Richard P. "Stub" Brown (August 3, 1870 – March 10, 1948) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1893 to 1897, for the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds.

[1] Brown started his professional baseball career in 1893, with the National League's Baltimore Orioles.

His manager, Ned Hanlon, simply stated that: "The Baltimore club took [Brown] off the lots and gave him the opportunity to make a reputation for himself, and it doesn't seem to me that he appreciates his good fortune.

[3] After leaving Baltimore, Brown pitched for the Lynchburg Hill Climbers of the Virginia League.

On June 12, Sporting Life reported that Brown, "a big, husky fellow with lots of sand and confidence," said that he would "hold his own.