In the Pros
Selected in the 8th round (260th overall) by the New York Yankees in the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft
2008: Staten Island Yankees (Rookie New York-Penn League)
? 2008 1st-Team All-MVC (OF)
? 2008 Brooks Wallace Award Preseason Watch List
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2007 2nd-Team All-MVC (SS)
? 2006 Honorable Mention All-MVC (2B)
? 2007 Cape Cod League All-Star
2008 (Junior): By sharing the team lead with six home runs and ranking fourth in The Valley with 19 stolen bases, Brewer became the first player in Bradley Baseball history to hit at least 20 career home runs and swipe at least 40 career bases ... Became just the fourth Brave since 1973 to earn first-team All-MVC honors as an outfielder ... Named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week March 24 after batting .435(10-23) with 13 runs batted in and eight runs scored in the final two games of the spring break trip to Florida and the opening Valley series at Evansville ... The only player on the team to record more walks (28) than strikeouts (26) ... Ended the season on Bradley's career top 10 lists in six offensive categories: triples (t-fourth, 9), hit-by-pitches (fourth, 19), runs scored (seventh, 142), doubles (seventh, 47), stolen bases (seventh, 47) and total bases (ninth, 325).
2007 (Sophomore): With Bradley struggling at the leadoff position (.189 batting average in the first 30 games), Brewer was moved to the top of the lineup April 17 and he has responded by hitting .306 with 23 runs scored in the 23 games after the switch, helping the Braves to a 17-6 record ... As the leadoff hitter, it is not surprising that Brewer led the Braves with 20 stolen bases, but he also topped the squad with 10 home runs.
2006 (Freshman): Led the team in most offensive categories during his freshman season including batting average (.347), hits (68), runs (42), doubles (20), home runs (5) and stolen bases (8) ... Led the team with 20 multi-hit games, including a 5-for-6 performance on March 18 against Cornell ... Had a career-best 11-game hitting streak, going 18-for-42 (.429) during the span from May 10 to May 25.
High School: A three-sport star at Lyons Township, Brewer played football and baseball for four seasons and wrestled his first three years ... On the diamond, Brewer was a two-time all-state honoree (honorable mention in 2004 and first team in 2005) and a three-time all-conference performer ... Helped the Lions to the 2003 IHSA Class AA state championship ... As a senior, Brewer hit .460 with 13 home runs and 57 runs batted in.
Personal: The youngest of four brothers, each of his older siblings also competed as college student-athletes, including former Indiana State baseball player Tim Brewer ... The son of Tim Brewer Sr. and Rebecca Briskey, Dan was born July 19, 1987 ... Majoring in business with an emphasis in marketing.
Dan Brewer’s Career Statistics
Year Avg. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB Slg% BB SO OB% SF SH SB-A PO A E Pct.
2006 .347 57-57 196 42 68 20 3 5 35 109 .556 11 45 .405 0 6 8-13 107 138 26 .904
2007 .313 53-53 211 49 66 12 3 10 30 114 .540 23 34 .393 2 1 20-25 71 150 23 .906
2008 .341 53-53 185 51 63 15 3 6 36 102 .551 28 26 .436 2 0 19-26 100 18 10 .922
3 Yrs .333 163-163 592 142 197 47 9 21 101 325 .549 62 105 .411 4 7 47-64 278 306 59 .908
Dan Brewer’s Single-Game Career Bests
Runs: 4 at Tennessee-Martin-1 (2/25/07)
Hits: 5 twice, last vs. Missouri State-2 (4/19/08)
RBI’s: 6 vs. Cornell (3/18/06)
Doubles: 2 nine times, last vs. UNI (5/11/08)
Triples: 1 nine times, last vs. Missouri State-2 (4/19/08)
Home Runs: 1 21 times, last at Illinois State (5/3/08)
Walks: 3 twice, last vs. Indiana State (3/29/08)
Hitting Streak: 11, May 10-25, 2006
