Brendan Michael Harris was born in Albany, New York on August 26, 1980. He attended high school at Queensbury High where he played baseball and basketball.
After high school Brendan Harris went to the College of William and Mary where he set single season school records for home runs with 18, RBI with 69, and a slugging percentage of .757. Brendan Harris was selected in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft by the Chicago Cubs but was sent to Montreal Expos as part of an eight-player, four-team trade that brought Nomar Garciaparra to Chicago.
Brendan Harris appeared in 20 games for Montreal, batting .160 with one home run and two RBI in 50 at bats. In 2005 and 2006, Brendan Harris saw limited playing time with the Washington Nationals. In July 2006, he was sent by Washington to the Cincinnati Reds.
Brendan Harris was traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in January 2007. Harris spent his first full season at the major league level playing in 137 games. He was 3rd on the club with 149 hits, 35 doubles and 521 at bats. Harris was also 4th in hitting at .286 and led the team with 8 sacrifice hits and 12 home runs. Brendan started just one of the first 11 games and moved into the starting lineup on April 15 for Ben Zobrist. He started 132 of the next 140 games through September 17 until a strained left latissimus dorsi muscle limited him to pinch running duties over the final two weeks.
Brendan Harris was acquired from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash on January 2, 2007 by the Minnesota Twins. On April 20th Brendan Harris hit his first home run for the Minnesota Twins vs. Cleveland Indians. He had a career-high 10 game hit-streak from June 18-June 28 hitting .238 with two home runs during that stretch. He also tied a season-high with three hits on July 12 at Detroit Tigers collecting three RBI. Harris was ranked third on the team in doubles with 29. He played all four infield positions including making 37 starts at second base, 51 at shortstop and 27 at third base.
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