Frank Browning
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Frank Browning was a baseball player. He played one Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
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 season for the Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
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 in 1910. In 1909 he led the minor leagues in wins while pitching for the San Francisco Seals.

Born in Falmouth, Kentucky
Falmouth, Kentucky
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, Browning attended Georgetown College in Kentucky and began his baseball career in 1906 with minor leagues. In 1909, the Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

 MLB
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 team drafted Browning in a rule 5 draft
Rule 5 draft
The Rule 5 draft is a Major League Baseball player draft that occurs each year in December, at the annual Winter Meeting of general managers. The Rule 5 draft aims to prevent teams from stockpiling too many young players on their minor league affiliate teams when other teams would be willing to...

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In the mid-1920s, Browning was part of a vaudeville
Vaudeville
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 quartet.

Browning died of burns received in an accidental house fire in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
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