By Richard Goldstein Tommy Brown, who became the youngest position player in modern major-league baseball when he made his debut as a shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers in August 1944 at the age ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie ...

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 ...

Former big leaguer Tommy Brown ... “Buckshot” Brown played in 494 games with the Dodgers, Phillies, and Cubs from 1944-53, and he holds distinctions as the youngest player to ever hit a ...

Tommy Brown, the last living member of the historic 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, died at the age of 97 this week. Brown, who played nine years in Major League Baseball ... the youngest player to hit ...

Tommy Brown, a career utility player and the final living member of ... him the first Black player in the history of Major League Baseball. Robinson's addition to the squad was a contentious ...

LOS ANGELES — Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a Major League Baseball game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie ...

Brown's role in supporting progress and breaking barriers cemented his place in the sport's legacy. The world of baseball bids farewell to a player who embodied resilience, integrity, and talent ...

Tommy Brown, a Brooklyn native who ... He was the last link to the Dodgers team that made baseball history when Jackie Robinson became the first Black player to suit up for a National or American ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game ... whose debut that season broke baseball’s color barrier. Brown's daughter recalled her father telling ...