Jake Brown (baseball)
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Jake Brown | |
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Pinch hitter/Outfielder | |
Born: Sumrall, Mississippi | March 22, 1948|
Died: December 18, 1981 Houston, Texas | (aged 33)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 17, 1975, for the San Francisco Giants | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 28, 1975, for the San Francisco Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .209 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 4 |
Teams | |
Jerald Ray "Jake" Brown (March 22, 1948 – December 18, 1981) was a Major League Baseball player who played with the San Francisco Giants in 1975.[1] He was used primarily as a pinch hitter, but also played the outfield.
Brown is most notable because he made it to the majors after nearly severing his left forearm in an industrial accident at a sheet-metal plant in early 1974.[2]
Brown was just 33 years old when he died of leukemia in Houston, Texas on December 18, 1981.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Jake Brown Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ^ "Jake Brown". SABR BioProject.
- ^ "Jerald Ray "Jake" Brown". Find a Grave. 12 Mar 2005.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference
Categories:
- 1948 births
- 1981 deaths
- African-American baseball players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Baseball players from Mississippi
- San Francisco Giants players
- Southern Jaguars baseball players
- Deaths from cancer in Texas
- Deaths from leukemia
- People from Sumrall, Mississippi
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- American baseball biography stubs