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John Brown
Pitcher
Born: (1918-10-23)October 23, 1918 Hamburg, Arkansas, U.S.
Died: March 3, 1999(1999-03-03) (aged 80) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Batted: RightThrew: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1944, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Last appearance
1948, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Cleveland Buckeyes (1944–1948)

John Wesley Brown (October 23, 1918 – March 3, 1999) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s.

A native of Hamburg, Arkansas, Brown made his Negro leagues debut in 1944 with the Cleveland Buckeyes. He played five seasons for Cleveland through 1948, and was selected to play in the East–West All-Star Game in 1946. Brown died in Detroit, Michigan in 1999 at age 80.

References

1. "John Brown". seamheads.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
2. "John Brown". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
3. "John W. Brown". arkbaseball.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

External links

• Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Seamheads
• John Brown at Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia

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