GEORGETOWN, Ohio — Tom Browning, the former Reds pitcher known for throwing a perfect game in 1988, was cited for OVI in Georgetown, Ohio on Saturday.
The citation from Brown County courts says Browning was driving eastbound on Sunset Blvd. near West Grant Avenue around 11:38 p.m. Court documents say Browning drove off the road and struck a light pole and a stop sign before skidding through the intersection. Browning then drove over a fence and hit a house at the corner of Grandin and West Grant.
A breath test showed Browning's blood-alcohol-level was .127, over the legal limit of .08. In the police report, the officer on scene describes Browning as slurring his speech, with a faint smell of alcohol. Browning admitted he'd been drinking bourbon at a fundraiser in Cincinnati, the report said.
"Browning did admit to having two bourbons," reads the crash report. "It seemed that Browning did not know where he was and that he did not realize he was in Georgetown, Ohio."
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Browning also told police he was a diabetic but hadn't taken insulin in weeks; EMS personnel reported that Browning's blood sugar was "a bit high," reads the report.
Browning told the officer he wasn't taking any other medications, but later admitted to police he had a marijuana pipe in his pocket. The officer performed several sobriety tests on Browning, who exhibited signs of intoxication during each test.
The original citation for Browning's OVI charge listed an incorrect vehicle description, stating Browning was driving a 2022 red Chevy station wagon. However, the Georgetown Police Chief Robert Freeland said that was an error. The vehicle Browning was driving was a 2022 gray Nissan Frontier owned by Enterprise Rental Cars.
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The left-handed former pitcher, who lives near Edgewood, Ky., was known as "Mr. Perfect" after he made baseball history when, on Sept. 16, 1988 at Riverfront Stadium, he became the 12th person to pitch a perfect game in major league history. It's a feat so rare that only 23 pitchers have done it in more than 215,000 major league games.
He was also on the team when the Reds won the World Series in 1990. He had to leave one of the 1990 World Series games to take his wife to the hospital after she went into labor.
Browning was also known for off-the-field antics, like when he snuck out of the bullpen during a game in 1993 to watch his team play an inning at Wrigley Field from a rooftop party nearby.
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