Domonic Brown #9

Domonic Larun Brown… Has one son, Deion Mekhi (11/14/12) and one daughter, Leela Joan (7/2/14)… 2006 graduate of Redan High School (GA), where he played baseball and football… Played Little League and American Legion ball… Supports Bibleway International, headlining and participating in weekly community food donation events in Florida… Hosted his first food donation to the local community at Citizens Bank Park in 2014… His uncle, Mudcat Grant, pitched 14 seasons (1958-71) in the major leagues… His pitbull, Tyga, was featured in the 2014 Puppy Bowl… **Signed by:** Chip Lawrence.

2014

Made his second consecutive Opening Day roster/start... Set career highs in games (144) and doubles (22),,, Batted team-best .305 (36-118) with RISP and finished fourth on the team in RBI (63)... In games in which he had at least one RBI, the Phillies went 24-15 (.615)... Missed two games while on the paternity leave list, 7/2-3... Set a career high with four hits, 8/31 at NYM... Collected a career-high five RBI, 5/17 vs CIN

2013

Made his 1st Opening Day roster... Selected to his 1st NL All-Star team... T-4th in the NL in HR (27), 5th in HR ratio (18.37), 9th in SLG % (.494) and T-10th in OF assists (9)... Led the team in HR, RBI (83), SLG %, XBH (52) and total bases (245)... Named NL Player of the Month for May (.303, 4 2B, 3B, 12 HR, 25 RBI, .688 SLG %); led all NL players in HR (12) & RBI (25) and, among all MLB players, was T-1st in HR (Miguel Cabrera) and 4th in RBI... Became the 1st player in MLB history to have at least 10 HR in a calendar month without a walk (May)... Was the first Phillie to have 12 HR in a month since August 2006 (Ryan Howard - 14)... Named NL Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks: 5/20-26 (.348, 2 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBI) and 5/27-6/2 (.444, 7 HR, 13 RBI)... Collected his first 2 career walk-off hits (both singles): 6/17 vs WSH and 8/22 vs COL... His 23 HR before the All-Star break were the 2nd-most by a Phillie 25 years old or younger in club history (Greg Luzinski - 25 in 1975)... Became the first Phillie to have 20 HR before July 1 since 2009, when Raul Ibañez (22) and Ryan Howard (20) did it; at 25, was the youngest Phillie ever to do it... Missed 11 games (7/24-8/5) after being on the 7-day DL for a concussion; made 1 rehab appearance with Lakewood (A)... Left the game, 8/30 at CHI, in the middle of the 6th inning due to right Achilles soreness and missed the next 13 starts, 8/31-9/14... The Phillies went 15-10 (.600) when he homered... Had 2 multi-HR games: 5/29 vs BOS and 5/31 vs MIL (3 career)... Made 131 starts: 129 in LF and 2 in RF

2012

Began the season with Lehigh Valley (AAA) ... Batted .415 (17-41), 2 2B, 4 HR, 6 RBI over a 10-game span, 5/26-6/5 ... Went 4-for-4, 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 4 R, 6/5 vs Gwinnett ... Was placed on the DL on 6/27 (right knee sprain) ... Batted .579 (11-19) in 5 rehab games with the Gulf Coast League Phillies (R) ... Re-joined Lehigh Valley on 7/16 ... After his return from the DL, batted .362 (17-47), 3 2B, HR, 6 RBI in 13 games prior to his call-up ... Made 42 starts in LF, 11 in CF and 4 in RF for Lehigh Valley ... Was recalled on 7/31 ... Had a career-high 8-game hitting streak, 8/3-11 (.321, 9-28, 3 2B, 4 RBI) ... Tied his career high with 4 RBI, 8/19 at MIL ... Batted .319 (15-47) with RISP ... After being called up on 7/31, was tied for the 2nd-most OF assists in the NL (7) for the remainder of the season (Carlos Beltran - 8) ... Made 38 starts in RF and 13 in LF for the Phillies.

