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Mordecai Brown

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Mordecai Brown

Full name Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown
Born October 19, 1876, Nyesville, Indiana
Died February 14, 1948, Terre Haute, Indiana
Buried at Roselawn Memorial Park, Terre Haute, Indiana (Section J- Lot 218- Grave 1)
First Game: April 19, 1903; Final Game: September 4, 1916
Managed First Game: April 16, 1914; Managed Final Game: August 21, 1914
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 175
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1949
Ejections as player: 1911 (1)
Ejections as manager: 1914 (1)
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1903 STL N    Daily Splits   26    77    4   15   2   1   0    6    1       14   1   2   0            2      .195  .215  .247   0.0 1903 STL N
1904 CHI N    Daily Splits   31    89    8   19   3   1   0    8    2       19   0   1   0            0      .213  .231  .270  -0.1 1904 CHI N
1905 CHI N    Daily Splits   31    93    6   13   1   1   1    3    4       20   0   7   0            1      .140  .175  .204   0.0 1905 CHI N
1906 CHI N    Daily Splits   36    98   11   20   1   0   0    4    6       16   0   5   0            0      .204  .250  .214   0.0 1906 CHI N
1907 CHI N    Daily Splits   36    85    6   13   0   2   1    7    1       17   0   5   0            0      .153  .163  .235   0.2 1907 CHI N
1908 CHI N    Daily Splits   46   121    5   25   0   0   0    4    2       20   0   5   0            2      .207  .220  .207   0.0 1908 CHI N
1909 CHI N    Daily Splits   50   125   13   22   3   1   0    9    5       18   0   5   0            0      .176  .208  .216   0.0 1909 CHI N
1910 CHI N    Daily Splits   46   103    9   18   1   2   0    6    6       17   0   6   0            1      .175  .220  .223   0.0 1910 CHI N
1911 CHI N    Daily Splits   53    91    8   23   4   1   0    6    6   0i  12   0   3                0      .253  .299  .319   0.0 1911 CHI N
1912 CHI N    Daily Splits   16    31    3    9   1   0   0    4    2        6   0   1   0            1      .290  .333  .323   0.0 1912 CHI N
1913 CIN N    Daily Splits   39    54    2   11   0   1   0    3    1   0i  10   0   3   0   0i  0i   0   0i .204  .218  .241   0.0 1913 CIN N
1914 STL F    Daily Splits   26    59    4   15   2   0   0    6    4   0i   8   0   2   0i  0i  0i   1   0i .254  .302  .288   0.0 1914 STL F
1914 BRO F    Daily Splits    9    19    2    4   0   0   0    1    0   0i   4   0   0   0i  0i  0i   0   0i .211  .211  .211   0.0 1914 BRO F
1914 TOT F                   35    78    6   19   2   0   0    7    4   0i  12   0   2   0i  0i  0i   1   0i .244  .280  .269   0.0 1914 TOT F
1915 CHI F    Daily Splits   36    82   10   24   2   1   0    6    3   0i  14   0   4   0   1i  1i   0   0i .293  .318  .341   0.1 1915 CHI F
1916 CHI N    Daily Splits   12    16    2    4   0   0   0    0    1   0i   4   0   0   0i  0i  2i   0   0  .250  .294  .250   0.0 1916 CHI N
Total NL (12 Years)         422   983   77  192  16  10   2   60   37   0i 173   1  43   0i  0i  2i   7   0i .195  .225  .238   0.1 Total NL
Total FL ( 2 Years)          71   160   16   43   4   1   0   13    7   0i  26   0   6   0i  1i  1i   1   0i .269  .299  .306   0.1 Total FL
Total    (14 Years) Splits  493  1143   93  235  20  11   2   73   44   0i 199   1  49   0i  1i  3i   8   0i .206  .236  .248   0.2 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1906 CHI N    Daily Splits    3     6    0    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    4   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .333 1906 CHI N
1907 CHI N    Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .000  .250  .000 1907 CHI N
1908 CHI N    Daily Splits    2     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1908 CHI N
1910 CHI N    Daily Splits    3     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1910 CHI N
