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  1. Joe LeRoy Brown (September 1, 1918 – August 15, 2010) was an American front office executive in Major League Baseball. Brown served as the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates from November 1, 1955, through the end of the 1976 season.

  2. Mar 5, 2013 · He was an astute baseball man with a sharp eye for talent and he transformed the Bucs from perennial cellar-dwellers to world champions in 1960, with a second title following in 1971; additionally, he helped lay the foundation for a third championship in 1979.

  3. Aug 19, 2010 · Joe L. Brown, the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager who built two World Series championship teams and five National League division winners in the 1960s and ’70s, died Sunday in...

  4. Jun 23, 2020 · Joe L. Brown succeeded Branch Rickey as Pittsburghs general manager after the 1955 season, inheriting a team with talent on the rise despite four consecutive last-place finishes in the National League.

  5. Aug 17, 2010 · Joe L. Brown, the general manager whose shrewd trading and expert rebuilding of the Pittsburgh Pirates' farm system resulted in two World Series championships, died after an extended illness. He...

  6. Aug 17, 2010 · Joe L. Brown, the general manager who built World Series champions with the Pirates in 1960 and 1971, died Sunday in an assisted living facility in Albuquerque, N.M., where he spent the final...

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  8. Aug 16, 2010 · Joe L. Brown, the general manager whose shrewd trading and expert rebuilding of the Pittsburgh Pirates' farm system resulted in two World Series championships, died after an extended illness.

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