Alton Brown
Baseball player
Alton Leo "Deacon" Brown (born April 16, 1925 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the Washington Senators in 1951.Brown began his professional career in 1948, pitching for the Roanoke Rapids Jays. He went 8-12 with a 4.21 ERA in 36 games that season. He spent 1949 with the Jays as well, going 16-12 with a 3.97 ERA in 38 games. In 1950, while pitching for the Jays once again, Brown had arguably the best year of his professional career as he went 28-11 with a 2.38 ERA in 45 games, allowing 269 hits in 317 innings of work.He began the 1951 season with the Senators, making his major league debut on April 21. Brown had a 9.26 earned run average in seven big league appearances, with no decisions. He appeared in his final big league game on May 27, and was sent to the minors, where he went 5-8 with a 6.29 ERA in 22 games (16 starts) for the Chattanooga Lookouts.Brown split 1952 between the Lookouts and Richmond Colts, going 12-10. In 1953, he went 11-8 with a 2.24 ERA in 42 games (13 starts) for the Norfolk Tars. In 1954, he played for the Tars and Shreveport Sports, going a combined 13-6 in 44 games. Brown played his final minor league season in 1955, splitting the year between the Columbus Foxes and San Antonio Missions, finishing with a combined 2-3mark.Overall, he went 109-76 in 320 minor league games.Brown managed the Norfolk Tars for part of the 1955 season.