Reggie Abercrombie

Reggie Abercrombie

Infobox MLB player
name=Reggie Abercrombie
position=Center field
team=Houston Astros
number= 1
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1981|7|15
debutdate=April 4
debutyear=2006
debutteam=Florida Marlins
statyear=July 13, 2008
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.207
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=8
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=30
teams=
*Florida Marlins (by|2006-by|2007)
*Houston Astros (by|2008-present)

Reginald Damascus Abercrombie (born July 15, 1981 in Columbus, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros.

Reggie graduated from Columbus High School. He was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 23rd round of the June 1999 Major League Baseball Draft, but chose to attend Lake City Community College in Florida during the 1999-2000 school year. After a strong spring training in by|2006, in which he batted .358 with a .394 on-base percentage and a .627 slugging percentage, the Florida Marlins called him up to the big club.

His ascent to the Majors was somewhat surprising, considering he had only had brief stints above Single-A ball. Though once viewed as a marginal prospect, the Marlins had high hopes for him. In 2006, he joined a rookie cast that included Hanley Ramírez, Dan Uggla, Jeremy Hermida, Josh Johnson, Josh Willingham, Eric Reed, Mike Jacobs, and Scott Olsen, a group that overperformed considering the meager expectations. Abercrombie had some high points, but overall he didn't stick as a starter for the Marlins in 2006 and ended up with only 281 plate appearances, a batting average of .212, an on-base percentage of .271, and a slugging percentage of .333, all well below the league averages.

In the by|2007 season, Abercrombie saw less time in the majors and again slumped at the plate there, with a .197 batting average, .238 on-base percentage, and .316 slugging percentage in 80 plate appearances. He spent most of the season, however, with the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes, where he hit very well, with a .323 batting average, .361 on-base percentage, and .584 slugging percentage in 379 plate appearances.

Though he never materialized into a consistent option for the Marlins, on April 19, 2006, while playing against the Cincinnati Reds in the Great American Ballpark, Abercrombie hit a home run 490 feet, according to Hit Tracker Online's Standard Distance (considered "the best way of comparing home runs hit under a variety of different conditions" by the website). This home run is the furthest recorded distance of any home run since Hit Tracker has kept track of HR distances. [ [http://www.hittrackeronline.com/index.php HitTracker :: Home run tracking and distance measurement ] ] . The home run was hit off of then Reds pitcher Mike Gosling.

On October 11, 2007, the Houston Astros claimed him off waivers from the Marlins. He was sent outright to the minors on March 28, by|2008. On June 7, his contract was purchased from the minors, and was added to the active roster. He was designated for assignment on July 6. After being sent outright to the minors, he was recalled to the Astros on August 9.

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