Brent Abernathy
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| Long Island Ducks — No. 15 | |
| Infielder | |
| Born: September 23, 1977 | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| June 25, 2001 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2007) |
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| Batting average | .244 |
| Home runs | 8 |
| Runs batted in | 79 |
| Teams | |
| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Gold | 2000 Sydney | Team competition | |
Michael Brent Abernathy (born September 23, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a baseball infielder for the Long Island Ducks of the indenpendent Atlantic League.
He was awarded the Dial Award for the national high-school scholar-athlete of the year in 1995.
Abernathy was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the second round of the 1996 First Year Player Draft. In 2000, he was traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for pitchers Steve Trachsel and Mark Guthrie. He went on to make his debut in the majors with Tampa and later played with the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins. He has not been in the majors since 2005.
On April 7, 2008, Abernathy signed with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League.
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