Total    ( 4 Years) Splits    9    20    0    2   0   0   0    0    1   0    7   0   2   0   0   2   0    0   0  .100  .143  .100 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1903 STL N    Daily Splits   26  24  19   1   2   0  201    231   854   7  105   58   59       83  20i  6   6   0  23i  9i          9  13   2.60  3.75   1.1 1903 STL N
1904 CHI N    Daily Splits   26  23  21   4   3   1  212.1  155   848   1   74   44   50       81  15i  5   6   0  12i  4i         15  10   1.86  3.87   1.9 1904 CHI N
1905 CHI N    Daily Splits   30  24  24   4   6   0  249    219   975   3   89   60   44       89  20i  2   1   1  18i  7i         18  12   2.17  4.58   2.2 1905 CHI N
1906 CHI N    Daily Splits   36  32  27   9   4   3  277.1  198  1042   1   56   32   61      144  13i  2   4   1  13i  2i         26   6   1.04  5.09   6.1 1906 CHI N
1907 CHI N    Daily Splits   34  27  20   6   7   3  233    180   861   2   51   36   40      107  16i  4   6   0  15i  5i         20   6   1.39  4.30   3.7 1907 CHI N
1908 CHI N    Daily Splits   44  31  27   9  12   5  312.1  214  1168   1   64   51   49      123  28i  6   5   0  29i  9i         29   9   1.47  3.52   4.4 1908 CHI N
1909 CHI N    Daily Splits   50  34  32   8  15   7  342.2  246  1280   1   78   50   53      172  21i  9   7   0  25i  5i         27   9   1.31  4.56   5.3 1909 CHI N
1910 CHI N    Daily Splits   46  31  27   6  14   7  295.1  256  1170   3   95   61   64      143  13i  6   4   0  29i  7i         25  14   1.86  5.10   4.0 1910 CHI N
1911 CHI N    Daily Splits   53  27  21   0  24  13  270    267  1082   5  110   84   55   0i 129  13i  5   6   0  31i  7i         21  11   2.80  5.00   2.3 1911 CHI N
1912 CHI N    Daily Splits   15   8   5   2   6   0   88.2   92   366   2   35   26   20       34  10   0   1   0   5i  2i          5   6   2.64  5.12   0.8 1912 CHI N
1913 CIN N    Daily Splits   39  16  11   1  21   6  173.1  174   702   7   79   56   44   2i  41  28   1   1   1  25i  8i  5i 10i 11  12   2.91  3.44   0.6 1913 CIN N
1914 STL F    Daily Splits   26  18  13   2   7   0  175    172   722   7   73   64   43   0i  81   6i  5   3   1  22i  6i  1i  6i 12   6   3.29  4.50  -0.1 1914 STL F
1914 BRO F    Daily Splits    9   8   5   0   1   0   57.2   63   246   1   33   27   18   0i  32   7i  2   0   0   9i  1i  1i  3i  2   5   4.21  5.38  -0.9 1914 BRO F
1914 TOT F                   35  26  18   2   8   0  232.2  235   968   8  106   91   61   0i 113  13i  7   3   1  31i  7i  2i  9i 14  11   3.52  4.77  -1.0 1914 TOT F
1915 CHI F    Daily Splits   35  25  17   3   9   4  236.1  189   931   2   75   55   64   1i  95  31i  6   7   0  27i  9i  7i 27i 17   8   2.09  4.52   1.8 1915 CHI F
1916 CHI N    Daily Splits   12   4   2   0   7   0   48.1   52   203   0   27   21    9   0i  21  10   2   4   0  12i  2i  1i  3i  2   3   3.91  6.50  -0.5 1916 CHI N
Total NL (12 Years)         411 281 236  50 121  45 2703.1 2284 10551  33  863  579  548   2 1167 207  48  51   3 237  67   6  13i208 111   1.93  4.44  31.9 Total NL
Total FL ( 2 Years)          70  51  35   5  17   4  469    424  1899  10  181  146  125   1  208  44  13  10   1  58  16   9  36i 31  19   2.80  4.65   0.8 Total FL
Total    (14 Years) Splits  481 332 271  55 138  49 3172.1 2708 12450  43 1044  725  673   3 1375 251  61  61   4 295  83  15  49i239 130   2.06  4.47  32.7 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
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                World Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1906 CHI N    Daily Splits    3   3   2   1   0   0   19.2   14    76   0    9    8    4   0   12   2   0   1   0   0   2   1   0   3   1   2   3.66  1.67 1906 CHI N
1907 CHI N    Daily Splits    1   1   1   1   0   0    9      7    34   0    0    0    1   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0.00  2.00 1907 CHI N
1908 CHI N    Daily Splits    2   1   1   1   1   0   11      6    40   0    1    0    1   0    5   2   0   1   1   0   1   0   1   1   2   0   0.00  3.00 1908 CHI N
1910 CHI N    Daily Splits    3   2   1   0   1   0   18     23    86   0   16   11    7   0   14   2   0   1   0   0   9   0   1   4   1   2   5.50  2.50 1910 CHI N
