Dee Brown (baseball)

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Dee Brown
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Left fielder
Born: (1978-03-27) March 27, 1978 (age 43)
Bronx, New York, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: September 14, 1998, for the Kansas City Royals
NPB: March 20, 2010, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
Last appearance
MLB: September 18, 2007, for the Oakland Athletics
NPB: July 13, 2011, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
MLB statistics
Batting average.233
Home runs14
Runs batted in89
NPB statistics
Batting average.230
Home runs21
Runs batted in81
Teams

Dermal Bram "Dee" Brown (born March 27, 1978) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He attended Marlboro Central High School in Marlboro, New York.

Brown played baseball and football at Marlboro. 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 Maryland.[1] Brown was named to the All-America First Team by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings.[2]

Drafted in the first round (14th overall) by the Kansas City Royals in 1996, Brown played for the Royals in parts of major league seasons from 1998-2004, spending all of the 2005 and 2006 seasons in the minor leagues with the Wichita Wranglers, the Kansas City Double-A Affiliate. On December 30, 2006, Brown signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Arizona Diamondbacks and was assigned to 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.

References[]

  1. ^ Nakamura, David (January 30, 1996). "2-Sport Star Commits to Maryland". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  2. ^ "1996 ABCA/Rawlings High School All-America Teams". abca.prestosports.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.

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