Malcolm Elmore Brown (July 18, 1899 – September 13, 1951), nicknamed "Scrappy", was an American Negro league shortstop between 1920 and 1930.
Scrappy Brown | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: Sparrows Point, Maryland | July 18, 1899|
Died: September 13, 1951 Washington, DC | (aged 52)|
Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1920, for the Hilldale Club | |
Last appearance | |
1930, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants | |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
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A native of Sparrows Point, Maryland, Brown made his Negro leagues debut in 1920 with the Hilldale Club. He went on to play for several teams, including five seasons with the Baltimore Black Sox, and finished his career with a two-year stint with the Brooklyn Royal Giants in 1929 and 1930.[1][2] Brown died in Washington, D.C., in 1951 at age 52.
References
edit- ^ "Scrappy Brown". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "Scrappy Brown". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
External links
edit- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads