Tom Brewer

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13 innings pitched, he gave up 1,478 hits and 669 bases on balls, with 733 career strikeouts.

After leaving pro baseball, he became the pitching coach for the Cheraw Braves High School baseball team in his hometown, where the school's baseball field was named in his honor on March 21, 2009. [1]

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Tom Brewer
Tom Brewer.jpg
Pitcher
Born:(1931-09-03)September 3, 1931
Wadesboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Died: February 15, 2018(2018-02-15) (aged 86)
Cheraw, South Carolina, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 18, 1954, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1961, for the Boston Red Sox