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On an overcast September day in 1993, Jim Abbott took the mound at Yankee Stadium and threw one of the most dramatic no-hitters in major-league history. The game was the crowning achievement in an unlikely success story, unseen in the annals of professional sports. In Imperfect, the one-time big league ace retraces his remarkable journey. В Born without a right hand, Jim Abbott as a boy dreamed of being a great athlete. Raised in Flint, Michigan, by parents who saw in his condition not a disability but an extraordinary opportunity, Jim became a two-sport standout in high school, then an ace pitcher for the University of Michigan. But his journey was only beginning. As a nineteen-year-old, Jim beat the vaunted Cuban National Team. By twenty-one, heвЂTMd won the gold medal game at the 1988 Olympics and—without spending a day in the minor leagues—cracked the starting rotation of the California Angels. In 1991, he would finish third in the voting for the Cy Young Award. Two years later, he would don Yankee pinstripes and deliver a one-of-a-kind no-hitter. It wouldnвЂTMt always be so good. After a season full of difficult losses—some of them by football scores—Jim was released,

Who reads Imperfect : An Improbable Life?

Author

Abbott, Jim, Brown, Tim

Publisher

Random House Digital, Inc.

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780345523259

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Body Mind & Spirit, Sports

Rating

3.8 / 5 (766 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13