(August 15, 1961-December 26, 2006)
Born in Jackson, Mississippi
Birth name was John Christopher Brown
Third baseman for the San Francisco Giants (1984-1987), San Diego Padres (1987-1988) and the Detroit Tigers (1989)
One All-Star selection (1986)

He shared his name with an R&B singer.
He was the NL leader for getting hit by 11 pitches (1985).
After the Giants traded him to the Padres, the Giants went to the playoffs as they won the NL West title while the Padres ended up in last place (1987).
He was injury prone in the later years of his career.
During his time in Detroit, he missed a game due to an eye infection.
He suffered from burns after he caught on fire from a burning vacant house (November 2006); the fire led to his death in a hospital nearly a month later (December 2006).

He was a baseball teammate with Darryl Strawberry in high school.
His batting average at nearly .350 helped him to become a member of the 1986 NL All-Star Team.
After he was done with baseball, he did truck jobs in Iraq.

Credit: Neo NX2004

http://aia.li/26455

E-mail Link to Friend | Report updates or corrections for this profile

For 2010, as of last week, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
For 2009, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying

• Baseball Players
• Detroit Tigers
• I Caught on Fire
• I Died in 2006 (Ranked: 45)
• I Named My Kid After Myself
• Look at My Autographed Photo
• Mustaches
• Neo NX2004's Profiles [Series 3]
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 454)
• Profiles 26251-26500 (Ranked: 26455)
• San Diego Padres
• San Francisco Giants
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 150)