Brant Brown

Infobox MLB retired
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textcolor2=white
name=Brant Brown


caption=1999 "Topps Traded" Brant Brown baseball card #81
width=175
position=Outfielder
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1971|6|22
debutdate=June 15
debutyear=1996
debutteam=Chicago Cubs
finaldate=August 29
finalyear=2000
finalteam=Chicago Cubs
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.247
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=45
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=146
teams=
*Chicago Cubs (by|1996–by|1998, by|2000)
*Pittsburgh Pirates (by|1999)
*Florida Marlins (by|2000)
highlights=

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 by|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 by|2000, where he played his final Major League game on August 29, 2000.

The last Brown has seen of professional baseball was in by|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. This play became famous for the radio call by the Cubs broadcasters Pat Hughes and Ron Santo, in which Santo exlaimed, "Nooooooooo!!!!!" when Brown dropped the ball. 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. Many baseball historians believe that, had it not been for this incident, Brown would have still been the Cubs leftfielder in 2003, and the Steve Bartman incident would not have happened.

ee also

*Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game

External links

* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Brown_Brant.stm Baseballlibrary.com]