1963 CLE A
1964 CLE A Daily Splits 53 0 0 0 27 11 72.2 66 321 5 40 35 46 5 57 4 2 1 2 0 4 0 7 6 2 6 4.33 -0.8 1964 CLE A
1965 CHI N Daily Splits 84 0 0 0 62 31 136.1 113 572 7 49 39 56 13 104 8 5 6 5 0 12i 0i 14i 16i 4 6 2.57 2.1 1965 CHI N
1966 CHI N Daily Splits 20 0 0 0 11 4 27.2 26 124 4 19 19 17 1 18 3 0 2 2 0 10i 0i 2i 1i 1 3 6.18 -1.0 1966 CHI N
1966 ATL N Daily Splits 38 0 0 0 25 4 65.1 58 281 5 34 28 36 10 42 7 3 7 0 0 7i 2i 3i 3i 4 4 3.86 -0.2 1966 ATL N
1966 TOT N 58 0 0 0 36 8 93 84 405 9 53 47 53 11 60 10 3 9 2 0 17i 2i 5i 4i 5 7 4.55 -1.2 1966 TOT N
1967 CIN N Daily Splits 70 0 0 0 61 28 106.1 63 427 1 19 15 41 5 88 9 1 1 5 0 9 0 9 13 6 3 1.27 3.8 1967 CIN N
1968 CIN N Daily Splits 78 0 0 0 53 13 134.2 111 562 9 43 37 55 15 64 9 8 2 4 0 17 3 14 10 10 7 2.47 1.6 1968 CIN N
1969 CHI N Daily Splits 56 0 0 0 20 3 85.1 75 374 8 38 30 42 11 55 8 3 5 1 1 7 2 2 8 4 3 3.16 0.7 1969 CHI N
1970 CHI N Daily Splits 11 0 0 0 3 1 9 9 40 0 2 2 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.00 0.1 1970 CHI N
1970 STL N Daily Splits 11 0 0 0 3 1 18.1 15 82 0 6 6 12 4 8 4 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 2.95 0.2 1970 STL N
1970 KC A Daily Splits 36 0 0 0 31 12 55.2 41 244 3 23 16 38 0 49 9 0 2 1 0 3 0 4 4 9 3 2.59 1.1 1970 KC A
1970 TOT N 22 0 0 0 6 2 27.1 24 122 0 8 8 17 5 10 6 2 1 4 0 4 1 1 2 1 0 2.63 0.3 1970 TOT N
1970 Total 58 0 0 0 37 14 83 65 366 3 31 24 55 5 59 15 2 3 5 0 7 1 5 6 10 3 2.60 1.4 1970 Total
1971 KC A Daily Splits 63 0 0 0 46 23 81 60 348 3 28 23 50 4 55 3 3 1 6 0 7 0 7 5 4 6 2.56 1.3 1971 KC A
1972 KC A Daily Splits 45 0 0 0 25 5 58.1 44 239 2 15 11 19 3 28 5 2 0 3 0 8 1 4 11 3 4 1.70 1.1 1972 KC A
Total NL 368 0 0 0 238 85 583 470 2462 34 210 176 264 60 381 50 22 24 21 1 66i 8i 45i 53i 30 26 2.72 7.3 Total NL
Total AL 313 34 7 2 178 63 564.2 540 2501 36 303 265 328 20 384 42 20 11 24 2 32i 2i 25i 30i 33 43 4.22 -2.2 Total AL
Total Splits 681 34 7 2 416 148 1147.2 1010 4963 70 513 441 592 80 765 92 42 35 45 3 98i 10i 70i 83i 63 69 3.46 5.1 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
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Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1955 WAS A P 40 8 22 1 2 .968
1956 WAS A P 5 2 13 0 1 1.000
1957 WAS A P 26 4 19 0 3 1.000
1960 WAS A Daily P 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1963 CLE A Daily P 43 0 0 59.1 4 18 2 2 0 1 2 3 1 .917
1964 CLE A Daily P 53 0 0 72.2 3 24 1 2 0 2 4 3 1 .964
1965 CHI N Daily P 84 0 0 136.1 11 41 0 3 0 0i 6 9 0i1.000
1966 CHI N Daily P 20 0 0 27.2 2 12 0 0 0 0i 2 0i 0i1.000
1966 ATL N Daily P 38 0 0 65.1 9 13 2 0 0 2i 4i 3 0i .917
1966 TOT N P 58 0 0 93 11 25 2 0 0 2i 6i 3i 0i .947
1967 CIN N Daily P 70 0 0 106.1 8 25 4 0 0 3 6 6 0 .892
1968 CIN N Daily P 78 0 0 135.1 14 39 3 0 0 0 5 3 1 .946
1969 CHI N Daily P 56 0 0 85.1 9 23 2 0 0 0 2 7 0 .941
1970 CHI N Daily P 11 0 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1970 STL N Daily P 11 0 0 18.1 1 9 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 .909
1970 KC A Daily P 36 0 0 55.2 3 9 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 1.000
1970 TOT N P 22 0 0 27.1 1 12 1 1 0 1 4 1 0 .929
1970 Total P 58 0 0 83 4 21 1 1 0 2 7 7 0 .962
1971 KC A Daily P 63 0 0 81 8 20 2 0 0 0 5 6 0 .933
1972 KC A Daily P 45 0 0 58.1 6 12 3 2 0 0 2 6 0 .857
Total P 681 0i 0i 913.2i 92 304 21 16 0i 10i 45i 54i 3i .950
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
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Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Washington Senators (1952).
Released by Washington Senators (May 17, 1960 ).
Signed by Milwaukee Braves (June, 1960).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to Chicago Cubs (April 11, 1965 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Lee Thomas (May 28, 1966 ).
Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Atlanta Braves in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 28, 1966 ).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ken Myette, Bill Plummer
and Clarence Jones (January 9, 1969 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Phil Gagliano (May 29,
1970 ).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Chris Zachary
(July 1, 1970 ).
Released by Kansas City Royals (February 2, 1973 ).
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