Emil Brown

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**Emil Brown**
Brown with the Royals in 2005
Oakland Athletics — No. 8
Left fielder
Born: December 29, 1974 (1974-12-29) (age 33) Chicago, Illinois
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
April 3, 1997 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Selected MLB statistics (through June 4, 2008)
Batting average	.261
Home runs	51
Runs batted in	304
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1997-2001) San Diego Padres (2001) Kansas City Royals (2005–2007) Oakland Athletics (2008-present)

Emil Quincy Brown (born December 29, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics. Taken by the Oakland Athletics in the sixth round of the 1994 draft, Brown made his major league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1997 in a limited role. He became the everyday center-fielder during the 2001 season, but this five-tool propsect could never manage to capitalize on his potential, so he was traded to the San Diego Padres. Brown did not play in the majors from 2002-2004. In 2005 he emerged as the everyday starting right fielder for the Kansas City Royals. During this breakout year, Brown hit 17 home runs and drove in 86 with a .286 batting average.

During the 2006 season, Brown batted .287 with 15 home runs and 81 RBIs. He was ninth in the American League with 41 doubles.

On July 30, 2007, Brown shot Kansas City reporter Karen Kornacki in the eye with a BB gun. This happened with Kornacki was talking to his Royals teammate Tony Peña, Jr.. The Royals called it "an accident".

Despite limited playing time during the 2007 season (113 games and 366 ABs), Brown led the Royals in RBIs for the third straight year. He and Carlos Beltrán are the only Royals to have led the team in RBIs for three consecutive years.^[1]

On January 11, 2008 he signed with the Oakland Athletics. On March 26, 2008, Brown hit a 3-run homer in the A's victory over the Red Sox in the second game of the Opening Series at the Tokyo Dome in Toyko, Japan.