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Jophery Brown 1968
A star at Grambling, and drafted three times in two years, Brown struck out 200 men in his first 262 innings and then produced an 18-9 season at Lodi of the California League in '68.
The Cubs called him up as rosters expanded and had him pitch the fifth and sixth in a loss at Pittsburgh on September 21. Two innings and that was it. He was in Cubs' camp in '69 (Topps shot him and sold a few of the negatives via the vault) but tore a rotator cuff.
He left the game - and became a success. He'd already followed his older brother into acting, as an extra and stuntman. He acted in 35 films and did stunts in 115, doubling everybody from Morgan Freeman to Sandra Bullock (he drives the bus in a key moment of "Speed" and he's the gatekeeper in "Jurassic Park)." He combined his two careers as the third baseman in "The Bingo Long Traveling All Stars."
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