John Brown
American Negro league baseball player
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| Intro | American Negro league baseball player | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Athlete Baseball player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 23 October 1918 | |
| Death | 3 March 1999 (aged 80 years) | |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
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Biography
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.