:Rod Brewer

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1966)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Rod Brewer

|position=First baseman / Outfielder

|image=Rod Brewer - Springfield Cardinals - 1988.jpg

|caption=Brewer in 1988

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1966|2|24}}

|birth_place=Eustis, Florida, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 5

|debutyear=1990

|debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 3

|finalyear=1993

|finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.278

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=33

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Batting average

|stat21value=.232

|stat22label=Home runs

|stat22value=8

|stat23label=Runs batted in

|stat23value=31

|teams=

• St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1990}}–{{mlby|1993}})
• Seibu Lions ({{npby|1994}})

}}

Rodney Lee Brewer (born February 24, 1966) is an American former college and professional baseball player who was a first baseman and outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB) from {{baseball year|1990}} to {{baseball year|1993}}.

Brewer was born in Eustis, Florida. He attended Apopka High School in Apopka, Florida, and played for the Apopka Blue Darters high school baseball team.

Brewer attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Joe Arnold's Florida Gators baseball team from 1985 to 1987. In 1986, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}

The St. Louis Cardinals selected Brewer in the fifth round of the 1987 MLB Draft.