1901
Born September 16, 1901
Pratt City, AL, USA
Larry Brown Marquee
b. September 16, 1901 · Indianapolis ABCs 1923, Memphis Red Sox 1923–1925, 1927–1929, 1938–1947, Birmingham Black Barons 1923, Detroit Stars 1926, Chicago American Giants 1927, 1929, 1933–1935, New York Lincoln Giants 1930, Harlem Stars 1931, New York Black Yankees 1932, Philadelphia Stars 1936–1938
Larry Brown caught in the Negro Leagues for twenty-five years and was widely rated the finest defensive catcher in them — a small man with a fast, accurate arm who was said to throw from a crouch without straightening up.
He caught for at least a dozen clubs: Birmingham, Indianapolis, Detroit, the Chicago American Giants, the New York Lincoln Giants, the Harlem Stars, the Black Yankees, the Philadelphia Stars, and Memphis across two long spells. Six East-West All-Star selections came between 1933 and 1941.
Born in Pratt City, Alabama in 1901, Brown batted .261 with 645 hits in the surviving record. He died at seventy on April 7, 1972.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Negro Leagues East-West Classic | 6 | 1933, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | ABC/BBB/MRS | 23 | 59 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .136 |
| 1924 | MRS | 56 | 171 | 21 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 4 | .228 |
| 1925 | MRS | 52 | 151 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .199 |
| 1926 | DS | 57 | 155 | 17 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | .284 |
| 1927 | CAG/MRS | 79 | 201 | 22 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 4 | .259 |
| 1928 | MRS | 76 | 249 | 35 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 34 | 1 | 0 | .265 |
| 1929 | CAG/MRS | 81 | 272 | 42 | 82 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 43 | 0 | 2 | .301 |
| 1930* | NLG | 34 | 106 | 16 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 5 | .311 |
| 1931* | HAR | 6 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
| 1932* | NBY | 23 | 75 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .187 |
| 1933 | CAG | 37 | 121 | 18 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 2 | .298 |
| 1934 | CAG | 31 | 101 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| 1935 | CAG | 36 | 115 | 16 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .339 |
| 1936 | PS | 41 | 109 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .266 |
| 1937 | PS | 26 | 62 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .161 |
| 1938 | MRS/PS | 28 | 80 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .237 |
| 1939 | MRS | 27 | 86 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .267 |
| 1940 | MRS | 44 | 136 | 14 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 3 | .265 |
| 1941 | MRS | 10 | 31 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .290 |
| 1942 | MRS | 25 | 73 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| 1943 | MRS | 18 | 51 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .196 |
| 1944 | MRS | 14 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .207 |
| 1945 | MRS | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| 1946 | MRS | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .556 |
| 1947 | MRS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Major leagues | — | 772 | 2270 | 264 | 591 | 96 | 32 | 13 | 283 | 257 | 4 | 21 | .260 |
| All seasons | — | 835 | 2473 | 292 | 645 | 102 | 35 | 14 | 303 | 279 | 5 | 27 | .261 |
Seasons outside MLB's recognized major leagues appear in All seasons, but not in Major leagues or the leaderboards. For Larry Brown, that is 1930–1932. Why totals can differ.
On this day & linked events
1972