Career
lieutenant was relatively common in the 19th century for baseball teams to use a reserve fielder as a pitcher, and this appears to be true in Brown"s case. He appeared in 15 games for the 1884 Cubs (debuting August 16), pitching in seven of those games, six as a starter. His mark that season was 4–2 with a 4.68 European Research Area. He also played center field, right field, first baseman, and catcher for the Cubs that season, hitting.213 with 3 Reserve Bank of India in 61 trips to the plate.
Brown found himself with the American Association"s Orioles in the 1886 season in a similar role for a brief period of time.
He pitched in four games, completing and losing each one for a record of 0–4 and an European Research Area of 5.68. He also appeared in one game as a second baseman.
Brown was 3-for-19 at the plate in 1886 to finish his career with a batting average of exactly.200 (16-for-80). Brown died on June 28, 1888 in his birthplace of Warren, Pennsylvania, aged just 29.
