Brown spent the 1946 season serving in the U.S. Army. He returned to the Dodgers in 1947, joining a roster that included ...

Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and the youngest player to homer in a Major League Baseball game, died on Wednesday. Brown was 97 years old and died after ...

He returned to the Dodgers in 1947, joining a roster that included future Hall of Fame shortstop Pee Wee Reese and Robinson, whose debut that season broke baseball’s color barrier. Brown's ...

Former big leaguer Tommy Brown died Wednesday at age 97, according to The Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh. “Buckshot” Brown played in 494 games with the Dodgers, Phillies and Cubs from 1944-53, and ...

Former Dodgers infielder and outfielder Tommy Brown, who debuted at age 16 for Brooklyn during World War II and remains the youngest position player in major league history, died on Wednesday at age ...

Tommy Brown, a former shortstop, left fielder and pinch hitter for three MLB teams from 1944 to '45 and 1947 to '53, died Wednesday, according to a Wednesday afternoon social media post from Ben ...

whose debut that season broke baseball’s color barrier. Advertising Brown’s daughter recalled her father telling her about a petition that circulated among several white players in the Dodgers ...