Dick Brown (baseball)

Dick Brown
Dick Brown
Runs batted in	223
Teams
	Cleveland Indians (1957–1959); Chicago White Sox (1960); Detroit Tigers (1961–1962); Baltimore Orioles (1963–1965);

Richard Ernest Brown (January 17, 1935 – April 17, 1970) was an American

Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles. The native of Shinnston, West Virginia, attended Florida State University. He threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 176 pounds (80 kg). His brother Larry Brown had a 12-year MLB career (1963–74) as an infielder with four American League

teams.

Originally signed by the Indians in 1953, Dick Brown made his big league debut on June 20, 1957 against the Boston Red Sox at the age of 22. After three seasons with the Indians, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox on December 6, 1959, along with Don Ferrarese, Minnie Miñoso and Jake Striker for Norm Cash, Bubba Phillips and Johnny Romano.^[1]

Brown caught for six pitchers who would eventually be inducted into the

runs batted in. His best two seasons were the two he spent with Detroit: he hit 16 home runs in 1961 and 12 home runs in 1962. He had a career .989 fielding percentage. Career highlights include back-to-back-to-back home runs he hit with Norm Cash and Steve Boros

on May 23, 1961. He hit a grand slam less than one month earlier on April 29.

He played his final game on October 3, 1965. He had been expected to continue as the Orioles' starting catcher entering the

Baltimore

in 1970.

References

^ "Dick Brown Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
^ "Catchers Who Caught The Most Hall Of Fame Pitchers". sabr.org. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
^ ""Brown Gave His Full Share, Now He Deserves One Back," United Press International, Friday, August 26, 1966". Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
^ Walker, Childs (April 1, 2016). "Remembering 1966: The Orioles' World Series Win That Began a Remarkable Run". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on May 13, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs

Dick Brown at SABR (Baseball BioProject)

[br-1] "Dick Brown Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 24, 2009.

[2] "Catchers Who Caught The Most Hall Of Fame Pitchers". sabr.org. Retrieved December 30, 2013.

[3] ""Brown Gave His Full Share, Now He Deserves One Back," United Press International, Friday, August 26, 1966". Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.

[4] Walker, Childs (April 1, 2016). "Remembering 1966: The Orioles' World Series Win That Began a Remarkable Run". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on May 13, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.

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