Clippers Spotlight: Jordan Brown

It’s time for another installment of America’s favorite blog feature…

Jordan Brown   1B/DH              

6-0, 205, L/L

Born: 12/18/83 (25); Walnut City, CA

Resides: Vacaville, CA

Acquired: Indians 4^th round pick (124^th overall) in 2005 draft (Univ. of Arizona)

 

Contract Status: non-40 man

 

Transactions: none

 

Spring Training: Major League Invitation

 

Last year (first season in Triple-A): finished 1st on the team in average (.281), hits (118), runs (52) and doubles (30), 2nd in games (109), RBI (51) and extrabase hits (40) and 4th in walks (35).

 

Numbers dropped last year (compared to ’07)… .281 avg (down 53 points), 7 HR (down 4), 51 RBI (down 25), 35 walks (down 18), 67 stikeouts (up 11).

 

2007 Eastern League MVP… batted .333, 11 HR, 76 RBI in 127 games with Akron

 

2006 Topps Carolina League Player of Year… batted .290, 15 HR, 87 RBI in 125 games with Kinston

 

No Major League Experience

 

Moving Positions:

Mahoning Valley (’05) – 15 in OF; 3 at 1B

Kinston (’06) – 113 in OF; 7 at 1B

Akron (’07) – 10 in OF; 95 at 1B

Buffalo (’08) – 0 in OF; 87 at 1B 

 

Played at Arizona (Wildcats)… teammate of Trevor Crowe… named 2005 All American by Collegiate Baseball (Junior, final year)… named  second team All-American by Sports Weekly… led Pac-10 with 80 RBI and became only 5^th player in Arizona history with 80 RBI in a single season… helped lead Arizona to College World Series as a sophomore