Brian Cisarik

Brian T. Cisarik

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

• School University of Texas at Austin

• Born June 12, 1965

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Brian Cisarik spent four seasons in AA but never advanced further.

Cisarik hit .429 with 87 runs, 68 RBI and 15 steals as a junior at Texas. He was named a Baseball America All-American, joining Riccardo Ingram and Ted Wood in the outfield. He tied for 11th in NCAA Division I in runs, was 7th in hits (106) and tied for 8th in walks (70). He was an All-Tournament flyhawk in the 1987 College World Series, joining Paul Carey and Jack Voigt. He was not picked until the 29th round of the 1987 amateur draft, when the Seattle Mariners chose him; he did not sign. Brian then hit .333/~.375/.533 for Team USA in the 1987 Intercontinental Cup, when they won a Silver Medal. He was third with 11 runs on the team behind Mickey Morandini and Jay Knoblauh and was 4th in average behind Morandini, Robin Ventura and Knoblauh and ahead of John Valentin, Scott Servais, Stan Royer and Monty Fariss among others. As a senior, Cisarik was less outstanding but still ranked nationally with 81 runs (tied for 19th).

The San Diego Padres chose Brian in the 16th round of the 1988 amateur draft. In his pro debut, he hit .303/.444/.394 for the Charleston Rainbows and was 0 for 6 for the Spokane Indians. Had he qualified, he would have ranked third in the South Atlantic League in average behind Derek Bell and Moises Alou and with a significantly better OBP than either of those future big leaguers.

Cisarik fell to .263/~.390/.360 for the '89 Wichita Wranglers. He stole 22 bases and drew 77 walks (second on the team to Warren Newson). With Wichita in 1990, Brian batted .267/.370/.316 with only 3 hits longer than a double. He drew 71 walks, fielded .993 in the outfield, scored 84 runs and stole 45 bases in 55 tries, though, doing very well on everything except power and contact (where he did okay). He tied Wiley Lee for 5th in the Texas League in steals, was 6th in walks and third in runs (behind Mike Humphreys and Eric Karros).

Returned to Wichita for a third year, he hit .284/.388/.401 with 27 steals in 35 tries and 66 walks. He formed a speedy, walk-drawing outfield with Darrell Sherman (74 BB, 43 SB) and Vince Harris (63 BB, 48 SB). Cisarik also made the inaugural Double-A All-Star Game. Starting in right field for the NL, he was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and two errors in a 8-2 loss.

Cisarik ended his career in 1992 with the El Paso Diablos (1 for 21, 2 BB) of the Milwaukee Brewers chain and San Jose Giants (.323/.414/.384 in 28 G) of the San Francisco Giants organization.