Malcolm Elmore Brown (July 18, 1899 – September 13, 1951), nicknamed "Scrappy", was an American Negro league shortstop between 1920 and 1930.

Scrappy Brown
Shortstop
Born: (1899-07-18)July 18, 1899
Sparrows Point, Maryland
Died: September 13, 1951(1951-09-13) (aged 52)
Washington, DC
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1920, for the Hilldale Club
Last appearance
1930, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants
Teams

A native of Sparrows Point, Maryland, Brown made his Negro leagues debut in 1920 with the Hilldale Club. He went on to play for several teams, including five seasons with the Baltimore Black Sox, and finished his career with a two-year stint with the Brooklyn Royal Giants in 1929 and 1930.[1][2] Brown died in Washington, D.C., in 1951 at age 52.

References edit

  1. ^ "Scrappy Brown". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Scrappy Brown". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

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