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{{Short description|American baseball player and coach (1869–1962)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Bert Abbey
|image=Bert_abbey_brooklyn_photo.jpg
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|birth_date={{Birth date|1869|11|11}}
|birth_place=[[Essex, Vermont]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1962|6|11|1869|11|11}}
|death_place=[[Essex Junction, Vermont]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 14
|debutyear=1892
|debutteam=Washington Senators
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 23
|finalyear=1896
|finalteam=Brooklyn Bridegrooms
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[
|stat1value=
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=4.52
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=161
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'''Bert Wood Abbey''' (November 11, 1869 – June 11, 1962) was
▲'''Bert Wood Abbey''' (November 11, 1869 – June 11, 1962) was a [[Major League Baseball|Major League]] [[baseball]] [[pitcher]].
After graduating from [[Vermont Academy]] in 1887, Abbey first began playing baseball as a freshman in college, when he recruited fellow students to form the [[Vermont Catamounts]] (UVM) team.<ref name="UVM">"[
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After his graduation, Abbey was drafted by the [[Washington Senators (
▲Abbey first began playing baseball as a freshman in college when he recruited fellow students to form the [[Vermont Catamounts]] (UVM) team.<ref name="UVM">"[http://www.uvm.edu/~sportspr/?Page=hofinducteesbios.html&SM=achievementsmenu.html Catamount Accomplishments : Athletics : University of Vermont]." ''[[University of Vermont]].'' April 13, 2006.{{dead link|date=January 2010}}</ref> At UVM, he made the baseball and training program progress fast with his presence as player, coach and captain. He graduated in 1891 from UVM and the year after, Abbey's team at the University won almost every game they played including games against professional teams.<ref>Thomas, John D. (2005) ''University of Vermont, VT''. Arcadia Publishing. p.45. ISBN 0-7385-3777-2.</ref>
Abbey
▲==Major League career==
▲After his graduation, Abbey was drafted by the [[Washington Senators (1891-1899)|Washington Senators]] where he pitched 14 games before being sold to the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]. He was then sent down to the farm team in [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. In {{By|1893}}, the Chicago Colts bought his services and he remained there until 1895 when he moved to the [[Brooklyn Grooms]]
==Death and legacy==
▲Abbey remained with the team (renamed the Bridegrooms) for one more season. His last game was played on September 23, 1896, in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]].
Abbey died at the age of 92 in [[Essex Junction, Vermont]] less than a year after suffering a heart attack.<ref>O'Connor, Pat."[http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&pid=7&bid=1432 Bert Abbey Biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026111556/http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&pid=7&bid=1432 |date=October 26, 2011 }}." ''[[SABR]].'' Retrieved October 25, 2006.</ref> He is buried at the
▲Abbey died at the age of 92 in [[Essex Junction, Vermont]] less than a year after suffering a heart attack.<ref>O'Connor, Pat."[http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&pid=7&bid=1432 Bert Abbey Biography]." ''[[SABR]].'' Retrieved October 25, 2006.</ref> He is buried at the [[Mountain View Cemetery (Essex Junction, Vermont)|Mountain View Cemetery]] in Essex Junction.<ref name="baseballalmanac">"[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=abbeybe01 Bert Abbey Baseball Stats]." ''[[Baseball Almanac]].'' April 13, 2006.</ref>
He was posthumously inducted into UVM's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1969.<ref name="UVM"/>
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* ''"Baseball's okay in college, but no place for a man with brain!"''<ref name="UVM"/>
==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Find a Grave|7377185|Bert Abbey}}
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