Scrappy Brown
| Scrappy Brown | |
|---|---|
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| Shortstop | |
| Born: July 18, 1899 Sparrows Point, Maryland | |
| Died: September 13, 1951 (aged 52) Washington, DC | |
Threw: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1920, for the Hilldale Club | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1930, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants | |
| Teams | |
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Malcolm Elmore Brown (July 18, 1899 – September 13, 1951), nicknamed "Scrappy", was an American Negro league shortstop between 1920 and 1930.
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 and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
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- 1899 births
- 1951 deaths
- Bacharach Giants players
- Baltimore Black Sox players
- Brooklyn Royal Giants players
- Harrisburg Giants players
- Hilldale Club players
- Homestead Grays players
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- Baseball infielders
- Baseball players from Baltimore County, Maryland
- Negro league baseball infielder stubs