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Mordecai Brown
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Birthdate: 10/19/1876 Died: 2/14/1948
Height / Weight: 5' 10" / 175 lbs. Place of Birth: Nyesville, IN, USA
Bats / Throws: B / R

Baseball Historian Biography

At age seven in two farm accidents, Mordecai lost one finger and two others got bent out of shape. When he gripped the baseball and as he threw the ball it sailed in on hitters; like the forkball. In 1906, Brown threw 9 shutouts, was 26-6, his ERA of 1.04 is the second lowest in this century. The Chicago Cubs won the most games in baseball history... 116, and the National League pennant. In 1908, Mordecai Brown won 29 games and won two games (one a shutout) for the Cubs as they beat the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. The Hall of Famer won 27 games in 1909. In 1910, the Chicago Cubs won the pennant again as Brown won 25 games. Mordecai Brown's career record; 239-130. Mordecai Brown has the third (3rd) lowest ERA in the history of baseball! AllRights Reserved baseballhistorian.com


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1903 STL (NL) 26 24 9 13 0 19 1 201.0 231 105 58 7 59 0 83 6 6 0 2.60
1904 CHC (NL) 26 23 15 10 1 21 4 212.1 155 74 44 1 50 0 81 5 6 0 1.86
1905 CHC (NL) 30 24 18 12 0 24 4 249.0 219 89 60 3 44 0 89 2 1 1 2.17
1906 CHC (NL) 36 32 26 6 3 27 9 277.1 198 56 32 1 61 0 144 2 4 1 1.04
1907 CHC (NL) 34 27 20 6 3 20 6 233.0 180 51 36 2 40 0 107 4 6 0 1.39
1908 CHC (NL) 44 31 29 9 5 27 9 312.1 214 64 51 1 49 0 123 6 5 0 1.47
1909 CHC (NL) 50 34 27 9 7 32 8 342.2 246 78 50 1 53 0 172 9 7 0 1.31
1910 CHC (NL) 46 31 25 14 7 27 6 295.1 256 95 61 3 64 0 143 6 4 0 1.86
1911 CHC (NL) 53 27 21 11 13 21 0 270.0 267 110 84 5 55 0 129 5 6 0 2.80
1912 CHC (NL) 15 8 5 6 0 5 2 88.2 92 35 26 2 20 0 34 0 1 0 2.64
1913 CIN (NL) 39 16 11 12 6 11 1 173.1 174 79 56 7 44 0 41 1 1 1 2.91
1914 BTT (FL) 9 8 2 5 0 5 0 57.2 63 33 27 1 18 0 32 1 0 0 4.21
1914 SLM (FL) 26 18 12 6 0 13 2 175.0 172 73 64 7 43 0 81 4 5 1 3.29
1915 CHI (FL) 35 25 17 8 4 17 3 236.1 189 75 55 2 64 0 95 6 7 0 2.09
1916 CHC (NL) 12 4 2 3 0 2 0 48.1 52 27 21 0 9 0 21 2 4 0 3.91
15 years   481 332 239 130 49 271 55 3172.1 2708 1044 725 43 673 0 1375 59 63 4 2.06
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1903 STL (NL) 26 77 4 15 2 1 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 .195 .215 SLG
1904 CHC (NL) 31 89 8 19 3 1 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .213 .231 SLG
1905 CHC (NL) 31 93 6 13 1 1 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 .140 .175 SLG
1906 CHC (NL) 36 98 11 20 1 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .204 .250 SLG
1907 CHC (NL) 36 85 6 13 0 2 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .153 .163 SLG
1908 CHC (NL) 46 121 5 25 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 .207 .220 SLG
1909 CHC (NL) 50 125 13 22 3 1 0 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .176 .208 SLG
1910 CHC (NL) 46 103 9 18 1 2 0 6 6 17 1 0 0 0 6 0 .175 .220 SLG
1911 CHC (NL) 53 91 8 23 4 1 0 6 6 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 .253 .299 SLG
1912 CHC (NL) 16 31 3 9 1 0 0 5 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 .290 .333 SLG
1913 CIN (NL) 39 54 2 11 0 1 0 3 1 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 .204 .218 SLG
1914 SLM (FL) 26 59 4 15 2 0 0 6 4 9 1 0 0 0 2 0 .254 .302 SLG
1914 BTT (FL) 9 19 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .211 SLG
1915 CHI (FL) 36 82 10 24 2 1 0 6 3 14 0 0 0 0 4 0 .293 .318 SLG
1916 CHC (NL) 12 16 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .294 SLG
15 years   493 1143 93 235 20 11 2 74 44 75 8 0 0 1 49 0 .206 .236 .SLG



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