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Jim Abbott
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Jim Abbott is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and motivational speaker who competed professionally despite being born without a right hand.
Biography
James Anthony Abbott grew up in Flint, Michigan, and graduated from Flint Central High School. Born without a right hand, he pursued baseball through high school and at the University of Michigan. Although the Toronto Blue Jays drafted him in 1985, he chose college instead. In 1987, he received the James E. Sullivan Award as the nation's best amateur athlete, and he won a gold medal in baseball's demonstration event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Abbott pitched in Major League Baseball from 1989 to 1999, playing for the California Angels, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, and Milwaukee Brewers. With the Yankees in 1993, he threw a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians. After retiring from professional baseball, he became a motivational speaker.
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Books by Jim Abbott
Imperfect
Imperfect describes how a pitcher born without a right hand overcame challenges related to his disability to excel in baseball through high school, college, and his professional career.