 Brown was originally drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the sixth round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft.He was traded by Atlanta to the Los Angeles Dodgers on January 15, 2002, in a deal for Gary Sheffield; and from Los Angeles to Cleveland on May 19, 2004, as the player to be named from an earlier deal for Milton Bradley.In 2005, he appeared on the Indians roster for two different stints but never appeared in a game.