Brant Brown

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Brant Brown
Brant Brown
1999 Topps Traded Brant Brown baseball card #81
Outfielder
Born: June 22, 1971 (1971-06-22) (age 36)
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
Teams
Career highlights and awards

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 and 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 .274. But the next year, he hit .342 with A-Daytona and AA-Orlando.

On June 15, 1996, Brown made his Major League debut. Brown hit .304 in 69 at bats that season.

Afterwards, Brown 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 of the independent Northern League.

Brown currently serves as the hitting coach for the Bakersfield Blaze, Single-A Advanced affiliate of the Texas Rangers.

But perhaps Brown is most famous for the error he committed on September 23, 1998 in a game against the Brewers, when he was with the Cubs. In a tie with the New York Mets for the lead in the NL Wild Card standings with three games remaining, Chicago held a 7-5 lead in the bottom of the 9th inning with two out. Milwaukee was down to its last gasp, but they loaded the bases with Geoff Jenkins at the plate. Jenkins hit a long fly ball to left field, a routine play for Brown. But with the sunlight distracting him, Brown dropped the ball and let it get past him, allowing three runs to score and giving the Brewers an 8-7 win. However, the Cubs would win the Wild Card the same year in a playoff at the end of the season against the San Francisco Giants, making Brown's blunder less severe.

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