Dee Brown (baseball)
| Dee Brown | ||
|---|---|---|
Runs batted in | 89 | |
| NPB statistics | ||
| Batting average | .230 | |
| Home runs | 21 | |
| Runs batted in | 81 | |
| Teams | ||
Dermal Bram "Dee" Brown (born March 27, 1978) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. Brown played for the Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball and the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball.
Career
Brown attended
Marlboro Central High School in Marlboro, New York, where he played baseball and football. In football, he rushed for the second-most yards in New York high school history and scored 75 touchdowns. As a junior baseball player, he hit .470 with eight home runs. He committed to play both college baseball and college football at the University of Maryland, College Park, for the Maryland Terrapins.[1] Brown was named to the ABCA/Rawlings High School All-America First Team by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings.[2]
The
Tucson Sidewinders, Arizona's Triple-A affiliate. On May 30, 2007, Brown was traded to the Oakland Athletics for cash considerations. In December 2007, Brown signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and spent the entire 2008 season in Triple-A and became a free agent after the season. He signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2009 season. He hit .295 with 19 homers and 80 RBI with the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes
in 2009.
Brown signed with the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan for the 2010 season and returned to the Lions in the 2011 season.
References
- ^ Nakamura, David (January 30, 1996). "2-Sport Star Commits to Maryland". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ "1996 ABCA/Rawlings High School All-America Teams". abca.prestosports.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)