Jim Abbott's unprecedented baseball career inspired disabled people across the globe
Born in Flint, Michigan, in 1967 without a right hand, Jim Abbott rose to unexpected prominence as a baseball pitcher before being drafted by the California Angels in the first round of the 1988 draft. The pinnacle of his MLB career came on September 4th, 1993, when he pitched a no-hitter for the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Abbott’s unprecedented and transformational career earned him international fame, and his story affected thousands of disabled and limb-different children across the globe.
