Mordecai Brown

Full Name: Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 5' 10"/175 First Game: April 19, 1903 Birthdate: October 19, 1876 Final Game: September 4, 1916 Birthplace: Nyesville, Indiana MLB Experience: 14 years Died: February 14, 1948 Deathplace: Terre Haute, Indiana Bat/Throw: Both/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949

Biography

Born on October 19, 1876 in Nyesville, Indiana, Mordecai Brown (Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Terriers, Brooklyn Tip-Tops and Chicago Whales over the course of his 14 year career. Brown broke into the bigs on April 19, 1903 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 2.60 ERA in 201 innings pitched in 1903, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Mordecai Brown's best season was 1909, when he posted a 1.31 ERA, won 27 games and struck out 172 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1903	STL	N	26	24	9	13	2.60	83	105	58	19	1	0	201	231	7	59	0	6	6
1904	CHI	N	26	23	15	10	1.86	81	74	44	21	4	1	212.1	155	1	50	0	5	6
1905	CHI	N	30	24	18	12	2.17	89	89	60	24	4	0	249	219	3	44	0	2	1
1906	CHI	N	36	32	26	6	1.04	144	56	32	27	9	3	277.1	198	1	61	0	2	4
1907	CHI	N	34	27	20	6	1.39	107	51	36	20	6	3	233	180	2	40	0	4	6
1908	CHI	N	44	31	29	9	1.47	123	64	51	27	9	5	312.1	214	1	49	0	6	5
1909	CHI	N	50	34	27	9	1.31	172	78	50	32	8	7	342.2	246	1	53	0	9	7
1910	CHI	N	46	31	25	14	1.86	143	95	61	27	6	7	295.1	256	3	64	0	6	4
1911	CHI	N	53	27	21	11	2.80	129	110	84	21	0	13	270	267	5	55	0	5	6
1912	CHI	N	15	8	5	6	2.64	34	35	26	5	2	0	88.2	92	2	20	0	0	1
1913	CIN	N	39	16	11	12	2.91	41	79	56	11	1	6	173.1	174	7	44	0	1	1
1914	STL	F	26	18	12	6	3.29	81	73	64	13	2	0	175	172	7	43	0	4	5
1914	BRO	F	9	8	2	5	4.21	32	33	27	5	0	0	57.2	63	1	18	0	1	0
1914	TOT	F	35	26	14	11	3.52	113	106	91	18	2	0	232.2	235	8	61	0	5	5
1915	CHI	F	35	25	17	8	2.09	95	75	55	17	3	4	236.1	189	2	64	0	6	7
1916	CHI	N	12	4	2	3	3.91	21	27	21	2	0	0	48.1	52	0	9	0	2	4
Total	NL		411	281	208	111	1.93	1167	863	579	236	50	45	2703.1	2284	33	548	0	48	51
Total	FL		70	51	31	19	2.80	208	181	146	35	5	4	469	424	10	125	0	11	12
Total			481	332	239	130	2.06	1375	1044	725	271	55	49	3172.1	2708	43	673	0	59	63

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1903	STL	N	P	26	0	0	5	60	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1904	CHI	N	P	26	0	0	20	50	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1904	CHI	N	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1904	CHI	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1905	CHI	N	P	30	0	0	18	66	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1906	CHI	N	P	36	0	0	18	81	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1907	CHI	N	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1907	CHI	N	P	34	0	0	20	75	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1908	CHI	N	P	44	0	0	35	73	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1909	CHI	N	P	50	0	0	18	83	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1910	CHI	N	P	46	0	0	10	92	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1911	CHI	N	P	53	27	269.1	8	53	1	0	0	3	14	25	1	.984
1912	CHI	N	P	15	0	0	1	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1913	CIN	N	P	39	0	0	5	40	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.918
1914	STL	F	P	26	0	0	6	40	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.939
1914	BRO	F	P	9	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1914	TOT	F	P	35	0	0	6	56	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1915	CHI	F	P	35	0	0	6	87	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1915	CHI	F	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1916	CHI	N	P	12	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	481	27	269.1	171	843	36	43	0	3	14	25	1	.966
Total			2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1903	STL	N	26	77	4	15	0	6	.195	.215	.247	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0
1904	CHI	N	31	89	8	19	0	8	.213	.231	.270	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
1905	CHI	N	31	93	6	13	1	3	.140	.175	.204	1	1	4	0	0	7	1	0	0
1906	CHI	N	36	98	11	20	0	4	.204	.250	.214	1	0	6	0	0	5	0	0	0
1907	CHI	N	36	85	6	13	1	7	.153	.163	.235	0	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	0
1908	CHI	N	46	121	5	25	0	4	.207	.220	.207	0	0	2	0	0	5	2	0	0
1909	CHI	N	50	125	13	22	0	9	.176	.208	.216	3	1	5	0	0	5	0	0	0
1910	CHI	N	46	103	9	18	0	6	.175	.220	.223	1	2	6	17	0	6	1	0	0
1911	CHI	N	53	91	8	23	0	6	.253	.299	.319	4	1	6	12	0	3	0	0	0
1912	CHI	N	16	31	3	9	0	5	.290	.333	.323	1	0	2	6	0	1	1	0	0
1913	CIN	N	39	54	2	11	0	3	.204	.218	.241	0	1	1	10	0	3	0	0	0
1914	STL	F	26	59	4	15	0	6	.254	.302	.288	2	0	4	9	0	2	1	0	0
1914	BRO	F	9	19	2	4	0	1	.211	.211	.211	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1914	TOT	F	35	78	6	19	0	7	.244	.280	.269	2	0	4	12	0	2	1	0	0
1915	CHI	F	36	82	10	24	0	6	.293	.318	.341	2	1	3	14	0	4	0	0	0
1916	CHI	N	12	16	2	4	0	0	.250	.294	.250	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		422	983	77	192	2	61	.195	.225	.238	16	10	37	49	1	43	7	0	0
Total	FL		71	160	16	43	0	13	.269	.299	.306	4	1	7	26	0	6	1	0	0
Total			493	1143	93	235	2	74	.206	.236	.248	20	11	44	75	1	49	8	0	0

Transactions

• Sold by Omaha (Western) to St. Louis Cardinals (1903).
• Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Jack O'Neill to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Jack Taylor and Larry McLean (December 12, 1903).
• Released by Chicago Cubs (October 12, 1912).
• Traded by Louisville (American Association) to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Grover Lowdermilk (January 3, 1913).
• Sold by Chicago Whales to Chicago Cubs with Clem Clemens, Mickey Doolan, William Fischer, Max Flack, Claude Hendrix, Les Mann, George McConnell, Joe Tinker, Rollie Zeider, Charlie Pechous and Dutch Zwilling (February 10, 1916).