Tommy Brown

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Tommy Brown
Utility player
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 3, 1944
for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Final game
September 25, 1953
for the Chicago Cubs
Career statistics
Batting average     .241
ERA     31
RBI     159
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Participated in the 1949 World Series
  • In 1956, playing for the minor league Nashville Vols, Brown reached base 20 consecutive times—10 hits and 10 walks.

Thomas Michael "Buckshot" Brown (born December 6, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York) was a Major League Baseball Utility player from 1944 to 1953. Brown became the youngest player ever to hit a home run in the Major Leagues when he homered on August 20, 1945 at the age of 17. On September 18, 1950 Brown hit three consecutive home runs in a game.

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