Tommy Brown (baseball)
| Tommy Brown | |||
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 Brown in about 1953. | |||
| Utility player | |||
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Born: December 6, 1927 Brooklyn, New York | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 3, 1944, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 25, 1953, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .241 | ||
| Home runs | 31 | ||
| RBI | 159 | ||
| Teams | |||
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Thomas Michael "Buckshot" Brown (born December 6, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former utility man in Major League Baseball. He played for three different teams in parts of nine seasons spanning 1944–1953.
Brown became the youngest player ever to hit a home run in the Major Leagues when he homered on August 20, 1945 at the age of 17.[1]
On September 18, 1950, he batted three consecutive home runs in a single game.
References
- ↑ "Home Run Records: Oldest & Youngest". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Baseball Library
- Retrosheet
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics
- SABR BioProject – Article written by C. Paul Rogers III
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