Dustin Brisson

Dustin C. Brisson

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 240 lb.
• School University of Central Florida
• High School Wellington Community High School

• Born March 18, 1978 in Boynton Beach, FL USA

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Biographical Information

First baseman Dustin Brisson was drafted three times before starting his professional career. The first time was in the 66th round of the 1996 amateur draft, out of high school by the Florida Marlins. The next two times came while he was at the University of Central Florida, in the 24th round of the 1999 amateur draft by the New York Mets and in the 15th round of the 2000 amateur draft by the Boston Red Sox.

After signing with the Red Sox, he began his pro career in 2000 with the Lowell Spinners of the New York-Penn League where he hit .244 with 6 homers and 39 RBIs in 65 games. In 2001, he moved to fill-season baseball with the Augusta GreenJackets of the South Atlantic League, batting .295/.376/.436 in 90 games, with 10 homers and 53 RBIs. Following that season, he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals along with OF Rick Asadoorian and 1B Luis Alfonso Garcia in return for P Dustin Hermanson. Asadoorian was the big prospect in the group, as a former #1 pick, but none of them ever reached the big leagues. In Dustin's case, his stint in the Cardinals' system was very brief: he played 62 games for the Potomac Cannons of the Carolina League in 2002, hitting .210 with 5 homers and 21 RBIs, and then finished the season back in Boston's system, with the Sarasota Red Sox of the Florida State League. It is not clear how he ended up back with his original team, but in any case the remainder of his career in organized baseball was spent in Boston's system. He finished 2002 by hitting .286 in 34 games for Sarasota.

In 2003, he hit .274 in 34 games with Augusta and .223 in 60 games for the Portland Sea Dogs of the AA Eastern League. His consolidated stats that season were a slash line of .241/.306/.390, with 22 doubles, 9 homers, 46 runs and 53 RBIs. He was let go by Boston after the season and found himself in the independent leagues in 2004, with the Chillicothe Paints of the Frontier League. He had a great season, which should have been expected given he had a lot more professional experience than the average player in the circuit, hitting .331 in 91 games, with 27 doubles and 14 homers. It was his final season as a professional.