Brent Brede

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1971)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Brent Brede

|position=Outfielder

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1971|9|13}}

|birth_place=New Baden, Illinois, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 18

|debutyear=1996

|debutteam=Minnesota Twins

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 27

|finalyear=1998

|finalteam=Arizona Diamondbacks

|debut2league = NPB

|debut2date=April 3

|debut2year=1999

|debut2team=Chiba Lotte Marines

|final2league = NPB

|final2date=July 20

|final2year=1999

|final2team=Chiba Lotte Marines

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.251

|stat3label=Home runs

|stat3value=5

|stat4label=Runs batted in

|stat4value=40

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Batting average

|stat21value=.267

|stat23label=Home runs

|stat23value=2

|stat24label=Runs batted in

|stat24value=10

|teams=

• Minnesota Twins ({{Baseball year|1996}}–{{Baseball year|1997}})
• Arizona Diamondbacks ({{Baseball year|1998}})
• Chiba Lotte Marines ({{Baseball year|1999}})

|highlights=

}}

Brent David Brede (born September 13, 1971) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder.

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the 1990 Major League Baseball draft, Brede made his MLB debut with the Twins on September 8, {{mlby|1996}}. He was a member of the inaugural Arizona Diamondbacks team that began play in Major League Baseball in {{mlby|1998}}, and appeared in his final major game for them on September 27 of that year. He played one season with the Chiba Lotte Marines in {{Baseball year|1999}} and the {{Baseball year|2000}} season for the Triple-A Nashville Sounds of the Pacific Coast League before retiring. Brent Brede is now a high school teacher and coaches basketball at his alma mater.