Luis
Abdullah
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 250
 
Born: June 23, 1954 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Rookie Award 1978   
Slick Fielder Award 1978    1982    1986   
All-Star Selections 1978    1979    1987   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 19 CLG FL   1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
1974 20 CLG FL   2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
1975 21 CLG FL   3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
1976 22 OMA JL   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
1977 23 DM FL   6 5 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
1978 24 DM FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
1979 25 DM FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2
1980 26 DM FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 27 DM FL $ 1,528,571   13 13 14 16 16 16 12 12 12 11 11 11 7 7 7
1982 28 DM FL $ 3,135,714   13 13 13 17 17 17 12 11 11 11 10 10 9 9 9
1983 29 BIR FL $ 3,135,714   13 13 13 17 17 17 12 12 12 11 10 10 9 9 9
1984 30 MAN FL $ 4,500,000   14 14 14 17 17 17 12 12 12 11 10 10 9 9 9
1985 31 MAN FL $ 4,500,000   15 15 15 17 17 17 12 12 12 11 10 10 10 10 10
1986 32 BIR FL $ 4,500,000   16 16 16 17 17 17 12 12 12 11 10 10 10 10 10
1987 33 BIR FL $ 4,500,000   15 15 16 17 17 17 12 12 12 11 10 10 10 10 10
1988 34 DM FL $ 3,590,000   15 15 15 16 16 16 12 12 12 11 10 10 10 10 10
1989 35 HAW JL $ 3,590,000   14 14 14 15 15 15 12 12 12 9 9 9 9 9 9
1990 36 CHI JL $ 3,590,000   13 13 13 15 15 15 12 12 12 9 9 9 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,528,571   13 13 13 15 15 15 12 11 11 9 9 9 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   16 16 16 17 17 17 12 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 19 A   125 492 43 144 14 4 5 47 3 5 43 105 .293 .350 .368 .717 62.1  
1974 20 A   138 529 72 163 13 2 7 53 1 2 46 118 .308 .363 .380 .743 72.1  
1975 21 AA   21 73 12 24 4 0 4 12 0 1 6 14 .329 .380 .548 .928 13.7  
    A   117 479 62 137 17 4 7 48 1 2 43 91 .286 .345 .382 .727 62.3  
1976 22 AAA   65 237 31 75 11 2 3 30 1 0 26 56 .316 .384 .418 .802 37.3  
    AA   71 289 34 89 14 0 4 26 0 0 18 70 .308 .349 .398 .746 38.3  
1977 23 AAA   136 529 47 145 27 1 6 41 0 2 61 122 .274 .349 .363 .712 67.9  
1978 24 DM FL 141 547 77 185 28 1 6 72 2 2 34 75 .338 .379 .426 .805 80.0 15.8
1979 25 DM FL 151 622 82 199 32 3 12 80 2 0 31 96 .320 .352 .439 .791 90.1 17.7
1980 26 DM FL 150 551 68 162 27 1 21 87 1 1 36 90 .294 .339 .461 .800 83.4 15.4
1981 27 DM FL 158 587 93 168 38 5 19 104 2 1 69 151 .286 .363 .465 .828 94.7 18.1
1982 28 DM FL 150 521 60 125 28 1 15 70 0 1 38 170 .240 .297 .384 .681 58.3 7.4
1983 29 DM FL 103 392 45 89 20 2 15 59 1 0 27 111 .227 .282 .403 .685 44.1 5.3
  BIR FL 48 135 25 37 7 0 12 25 1 0 10 39 .274 .331 .593 .924 25.7 5.0
  TOT   151 527 70 126 27 2 27 84 2 0 37 150 .239 .294 .452 .746 69.8 10.3
1984 30 BIR FL 70 176 17 35 4 1 2 15 0 0 16 64 .199 .268 .267 .535 13.8 0.2
  MAN FL 72 198 19 56 18 0 7 29 0 0 20 54 .283 .348 .480 .828 33.2 7.2
  TOT   142 374 36 91 22 1 9 44 0 0 36 118 .243 .311 .380 .691 47.1 7.4
1985 31 MAN FL 127 321 42 75 12 2 12 40 0 0 22 99 .234 .287 .396 .682 36.5 3.8
1986 32 BIR FL 144 506 68 127 29 2 21 83 0 0 40 164 .251 .319 .441 .760 68.8 7.7
1987 33 BIR FL 155 582 98 162 29 2 37 135 2 0 61 183 .278 .352 .526 .878 104.8 15.5
1988 34 BIR FL 18 17 2 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 9 .294 .333 .706 1.039 3.8 0.8
  DM FL 125 419 46 97 15 0 18 54 0 0 37 134 .232 .302 .396 .699 50.9 5.3
  TOT   143 436 48 102 16 0 20 56 0 0 38 143 .234 .304 .408 .712 54.7 6.0
