Facts:   - finalteam: cleveland spiders    - finalyear: 1897    - death place: monclova , ohio    - statlabel: win -- loss record strikeouts earned run average    - position: pitcher    - statvalue: 1-2 8 7.77    - throws: left    - debutteam: cleveland spiders    - bats: unknown    - debutdate: august 4    - death date: 3 april 1938      - birth date: 17 august 1871    - finaldate: august 14    - name: charlie brown    - birth place: bluffton , indiana    - debutyear: 1897   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charlie brown -lrb- baseball -rrb- .
charles edward brown -lrb- august 17 , 1871 - april 3 , 1938 -rrb- was a professional baseball pitcher .he started four games for the cleveland spiders of major league baseball in 1897 , with one win and two losses .