- Daren Brown
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Daren Brown Manager Born: June 13, 1967
Holdenville, OklahomaBats: Right Throws: Right MiLB statistics Win-Loss record 90–49 Earned run average 3.97 Innings pitched 1,1311⁄3 Managerial statistics Wins 19 Losses 31 Teams - As manager
- Seattle Mariners (2010)
Daren D. Brown (born June 13, 1967 in Holdenville, Oklahoma) is an American baseball manager, presently employed as the manager of the minor league Tacoma Rainiers. The son of big leaguer Paul Brown and nephew of Jackie Brown, Brown was a pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays minor league system from 1989–1993, and with the Amarillo Dillas of the independent Texas-Louisiana League from 1994–1999. He worked as a player-coach and player-manager during his time with the Dillas. Since 2000 he has been a manager in the Seattle Mariners minor league system, and has managed the Rainiers since 2007 except for a brief stint as interim manager of the Mariners during the 2010 season.
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Professional career
Playing career
Brown was drafted as a pitcher in the 29th round of the 1989 amateur draft by the Toronto Blue Jays and pitched in their chain for four years. From 1995–1999 he pitched for the independent league Amarillo Dillas. He was the Texas-Louisiana League Pitcher of the Year in 1995, 1997, and 1998, and made the league's all-star team from 1995 to 1998.
Coaching career
During Brown's time in Amarillo he also served as the team's pitching coach from 1994–97 and was the club's manager from 1998–2000, compiling a 203-77 (.725) record which included winning the Texas-Louisiana League Championship in 1999. He was the Manager of the Year in 1999. From 2001 onward, Brown has worked in the Seattle Mariners organization. His first job with the Mariners was manager of the club's single-A affiliate, the San Bernardino Stampede, Brown led club to 77-63 overall record in 2002 and first place finish in the first half of the season. They fell in the first round of playoffs He helped San Bernardino reach the postseason in 2001 with a 43-27 second-half record, tops in the South Division, fell in the first round of the playoffs. In 2003 Brown led the Mariners' Class A affiliate, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to a 69-66 record in 2003. Wisconsin earned a playoff berth with a 38-28 first half and finished second in the division. The Timber Rattlers lost in the first round of the post-season. He spent 2004-2005 as manager of the Inland Empire 66ers. Led them to a 77-63 record and was the only team in Mariners organization to play in the postseason in 2004. In 2006 Brown managed the San Antonio Missions. Brown led the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers to a division championship in 2009 when the team beat Colorado Springs on the final day of the season. Brown was named the interim manager of the Seattle Mariners on August 9, 2010, after the team fired manager Don Wakamatsu,[1] and by bringing in many players from Tacoma achieved a remarkable initial turnaround. [1]
Personal
The name of Brown's wife is Cindy, and the couple have a home in Amarillo, Texas.
References
- ^ Stone, Larry (August 9, 2010). "Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu." Seattle Times. Retrieved on 2010-8-09
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Daren Brown managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com
- Bio at milb.com
Sporting positions Preceded by
Glenn WilsonAmarillo Dillas Manager
1999–2000Succeeded by
N/APreceded by
Dino EbelSan Bernardino Stampede Manager
2001–2002Succeeded by
team ceased operationsPreceded by
Gary ThurmanWisconsin Timber Rattlers Manager
2003Succeeded by
Steve RoadcapPreceded by
Steve RoadcapInland Empire 66ers Manager
2004–2005Succeeded by
Gary ThurmanPreceded by
Dave BrundageSan Antonio Missions Manager
2006Succeeded by
Randy ReadyPreceded by
Dave BrundageTacoma Rainiers Manager
2007–2010Succeeded by
Jose CastroPreceded by
Don WakamatsuSeattle Mariners Manager
2010Succeeded by
Eric WedgeSeattle Mariners managers Tacoma Rainiers current roster Active roster 3 Danny Lopez | 4 Sean Kazmar | 5 Carlos Triunfel | 10 Alex Liddi * | 12 Ralph Henriquez | 13 Chris Seddon | 14 Erasmo Ramírez | 15 Jarrett Grube | 16 Shawn Kelley * | 17 Chris Gimenez * | 19 Johan Limonta | 20 Luke French | 23 Chaz Roe | 25 Steve Delabar | 26 Greg Halman * | 29 José Yepez | 33 Justin Smoak * | 35 Scott Patterson | 36 Michael Saunders * | 37 César Jiménez | 38 Nate Robertson | 39 Mike Wilson * | 41 Fabio Castro | 47 Forrest Snow | 50 Luis Antonio Jiménez
Disabled list 27 Matt Tuiasosopo * | 32 Mauricio Robles * | 34 Carlos Peguero *
Coaching Staff Manager 43 Daren Brown | Pitching Coach 28 Dwight Bernard | Hitting Coach 30 Alonzo Powell
* Member of the 40-man roster of the Seattle Mariners Categories:- 1967 births
- Living people
- Seattle Mariners managers
- Myrtle Beach Blue Jays players
- Dunedin Blue Jays players
- Knoxville Blue Jays players
- Knoxville Smokies players
- Amarillo Dillas players
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