Carroll William "Boardwalk" Brown (February 20, 1889 – February 8, 1977) was a

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. He was born on February 20, 1889, in

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, and attended Woodbury Junior-Senior High School.Boardwalk Brown

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. Accessed September 6, 2019. "High School: Woodbury HS (Woodbury, NJ)" He batted and threw right-handed, and was 178 pounds. Boardwalk played three seasons with the

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in 1911–1913. In 1914 he played for both the A's and the

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and again in 1915 with the Yankees. In his career, Brown had a 38–40 record in 133 games with an

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of 3.47 and 251

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* 1889 births 1977 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Gloucester County, New Jersey New York Yankees players Philadelphia Athletics players 20th-century American sportsmen Sportspeople from Woodbury, New Jersey New Britain Perfectos players Waterbury Champs players Memphis Chickasaws players Woodbury Junior-Senior High School alumni {{US-baseball-pitcher-1880s-stub