Frank_Browning_(baseball)

Frank Browning (baseball)

Frank Browning (baseball)

American baseball player (1882-1948)

Frank "Dutch" Browning (October 29, 1882 – May 19, 1948) was a Major League Baseball player. He played one Major League Baseball (MLB) season for the Detroit Tigers in 1910. In 1909 he led the minor leagues in wins while pitching for the San Francisco Seals.

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Born in Falmouth, Kentucky, Browning attended Georgetown College in Kentucky and began his baseball career in 1906 with minor leagues. In 1909, the Detroit Tigers MLB team drafted Browning in a rule 5 draft.

In the mid-1920s, Browning was part of a vaudeville quartet.[1]

Browning died of burns received in an accidental house fire in San Antonio, Texas.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Zoss, Joel; Bowman, John (2004). Diamonds in the Rough: The Untold History of Baseball. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 377–378. ISBN 0803299206.
  2. [2]
    "Former Ball Player Dies in Home Fire". The Paris News. May 21, 1948. p. 4.


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