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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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