:Tony Brewer

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Tony Brewer

| image =

| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|11|25}}

| birth_place = Coushatta, Louisiana, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = August 1

| debutyear = 1984

| debutteam = Los Angeles Dodgers

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 30

| finalyear = 1984

| finalteam = Los Angeles Dodgers

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .108

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 1

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 4

|stat2league = NPB

| stat21label = Batting average

| stat21value = .307

| stat22label = Home runs

| stat22value = 99

| stat23label = Runs batted in

| stat23value = 302

| teams =

Los Angeles Dodgers ({{mlby|1984}})
Nippon-Ham Fighters ({{npby|1986}}–{{npby|1987}}, {{npby|1989}}–{{npby|1990}})

}}

Anthony Bruce Brewer (born November 25, 1957) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Biography

Brewer attended Palo Alto Senior High School and played football, baseball and wrestling.{{cn|date=April 2024}} He qualified for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state tournament for wrestling.{{cn|date=April 2024}} Brewer then played college baseball for the Miami Hurricanes.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_miami_baseball_players.shtml |title=University of Miami Baseball Players |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=April 12, 2024}}

Brewer was not selected by a Major League Baseball (MLB) team in the MLB draft, and was signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Dodgers in October 1979.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbrewt001.htm |title=Tony Brewer |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=April 12, 2024}} He played in Minor League Baseball for several Dodger farm teams, reaching the Triple-A level in 1982. Brewer went on to appear in 24 major-league games for the Dodgers during the 1984 season. He had a .108 batting average (4-for-37). He hit one major-league home run, in his final major-league at bat.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/Ibrewt0010011984.htm |title=The 1984 LA N Regular Season Batting Log for Tony Brewer |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=April 12, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B09300LAN1984.htm |title=Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 2 |date=September 30, 1984 |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=April 12, 2024}} His brother Mike Brewer also played in MLB.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbrewm001.htm |title=Mike Brewer |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=April 12, 2024}}

Brewer went on to a productive career in Japan with the Nippon-Ham Fighters, where he batted .307 with 99 home runs in four seasons.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=brewer001ant |title=Tony Brewer Minor & Japanese Leagues Statistics |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=April 12, 2024}}