Brian Daubach

Infobox MLB retired
name=Brian Daubach


position=First baseman
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1972|2|11
city-state|Belleville|Illinois
debutdate=September 10
debutyear=by|1998
debutteam=Florida Marlins
finaldate=July 8
finalyear=by|2005
finalteam=New York Mets
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.259
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=93
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=333
teams=
* Florida Marlins (by|1998)
* Boston Red Sox (by|1999-by|2002)
* Chicago White Sox (by|2003)
* Boston Red Sox (by|2004)
* New York Mets (by|2005)
* Nashua Pride (by|2008)

Brian Michael Daubach (born February 11, 1972 in Belleville, Illinois) is a retired Major League Baseball player. During his playing career Daubach served as a first baseman, outfielder, and designated hitter. He currently is employed as the hitting coach of the independent Nashua Pride of the Can-Am League.

Playing career

Daubach was selected by the Mets in the 17th round of the 1990 amateur draft. In 1995, he crossed picket lines to be a replacement player during the MLBPA players' strike, but the strike ended before any of the replacements saw game action. After the strike was over, Daubach became one of a select few Major League Baseball players who was not allowed to become a member of the MLB Players Union.

He toiled for seven years in the Mets' minor league system without breaking through to the majors before being granted free agency. In by|1997, he signed with the Florida Marlins organization and made his major league debut in 1998. Later he played for the Boston Red Sox (by|1999-by|2002, by|2004) and Chicago White Sox (by|2003).

He started by|2005 with the Norfolk Tides, a Triple-A affiliate of the Mets in the International League. On June 16, 2005, he finally made his debut with the club that drafted him fifteen years earlier. He played for the Memphis Redbirds, the AAA-affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006.

Daubach's best seasons were with the Red Sox; he averaged 21 homers and 75 RBI per year, and gained a reputation as a "Dirt Dog" for his style of play. He later received a World Series Championship ring as a member of the 2004 Boston Red Sox. In his seven-season major league career, he compiled a .259 batting average with 93 home runs and 333 RBI in 661 games. [cite web | url =http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view/2008_07_01_Painful_memory_lingers_for_Daubuch/srvc=sports&position=also | title =Painful memory lingers for Brian Daubuch | author=Dan Duggan |work = Boston Herald | date =2008-07-01 | accessdate =2008-07-01 ]

On April 8, 2008 Daubach represented the 2004 World Champion Boston Red Sox during the ring ceremony for their 2007 Championship season.

Post playing career

On June 30, 2008 Brian Daubach was named the new hitting coach for the Nashua Pride, coaching his first game July 1, 2008 a game in which the Pride lost.

References

External links

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* [http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/historical/mlb_player_locator_results.jsp?playerLocator=Daubach MLB] historical statistics
* [http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?pl=136766 Minor League Splits and Situational Stats]
* [http://www.nashuapride.com/ Nashua Pride] home page