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Monday, December 19, 2022
Former MLB starting pitcher Tom Browning died at the age of 62 on Monday. The Boone County, Kentucky, Sheriff made the announcement that Browning was found unresponsive and “resuscitation efforts were not successful.” The release also states that “no foul play is suspected in connection with Mr. Browning’s death.”
Browning was most known for his MLB career with the Reds as a starting pitcher. He was part of the rotation for the 1990 World Series champions, finished sixth in Cy Young voting in 1985 and was an All-Star in 1991. In parts of 12 seasons (1984-1995)—11 with the Reds and one with the Royals—Browning was 123-90 with a 3.94 ERA and exactly 1,000 strikeouts in 1,921 innings. A workhorse through his prime, he topped 225 innings six times, winning at least 14 games five times, including a 20-win season in 1985.
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1. Itchy Row Posted: December 20, 2022 at 01:40 AM (#6110173)This leaves out the best part of that WS for Browning! In the middle of game 2, his wife went into labor. He snuck out of the stadium to be with her, figuring he wasn't getting in anyways since he was going to start game 3. Naturally game 2 went into extras. Lou Piniella went nuts because he couldn't find Browning and nobody knew where he was, so the team asked the announcers to put out a public call asking Browning to return. Browning was watching from the hospital (in uniform) and got the news.
Browning pitched 6 innings the next day, giving up 3 runs and getting the win.
But I think even in other parts of the world, folks seem more understanding. Raheem Sterling missed time in the World Cup because his home in England was robbed by home invaders.
He was such a likeable character, easy to root for, and baseball is less fun without him.
TB: 123-90, 3.94 ERA, 1921 IP, 97 ERA+, 31 CG, 12 SHO, 4.7 K/9
PH: 111-103, 3.89 ERA, 1959 IP, 103 ERA+, 24 CG, 11 SHO, 6.3 K/9
I always followed him because he pitched for the school where my closest high school friend did (my buddy threw a couple of seasons in A ball).
RIP Tom.
i sort of kind of remember him from the WS in 90 even though what i remember best is eric davis (my mama kept pointing him out saying he was a no argument HOFer) and jose rijo and the As going 1988 all ovah again.
but i really remember him for breaking his arm throwing a pitch and he didn't even have cancer in it like the john birch guy did
c - John Stearns
1b - John Wockenfuss
2b - Julio Cruz
3b - Pete Ward
ss - Maury Wills
lf - Tommy Davis
cf - Gerald Williams
rf - Hector Lopez
sp - Gaylord Perry
sp - Curt Simmons
sp - Joe Horlen
sp - Dick Ellsworth
sp - Tom Browning
rp - Bruce Sutter
rp - Bob Locker
Mgr - Maury Wills
That's a nice way to spend a key portion of your life.
One of 16 MLB players born in Wyoming, and probably the best. He or Dick Ellsworth.
RIP.
Dravecky.
but yeah, when someone is an out of the closet john birch supporter/missionary, i remember that. and of course him breaking his arm throwing a pitch. him and browning and tony saunders - all leftys who broke their arm pitching. a very freaky thing
an 82 yr old playing baseball. is there ANYTHING he can't do?????
I think he would have gotten criticism. More generally I think the fact that he didn't ask and felt the need to sneak out says a lot about the attitudes of the day. I'm sure it's the kind of thing he didn't feel would have been appropriate to even ask about. And let's face facts, I'm not thinking Lou Pineilla was the most enlightened manager in the world and the Reds owner wasn't exactly a people person either.
That's a good point. Most owners and managers would have probably been cool with Browning being there for his wife and baby, especially if he wasn't scheduled to pitch that day anyway.
Marge Schott... not so much. She probably would have tried to dock him his WS share. At least.
Considering how she treated Eric Davis after he lacerated his kidney in Oakland, that's not a stretch at all.
John Smiley did it too, another lefty. Four lefties between 1989 and 1997, and as far as I know, no one since. I have never heard a good explanation for that.
But I don't know why Browning and Jackson were flipped in the rotation order after the NLCS in the first place. Maybe they pushed Browning back because of the impending birth?
"Years later, Browning shared a story of an interaction with a fan with Cincinnati TV station WCPO.
"She said, ‘What are you doing over here?'" Browning recalled. "I said, ‘I just wanted to see what it was like to see a ballgame.’
“She goes, 'That's so cool. Do you want a beer and a brat?’ and I said, ‘Nope, I'm already in trouble.’”
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Reds left fielder Kevin Mitchell homered twice during the game, and he told Hal McCoy of the Dayton Daily News that after one homer, he saw someone in a Reds jersey waving at him from across the street. It wasn't until he returned to the dugout that he discovered it was his teammate.
"I'm glad I didn't see him before I batted because I was laughing so hard I couldn't have hit," Mitchell said. "I thought it was great. It loosens everybody up."
I was going to post that two those guys started WS games ~40 years apart, but Simmons was drafted for the Korean War in Sep, 1950 and didn't appear in the series.
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