WL Awards Outstanding Pitcher Trophy Thursday, October 19th , 1950 Ed Brown of the Nagasaki Stars might be an old man, but he can still pitch with the best of them. Today the 36-year-old hurler snagged the Western League Noburu Kagawa Award honors for his outstanding 1950 performance.
He posted a 2.55 ERA with 19 wins, 10 losses, 137 strikeouts and 93 walks in 275 innings.