ARLINGTON, Texas -- Former major league pitcher and pitching coach Jackie Brown has died. He was 73.
Brown pitched and coached for the Texas Rangers, who said Brown died Sunday after a long illness. Brown died in Holdenville, Oklahoma, the community where he was born.
Brown was the Rangers' pitching coach from 1979-82, and later had stints in that role for the Chicago White Sox (1992-95) and Tampa Bay (2002). He also worked as a minor league pitching coach and coordinator for several organizations.
In 214 career games as a player, the right-hander was 47-53 with a 4.