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2006: Released by the Colorado organization on April
3.
2005: The San Angelo Colts (Central league) purchased
Brian's contract from Ohio Valley of the Frontier League on January
14...signed with San Angelo on January 25...San Angelo sold his
contract to the Colorado Rockies on February 22....promoted to
the Colorado Springs Sky Sox (AAA) on June 4...sent back to E.S.T.
on June 7...assigned to Tri-City (A) on June 13...wore number
16 with Tri-City...threw out 11 of 31 attempted base stealers
(incomplete numbers) and had five passed balls at Tri-City.
2004: Released by the Indians organization in April,
right before the season started...signed with the Springfield/Ozark
Ducks of the independent Frontier League on May 20...wore number
9 with S/O...got his 100th career RBI on May 29...News Story:
Kirby
prolongs playing career with Ducks...played his 200th
career game on June 29...named to the Frontier League All-Star
team on July 7...Hogs in the Minors Player of the Week two times.
2003: Wore number 12 with the Kinston Indians...sent
down from Kinston (A) to Lake County (A) on July 3...wore number
36 with Lake County...promoted to Kinston on August 1...put on
the DL on August 25...transferred to Akron on November 20.
2002: Wore number 16 with Columbus...see what Brian
thinks about minor league baseball, the Hogs, and more on his
Survey...News
Story: Ex-Razorback
Kirby fitting in nicely...Hogs in the Minors Player of
the Week one time.
2001: Drafted with the 937th pick (31st round) by
the Cleveland Indians...got his first professional hit, a two
run double, in his second game. He followed that up with a triple
in his next at bat on 6/20...hit his first professional home
run on 6/21...was promoted from Burlington (R) to Mahoning Valley
(A) on July 20.
College: Four year letterman at the University
of Arkansas (1998-2001)...played outfield all four years before
moving to catcher for the last part of his senior year...named
a Freshman All-American Second Team by The Sporting News
in 1998...named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball
in 1998...member of the 2000 & 2001 SEC Academic Honor Rolls...leaves
the UA as the all-time leader in strikeouts (224)...ranks 7th
all-time at the UA in total bases for his career (388)...tied
for fourth all-time for doubles in his career (58)...3rd all-time
in home runs in his career (39)...6th all-time in RBIs in his
career (165)...played for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the
Cape Cod league during the summer of 1999.
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