ron brand (born january 13, 1940) is a former baseball player. he mostly played as a catcher. he started his career for the clinton pirates. after six years he joined the pittsburgh pirates. he hit his first home run off denny lemaster. he was then selected in the rule 5 draft by the houston astros. with the astros he competed to be starting catcher with john bateman. after four years in houston, he was picked in the expansion draft, which is when new teams pick players that other teams do not want, by the montreal expos. he played for the expos as a catcher in 1969, but then made some appearances at shortstop over the next two years. he played his last game on september 25, 1971. he then went back to the minor leagues. he managed for a few years as well.