Marty Leo Brown (born January 23, 1963) is an American former

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. He is a former

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who played for the

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(1988–89) and

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(1990). He is also the former manager of the

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of Japan's

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, where he played for three seasons from 1992 to 1994, and the

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of the

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Career

Brown was selected by the

in the 12th round of the

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. He reached the major leagues in 1988 and appeared in 35 games over two seasons with the Reds and one with the

, who had selected him in the Rule 5 Draft in winter 1989. He then played in Japan for several years, before playing for the

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in , his last season before retiring as a player. He began his managing career in the

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system in . From 2001 to 2002, he managed the

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, a team for which he played while in the Reds organization in 1988 and 1989. Brown was the manager of the

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from 2003 to 2005 with an overall record of 238–193 (.552). He led the team to the

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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 ''

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''. Brown served as the manager of the

from 2006 to 2009, and the

in 2010. He signed a two-year managerial contract with the Eagles, however he was fired after only one last-place season. Prior to the 2011 season he accepted the managerial position job for the

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Triple-A affiliate Las Vegas 51s. He managed the 51s through the 2012 season. On November 19, 2012, the Blue Jays announced that Brown would return as the

of the

, now the Triple-A affiliate of the Blue Jays. On April 28, 2013, Brown notched his 254th victory as manager of the Bisons, the most wins of any manager in Bisons history. On August 11, 2013, Brown recorded his 300th victory as manager of the Bisons. On December 20, 2013, the Blue Jays announced that Brown was leaving the organization. Marty Brown is currently the Washington Nationals' director of Pacific Rim scouting.

References

External links

* http://www.baseballwifeblog.com/2010/06/baseball-wife-my-past-life.html * http://brownsbaseballacademy.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Marty 1963 births Living people Managers of baseball teams in Japan Sportspeople 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 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 Hiroshima Toyo Carp managers Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles managers Baseball coaches from Oklahoma Altoona Curve managers Mat-Su Miners players