Jeffrey William Abbott is a retired professional baseball player who played outfielder in the major leagues from 1997-2001. He played for the Chicago White Sox and Florida Marlins Abbott Attended Dunwoody High School, in Dunwoody, Georgia and later the University of Kentucky. Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 32nd round of the 1993 amateur draft, but did not sign. Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Abbott began his minor league career with the Hickory Crawdads of the ?A? ball league Southern Atlantic League after just four games at Rookie ball with the GCL White Sox in the Gulf Coast League in 1994. In 63 games with the White Sox he batted .393 with six home runs and 48 RBI. He began the 1995 season at advanced A ball league Prince William Cannons for 70 games where he batted .348 with four home runs and 48 RBI, before advancing to AA Birmingham Barons of the Southern League. In 55 games with the Barons he had three home runs and 28 RBI while batting .320. 1996 saw Abbott playing for the AAA Nashville Sounds of the American Association where he would remain all season as the team's starting left fielder. 

August 17th, 1972 in Atlanta (Age 51)