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{{short description|Australian baseball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| position    = [[Second baseman]]
| name        = Trent Durrington
| image       = Trent Durrington.jpg
| caption     = Durrington with the [[Nashville Sounds]] in 2005
| width       = 150
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|8|27}}
| birth_place = [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| bats        = Right
| throws      = Right
|debutleague = MLB
| debutdate   = 6 August
| debutyear   = 1999
| debutteam   = Anaheim Angels
|finalleague = MLB
| finaldate   = 28 September
| finalyear   = 2005
| finalteam   = Milwaukee Brewers
|statleague = MLB
| stat1label  = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
| stat1value  = .196
| stat2label  = [[Home run]]s
| stat2value  = 2
| stat3label  = [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
| stat3value  = 9
| teams       = 
*[[Los Angeles Angels|Anaheim Angels]] ({{mlby|1999}}–{{mlby|2000}}, {{mlby|2003}})
*[[Milwaukee Brewers]] ({{mlby|2004}}–{{mlby|2005}})
| hofcolor= #00843D
| hoflink= Baseball Australia Hall of Fame
| hoftype= Australian
| hofdate= 2015
}}

'''Trent John Durrington''' (born 27 August 1975) is an Australian former professional baseball player. He is primarily a [[second baseman]]. In his years as a student, he attended [[The Southport School]] located in [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]].

==Career==
After making his major league debut on 6 August 1999, with the [[Los Angeles Angels|Anaheim Angels]], Durrington would also see action with Anaheim in the {{Baseball year|2000}} and {{Baseball year|2003}} seasons. Durrington signed with the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] as a free agent after the 2003 season expired, where he saw action in the {{Baseball year|2004}} and {{Baseball year|2005}} seasons. In what would turn out to be his penultimate game in the major leagues on 26 September 2005, Durrington achieved a very unusual feat: he entered the game as a pinch-runner and later struck out to end the same inning.<ref>[http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050926&content_id=1225486]{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Adam McCalvy, "Bats blast Brewers past Reds", MLB.com, 26 September 2005</ref> He made his big league pitching debut in a 14–5 loss 17 April 2004 at [[Houston Astros|Houston]], retiring the only man he faced, [[José Vizcaíno|Jose Vizcaino]], on a first-pitch fly ball to right field. Durrington is the only Australian position player to have pitched in the Majors.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/fieldPitch.shtml Non-pitchers with pitching appearances] Baseball Reference</ref> {{Asof|August 2022}}, he is the only player to throw just one pitch in the Major Leagues since [[Stats Perform|STATS, LLC]] began tracking pitch count data in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |title=Player Pitching Season & Career Stats Finder |url=https://stathead.com/tiny/IO8FO |website=Stathead.com |access-date=12 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

In March {{Baseball year|2006}}, Durrington played with the [[Australia national baseball team|Australian national team]] in the [[World Baseball Classic]]. He then spent the regular season playing with [[Boston Red Sox|Boston]]'s Triple-A affiliate, the [[Pawtucket Red Sox]]. Durrington played for the [[Buffalo Bisons]], the Triple-A affiliate of the [[Cleveland Indians]], in {{Baseball year|2007}}. He made four career pitching appearances in the minors as well, and holds a career record of 1–1. He was released and retired at the end of the 2007 season.

Durrington's only minor league [[Win–loss record (pitching)|pitching win]] came on 5 May 2007 at [[Dunn Tire Park]] against the Pawtucket Red Sox. The win came in a game that was suspended on 23 April, but resumed nearly two weeks later. Durrington entered in the top of the 9th with the bases loaded and the Bisons losing 12–6. He walked the first two batters before retiring Luis Antonio Jimenez. The Bisons then managed to send thirteen men to the plate in the bottom of the ninth and got Durrington his only professional win with a bases-loaded walk.

In 2015, he was inducted into the Australian Baseball Hall of Fame, in the category "Special induction for players who have had outstanding careers in the game of baseball Internationally, (e.g. MLB, Asia and other areas), and made outstanding contributions to the game of Baseball who may not meet the standard criteria."<ref>{{citation|title=2015 Hall of Fame Inductee – Trent Durrington|url=https://baseball.com.au/trentdurrington |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328202154/https://baseball.com.au/trentdurrington |archive-date=2015-03-28 |publisher=Baseball Australia|accessdate=9 May 2022}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Baseball stats |br= d/durritr01 }}

{{Australia roster 2001 Baseball World Cup}}
{{Australia 2006 World Baseball Classic roster}}

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