Brent Gates

Brent Gates
Brent Gates
	Second baseman / Third baseman
	Born: March 14, 1970 (age 54); Grand Rapids, Michigan
	Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
	May 5, 1993, for the Oakland Athletics
Last MLB appearance
	October 3, 1999, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
Batting average	.264
Home runs	25
Runs batted in	279
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Oakland Athletics (1993–1996); Seattle Mariners (1997); Minnesota Twins (1998–1999);

Brent Robert Gates (born March 14, 1970) is a former Major League Baseball second and third baseman.

He attended Grandville High School in West Michigan, and then the University of Minnesota where he played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team. Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the first round of the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft, Gates made his Major League Baseball debut with the Oakland Athletics on May 5, 1993, and appeared in his final game on October 3, 1999.

Gates is based in Grand Rapids and is a professional scout for the Tampa Bay Rays.^[1] He used to be head coach of the Grand Rapids Christian High School baseball team.[1] and was a coach for the Class-A West Michigan Whitecaps during the 2001 season.

Brent Gates did appear in one intramural baseball game at the University of Minnesota in 1989 (Stats not included).

References

^ Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2015 Directory. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-56-5.

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