Eddie Brown (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player (1891-1956)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Eddie Brown

|image=Eddie Brown baseball.jpeg

|position=Outfielder

|birth_date={{birth date|1891|7|17}}

|birth_place=Milligan, Nebraska, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|1956|9|10|1891|7|17}}

|death_place=Vallejo, California, U.S.

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= September 26

|debutyear= 1920

|debutteam= New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 29

|finalyear=1928

|finalteam=Boston Braves

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.303

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=16

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=407

|teams=

• New York Giants ({{mlby|1920}}–{{mlby|1921}})
• Brooklyn Robins ({{mlby|1924}}–{{mlby|1925}})
• Boston Braves ({{mlby|1926}}–{{mlby|1928}})

}}

Edward William Brown (July 17, 1891 – September 10, 1956) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Giants, Brooklyn Robins, and Boston Braves between 1920 and 1928.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/browned02.shtml "Eddie Brown Statistics and History"]. "baseball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2017-05-14. A .303 lifetime hitter, he led the National League with 201 hits in 1926. Brown's nickname was "Glass Arm Eddie".

In 790 games over 7 seasons, Brown compiled a .303 batting average (878-for-2902) with 341 runs, 170 doubles, 33 triples, 16 home runs, 407 RBIs, 127 base on balls, 109 strikeouts, .334 on-base percentage and .400 slugging percentage. Defensively, he recorded a .970 fielding percentage.