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Raymond “Ray” Brown was a star in the Negro Leagues 1930-1948. Born in Alger on February 23, 1908, Brown graduated from Alger High School in 1926. He made his professional baseball debut playing for the Dayton Marcos in 1930. Brief stints with the Indianapolis ABCs and Detroit Wolves followed. In 1932, Brown joined Pittsburgh’s Homestead Grays mid-season and became a mainstay of their pitching staff for the next fourteen years. Utilizing a devastating curveball, he led the Grays to eight Negro National League pennants in a nine-year span (1937-1945). In 1938, he won the pitching triple crown and lead the league in wins, earned run average, and strikeouts. When the Negro League World Series was re-instituted in 1942, Brown’s team competed four straight years, winning twice. (Continued on other side)