2011

Began the season on the DL with a hamate fracture on his right hand, suffered during spring training...Activated on 5/2 and assigned to Lehigh Valley (AAA)...Missed 5 games in May due to a UCL sprain in his right thumb...Was recalled on 5/20 (Shane Victorino DLfd)...Batted .526 (10-19), 3 2B, HR, 4 RBI over a 6-game span, 5/26-31...Had his 1st career multi-HR game on 6/14 vs FLA...Optioned to Lehigh Valley on 7/30 following the acquisition of Hunter Pence...Was moved from RF to LF after his option to Lehigh Valley...Set a Lehigh Valley record with a 21-game hitting streak, dating to the previous season (7/21/10-8/1/11)...Reached base safely in 34 of 40 games with Lehigh Valley...Appeared in 5 International League playoff games...Was recalled for the final time on 9/17 and had 1 at-bat for the remainder of the season...Batted .339 (21-62) in 62 games against the NL East.

2010

Recipient of the Paul Owens Award as the best player in the Phillies minor league system ... Began the season with Reading (AA) ... Batted .381 (16-42), 6 HR, 14 RBI, .881 SLG %, 12 R over an 11-game stretch, 5/1-12 ... Was promoted to Lehigh Valley (AAA) on 6/25 ... Had 13 hits in his first 16 AB (.500, 2 HR, 6 RBI) with Lehigh Valley ... Reached base safely via hit or walk in his first 14 triple-A games, 4/16 (suspended game completed on 6/29) & 6/25-7/7 ... Combined to hit .327 (112-343), 22 2B, 4 3B, 20 HR, 68 RBI, 17 SB in 93 total minor league games ... Had his contract selected, 7/28, and made his ML debut that night in a start vs ARI in RF (2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R) ... Had an RBI double in his 1st ML at-bat, 7/28 vs ARI (Edwin Jackson) ... Slugged his 1st ML home run, 8/10 vs LAD (Ronald Belisario); also had a career-high 4 RBI in that game ... Hit his 1st career pinch HR, 8/18 vs SF (Guillermo Mota) ... Missed 16 games in September, 9/7-25, with a tender right quadriceps ... Batted .353 (6-17), 3 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI in 11 games vs NL West teams ... Played for the U.S. team in the All-Star Futures Game ... Selected to the Eastern League All-Star team ... Named to The Sporting News All-Minor League team ... Played for Escogido in the Dominican Winter League

2009

Named the top prospect in the Phillies minor league system by Baseball America prior to and after the 2009 season...Began the season with Clearwater (A)...Named to the Florida State League midseason All-Star team...Hit .357 (30-84, 19 RBI, 19 R) in 23 games in May...Had a professional-best 6 RBI, 5/9 at Daytona...Twice named Phillies Minor League Player of the Week: 5/4-10 (.375, 2 HR, 9 RBI) and 8/3-9 (.348, 3 HR, 6 RBI)...Was on the DL with a fracture to the fifth finger on his right hand, 6/9-7/17...Appeared in 3 games with the Gulf Coast League Phillies (R), 7/14-16...Was transferred to Reading (AA) on 8/1...Hit safely in 11 straight games, 8/15-25 (.341, 7 RBI)...Played for Scottsdale in Arizona Fall League and was named to the league's Top Prospects team.

2008

Spent the season with Lakewood (A) and led the team in hits (129), runs (77) and SB (22)...Had 34 multi-hit games, including 9 with three or more...Had a season-best 13-game hit streak, 6/27-7/9 (.391, 6 RBI)...Played in 22 games for Honolulu in the Hawaiian Winter League (.389, 28-72).

2007

Began the season with Clearwater...Was transferred to Williamsport (A) on 6/15...Finished 3rd in the New York-Penn League in hits (84)...Led the team in games (74), average (.295), AB (285), hits, runs (43), triples (5) and SB (14)...Had 25 multi-hit games, including 7 with three or more...Named Phillies Minor League Player of the Week, 8/6-12...Collected 10 hits over a 3-game span, 8/26-28 (.667, 10-15)...Hit .396 (42-106, 16 RBI) in 28 games in August...Ended the season with a 13-game hitting streak, 8/26-9/7 (.393, 22-56, 7 RBI)

2006

Began his pro career with the GCL Phillies where he finished tied for the team lead in SB (13)...Hit his first pro HR, 8/6 at Indians.