Daniel Brabant was a member of Canada's team at the 1991 world youth baseball championships in Brandon, Manitoba

Brandon, Manitoba

Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...

. The team won the championship, defeating Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

 in the gold medal game. Brabant posted a perfect 0.00 ERA

Earned run average

In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...

 in two starts during the round-robin tournament, and was the starting pitcher in the gold medal game, where he pitched a four-hitter through 5 2/3 innings before collapsing on the mound. Brabant was named the tournament's most valuable player, going 3-0 with a 0.46 ERA over 19 2/3 innings.

He later was voted the winner of the Tip O'Neill Award

Tip O'Neill Award

The Tip O'Neill Award is an award given out by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame to the Canadian baseball player "judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to the highest ideals of the game of baseball." It is named for Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer...

 as Canada's top baseball player for 1991. Brabant was the first and only amateur player to win the award.

Brabant was later general manager of the Ducs de Longueuil

Ducs de Longueuil

The Ducs de Longueuil are a junior baseball team that play in the Ligue de Baseball Élite du Québec. The Ducs play their home games at Parc Paul-Pratt in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Established in 1957 by former Montreal Canadiens star Émile Bouchard as the Longueuil Junior, the team was later...

 (Longueuil Dukes) team in the Ligue de Baseball Élite du Québec

Ligue de Baseball Élite du Québec

The Ligue de Baseball Élite du Québec is the top-level amateur summer baseball league in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is composed entirely of junior elite players - the best baseball players in the province under 22 years of age.-History:...

 and was assistant general manager of the Élites de Montréal in the same league.