1989 35 DM FL 65 133 19 34 5 0 10 26 0 0 14 33 .256 .327 .519 .845 23.5 3.4
  HAW JL 72 200 27 49 8 1 7 31 0 0 14 54 .245 .295 .400 .695 23.8 2.6
  TOT   137 333 46 83 13 1 17 57 0 0 28 87 .249 .308 .447 .755 47.2 6.0
1990 36 HAW JL 42 75 8 22 3 1 1 9 0 0 5 13 .293 .333 .400 .733 10.0 1.5
  CHI JL 96 355 41 96 19 2 17 63 0 0 22 101 .270 .313 .479 .791 52.9 7.0
  TOT   138 430 49 118 22 3 18 72 0 0 27 114 .274 .316 .465 .781 62.8 8.5
13 Years Sim 1887 6337 837 1723 323 24 234 984 11 5 497 1640 .272 .329 .441 .770 898.2 139.6
2 Years AAA 201 766 78 220 38 3 9 71 1 2 87 178 .287 .364 .380 .743 105.1  
2 Years AA 92 362 46 113 18 0 8 38 0 1 24 84 .312 .357 .428 .785 51.9  
3 Years A 380 1500 177 444 44 10 19 148 5 9 132 314 .296 .356 .377 .733 196.5  
7 Years Minors 673 2628 301 777 100 13 36 257 6 12 243 576 .296 .359 .385 .743 353.5  
162 Game Average 544 71 147 27 2 20 84 0 0 42 140 .272 .329 .441 .770 77.1  
Career Highs 158 622 98 199 38 5 37 135 2 2 69 183 .338 .379 .526 .878 104.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4104 534 1131 200 15 144 637 8 2 319 1063 .276 .332 .437 .769 576.8
vs LH   2233 303 592 123 9 90 347 3 3 178 577 .265 .323 .449 .772 315.1
Home 929 3069 433 877 165 12 122 486 4 5 228 772 .286 .338 .467 .805 462.2
Away 958 3268 404 846 158 12 112 498 7 0 269 868 .259 .320 .417 .737 429.7
RISP   1734 0 477 82 7 66 732 0 0 161 483 .275 .334 .445 .778 256.4
Pinch Hitting   264 38 72 15 0 12 44 0 0 25 83 .273 .337 .466 .803 40.6
Close/Late   822 77 226 34 4 32 126 0 0 75 234 .275 .342 .443 .785 121.0
Mar/Apr 303 1000 137 270 53 6 43 163 1 0 80 260 .270 .327 .464 .791 147.6
May 311 986 128 280 51 3 37 150 3 0 76 262 .284 .343 .454 .798 146.2
June 309 1071 142 298 51 4 31 156 1 2 83 270 .278 .333 .420 .754 145.1
July 323 1144 135 289 51 5 39 176 1 3 93 301 .253 .311 .408 .719 143.8
August 323 1078 147 305 56 3 42 173 3 0 74 266 .283 .334 .457 .791 157.4
Sep/Oct 318 1058 148 281 61 3 42 166 2 0 91 281 .266 .326 .448 .774 151.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1978 24 DM FL 3B 135 134 1178.7 83 268 19 23 .949 2.68 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    1B 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 25 DM FL 3B 150 146 1286.0 70 270 26 21 .929 2.38 0 0 .000 0 3.9
1980 26 DM FL 3B 145 140 1243.3 71 264 20 18 .944 2.42 0 0 .000 0 3.3
1981 27 DM FL 1B 78 78 691.7 745 67 4 50 .995 10.57 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 78 70 645.7 34 139 14 11 .925 2.41 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1982 28 DM FL 1B 137 130 1175.7 1297 97 11 92 .992 10.67 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    3B 8 0 17.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1983 29 DM FL 1B 90 87 857.7 897 75 2 75 .998 10.20 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    SS 1 1 7.4 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.65 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BIR FL 1B 42 41 298.0 311 26 1 26 .997 10.18 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    SS 0 0 2.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 132 128 1155.7 1208 101 3 101 .998 10.19   1.6
      SS 1 1 10.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
      3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1984 30 BIR FL 1B 49 46 375.2 402 28 3 35 .993 10.31 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 3 0 6.5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MAN FL 1B 50 47 428.8 460 32 3 40 .994 10.33 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    3B 3 0 7.5 0 2 1 1 .667 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 99 93 804.0 862 60 6 75 .994 10.32   1.6
      3B 6 0 14.0 0 3 1 1 .750 1.93   0.0
