preservation of the 1–1 tie, and facilitated the Phils' Dick Sisler's 10th-inning pennant-winning home run. In 1951, his manager Charlie Dressen, who was "capable of cruelty", failed to play him on "Cal Abrams Day." He finished the season with a .419 on-base percentage. On June 9, 1952, he was traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Rudy Rufer and cash. On October 14, 1952, he was traded by the Reds with Gail Henley and Joe Rossi to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gus Bell. In , he hit 15 home runs, his career high, and had 13 assists and 3 double plays-leading all NL right fielders. On May 25, 1954, he was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Baltimore Orioles for Dick Littlefield. In 1954, he was 7th in the AL with a .400 OBP, and 10th in the league with 7 triples. He came in 26th in the AL MVP voting. In , he had a .413 OBP, was 8th in the league in walks with 89, and was 4th in the league in assists by a center fielder with 6. On October 18, 1955, he was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Bobby Adams. He remained in the Major Leagues into the season, when he was sent to the Miami Marlins in the AAA International League. The next year Abrams retired from play. In all of his minor league seasons, his lowest batting average was .331. He played in 567 major league games with the Dodgers, Reds, Pirates, Orioles, and White Sox. In eight seasons, Abrams posted a .269 batting average (433-for-1611) with 257 runs, 32 home runs, 138 RBIs, 304 bases on balls, .386 on-base percentage and .392 slugging percentage. Defensively, he recorded a .977 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions. After baseball In the late '50s and early '60s, Abrams owned The Blossom Lounge in Garden City South, New York, near Adelphi College, later University. In the 60s Abrams was also associated with Camp Iroquois in Peterborough. New Hampshire which was owned by Leo and Rose Trigoboff. Following the devastating ninth inning loss by his former Dodgers team, again to the Giants in the final game of a three-game playoff for the National League pennant in 1962, he was asked by an Adelphi student what he thought of the just concluded game. "Who was playing?" Abrams