Facts: - debutteam: cleveland indians - birth date: 17 january 1935 - debutyear: 1957 - finalteam: baltimore orioles - statlabel: batting average home runs runs batted in - statvalue: .244 62 223 - caption: 1963 topps dick brown baseball card - death date: 17 april 1970 - name: dick brown - death place: baltimore , maryland - birth place: shinnston , west virginia - position: catcher - throws: right - debutdate: june 20 - finalyear: 1965 - bats: right - finaldate: october 3 - image: dick-brown . jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dick brown -lrb- baseball -rrb- .
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richard ernest brown -lrb- january 17 , 1935 -- april 17 , 1970 -rrb- was an american professional baseball player .he played in major league baseball as a catcher during the 1950s and 1960s .the native of shinnston , west virginia , attended florida state university and batted and threw right-handed .standing at tall , and weighing 190 pounds , he played from 1957 to 1965 for the cleveland indians , chicago white sox , detroit tigers and baltimore orioles .originally signed by the indians in 1953 , brown -- who was the elder brother of former al infielder larry brown -- made his big league debut on june 20 , 1957 against the boston red sox at the age of 22 .after three seasons with the indians , he was traded to the chicago white sox on december 6 , 1959 , along with don ferrarese , minnie minoso and jake striker for norm cash , bubba phillips and johnny romano .brown caught for six pitchers who would eventually be inducted into the baseball hall of fame .he played in 636 games over nine seasons , hitting .244 with 62 home runs and 223 runs batted in .his best two seasons were the two he spent with detroit : he hit 16 home runs in 1961 and 12 home runs in 1962 .he had a .989 fielding percentage .career highlights include back-to-back-to-back home runs he hit with norm cash and steve boros on may 23 , 1961 .he hit a grand slam less than one month earlier on april 29 .he played his final game on october 3 , 1965 .he was forced to retire because of a brain tumor , which eventually claimed his life .he served as a scout for the orioles until his death at age 35 in baltimore , maryland , in 1970 .he is buried in pinecrest cemetery in lake worth , florida .