Thomas J. Brown Jr.
Thomas J. Brown Jr. is a lifelong Mets fan who became a Durham Bulls fan after moving to North Carolina in the early 1980s. He was a national board certified high school science teacher for 34 years before retiring in 2016. Tom still volunteers with the ELL students at his former high school, serving as a mentor to those students and the teachers who are now working with them. He also provides support and guidance for his former ELL students when they embark on different career paths after graduation. Tom has been a member of S.A.B.R. since 1995 when he learned about the organization during a visit to Cooperstown on his honeymoon. He has become active in the organization since his retirement and has written numerous biographies and game stories, mostly about the NY Mets. Tom also enjoys traveling as much as possible with his wife and has visited major league and minor league baseball parks across the country on his many trips. He also loves to cook and makes all the meals for at his house while writing about those meals on his blog, Cooking and My Family.
SABR BioProject biographies written by Thomas J. Brown Jr.
SABR Games Project stories written by Thomas J. Brown Jr.
- June 30, 2000: Mets score 10 runs in 8th inning to beat Braves
- March 29, 2000: Cubs top Mets in season opener at Japan’s Tokyo Dome
- October 19, 1999: Braves win NL pennant as Mets’ Rogers walks in winning run
- October 4, 1999: Al Leiter, Mets blank Reds in NL wild-card tiebreaker
- May 20, 1999: Mets’ Robin Ventura hits grand slams in both ends of doubleheader
- April 28, 1999: Mike Piazza homers in ninth to win it for Mets
- September 20, 1998: Cal Ripken decides to end consecutive game streak at 2,632
- March 31, 1998: Mets beat Phillies on Opening Day on Alberto Castillo’s walk-off single in 14th inning
- October 26, 1997: Edgar Renteria’s walk-off single lifts Marlins to World Series championship in Game 7
- July 3, 1996: Alex Ochoa hits for the cycle in Mets’ win over Phillies
- May 14, 1996: Dwight Gooden pitches no-hitter for Yankees
- May 11, 1996: Al Leiter throws Marlins’ first no-hitter
- October 2, 1995: Randy Johnson, Mariners beat Angels in AL West tiebreaker to clinch franchise’s first postseason appearance
- July 9, 1995: Braves win ninth consecutive game on Fred McGriff’s home run
- July 15, 1994: Andy Benes, Bret Saberhagen record 25 total strikeouts, but neither get the win
SABR Journal Articles written by Thomas J. Brown Jr.
SABR Research Topics written by Thomas J. Brown Jr.
SABR Research Articles written by Thomas J. Brown Jr.
SABR Ballparks written by Thomas J. Brown Jr.