Brown started his professional career in 1906, at the age of 21, in the Kansas State League.

He spent 1909–12 in the Pacific Coast League.

After a few games with the Boston Braves in 1913, Brown jumped to the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League.

After the Federal League folded, Brown became a police officer in Kansas City, Missouri.

[1] This biographical article relating to an American baseball catcher born in the 1880s is a stub.