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Abbaticchio, Ed

Pittsburgh Pirates

 

  • 1905: Led the National League in At Bats with 610
  • 1907: 82 Run Batted In (#2-tied NL) 

ED ABBATICCHIO
Abbaticchio, Edward James "Batty"
b: 4/15/1877, Latrobe, Pa.     d: 1/6/57, Ft.Lauderdale, Fla.
BR/TR, 5'11", 170 lbs.     Deb: 9/4/1897
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YEAR   TM/L     G     AB     R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI    BB    SO    AVG
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1897   Phi-N     3     10     0     3    0    0    0     0     1         .300
1898   Phi-N    25     92     9    21    4    0    0    14     7         .228
1903   Bos-N   136    489    61   111   18    5    1    46    52         .227
1904   Bos-N   154    579    76   148   18   10    3    54    40         .256
1905   Bos-N   153    610    70   170   25   12    3    41    35         .279
1907   Pit-N   147    496    63   130   14    7    2    82    65         .262
1908   Pit-N   146    500    43   125   16    7    1    61    58         .250
1909  *Pit-N    36     87    13    20    0    0    1    16    19         .230
1910   Pit-N     3      3     0     0    0    0    0     0     0      0  .000
       Bos-N    52    178    20    44    4    2    0    10    12     16  .247
       Yr       55    181    20    44    4    2    0    10    12     16  .243
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Total  9       855   3044   355   772   99   43   11   324   289   ? 16  .254

'Batty' was the first Italian-American to gain major league stardom.  In 1908, he hit a grand-slam homerun in the last game of the season that was ruled foul and cost the Pittsburgh Pirates the National League pennant. Sometime after the end of that season, a woman sued the Bucs for being struck by that 'homerun' ball while watching the game from her seat in fair territory.