Bryan, who made his Major League debut in 2008, enters his third season with the Cubs after spending the previous seven seasons in the Mariners system...enjoyed a breakout 2011 season with Triple-A Iowa, culminating with a September call-up...In 65 Major League games with the Mariners (2008) and Cubs (2011), has batted .262 with five home runs and 16 RBI...Owns a .295 career batting average with 262 doubles, 159 home runs and 651 RBI in 970 minor league contests...Was named the 2011 Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player, and was named to the all-PCL Team...named the Iowa Cubs MVP as well as the Cubs Minor League Player of the Year...Additionally, was named a 2011 Topps Triple-A All-Star...Attended St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg, Fla....named All-Conference First Team, hitting .375 with 23 doubles, eight triples and 62 RBI...Graduated from Holy Name Cathedral Catholic High School in Worcester, Mass.
2011
Bryan was named the Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player with Triple-A Iowa and earned a September promotion with Chicago...he was also named a Topps Triple-A All-Star...selected by the Cubs, September 2, he hit .288 (17-for-59) with five doubles, a triple, two homers and six RBI in 20 games for Chicago...Led minor league baseball with an Iowa franchise-record 38 home runs, and led the PCL with 76 extra-base hits, 303 total bases, a .664 slugging percentage and a 1.070 OPS...tied for the PCL lead with 109 RBI. Ranked seventh in the PCL with a .331 batting average, fourth with 38 doubles and fifth with 91 runs scored...The 38 homers for Iowa surpassed Joe Hicks in 1984 (37), and he joins Mel Hall (1982) as only the second player in franchise history with at least 30 homers and 30 doubles in the same season...Became only the seventh PCL player in the last 15 seasons to record at least 300 total bases...Was named a mid-season PCL All-Star and participated in the Triple- A Home Run Derby...With the Cubs, made nine starts in right field and five starts in left field...played four games (two starts) at first base...marked his first big
league action in the outfield...Hit safely in 13 of his 19 games played with an at-bat...hit safely in 11 of his 16 starts...Made his Cubs debut, Sept. 4 vs. Pittsburgh, going 2-for-4 with a RBI while manning left field...was his first big league action since 2008 with Seattle...Belted a game-tying two-run pinch-home run with two outs in the ninth inning, September 6, off the Reds Mike Leake...was his first big league home run since Sept. 20, 2008 at Oakland, while with Seattle.
2010
In his first season in the Cubs organization, Bryan hit .308 (130-for-422) with 51 walks, 71 runs, 30 doubles, 25 homers,
81 RBI and a .385 on-base percentage in 125 games with Triple-A Iowa...Led the Pacific Coast League with nine intentional walks...Tied for the club lead in homers and was third in games played and hits...Owned a .316 average or better in three separate months: .323 in April,
.395 in July and .316 in August...Hit at a .311 clip (76-for-244) prior to the All-Star break compared to a
.303 average (54-for-178) in the second half of the season...Hit .337 (105-for-312) with a 1.034 OPS against right-handed pitchers...Produced a .370 batting average (27-for-73) when leading off an inning...Boasted a .325 batting average (68-for-209) with runners on and a .318
average (28-for-88) with runners on and two outs...Garnered a .364 mark (4-for-11) with two doubles and two RBI as a
pinch-hitter...Was named PCL Offensive Player of the Week for the week of July 26-
August 1 ... he hit .455 (10-for-22) with seven runs, two doubles, four
homers and 14 RBI during the span...Clubbed a season-high three home runs, July 30 at Oklahoma City ... he
finished the contest 4-for-7 with the three clouts, three runs scored and
a season-high seven RBI...It was his second game of the season with six or more RBI, as he
previously turned the trick, May 5 at New Orleans (six RBI)...Rode an eight-game hitting streak, August 25-September 1 ... posted a
.444 average (16-for-36) with nine runs, four homers, eight RBI and five
multi-hit efforts in that span...Recorded a .292 average (7-for-24) and five RBI in seven games with the
Estrellas de Oriente of the Dominican Winter League.
2009
Bryan batted .289 (132-for-457) in 121 games with Triple-A Tacoma, setting a career high with 26 home runs...Recorded 35 multi-hit affairs, including three season-high four-hit
contests...Batted .313 (101-for-323) against right-handed pitchers compared to a
.231 average (31-for-134) off southpaws...Went 74-for-226 (.327) with 18 doubles and 68 RBI with runners on ...
hit .313 (40-for-128) with runners in scoring position...Batted .322 (39-for-121) with 23 RBI as a first baseman...Collected a season-high five RBI June 15 at Portland, going 3-for-5 with
a run, a double, a homer and the five RBI...Hit .379 (33-for-87) with a 1.134 OPS and 16 RBI in 23 July games ...
boasted a .433 on-base percentage and a .701 slugging percentage...Batted .294 (53-for-180) with 34 RBI following the All-Star Break.