Total    ( 4 Years) Splits    9   7   5   3   2   0   57.2   50   236   0   26   19   13   0   35   6   0   3   1   0  13   1   2   8   5   4   2.97  2.14 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1903 STL N Daily Splits   P   26   24   19   202       5   60    3    7   0    0   21i   0       .956
1904 CHI N Daily Splits   P   26   23   21   212.1    20   50    5    2   0    0   15i   0       .933
1904 CHI N               LF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                         -
1904 CHI N               OF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                         -     1    0    0 
1905 CHI N Daily Splits   P   30   24   24   248.1    18   66    4    3   0    0   25i   0       .955
1906 CHI N Daily Splits   P   36   32   27   277.2    18   81    2    4   0    0   27i   0       .980
1907 CHI N Daily Splits   P   34   27   20   233.2    20   75    1    5   0    0    9i   0       .990
1907 CHI N               RF    1    0    0             1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1907 CHI N               OF    1    0    0             1    0    0    0   0                     1.000     0    0    1 
1908 CHI N Daily Splits   P   44   31   27   312.1    35   73    0    3   0    0   13i   0      1.000
1909 CHI N Daily Splits   P   50   34   32   342.2    18   83    3    6   0    0   22i   0       .971
1910 CHI N Daily Splits   P   46   31   27   294.1    10   92    4    3   0    0   25i   0       .962
1911 CHI N Daily Splits   P   53   27   21   269.1     8   53    1    0   0    0    7i   0       .984
1912 CHI N Daily Splits   P   15    8    5    87.2     1   15    1    1   0    0    9i   0       .941
1913 CIN N Daily Splits   P   39   16   11   167.1     5   40    4    3   0    1   22i   2    2i .918
1914 STL F Daily Splits   P   26   18   13   173.2     6   40    3    1   0    1   19i   7    0i .939
1914 BRO F Daily Splits   P    9    8    5    58       0   16    0    0   0    2    5i   4    0i1.000
1914 TOT F                P   35   26   18   231.2     6   56    3    1   0    3   24i  11    0i .954
1915 CHI F Daily Splits   P   35   25   17   236.1     6   87    5    5   0    4   21i  17    3i .949
1915 CHI F               CF    1    0    0     0.2     1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1915 CHI F               OF    1    0    0     0.2     1    0    0    0   0                     1.000     0    1    0 
1916 CHI N Daily Splits   P   12    4    2    47.1     1   12    0    0   0    0    8    0    0i1.000
Total (14 Years) Splits   P  481  332  271  3163     171  843   36   43   0    8  248i  30    5i .966
Total ( 3 Years)         OF    3    0    0     0.2i    2    0    0    0   0                     1.000     1    1    1 
Total ( 1 Year )         RF    1    0    0             1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                         -
Total ( 1 Year )         CF    1    0    0     0.2     1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1906 CHI N Daily Splits   P    3    3    2    19.2     1   11    1    0   0    3    3    3    0  .923
1907 CHI N Daily Splits   P    1    1    1     9       1    1    0    0   0    0    2    1    0 1.000
1908 CHI N Daily Splits   P    2    1    1    11       0    6    0    1   0    1    0    0    0 1.000
1910 CHI N Daily Splits   P    3    2    1    18       0   10    1    0   0    0    6    1    0  .909
Total ( 4 Years) Splits   P    9    7    5    57.2     2   28    2    1   0    4   11    5    0  .938
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1914 STL F        114   50   63  .442   453   530          8-21    7  8

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6- 3-1911     BOX  CHI N  Mal Eason           Call at HP

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7-31-1914     BOX  STL F  Ed Goeckel          Call at HP

Transaction Information

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 Doolin, 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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