Boardwalk Brown

{{short description|American baseball player (1889-1977)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Boardwalk Brown

|position=Pitcher

|image=Boardwalk Brown.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1889|2|20|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1977|2|8|1889|2|20}}

|death_place=Burlington, New Jersey, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 27

|debutyear=1911

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 7

|finalyear=1915

|finalteam=New York Yankees

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=38–40

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=251

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.47

|teams=

• Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1911}}–{{baseball year|1914}})
• New York Yankees ({{baseball year|1914}}–{{baseball year|1915}})

|highlights=

• World Series champion ({{wsy|1913}})

}}

Carroll William "Boardwalk" Brown (February 20, 1889 – February 8, 1977) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born on February 20, 1889, in Woodbury, New Jersey, and attended Woodbury Junior-Senior High School.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownbo01.shtml Boardwalk Brown], Baseball Reference. Accessed September 6, 2019. "High School: Woodbury HS (Woodbury, NJ)" He batted and threw right-handed, and was 178 pounds. Boardwalk played three seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1911–1913. In 1914 he played for both the A's and the New York Yankees and again in 1915 with the Yankees. In his career, Brown had a 38–40 record in 133 games with an ERA of 3.47 and 251 strikeouts.