Jake_Brown_(baseball)

Jake Brown (baseball)

Jake Brown (baseball)

American baseball player (1948-1981)

Jerald Ray "Jake" Brown (March 22, 1948 – December 18, 1981) was an American 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.

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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.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Jake Brown Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  2. [2]
    "Jake Brown". SABR BioProject.
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