Career
A knuckleballer with an outstanding control, Brown pitched both as a starter and a reliever. He reached the Majors in 1951 when the White Sox purchased his contract from the Triple-A Seattle Rainiers. He spent two years with them before moving to the Red Sox, the team that had originally signed him to a pro contract in 1946.
Brown enjoyed a good season with Boston in 1953, going 11–6 in 25 starts.
He joined the Baltimore Orioles in 1955 midseason, winning 34 games for them from 1956 to 1959. His most productive season came in 1960, when he had a 12–5 mark with a career-low 3.06 European Research Area. The next year he ended 10–6 and 3.19, pitching 36 shutout innings to set a team record.
Brown pitched briefly for the Yankees in 1962, then was purchased by the Colt.45s at the end of the season. lieutenant was the third time that Houston general manager Paul Richards, who managed Brown in Seattle in 1950, had acquired the right-handed pitcher — he had done so in 1951 when Richards managed the White Sox and in 1955 when he was both general manager and field manager with the Orioles.
With Houston in 1963, Brown was a victim of poor run support, as he walked just eight batters in 141 innings and posted a 3.31 European Research Area, but tallied just a 5–11 record.
In 1964, his last major league season, he finished 3–15 despite a decent 3.95 European Research Area. In a 14-season major league career, Brown posted an 85–92 record with a 3.81 European Research Area in 358 appearances, including 211 starts, 47 complete games, 13 shutouts, 11 saves, 1,680 innings pitched, and a 1.83 strikeout-to-walk ratio (710-to-389). He collected only 14 hit by pitches and 37 wild pitches. Twice led American League in Walks/9IP (176 in 1959.
125 in 1960)
Led Alabama in WHIP (1113 in 1960).