#37 - Ryan Brown
Class:
Senior |
Height:
6-0 |
Hometown:
Telford, PA |
Weight:
220 |
High School:
Souderton |
Position:
Catcher |
Bats:
Right |
Throws:
Right |
2011 Season – Junior
Started 36 of 40 games played at catcher. . batted .291 with 34 hits (3rd on team), including 9 doubles (2nd on team), 3 triples (1st on team) and 4 home runs (T-1st on team). . .drove in 26 runs (1st on team) and scored 26 runs (2nd on team). . .posted .404 on-base percentage (3rd on team) and .521 slugging percentage (2nd on team). . .finished second on team with 61 total bases. . .led team with 13 hit by pitches (setting a career Messiah record in only his second season). . .drew 10 walks. . .posted .969 fielding percentage behind plate. . .provided arguably the greatest moment of the season with a come-from-behind, two-strike, two-out, three-run walkoff home run against rival Elizabethtown University, clinching a playoff spot in the process. . .named First-Team All-Conference catcher.
2010 Season – Sophomore
Started 26 of 27 games played at catcher. . .batted .347 (3rd on team) with 26 hits, including 2 doubles and 2 home runs (T-2nd on team). . .drove in 16 runs and scored 19 runs. . .posted a .451 on-base percentage (2nd on team) and .453 slugging percentage. . .led team with 7 hit by pitches while drawing 8 walks. . .stole 3 bases. . .committed just one error behind the plate for a .993 fielding percentage.
2009 Season – Freshman at Franklin Pierce University
Appeared in eight games as catcher. . .Had 2 at-bats and 2 walks. . .Posted a .500 on-base percentage. . .Handled six chances without an error.
High School
Three-year letter winner, and two-year captain, for Mike Childs at Souderton Area High School … named honorable mention all-league as a sophomore, 3rd team all-league as a junior and 2nd team all-league as a senior … helped guide team to a AAAA State Championship as a junior and also the first round of states as a sophomore in addition to a the second round of districts as a senior … also was a three-year letter winner for the football team ...
Personal
Ryan Alexander Brown was born on June 4, 1989 in Lansdale, PA … son of Kevin and Marcia Brown and brother to Phil, AJ, Tim and Amy … oldest brother, Phil, played baseball at Messiah and was a three-year teammate to head coach, Bryan Engle … Sports Management major who transferred to Messiah after spending a year and a half at Division II Franklin Pierce University …
Brown By The Numbers
| Hitting Statistics |
| YEAR |
GP-GS |
AVG |
AB |
Runs |
Hits |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
TB |
Slug % |
BB |
HBP |
K |
OBP |
SF |
SH |
SB-SBA |
PO |
A |
E |
FLD% |
|
2011 |
40-36 |
.291 |
117 |
26 |
34 |
9 |
3 |
4 |
26 |
61 |
.521 |
10 |
13 |
15 |
.404 |
1 |
2 |
0-1 |
183 |
34 |
7 |
.969 |
|
2010 |
27-26 |
.347 |
75 |
19 |
26 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
16 |
34 |
.453 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
.451 |
1 |
3 |
3-8 |
133 |
17 |
1 |
.993 |
|
Totals |
67-62 |
.313 |
192 |
45 |
60 |
11 |
3 |
6 |
42 |
95 |
.453 |
18 |
20 |
25 |
.422 |
2 |
5 |
3-9 |
316 |
51 |
8 |
.979 |