Tal Abernathy

Who was Tal Abernathy?

Talmadge Lafayette Abernathy, also known as Ted Abernathy, was a professional baseball player whose playing career spanned eight seasons, including parts of three in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics. Abernathy was a pitcher. Over his major league career, he went 0–3 with a 11.07 earned run average, one complete game and 13 strikeouts in seven games, two starts. Abernathy batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Abernathy also played in the minor leagues. Over his career in the minors, Abernathy played with the Class-B Wilmington Blue Rocks; Class-A1, and later Double-A, Memphis Chickasaws; the Class-C Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets; the Class-C Reidsville Luckies; the Class-C, and later Class-B, Burlington Bees; and the Class-B Greensboro Patriots. During his minor league career, Abernathy went 79–67 with a 3.39 ERA in 238 games. Abernathy also managed two minor league teams during the 1948 season.