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Mordecai Brown

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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
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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).

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