finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1885 28 june 1888 warren , pennsylvania unknown warren , pennsylvania 1884 july 16 4 -- 6 5.11 36 .200 0 3 pitcher/outfielder baltimore orioles win average home runs runs batted in -- loss record earned run average strikeouts batting august 16 4 april 1859 joe brown -lrb- utility player -rrb-
 chicago white stockings joe brown unknown
joe brown -lrb- utility player -rrb-

joseph e. `` joe '' brown -lrb- april 4 , 1859 -- june 28 , 1888 in warren , pennsylvania -rrb- was a pitcher/utility player in major league baseball for the chicago white stockings and baltimore orioles .
it was relatively common in the 19th century for baseball teams to use a reserve fielder as a pitcher , and this appears to be true in brown 's case .
he appeared in 15 games for the 1884 cubs -lrb- debuting august 16 -rrb- , pitching in seven of those games , six as a starter .
his mark that season was 4 -- 2 with a 4.68 era .
he also played center field , right field , first baseman , and catcher for the cubs that season , hitting .213 with 3 rbi in 61 trips to the plate .
brown found himself with the american association 's orioles in the 1886 season in a similar role for a brief period of time .
he pitched in four games , completing and losing each one for a record of 0 -- 4 and an era of 5.68 .
he also appeared in one game as a second baseman .
brown was 3-for-19 at the plate in 1886 to finish his career with a batting average of exactly .200 -lrb- 16-for-80 -rrb- .
brown died on june 28 , 1888 in his birthplace of warren , pennsylvania , aged just 29 .
