Professional Baseball Player. He played in the Negro Leagues during the 1940s. He was born one of nine children as Robert William Abernathy to Will Abernathy (1894-1954), and his wife Algie Lockridge Abernathy (1884-1929), in Maury County, Tennessee, on July 12, 1917, another source says July 12, 1918. He was educated locally, worked for W. E. Norvell & J. O. Hendley, and was drafted during World War II, before pursuing a professional baseball career. He played the positions of outfielder, leftfielder, and righfielder with the Kansas City Monarchs making his professional baseball debut with them in 1945. The 5'9" and 170lbs outfielder, leftfielder, and rightfielder, also played with the Indianapolis-Cincinnati Clowns in 1947, and the New York Cubans in 1948. His 162 Game Average consisted of 658 Plate Appearances, 584 At Bats, 74 Runs Scored, 147 Hits, 15 Doubles, 0 Triples, 0 Homeruns, 69 Runs Batted In, 6 Stolen Bases, 0 Caught Stealing, 59 Walks, 0 Strikeouts, 0 Intentional Walks, 10 Hit By Pitch, 5 Sacrifice Hits, 0 Sacrifice Flies, 0 Grounded Into Double Plays, .252 Batting Average, .331 On Base Percentage, .277 Slugging Percentage, .608 On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage, and 68 Adjusted On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage. During his professional baseball career, he also played with the likes of Jackie Robinson (1919-1972), the first Negro to break the color barrier. His promising professional baseball career unfortunately came to an end when during a game in 1948 he broke his leg while trying to break his slide at home plate while scoring from third base. Following his professional baseball career, he became a proprietor of a dry cleaning business in Nashville, Tennessee. He passed away in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 2, 1997, at the age of 80. Following his death, his funeral service was held with a Rosary and a Mass of Resurrection at the Church of the Assumption in Nashville, Tennessee, and at the Woodlawn Funeral Home in Nashville, Tennessee, and he was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Nashville, Tennessee. He was a member of the Old Negro Legends and Other Civic and Social Organizations. He was married to Geneva Gore Abernathy (1922-2016). His wife Geneva survived him passing away in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 2, 2016, at the age of 93, and she is also buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Nashville, Tennessee. The couple had no children together.