Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Andrew Abbott was born June 1, 1999, in Lynchburg, Virginia. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Abbott spent his first professional season with the Arizona Complex League Reds and Daytona Tortugas. He started 2022 with the Dayton Dragons and was promoted to the Chattanooga Lookouts during the season. In 91 innings at Double-A (across 20 starts), he posted a 4.75 ERA with 119 strikeouts and 41 walks.

He was one of five Reds prospects invited to the team's 2023 spring training camp. Abbott began the year with Double-A Chattanooga, posting a 1.15 ERA across 3 starts before he promoted to the Triple-A Louisville Bats. In 7 starts for Louisville, Abbott logged a 3–0 record and 3.05 ERA with 54 strikeouts in 38+1⁄3 innings of work.

On June 4, 2023, the Reds announced that Abbott would be promoted to the major leagues for the first time to start against the Milwaukee Brewers the following day, after Hunter Greene had his start pushed back due to hip stiffness. Abbott made his major league debut on June 5 and threw 6 shutout innings versus the Milwaukee Brewers, striking out 6 batters and allowing only 1 hit, making him the only left-hander in the Modern Era to pitch at least 6 scoreless innings with at least 6 strikeouts and no more than one hit allowed in an MLB debut, and the first Reds pitcher to do so since 1893.