Philipp Brenner

• Bats Left, Throws Left

• Born May 27, 1993

Biographical Information

Philipp Brenner has played for the Austrian national team.

According to the Austrian Baseball Database, his career began in 2008 with the Vienna Metrostars, when he hit .289/.398/.422; he would have been 15 years old at the time. He fell to .229/.383/.271. Moving to the Schwechat Blue Bats in 2010, he hit .296/.365/.423 and had a 1-5, 7.79 record then batted .266/.377/.312 in 2011. He then vanished from the ABL for eight years, returning in 2020 (by which time it was renamed the Bundesliga). He hit .346/.490/.667 with 30 RBI and 19 walks in 20 games that year, for the Traiskirchen Grasshoppers. He was all over the leaderboards: 1st in triples (3), 2nd in RBI (3 behind Sammy Hackl), tied for second in doubles (7, one behind Richard Alzinger), tied for fourth in walks, fourth with 52 total bases (between Michael Varga and Hackl), 6th in slugging (between Tobias Kiefer and Ferdinand Obed) and tied for 9th in hits (27).

Brenner batted .368/.422/.639 with 45 runs, 10 doubles, 8 home runs and 35 RBI in 28 games. He tied Tobias Werner for third in runs, tied for fifth in doubles, tied for fifth in home runs, tied Moritz Scheicher for 5th in RBI and was 4th in total bases (85, between Heorhii Hvrytishvili and Scheicher). He then made Austria's squad for the 2021 European Championship. Backing up another Philipp, Philipp Eckel, at first base, he was 0 for 7 with 3 walks. His first plate appearance was a ground-out against Belgium's Drew Janssen while his first time aboard was a walk later that day from Kenny Vandenbranden. He handled 22 chances error-free in the event.