Raymond Brown was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro league baseball, almost exclusively for the Homestead Grays. Brown was most notable for many pitching accomplishments. While he was considered a very good pinch hitter and a solid bat, his arm earned him high praise. In February 2006, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Born in Alger, Ohio, he had a large variety of pitches in his arsenal, but his best pitch was known to be his curveball. Brown would fire the curveball at a batter no matter what the count was, having supreme confidence in that pitch. Brown played for Cum Posey's Grays from 1932 to 1945. Brown married Posey's daughter, Ethel. In 1944, he went 9?3 for the champion Grays, and threw a one-hit shutout in the Negro World Series to put them on top of the African-American baseball world. He continued to do outstandingly into 1945, when he threw a seven inning perfect game. But after his long solid stint with the Grays, he opted to play in Mexico and in the Canadian Provincial League in his later and final years. In those years, he continued to dominate most batters, leading Sherbrooke to a title in the Provincial League. 

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