Brant Brown
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| Brant Brown | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Batted: Left | Threw: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| June 15, 1996 for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Final game | |
| August 29, 2000 for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .247 |
| Home runs | 45 |
| RBI | 146 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Brant Michael Brown is a former professional baseball player. He was born on June 22, 1971, in Porterville, California. He was 6'3" and 205 pounds, and threw and batted left handed.
Brown, an outfielder, attended Monache High School, which has also seen names like Rance Mulliniks and Steve Cox. He later attended Fresno State University.
In 1992, Brown was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round (81st overall). Perhaps he had his best minor league seasons within the first two years of his signing:
In his first season, he hit a respectable .274. But the next year, he hit .342 with A-Daytona and AA-Orlando.
A few years later, he made his major league debut. On June 15, 1996, at the age of 24, he saw his first glimpse of the majors. It was a success-he his .304 in 69 at bats.
Afterwards, his career didn't quite pan out. He bounced around the league, playing with multiple teams-he left the Cubs and played in the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers organizations. He returned to the Cubs in 2000, where he played his final major league game on August 29, 2000.
The last Brown has seen of professional baseball was in 2003 with the Schaumburg Flyers, an independent league team.
Statistically, Brown has drawn comparisons to former utility baseball player Chuck Essegian.
[edit] Major Transactions
- On December 14, 1998, Brown was sent by the Cubs to the Pirates for pitcher Jon Lieber.
- On December 13, 1999, Brown was sent by the Pirates to the Marlins for outfielder Bruce Aven.
- On June 9, 2000, Brown was sent to the Rangers from the Marlins for Chuck Smith. On that same day, he was sent to the Cubs from the Rangers for Dave Martinez.
[edit] Facts
- On June 18, 1996, Brown hits three home runs in four at-bats, filling in for Mark Grace of the Cubs.
- On June 22, 1996, Brown gets five hits in one game, including a 2 run home run in the 16th inning.
- September 23, 1998, Brown drops a routine fly ball in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and the bases loaded and his team leading by two runs. The winning run scores easily on the play, and the Cubs stay tied for the lead in the wildcard when they could have led by a game with only three games to go. The radio call of this play by Cubs radio announcers Pat Hughes and Ron Santo has since become synonymous with the Cubs' perennial underperformance. Ironically, the error came 90 years to the day of Fred Merkle's baserunning mistake, which led to the Cubs ultimately winning the National League pennant and, to date, their last World Series title.
- May 9, 1999: Brown hits a 3 run inside-the-park home run.
- On June 9, 1999, Brown collects 5 hits.
- Brown's uniform, except for a part of his final season (where it was 35), was always 37.
- Brown currently resides in Bakersfield, California.
- (Speaking about Brown): "He's such a good athlete, he can do things out there (in the outfield) an ordinary guy can't do." - Coach Billy Williams
- Amaury Telemaco, Dave Swartzbaugh, Kennie Steenstra, Chris Petersen and Terry Adams had been teammates of Brown for six seasons, longer than any other teammates.
