Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Hal 'Skinny' Brown, former MLB pitcher, dies at 91
Greensboro News & Record ^ | December 18, 2015 | Staff Reports

Posted on 12/18/2015 4:20:16 PM PST by EveningStar

Greensboro resident Hal "Skinny" Brown, who pitched in the major leagues for 14 seasons, has died at age 91 ...

Brown, who was 6 feet 2 and 180 pounds during his playing days, compiled a record of 85-92 with a 3.81 earned-run average in 358 appearances with the Chicago White Sox (1951-52), Boston Red Sox (1953-55), Baltimore Orioles (1955-62), New York Yankees (1962) and Houston Colt .45s (1963-64) ...

(Excerpt) Read more at greensboro.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: baltimoreorioles; baseball; bostonredsox; chicagowhitesox; colt45s; halbrown; halskinnybrown; houstoncolt45s; mlb; newyorkyankees; obituary; orioles; redsox; whitesox; yankees
He had excellent control.

Wikipedia

Career Stats

1 posted on 12/18/2015 4:20:16 PM PST by EveningStar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Artemis Webb

ping


2 posted on 12/18/2015 4:20:56 PM PST by EveningStar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EveningStar

You know the one thing I love about MLB? The colorful nicknames and traditional names like Stan, Chip, etc.


3 posted on 12/18/2015 4:43:55 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EveningStar

Sorry to hear this. He was a pretty good pitcher.


4 posted on 12/18/2015 5:20:16 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TBP

Guy played professional sports and lived to the age of 91. He won!


5 posted on 12/18/2015 6:33:54 PM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: EveningStar

RIP.


6 posted on 12/19/2015 7:58:09 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EveningStar; Artemis Webb; GOPsterinMA; AuH2ORepublican

Outstanding control for a knuckleballer. RIP.


7 posted on 12/19/2015 7:13:37 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Impy

Never heard of him. RIP.


8 posted on 12/20/2015 6:35:17 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson