Brent Gates
| Brent Gates | |||
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| Second baseman / Third baseman | |||
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Born: March 14, 1970 Grand Rapids, Michigan | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 5, 1993, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 3, 1999, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .264 | ||
| Home runs | 25 | ||
| Runs batted in | 279 | ||
| Teams | |||
Brent Robert Gates (born March 14, 1970) is a former Major League Baseball second and third baseman.
He attended Grandville High School in West Michigan, and then the University of Minnesota where he played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team. Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the first round of the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft, Gates made his Major League Baseball debut with the Oakland Athletics on May 5, 1993, and appeared in his final game on October 3, 1999. He is now the Varsity baseball coach at Byron Center High School in West Michigan.
Gates is based in Grand Rapids and is a professional scout for the Tampa Bay Rays.[1] He used to be head coach of the Grand Rapids Christian High School baseball team. and was a coach for the Class-A West Michigan Whitecaps during the 2001 season.
Brent Gates did appear in one intramural baseball game at the University of Minnesota in 1989 (Stats not included).
References
- ↑ Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2015 Directory. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-56-5.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube