Fausto Andrés Abad (born August 25, 1972) is an American former professional baseball player. Listed at 6' 1" (1.85 m), 184 lb. (83 k), Abad batted and threw left handed. He is also known as Tulile (to-lee'-leh) in the Dominican Republic. Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, he is of Cuban descent as his father left Cuba during the Fidel Castro revolution. Before being drafted, he graduated from Jupiter High School in Florida, and then attended Middle Georgia College. Professional career Abad was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round (443rd overall) of the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his debut with the Gulf Coast Red Sox that year. In 1994 he advanced to Single-A Sarasota Red Sox, where he hit .288. He remained in Sarasota through part of 1995, advancing to Double-A Trenton Thunder for whom he hit .240. He was sent back down to Single-A Sarasota in 1996, and hit .287 for them before rejoining Trenton, where he batted .277. In 1997 he hit .303 in 45 games for Trenton, while collecting the first of multiple .300-plus seasons. Abad opened 1998 with Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox, where he hit .307 with 16 home runs and stole 10 bases. The next season, he hit 15 home runs and again posted 10 steals, but was released on October 15, 1999. In between, Abad had three productive seasons for the Navegantes del Magallanes of the Venezuela Winter League between 1996 and 1999 and also played in the Caribbean Series. He then went overseas, joining the Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Nippon Baseball League in 2000. Following the season, the Oakland Athletics signed him to a contract. He started with their Triple-A club, the Sacramento River Cats, where he had one of his best minor league seasons, hitting .301 with 19 homers and 92 runs batted in in 124 games. He then batted a .529 average during the 2001 Pacific Coast League playoffs. Abad made his debut with Oakland late in September, appearing as a pinch hitter for Jeremy Giambi, resulting in a pop fly out. It was his only plate appearance of the year. After the 2001 season, Abad was granted free agency and later signed with the Florida Marlins. He spent 2002 with their Triple-A affiliate, the Calgary Cannons. In 2003, he returned with Boston and was assigned to Triple-A Pawtucket, where he posted a .304