2008
Began season with Tacoma (AAA), but finished the year with Seattle after being recalled on July 18...Was one of five players to make Major League debut with the Mariners...Appeared in 45 games, including making 39 starts (33 at 1B, 6 at DH)...Made Major League debut as a pinch hitter on July 18 vs. Cleveland, grounding into a double play...Made first career start at first base on July 19 vs. Cleveland, going 0x3 with a walk...Recorded first Major League hit July 22 vs. Boston, a single to right field off Daisuke Matsuzaka...later scored on Ichiro's double for first career run scored...Hit first career home run in second inning off Scott Feldman, July 28 at Texas...Went 3x4 with 3 runs scored, a home run and RBI, July 29 at Texas...Hit home runs in back-to-back games July 28-29 at Texas, becoming the first Mariners rookie to homer in consecutive games since Kenji Johjima in 2006...Hit safely in 20 of 23 games from July 22-Aug. 17 (24x75/.320), after opening ML career 0-for-8...Recorded career-high 2 RBI Sept. 20 at Oakland...went 1x2 with a run scored, 2-run home run and 3 walks in the game...Played in 86 games with the Rainiers prior to being recalled...appeared in 74 games at first base, 5 games in left field and 8 games as the designated hitter...Recorded 2 home runs April 13 at Colorado Springs (G1), going 2x3, with 2 runs scored, 2 home runs and 3 RBI...Recorded seven 3-hit games (season-high), including back-to-back games with 3 hits, April 14 at Colorado Springs and April 15 at Fresno...Recorded season-high 9-game hit streak, June 28-July 14, batting .343 (12x35) with 5 runs, 5 doubles, a home run and 9 RBI...also recorded an RBI in 8 consecutive games, June 28-July 13...Hit .286 (70x245) with 34 runs scored, 24 doubles, 1 triple, 11 home runs and 47 RBI vs. right-handed pitchers, compared to .183 (13x71) vs. lefties.
2007
Spent the entire season on the 40-man roster at AAA Tacoma...recalled to Seattle on Sept. 17, but did not report...appeared in 138 games for the Rainiers, batting .275 (152x552) with 46 doubles, 2 triples, 12 home runs and 81 RBI...made 132 starts, all at first base...led the team and ranked 2nd in the PCL with 46 doubles...also 7th in the minors in doubles...also ranked 2nd on the team in at-bats (552) and hits (152), and 3rd in RBI (81)...recorded 38 multi-hit games, including three 4-hit contests...season-high 11-game hitting streak July 28-Aug. 7...combined to bat .317 (13x41) during the streak...11 of 12 home runs came in the final three months of the season...hit .303 (125x412) vs. right-handed pitching and .193 (17x140) vs. lefties...hit .309 (50x162) with RISP...batted .306 (38x124) over his final 32 games of the season and was a .303 (61x201) hitter following the All-Star break.
2006
Bryan was named Seattle's Minor League Most Valuable Player ... combined to hit .309 (131-for-424) with 58 runs, 22 doubles,
16 home runs and 74 RBI in 114 games between Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A Tacoma...Finished fourth among Mariners farmhands in home runs, RBI and average...Recorded 18 multi-hit games, including four three-hit games and one
four-hit game...Named to the Texas League All-Star team, but was unable to play after
being promoted to Tacoma June 12...Recorded a season-high 15-game hitting streak, June 16-July 7, batting
.373 (22-for-59)...Named Pacific Coast League Player of the Week, August 7-13, after hitting
.583 (14-for-24) with 12 runs, six home runs and 14 RBI...Hit seven home runs n an eight-game stretch, August 7-14...Hit safely in eight of his final nine games, August 6-15, batting .486 (18-
for-37) with 14 runs, seven home runs and 15 RBI...Played for Team USA in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
2005
Saw action in 57 games with Single-A Everett, batting .244 (49-for-201) with 14 doubles, two homers and 20 RBI...Had 13 multi-hit games...Played mostly first base, but also saw action in left field and as the team's designated hitter.
2004
Appeared in 74 games between Single-A Everett and Single-A Wisconsin, batting .293 (84-for-287) with 30 doubles, six homers
and 35 RBI...Opened the season with Everett, hitting safely in six of the seven games
he appeared in ... it included four multi-hit affairs and six doubles...Earned a promotion to the Timber Rattlers June 26, homering in his first
two games with the club (June 26-27)...Had a season-high 11-game hitting streak, July 15-25, batting .409...Led Wisconsin with 24 doubles, despite playing in only 67 games...Recorded 18 multi-hit games, including two three-hit affairs, with the
Timber Rattlers.
2003
Bryan spent the season with Single-A Inland Empire, leading the farm system with 113 RBI and tied for second with 22 homers...Went 4-for-5 with two runs, two home runs and a career-high seven RBI,
July 9 vs. Modesto...Recorded back-to-back five RBI games August 1 and 2...Had a season-high 15-game hitting streak, August 14-29, hitting .381
(24-for-63)...Hit .381 (48-for-126) with 27 runs, 17 extra-base hits and 36 RBI in 28
August games...Recorded 47 multi-hit games, including five four-hit games and 13 threehit
games...Had 25 multi-RBI games, including nine games with four or more RBI...Hit .354 (64-for-181) with runners in scoring position...Named Inland Empire's MVP by the Seattle Mariners...Was a member of the United States World qualifying baseball team.
