Brown died of a heart attack on September 27, 2013 at a nursing home, aged 74. He had been in failing health for the last years of his life. See also List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise References External links Baseball Library 1939 births 2013 deaths African-American baseball coaches African-American baseball players Baseball players from Ohio Detroit Tigers coaches Detroit Tigers players Detroit Tigers scouts Denver Bears players Duluth-Superior Dukes players Durham Bulls players Knoxville Smokies players Major League Baseball designated hitters Major League Baseball hitting coaches Major League Baseball left fielders People from Crestline, Ohio Prisoners and detainees of Ohio Syracuse Chiefs players 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people