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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 Lindbergh of The Ringer. He was 97.<\/p>\n

A native of Brooklyn, Brown was the final living member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers\u2014the team for which Jackie Robinson debuted at first base on April 15, integrating the National League.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Brown was the last living major leaguer whose career began during World War II. With able-bodied men in short supply on the home front, Brown debuted for the Dodgers in ’44 at the age of 16.<\/p>\n

In 1945, he hit a home run at the age of 17; he’s still the youngest player ever to homer in the major leagues.<\/p>\n

After a one-year stint in the army, Brown played in 15 games for Brooklyn in ’47. In 1949, he saw his only postseason action, going 0-for-2 with a strikeout as a pinch hitter in the World Series against the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n

Brown finished his big-league career with the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, and his baseball career more broadly with a quartet of minor-league teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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