Brandon Mann | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Tacoma, Washington | May 16, 1984|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
Professional debut | |
NPB: August 27, 2011, for the Yokohama BayStars | |
MLB: May 13, 2018, for the Texas Rangers | |
Last appearance | |
NPB: August 16, 2019, for the Chiba Lotte Marines | |
MLB: September 29, 2018, for the Texas Rangers | |
NPB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 3–11 |
Earned run average | 4.22 |
Strikeouts | 79 |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–0 |
Earned run average | 5.40 |
Strikeouts | 3 |
CPBL statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–2 |
Earned run average | 7.08 |
Strikeouts | 25 |
Teams | |
Brandon Michael Mann (born May 16,1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Mann is currently the minor league pitching coordinator for the KBO's Lotte Giants.
Mann attended Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines,Washington. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays selected Mann in the 27th round of the 2002 MLB draft and signed him to a $47,500 signing bonus,with an additional $40,000 for college expenses on July 7,2002. [1] He reached Class AA in Minor League Baseball for the Montgomery Biscuits in 2009. On November 9,2009,Mann elected free agency.
On April 8,2010,Mann signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization and was assigned to the Single-A Inland Empire 66ers. On August 19,2010,Mann was released. [2]
Shortly after his release,Mann signed with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. [3] On September 15,2010,Mann earned his first win as a Blue Crab. [4] He became a free agent after the season.
In 2011,Mann signed with the Yokohama BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). [5] [6] [7] He played for the BayStars in 2012 as well,pitching to a 1.16 ERA in 2011,and a 5.32 ERA in 2012,with a 3-9 record and 59 strikeouts over two seasons.
On January 9,2013,Mann signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Washington Nationals. [8]
He signed a minor league deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates on December 18,2013. After starting the 2014 season with the Altoona Curve of the Class AA Eastern League,he was released on May 30,2014. [9]
After his release,Mann signed with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball for the remainder of the 2014 season. He had a 2–2 record and a 4.09 ERA in 20 games for Lancaster. [10]
In 2015,Mann signed with the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the independent American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. [11] Mann set the American Association single-season strikeout record with 157 strikeouts in 143+2⁄3 innings pitched.
After the season on October 6, 2015, his contract was purchased by the Oakland Athletics. [12] On February 16, 2016, Mann received an 80-game suspension after testing positive for Ostarine, a performance-enhancing substance. [13] After serving his suspension, he was activated on June 30 and assigned to the Arizona League Athletics. [14] In his first start for the rookie league team, Mann pitched five innings and allowed no runs on two hits while walking two batters and striking out five. [15] He was then promoted to the Midland RockHounds of the Class AA Texas League for his next start. [16] On November 6, 2017, Mann elected free agency.
On January 10, 2018, Mann signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers. [17] He began the season with the Round Rock Express of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, and pitched to a 1–0 win–loss record and a 1.04 earned run average before he was promoted to MLB on May 13. [16] He made his MLB debut that same day against the Houston Astros, pitching 1+2⁄3 innings without allowing a run. [10] At 33 years and 362 days old, Mann became the oldest player to make his MLB debut since Chang-Yong Lim in 2013 [18] and the oldest North American player to make his MLB debut since Alan Zinter in 2002. [19] On August 7, 2018, Mann was designated for assignment. [20] He became a free agent after the season.
On January 14, 2019, Mann signed with the Chiba Lotte Marines of NPB for the 2019 season. [21] On November 30, Marines announced that team will not signed with Mann for next season. [22] On December 2, 2019, he become free agent. [23] In 2019 with the Marines, Mann pitched to an 0-2 record with a 3.94 ERA and 20 strikeouts. [24]
On February 7, 2020, Mann signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers. [25] He was released by the Rangers organization on June 1, 2020. [26]
On August 1, 2020, Mann signed with the Rakuten Monkeys of the CPBL. [27] In 2019 for the Monkeys, Mann pitched to a 0-2 record with a 7.08 ERA and 25 strikeouts. He became a free agent after the season.
On January 12, 2021, Mann was announced as the minor league pitching coordinator for the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization. [28]
Mann and his wife, Sarah, were married in November 2017. [29] He is a devout Christian, and has noted on his profile page for Chiba Lotte Marines that Philippians 4:13 is his favorite Word in the Scriptures.
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