FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS

Thomas Leo Browning (April 28, 1960 – December 19, 2022) was an American professional baseballpitcher. During a 12-year Major League Baseball career, he pitched for the Cincinnati Reds (1984–1994) and the Kansas City Royals (1995). Browning pitched the twelfth perfect game in baseball history on September 16, 1988, against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He also won the World Series with the Reds in 1990. He is the co-author of Tom Browning’s Tales from the Reds Dugout.

Browning retired with a 123–90 record, a 3.94 ERA, and 31 complete games. His 123 wins as a Reds player rank 12th on Cincinnati’s all-time leaders list.

PERFECT GAME

On September 16, 1988, Browning pitched the 12th perfect game in baseball history. In a 1–0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Riverfront Stadium, Browning threw 70 of 102 pitches for strikes and did not run the count to three balls on a single batter. The first left-hander to pitch a perfect game since Sandy Koufax’s perfect game in 1965, Browning remains the only Reds player to pitch a perfect game. Three months earlier, on June 6, 1988, Browning had a bid for a no-hitter broken up by Tony Gwynn, who singled with one out in the ninth.

Browning just missed becoming the first pitcher to hurl two perfect games, taking another bid into the ninth on July 4, 1989, against the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium; a lead-off double by Dickie Thon broke up this attempt.

DETAILS OF HIS DEATH

On December 19, 2022, Boone County, Kentucky Sheriff’s Department officers and emergency personnel responded to Browning’s home in Union, Kentucky. Upon arriving they found Browning not breathing. Attempts at resuscitation were unsuccessful.

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