Gates Brown Trades and Transactions

The Gates Brown trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Gates Brown has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"I took (in High School) a little English, a little math, some science, a few hubcaps, and some wheelcovers." - Gates Brown in The Book of Bill: Choice Words Memorable Men (Tom Crisp, 2009, Page 118)

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Gates Brown

Gates Brown Autograph on a 1971 Topps (#503)

Gates Brown Autograph on a 1971 Topps (#503)
 

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Birth Name:   William James Brown
Nickname:   Gates or The Gator
Born On:   05-02-1939  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Crestline, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   220
First Game:   06-19-1963 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-26-1975
Draft:   Not Applicable
Gates Brown

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1960: Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Gates Brown trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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