Ulysses Brown

Catcher

Born: 1920

Died: September 7, 1942
Geneva, Ohio

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Negro league baseball debut

1937, for the Newark Eagles

Last appearance

1942, for the Cincinnati Clowns

Teams

Ulysses "Joe" "Buster" Brown (1920 - September 7, 1942) was an American baseball catcher in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1937 to 1942 with the Newark Eagles, Chicago American Giants, and the Cincinnati Clowns. Brown died in a car accident on September 7, 1942. Smoky Owens also died, while Eugene Bremmer, Herman Watts, Alonzo Boone, and Wilbur Hayes were also injured.^[1]

References

↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

External links

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

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