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).
