Marty Brown (baseball)
| Marty Brown | |
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| Buffalo Bisons – No. 43 | |
| Third baseman | |
| Born: January 23, 1963 Lawton, Oklahoma |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 4, 1988 for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 30, 1990 for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .180 |
| Hits | 11 |
| Runs | 3 |
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Marty Leo Brown (born January 23, 1963) is the current manager of the Buffalo Bisons and a former Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1988–1989) and Baltimore Orioles (1990). He is also the former manager of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League, where he played for three seasons from 1992 to 1994, and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Pacific League. He was named manager of the Bisons on November 19, 2012.[1]
Career [edit]
Brown was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 12th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft. He reached the major leagues in 1988 and appeared in 35 games over two seasons with the Reds and one with the Baltimore Orioles, who had selected him in the Rule 5 Draft in winter 1989. He then played in Japan for several years, before playing for the Oklahoma City 89ers in 1996, his last season before retiring as a player. He began his managing career in the Pittsburgh Pirates system in 1997.[2]
From 2001 to 2002, he managed the Nashville Sounds, a team for which he played while in the Reds organization in 1988 and 1989. Brown was the manager of the Buffalo Bisons from 2003 to 2005 with an overall record of 238–193 (.552). He led the team to the International League title in 2004 after a regular season record of 83-61. He also managed the club to a first place finish in their division in 2005 with an 82–62 (.569) record. Brown was honored by the league by being voted the Manager of the Year in 2004, and was also named Minor League Manager of the Year by Baseball America.[2]
Prior to the 2011 season he accepted the managerial position job for the Toronto Blue Jays Triple-A affiliate Las Vegas 51s. He managed the 51s through 2012 season.
On November 19, 2012, Brown was announced that he would return as the manager of the Buffalo Bisons, now affiliated with the Blue Jays.[3] On April 28, 2013, Brown notched his 254th victory as manager of the Bisons, becoming the winningest manager in Bisons history.[4]
References [edit]
- ^ "Brown to manage Buffalo Bisons". 19 November 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ a b Kline, Chris (September 20, 2004). "Marty Brown: 2004 Minor League Manager of the Year". Baseball America. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
- ^ http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121119&content_id=40361122&vkey=pr_t422&fext=.jsp&sid=t422
- ^ Arlington, Blake (28 April 2013). "Bisons, Brown gets record-breaking win". Retrieved 8 May 2013.
External links [edit]
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- http://www.baseballwifeblog.com/2010/06/baseball-wife-my-past-life.html
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| Preceded by Katsuya Nomura |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles manager 2010 |
Succeeded by Senichi Hoshino |
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Managers of baseball teams in Japan
- People from Lawton, Oklahoma
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Baltimore Orioles players
- Georgia Bulldogs baseball players
- Hiroshima Toyo Carp players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Major League Baseball third basemen
- Nashville Sounds players
- Minor league baseball managers
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) managers
- Las Vegas 51s managers
- Billings Mustangs players
- Cedar Rapids Reds players
- Nashville Sounds managers
- Vermont Reds players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
- Rochester Red Wings players
- Oklahoma City 89ers players
- Baseball players from Oklahoma
- Expatriate baseball managers in Japan
- Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles managers
