| Brett Gideon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher | |||
| Born:August 8, 1963 Ozona, Texas | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 5, 1987, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| April 10, 1990, for the Montreal Expos | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| ERA | 4.46 | ||
| Games | 34 | ||
| Strikeouts | 33 | ||
| Teams | |||
Byron Brett Gideon (born August 8, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Gideon played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Expos.
A 1987 single in his only at-bat left Gideon with a rare MLB career batting average of 1.000.
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