Otis Owen Brannan (March 13, 1899 – June 6, 1967), sometimes misspelled Otis Brannon, was a professional baseball player whose playing career spanned 13 seasons, including two in Major League Baseball. Over his major league career, Brannan played for the St. Louis Browns (1928–1929) and batted .249 with 72 runs, 133 hits, 19 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 74 runs batted in (RBIs) in 158 games played. Brannan also played in the minor leagues. In the minors, he played for the Class-C Muskogee Athletics (1926), Class-A Tulsa Oilers (1926–1927), the Double-A Hollywood Stars (1930–1933), the Class-D Osceola Indians (1936), the Class-C Hot Springs Bathers (1938), the Class-C Clarksdale Red Sox (1939), the Class-D Lake Charles Skippers (1940), the Class-C Clarksdale Ginners (1941) and the Class-D Lafayette White Sox (1941). Brannan also managed for two seasons in the minor leagues. Professional career Early career Brannan began his professional career in 1926, split between the Class-C Muskogee Athletics and the Class-A Tulsa Oilers. With the Athletics, Brannan batted .326 with 70 hits, 14 doubles, one triples and nine home runs in 50 games played. Brannan then played with the Tulsa Oilers where he batted .304 with 80 hits, 22 doubles, one triple and five home runs in 69 games played. During the 1927 season, Brannan played with the Tulsa Oilers. In 155 games, Brannan batted .320 with 206 hits, 38 doubles, 11 triples and 12 home runs. St. Louis Browns In 1928, Brannan joined the St. Louis Browns Major League Baseball franchise. He made his major league debut on April 11, 1928. In that game against the Detroit Tigers he did not get a hit in four at-bats. Brannan became the first attendee of Arkansas State University to play in the major leagues when he made his debut. Brannan got his first hit during the next game on April 12 against the Tigers. On May 17, in a game against the New York Yankees, Brannan hit his first major league home run. On the season, Brannan batted .244 with 68 runs, 118 hits, 18 doubles, three triples, ten home runs and 66 RBIs in 135 games played. Brannan spent his last season in the majors with the Browns in 1929. He batted .294 with four runs, 15 hits, one double and one RBI in 23 games. Over his two years with the Browns, Brannan played 154 games at second base