caption finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
abbott in 1998 . 1999 left flint , michigan 1989 july 21 87 -- 108 4.25 888 pitcher milwaukee brewers win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts april 8 19 september 1967 jim_abbott_cannons . jpg jim abbott
 california angels jim abbott left
jim abbott

james anthony abbott -lrb- born september 19 , 1967 -rrb- is a former baseball pitcher , who played despite having been born without a right hand .
he played 10 seasons in major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- for the california angels , new york yankees , chicago white sox , and milwaukee brewers , from 1989 to 1999 .
he graduated from flint central high school and grew up in the east village area of flint , michigan .
while with the university of michigan , abbott won the james e. sullivan award as the nation 's best amateur athlete in 1987 and won a gold medal in the demonstration event at the 1988 summer olympics .
he was drafted in the first round of the 1988 mlb draft and reached the major leagues the next year .
as a member of the yankees , he threw a no-hitter against the cleveland indians in 1993 .
abbott retired with a career record of 87 wins and 108 losses , with a 4.25 earned run average .
he currently works as a motivational speaker .
