19 Facts About Tom Browning

Thomas Leo Browning was born on April 28,1960 and is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher.

Tom Browning pitched the twelfth perfect game in baseball history on September 16,1988, against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Tom Browning played college baseball at Le Moyne College in Syracuse from 1979 to 1981.

Tom Browning was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the ninth round of the 1982 June draft out of Tennessee Wesleyan College in Athens, Tennessee.

Tom Browning finished the season with 11 consecutive wins—the longest streak by a Cincinnati pitcher in 30 years—and was named The Sporting News' NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year.

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Tom Browning would go on to post double-digit win totals for seven straight seasons and consistently ranked among the league leaders in starts, innings pitched, and shutouts.

The first left-hander to pitch a perfect game since Sandy Koufax's perfect game in 1965, Tom Browning remains the only Reds player to pitch a perfect game.

Three months earlier, on June 6,1988, Tom Browning had a bid for a no-hitter broken up by Tony Gwynn, who singled with one out in the ninth.

Tom 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.

Tom Browning won 15 games that season and picked up a key win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.

Tom Browning's wife went into labor late in Game 2 of the World Series.

Tom Browning left the stadium to be with his wife at the hospital.

However, during a start in San Diego on May 9,1994, Tom Browning's arm broke while delivering a pitch to Archi Cianfrocco.

Tom Browning attempted a comeback with the Kansas City Royals in 1995, pitching in two games at the major-league level, but he decided to take the season off and to continue rehabbing his arm.

Tom Browning entered camp with the Royals again in 1996 but retired before the season began.

In December 2005, Tom Browning led fan balloting wire-to-wire to become a 2006 Reds Hall of Famer.

In 2007, Tom Browning was named the pitching coach for the Reds' Rookie Advanced level Billings Mustangs farm club.

On March 30,2009, Tom Browning was arrested for non-payment of child support and was held on $99,008.

Tom Browning was arrested and charged with an OVI for falling asleep and driving his car through a house on August 27th, 2022 in Georgetown, Ohio.