Fred Brown
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Fred Herbert Brown
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 10½", Weight 190 lb.
- School Dartmouth College
- Debut May 4, 1901
- Final Game April 18, 1902
- Born April 12, 1879 in Ossipee, NH USA
- Died February 3, 1955 in Somersworth, NH USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Fred Brown is much better known as a politician. He was governor of New Hampshire from 1923 to 1925 and a United States Senator from 1933 to 1939. He served as Comptroller General of the United States after that, although health issues forced him to resign.
Brown played nine games in the majors in 1901-02 with the Boston Beaneaters. In 1903 he was briefly with the Jersey City Skeeters, a top minor league team which went 92-33 and featured a number of former and future major leaguers such as Mickey Doolan, Moose McCormick and others. He played at least during 1900-05 in the minors, although one source says he had a sore arm in 1903 which forced him to quit temporarily.
Brown was born in Ossipee, NH, and was the 14th player born in New Hampshire to come to the major leagues. He attended the Dow Academy and then Dartmouth College, located in New Hampshire, and made his major league debut in May 1901 at age 22. In 1902 he came back to play some more games in April. Both times he played outfield, and in the nine games where he had appearances, he went 4-for-20.
He went back to school to get his law degree from Boston University. He served as city solicitor for Somersworth, NH beginning in 1910, was mayor of the town beginning in 1914, and had a number of other political positions in addition to the ones noted above.
