Andrew Marshall Brown played three seasons of baseball at Newman Smith High School in Carrollton, TX...Hit .398 while hitting 11 home runs and 15 doubles as a senior. Began his collegiate career at Paris Junior College in Paris, TX...Earned First-Team NJCAA Region 14 honors in 2005 hitting .404 with 18 home runs 55,RBI 20 doubles and 49 runs scored. Transferred to the University of Nebraska in 2006 and earned Second-Team All-Big 12 honors, hitting .298 with nine home runs and 30 RBI in 47 games. Played primarily first base. As a senior he hit .329 with 10 home runs and 44 RBI.
2013
Returned to the Mets on June 19 after being optioned to Las Vegas (AAA) on May 13...Spent the remainder of the season on the active roster...Set career highs in games, at-bats, runs, hits, RBI and walks...Also finished with a career-best seven home runs...His last home run came on September 13 vs. Miami (off Brad Hand). Singled on May 9 vs. Pittsburgh for his first hit in a Mets uniform... Snapped an 0-14 dating to 2012. Collected his first career game-ending RBI on July 1 vs. Arizona... Drove in two with a 13th-inning single against Josh Collmenter to give the Mets a 5-4 win. Hit a home run in consecutive at-bats over two games, May 11 vs. Pittsburgh (off Tony Watson) and June 20 at Atlanta (off Mike Minor), a pinch-hit shot...The games were 40 contests apart, and the last major leaguer to hit consecutive home runs in that many games apart was Bo Jackson in 1990. Hit a three-run home run as a pinch-hitter on August 11 at Arizona (off Will Harris)...It was his second career, and second of the season, pinch-hit home run...Four of his seven home runs came on the road in 2013...Became one of 27 Mets with two or more pinch-hit home runs in the same season. Hit third for the first time in his career on August 27 vs. Philadelphia...Hit third six times in 2013, going 6-25 (.240) with two home runs and six RBI. Made his first career appearance at first base, July 19 vs. Philadelphia. Hit .220 (24-109) in 30 start
2012
Spent the majority of the season with Colorado Springs (AAA) of the
Pacific Coast League where he was named to the All-Pacific Coast League's
postseason All-Star team as well as the League's mid-season All-Star squad...Was with the Rockies on two separate occasions: July 17-August 2 and
August 19 through the end of the year...Played in 27 of Colorado's 32 games from September 1 until the end of the
season...Twelve of his 26 hits went for extra-bases: seven doubles, five home runs...Connected for his first major league home run on August 25 at Chicago
(off Manny Corpas)...His five home runs from August 25 through the end of the year were the
second most on the team behind Wilin Rosario (eight home runs)...With Colorado, he played 12 games (nine starts) in leftfield and 29 games
(24 starts) in rightfield...Had three outfield assists...Had 98 RBI in 100 games for Colorado Springs...Led his team in home
runs, RBI and slugging percentage.
2011
Began the season at Triple-A Memphis in the Cardinals organization before having his contract selected to the Major League roster on 6/12/11 and making his Major League debut that day...Appeared in 11 games for the 2011 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals, batting .182 (4-for-22) with 1 double, 3 RBI and 1 run scored...played right field in all seven of his games played in the field...Had a career-high 2 hits and 2 RBI on 6/19 vs. KC...notched his first career extra-base hit (a double) in his last Major League game on 6/26 vs. TOR...Was optioned back to Triple-A on 6/26, where he would spend the remainder of the season...Batted .284 (102-for-359) with 12 doubles, 3 triples, 20 home runs and 73 RBI in 107 games for the Red Birds...2011 was his first experience at the Triple-A level...Named to the Pacific Coast League Mid-Season All-Star team...hit .324 (70-for-216) with 9 doubles, 3 triples, 14 home runs and 45 RBI prior to the All-Star break...batted .224 (32-for-143) after the All-Star break.
2010
Named the Texas League Player of the Week twice, once for 4/8-18 when he batted .289 (13-45) with 4 homers and 14 RBI and again for 8/23-29 when he batted .438 with 4 homers and 6 RBI...went 3-5 on 4/18 with 2 HR (incl. his first career GS and 7 RBI...topped all Cardinals minor leaguers with a .897 OPS and third in both homers (22) and slugging percentage (.526)...tied for fourth in the TL in homers and ranked third in slugging percentage...tied for best HR/AB ratio (1/16.41) with teammate Steven Hill.
2009
Named Texas League Player of the Week for 8/24-30 batting .464 (13-28) with 5 HR and 10 RBI...spent the entire season at Double-A Springfield.
2008
In his first full professional season he began the year in Single-A Quad Cities before being moved up twice and finishing the season at Double-A Springfield...played 34 games at Quad Cities, 24 games at High-A Palm Beach and 68 games in Springfield...combined to hit 21 home runs and 32 doubles in 126 games between the three stops.
2007
Selected to play in the New York-Penn League All-Star Game and doubled in two at-bats off the bench...spent the entire season at Short-Season Batavia.
