- Johnny Abrego
Infobox MLB retired
name=Johnny Abrego
position=Pitcher
width = 150
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1962|7|4
city-state|Corpus Christi|Texas
debutdate=September 4
debutyear= 1985
debutteam=Chicago Cubs
finaldate=October 3
finalyear=1985
finalteam=Chicago Cubs
stat1label=Pitching record
stat1value=1-1
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=6.38
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=13
teams=
*Chicago Cubs (by|1985)
highlights=Johnny Ray Abrego (born July 4, 1962 in
Corpus Christi, Texas ) was a right-handed startingpitcher inMajor League Baseball for theChicago Cubs . His career was a brief one, as he was a member of the Cubs' starting rotation for the last month of the 1985 season. He also made one relief appearance during his brief career.Abrego was drafted by the
Philadelphia Phillies in the first round (20th pick) of the 1981 amateur player draft out of Mission San Jose High School inFremont, California . The Cubs selected him in the Rule 5 draft in 1983. He was promoted to the Cubs in 1985 despite faring poorly in AAA, where he posted an 0-5 record and allowed 22 earned runs in 25 innings over five starts for an ERA of 7.92.Once with the Cubs, Abrego went 1-1 with a 6.38 ERA. His lone major league win came on September 21, 1985, when he defeated the team that had drafted him, Philadelphia. He was back in AAA the next season, though his year was cut short by injury. After two mediocre seasons in the minors, the Cubs released him in 1987 at the age of 24. Abrego subsequently retired from baseball.
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