Emil Brown

Emil Brown
Brown with the Royals in 2005
New York Mets – No. 49
Left fielder
Bats: Right Throws: Right
debut
April 3, 1997, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics (through 2008 season)
Batting average	.258
Home runs	59
Runs batted in	326
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1997–2001) San Diego Padres (2001)-({2009

)

• Kansas City Royals (2005–2007)
• Oakland Athletics (2008)

}} Emil Quincy Brown (born December 29, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the San Diego Padres organization. Taken by the Oakland Athletics in the sixth round of the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft, Brown made his major league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1997 in a limited role. He became the everyday center fielder during the 2001 season, but Brown, who was considered a five-tool prospect, could never manage to capitalize on his potential, so he was traded to the San Diego Padres. Brown did not play in the majors from 2002-2004. In 2005 he emerged as the everyday starting right fielder for the Kansas City Royals. During this breakout year, Brown hit 17 home runs and drove in 86 with a .286 batting average.

During the 2006 season, Brown batted .287 with 15 home runs and 81 RBI. He was ninth in the American League with 41 doubles.

On July 30, 2007, Brown shot Kansas City reporter Karen Kornacki in the eye with a BB gun. This happened when Kornacki was talking to his Royals teammate Tony Peña Jr.. The Royals called it "an accident".

Despite limited playing time during the 2007 season (113 games and 366 at-bats), Brown led the Royals in RBI for the third straight year. He and Carlos Beltrán are the only Royals to have led the team in RBI for three consecutive years.

On January 11, 2008, he signed with the Oakland Athletics. On March 26, 2008, Brown hit a 3-run homer in the A's victory over the Red Sox in the second game of the Opening Series at the Tokyo Dome in Toyko, Japan.

On February 16, 2009, Brown signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres and was invited to Spring Training.

On May 28, 2009, Brown was acquired by the New York Mets, for a player to be named later, and assigned to the Buffalo Bisons.

Statistics

Year	Ag	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GDP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1997	22	PIT	NL	66	95	16	17	2	1	2	6	27	10	1	32	0	0	7	1	5	1	.179	.304	.284	.588
1998	23	PIT	NL	13	39	2	10	1	0	0	3	11	1	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	.256	.293	.282	.575
1999	24	PIT	NL	6	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.214	.357
2000	25	PIT	NL	50	119	13	26	5	0	3	16	40	11	0	34	1	1	3	3	3	1	.218	.299	.336	.635
2001	26	PIT	NL	61	123	18	25	4	1	3	13	40	15	1	42	0	0	2	2	10	4	.203	.300	.325	.625
		SDP	NL	13	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	.071	.133	.071	.204
2005	30	KCR	AL	150	545	75	156	31	5	17	86	248	48	1	108	1	7	8	14	10	1	.286	.349	.455	.804
2006	31	KCR	AL	147	527	77	151	41	2	15	81	241	59	3	95	0	10	5	15	6	3	.287	.358	.457	.815
2007	32	KCR	AL	113	366	44	94	13	1	6	62	127	24	2	71	0	6	1	7	12	2	.257	.300	.347	.647
2008	33	OAK	AL	117	402	48	98	14	2	13	59	155	27	2	65	0	4	5	16	4	2	.244	.297	.386	.683
Totals:				736	2,244	296	580	112	12	59	326	893	196	10	468	2	28	32	58	52	14	.258	.323	.398	.721
Roll over stat abbreviations for definitions. Italics: led league. Bold italics: led MLB.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs
• http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=280326111

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference

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