Myrl Brown

{{Short description|American baseball player (1894–1981)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Myrl Brown

|image=Myrl Brown.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1894|10|10}}

|birth_place=Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{death date and age|1981|2|23|1894|10|10}}

|death_place=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 19

|debutyear=1922

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 18

|finalyear=1922

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=3–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.97

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=9

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1922}})

}}

Myrl Lincoln Brown (October 10, 1894 – February 23, 1981) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates in {{mlby|1922}}.

During the 1920 season, the Pirates bought Brown's contract from the Reading Aces of the International League for $20,000 ({{Inflation|US|20000|1922|r=-3|fmt=eq}}). This was the highest price ever paid for an International League player up to that point.{{cite news |title=Cost Pittsburg $20,000 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99119283/cost-pittsburg-20000/ |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=Logansport Pharos-Tribune |date=23 September 1922 |pages=8}}