Byron Ellis Browne (born December 27, 1942) is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, and Philadelphia Phillies, between 1965 and 1972.
Facing future Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax in his first at-bat Browne lined out to deep center field in the second inning of the pitcher's perfect game; he subsequently grounded out to short in the fifth and struck out in the eighth.
[2] After a productive rookie season in 1966, Browne played most of 1967 for the Double-A Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs.
The Cardinals purchased Browne from the Astros, on February 12, 1969, where he appeared in 22 games, while hitting .226, spending most of the season with the Triple-A Tulsa Oilers.
Browne was traded to the Phillies, along with Curt Flood, Tim McCarver, and Joe Hoerner, for Dick Allen, Cookie Rojas, and Jerry Johnson, on October 7, 1969.