Joseph E. Brown (April 4, 1859 – June 28, 1888) was a Canadian pitcher/utility player in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Stockings and Baltimore Orioles.

It was relatively common in the 19th century for baseball teams to use a reserve fielder as a pitcher, and this appears to be true in Brown's case.

Brown found himself with the American Association's Orioles in the 1886 season in a similar role for a brief period of time.

Brown was 3-for-19 at the plate in 1886 to finish his career with a batting average of exactly .200 (16-for-80).

Brown died on June 28, 1888, in Warren, Pennsylvania, aged just 29.