Hershel
Abernethy
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: October 27, 1948 in Usa
 
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 24 SEA FL   3 5 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
1974 25 SEA FL   3 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 2
1975 26 SEA FL   3 5 5 3 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3
1976 27 SEA FL $ 300,000 5 7 6 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 5
1977 28 SEA FL $ 300,000 5 7 6 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 5 6
1978 29 SEA FL $ 300,000 5 7 6 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 5 6
1979 30 SEA FL $ 585,714 5 7 6 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 6 6
1980 31 SEA FL $ 585,714 5 7 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 5 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 585,714 5 7 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 6 6
                                             
  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 32 SEA FL $ 585,714   16 16 15 5 6 5 7 9 8 10 11 11 16 14 15
1982 33 SEA FL $ 820,000   17 17 16 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 11 11 17 15 15
1983 34 SEA FL     10 10 9 3 4 4 7 8 7 5 6 6 11 9 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     10 10 9 3 4 4 7 8 7 5 6 6 11 9 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 820,000   17 17 16 6 6 6 7 9 8 10 11 11 17 15 15
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 24 AAA   162 636 44 153 15 5 12 67 9 5 37 170 .241 .282 .336 .619 60.0  
1974 25 AAA   137 556 74 154 24 2 12 72 7 1 44 121 .277 .330 .392 .722 71.9  
1975 26 AAA   87 94 14 31 6 0 2 10 3 1 8 19 .330 .382 .457 .840 15.6  
1976 27 SEA FL 74 259 30 86 8 6 3 23 10 6 18 29 .332 .375 .444 .819 40.4 11.2
    AAA   81 329 45 105 16 2 4 44 13 4 28 68 .319 .373 .416 .789 49.9  
1977 28 SEA FL 150 551 51 125 13 4 8 46 4 4 43 69 .227 .280 .309 .589 48.9 3.9
1978 29 SEA FL 149 519 69 163 18 9 5 53 3 2 40 67 .314 .362 .412 .775 73.9 14.5
1979 30 SEA FL 147 574 69 164 23 9 12 72 0 1 33 78 .286 .327 .420 .747 72.3 10.7
1980 31 SEA FL 127 421 51 129 22 8 4 54 2 1 41 62 .306 .369 .425 .794 63.6 14.2
1981 32 SEA FL 144 434 54 133 15 6 4 63 0 1 32 72 .306 .357 .396 .753 58.8 11.4
1982 33 SEA FL 126 224 29 69 9 1 2 38 1 0 15 33 .308 .354 .384 .738 28.8 5.7
1983 34 SEA FL 75 103 7 25 2 1 0 10 0 0 4 20 .243 .278 .282 .559 8.1 0.3
8 Years Sim 992 3085 360 894 110 44 38 359 20 15 226 430 .290 .339 .391 .730 394.9 72.0
4 Years AAA 467 1615 177 443 61 9 30 193 32 11 117 378 .274 .325 .379 .704 197.5  
162 Game Average 503 58 145 17 7 6 58 3 2 36 70 .290 .339 .391 .730 64.5  
Career Highs 150 574 69 164 23 9 12 72 10 6 43 78 .332 .375 .444 .819 73.9  
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   2442 299 737 93 39 31 299 14 12 193 369 .302 .354 .410 .764 339.8
vs LH   643 61 157 17 5 7 60 6 3 33 61 .244 .281 .319 .600 56.2
Home 489 1469 184 433 55 24 19 177 9 8 118 228 .295 .346 .404 .750 199.1
Away 503 1616 176 461 55 20 19 182 11 7 108 202 .285 .332 .379 .711 196.8
RISP   767 0 229 24 9 5 296 0 0 68 117 .299 .354 .373 .727 100.8
Pinch Hitting   158 19 41 4 1 0 18 1 2 11 24 .259 .306 .297 .603 14.0
Close/Late   400 38 109 8 4 6 47 0 0 33 64 .273 .332 .358 .689 47.3
Mar/Apr 168 543 72 169 21 7 6 60 3 3 37 75 .311 .356 .409 .765 74.8
May 160 514 55 136 18 6 4 62 1 0 34 69 .265 .309 .346 .655 54.4
June 147 430 56 115 15 3 8 59 3 5 31 55 .267 .318 .372 .690 49.2
July 183 537 59 160 18 5 9 59 3 2 43 79 .298 .350 .400 .750 73.4
August 171 531 65 174 23 12 8 67 2 3 37 70 .328 .375 .461 .837 83.8
Sep/Oct 163 530 53 140 15 11 3 52 8 2 44 82 .264 .320 .351 .671 60.4
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   DWS
1976 27 SEA FL 3B 69 67 592.3 26 113 8 8 .946 2.11   2.2
1977 28 SEA FL 3B 149 149 1350.0 91 251 11 20 .969 2.28   4.1
1978 29 SEA FL 3B 139 134 1190.7 100 224 9 14 .973 2.45   3.1
    LF 2 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 3 0 7.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 14.14   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 30 SEA FL 3B 147 146 1277.3 75 261 14 24 .960 2.37   5.3
1980 31 SEA FL 3B 119 115 986.7 70 201 6 16 .978 2.47   4.8
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50   0.0
1981 32 SEA FL 3B 128 119 1017.7 75 216 12 17 .960 2.57   3.2
    1B 3 0 8.0 14 0 1 0 .933 15.75   0.0
1982 33 SEA FL 3B 73 40 407.0 24 83 3 7 .973 2.37   1.2
    1B 6 0 18.3 16 2 0 1 1.000 8.84   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 34 SEA FL 3B 24 10 116.7 8 23 0 4 1.000 2.39   0.3
    1B 3 0 5.7 4 1 0 0 1.000 7.95   0.0
    2B 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 848 780 6938.3 469 1372 63 110 .967 2.39   24.2
  1B 15 0 39.0 44 4 1 2 .980 11.08   0.1
  LF 4 0 15.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 2 0 5.3 0 1 1 0 .500 1.69   0.0
  2B 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   872 780 7005.3 513 1377 65 112 .967 2.43   24.3
Career Highs   149 149 1350.0 110 261 14 24 1.000 2.68    
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 29 SEA FL 3 13 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .385 .400 .462 .862
1979 30 SEA FL 5 18 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .278 .278 .278 .556
1980 31 SEA FL 11 38 3 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .368 .385 .395 .779
1981 32 SEA FL 5 16 5 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .188 .350 .250 .600
1982 33 SEA FL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 26 89 12 27 3 0 0 8 0 1 5 16 .303 .344 .337 .681
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
1978-6-.314
Singles
1978-10-131
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Rex Hamilton (926)
  7. George Chavez (916)
  8. Chris Barnhard (916)
  9. Jerry Fitzgerald (905)
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History
Had first career hit (triple) on 7/3/1976, off Brock Rutherford (LV)
Injured on 8/19/1979 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks