Adrian Demond Brown (born February 7, 1974) is an American former professional baseball

outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to cat ...

who played from 1997 through 2006 in

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(MLB). Brown is a

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and throws right-handed. Brown has the ability to play all three outfield positions, mainly

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. He reached the MLB in 1997 with the

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, spending six years with them before moving to the

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(2003)

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(2004), and Texas Rangers (2006). His most productive season came in 2000 with Pittsburgh, when he posted career-highs in batting average (.315),

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s (4), RBI (28), runs (64), doubles (18), and

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s (13) in 104

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