Brook Alexander Fordyce was born on May 7,1970 and is an American former Major League Baseball catcher with the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays between 1995 and 2004.
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Brook Fordyce played high school football and baseball until he injured a nerve in his neck at the age of 16.
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Brook Fordyce was a third-round draft selection of the New York Mets in 1989.
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Brook Fordyce spent parts of the next two seasons in the major leagues with the Reds, until a trade took him to the Chicago White Sox.
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Brook Fordyce played his most complete season for the 1999 White Sox, batting.
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Brook Fordyce was the primary starting catcher for the first half of the 2001 season, but he struggled offensively.
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Brook Fordyce had the worst fielding percentage among the league's catchers.
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In January 2002, Brook Fordyce was hospitalized with severe bleeding from his gastrointestinal tract, and he spent several days in intensive care.
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Brook Fordyce was able to report to spring training on time the next month.
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Orioles manager Mike Hargrove indicated that he was not declaring a number one catcher, and he said that Brook Fordyce would compete for the job with young prospects Fernando Lunar and Geronimo Gil.
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In 2003, Brook Fordyce battled Gil for the starting catching job on the Orioles.
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Gil had the upper hand leading into the season, but Brook Fordyce played well initially and earned more playing time than expected.
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Brook Fordyce concluded his career with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2004, hitting.
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