Education
Abner attended high school at Mechanicsburg Area High School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, where he was identified by New York Mets scouts as an all-around "can"t miss" outfield prospect after his sophomore year.
Abner attended high school at Mechanicsburg Area High School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, where he was identified by New York Mets scouts as an all-around "can"t miss" outfield prospect after his sophomore year.
He is best known for being chosen first in the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft, although he would go on to have a marginal career. He was also a star at football, and his number "16" was retired by the school for use in both sports. Abner never played a big league game for the Mets.
After moving slowly through the minor league system, he was traded after the 1986 season to the San Diego Padres as part of an eight-player swap that sent Kevin Mitchell west in exchange for Kevin McReynolds.
He would make his debut on September 8, 1987 in a loss to the Braves. Abner entered in the top of the eighth inning as a pinch hitter for Lance McCullers and flied out to center field in his first major league at battalion
The light-hitting Abner played sparingly over the next five seasons for San Diego, being used mostly as a reserve outfielder. He would be traded to the California Angels in 1991 and signed by the Chicago White Sox in 1992.
However, Abner would injure his knee the following season playing basketball before a Triple-A game for the Omaha Royals, and never played in the majors again.