1985 31 MAN FL 1B 77 70 630.7 726 49 2 52 .997 11.06 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    3B 7 0 15.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 32 BIR FL 1B 139 134 1170.0 1218 103 9 108 .993 10.16 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 33 BIR FL 3B 126 124 1097.7 76 259 18 16 .949 2.75 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    1B 28 26 220.0 244 14 1 11 .996 10.55 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 34 BIR FL 1B 16 14 37.7 42 3 0 4 1.000 10.74 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  DM FL 1B 108 101 970.9 1070 84 4 97 .997 10.70 0 0 .000 0 3.8
  TOT   1B 124 115 1008.6 1112 87 4 101 .997 10.70   3.9
1989 35 DM FL 1B 35 32 242.3 262 23 1 18 .997 10.59 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 10 3 36.0 2 8 1 0 .909 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  HAW JL 1B 39 36 349.7 379 32 1 27 .998 10.58 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 11 4 52.0 2 12 1 0 .933 2.42 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 74 68 592.0 641 55 2 45 .997 10.58   1.2
      3B 21 7 88.0 4 20 2 0 .923 2.45   0.3
      SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1990 36 HAW JL 1B 30 30 148.2 158 14 2 12 .989 10.45 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 4 3 16.2 1 3 1 0 .800 2.22 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CHI JL 1B 68 68 704.5 753 67 7 57 .992 10.48 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 9 6 76.8 4 13 2 1 .895 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 987 941 8310.0 8969 714 51 704 .995 10.49 0 0 .000 0 16.7
  3B 690 630 5681.3 343 1246 103 91 .939 2.52 0 0 .000 0 16.6
  SS 3 1 13.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1681 1572 14005.3 9316 1962 154 795 .987 7.25 0 0 .000 0 33.3
Career Highs   156 150 1337.3 1297 273 26 108 .998 10.84 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1978 24 DM FL 8 36 3 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .306 .324 .389 .713
1979 25 DM FL 3 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .154 .214 .154 .368
1980 26 DM FL 5 19 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .105 .105 .105 .211
1981 27 DM FL 12 46 3 8 2 1 2 4 0 0 4 12 .174 .255 .391 .646
1986 32 BIR FL 17 76 13 20 1 0 4 13 2 0 4 29 .263 .300 .434 .734
1987 33 BIR FL 11 46 5 12 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 16 .261 .292 .391 .683
Career Post-Season Batting 56 236 28 55 7 2 7 22 2 0 11 74 .233 .273 .369 .642
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1978-3-.338
1979-6-.320
On-Base Pct
1978-5-.379
Games
1981-3-158
CAR-39-1887
At-Bats
1979-3-622
Hits
1978-7-185
1979-3-199
Singles
1978-3-150
1979-3-152
Homeruns
1983-6-27
RBIs
1981-5-104
1987-4-135
CAR-42-984
Strikeouts
1981-3-151
1982-1-170
1983-1-150
1986-3-164
1987-1-183
1988-5-143
CAR-19-1640
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 39th round, 936th overall pick, by Calgary in 1973
Injured on 4/21/1973 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
Traded from Calgary to Austin on 5/11/1976 (Going to AUS: 1B L. Abdullah. Going to CLG: P A. Linares)
Traded from Omaha to Des Moines on 6/1/1977 (Going to OMA: P I. Guiterrez, CF D. Whitnall. Going to DM: 1B L. Abdullah, CF D. Lipscomb)
Had first career hit on 4/11/1978, off Paul Khalil (NO)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1978, off Cordell Tidwell (NO)
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Slick Fielder Award at Third Base in 1978
Won Owners Choice Frick League Rookie of the Year Award for 1978
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Birmingham on 8/17/1981