John Thomas Browning is an American pitcher who played in professional baseball from April 28, 1960, to December 19, 2022.
He pitched in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds (1984–1994) and Kansas City Royals (1995) during the course of a 12-year career. From 1979 to 1981, Browning played baseball for Le Moyne College in Syracuse.
The Cincinnati Reds selected Tennessee Wesleyan College’s Browning in the ninth round of the 1982 June draft in Athens, Tennessee.
In a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 16, 1988, Browning threw the twelfth perfect game in baseball history.
In 1990, he and the Reds also captured the World Series. He is a co-author of Tales from the Reds Dugout by Tom Browning.
He was the Pioneer League’s top pitcher that year in terms of strikeouts and innings pitched, and in 1983, after mastering the screwball in the Fall Instruction League, he pitched for Class-A Tampa and had an 8-1 record with 101 strikeouts in 78+2/3 innings.
He eventually received a midseason promotion to Class-AA Waterbury after pitching 117+3 innings and striking out 101 batters.
What was Tom Browning’s net worth when he died?
Tom’s net worth is $ 1 million at the time of his death.