Ulysses Brown
Appearance
Ulysses Brown | |
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Catcher | |
Born: 1920 | |
Died: September 7, 1942 Geneva, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 21–22)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1937, for the Newark Eagles | |
Last appearance | |
1942, for the Cincinnati Clowns | |
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Ulysses "Joe" "Buster" Brown (1920 – September 7, 1942) was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1937 to 1942 with the Newark Eagles, Chicago American Giants, and the Cincinnati Clowns. Brown died in a car accident on September 7, 1942. Smoky Owens also died, while Eugene Bremmer, Herman Watts, Alonzo Boone, and Wilbur Hayes were also injured.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads