Tony Abreu

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**Tony Abreu**

Los Angeles Dodgers — No. 13
Infielder
Born: November 13, 1984 (1984-11-13) (age 23)
Bats: Switch	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
May 22, 2007 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Selected MLB statistics (through 2007)
Batting Average	.271
Home Runs	2
Runs Batted In	17
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (2007-present)

Etanislao Toni "Tony" Abreu [ah-BREH-yu] (born November 13, 1984 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball second baseman & third baseman who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is a switch-hitter and throws right-handed.

Abreu was signed by the Dodgers as an undrafted free agent on October 17, 2002. He played for the Gulf Coast Dodgers of the Rookie Leagues in 2003 and the Columbus Catfish in "A" ball in 2004.

In 2005, while playing for the Vero Beach Dodgers, Abreu led the Florida State League in hitting with a .327 batting average and was an All-Star at second base. He also played for the Phoenix Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League and helped win an AFL championship...batted .305 with a homer and seven RBI in the AFL.^[1]

In 2006, for the Double-A Jacksonville Suns, he hit .287 and was invited to spring training with the Dodgers before the 2007 season. He hit .340 for the Dodgers in their spring training games but wound up opening the season with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s. Primarily a second baseman in the minors, the Dodgers used his stint with the 51s to give him some playing time at third base, figuring that was the position that he might get the best chance to advance.

Abreu made his Major League debut on May 22 against the Milwaukee Brewers and recorded his first Major League hit three days later against the Chicago Cubs. He hit his first home run on June 26, 2007 as a pinch hitter in the 10th inning to key the Dodgers extra innings victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

He suffered a groin injury late in the 2007 season that has kept him out of action through th early part of the 2008 season.