Jake Brown | |
Position: | Pinch hitter/Outfielder |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 22 March 1948 |
Birth Place: | Sumrall, Mississippi, U.S. |
Death Place: | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | May 17 |
Debutteam: | San Francisco Giants |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | September 28 |
Finalteam: | San Francisco Giants |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .209 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 0 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 4 |
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Jerald Ray "Jake" Brown (March 22, 1948 – December 18, 1981) was an American Major League Baseball player who played with the San Francisco Giants in .[1] He was used primarily as a pinch hitter, but also played the outfield.
Brown is most notable because he made it to the majors after nearly severing his left forearm in an industrial accident at a sheet-metal plant in early 1974.[2]
Brown was just 33 years old when he died of leukemia in Houston, Texas on December 18, 1981.