Player #126: Lloyd A. Brown. Pitcher with the Washington Senators in 1928-1932. 91 wins and 23 saves in 12 MLB seasons. He debuted with the Brooklyn Robins in 1925. His best season was 1931 with Washington as he posted a 15-14 record with a 3.20 ERA in 258.2 innings pitched. He last played with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1940. He is best remembered as the pitcher who gave up the most home runs (15) to Lou Gehrig, including two grand slams.
Brown's SABR biography covers the highlights of his time in Washington: Walter Johnson became the new Washington manager in 1929, and he said he’d heard very good reports about Brown and that he intended to work with him to help him develop. “They tell me he has the stuff but needs plenty of work. If the first part of this is true I’ll guarantee he’ll be given plenty of work.” Brown did get plenty of work; he appeared in 40 games in 1929, including 15 starts, throwing 168 innings. He was 8-7 with a 4.18 ERA, slightly better than the fifth-place Senators’ 4.38 team ERA. . . .
. . . Brown led the Senators in victories in 1930, with a 16-12 (4.25 ERA) record, but just by a hair. Four other Senators each had 15 wins: General Crowder, Bump Hadley. Sad Sam Jones, and Firpo Marberry. The team finished in second place, eight games behind the Athletics. He had another very good year in 1931 – 15-14 (3.20 ERA) –; though the Senators finished third. And he added 15 more wins in 1932, against 12 losses, with a 4.44 earned run average as the Senators again finished third.
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