Mordecai Brown
Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown (Three Finger and Miner)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 19, 1876 in Nyesville, IN
High School: Nyesville (Nyesville, IN) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1903
Final Game: September 4, 1916
Died: February 14, 1948 in Terre Haute, IN
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1949.
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1903 26 STL NL 9 13 .409 2.60 26 24 2 19 1 0 201.0 231 105 58 7 59 83 6 0 6 880 126 1.443 10.3 0.3 2.6 3.7 1.41
1904 27 CHC NL 15 10 .600 1.86 26 23 3 21 4 1 212.1 155 74 44 1 50 81 6 0 5 848 143 0.965 6.6 0.0 2.1 3.4 1.62
1905 28 CHC NL 18 12 .600 2.17 30 24 6 24 4 0 249.0 219 89 60 3 44 89 1 1 2 997 137 1.056 7.9 0.1 1.6 3.2 2.02
1906 29 CHC NL 26 6 .813 1.04 36 32 4 27 9 3 277.1 198 56 32 1 61 144 4 1 2 1062 253 0.934 6.4 0.0 2.0 4.7 2.36
1907 30 CHC NL 20 6 .769 1.39 34 27 7 20 6 3 233.0 180 51 36 2 40 107 6 0 4 881 179 0.944 7.0 0.1 1.5 4.1 2.68
1908 31 CHC NL 29 9 .763 1.47 44 31 12 27 9 5 312.1 214 64 51 1 49 123 5 0 6 1180 160 0.842 6.2 0.0 1.4 3.5 2.51
1909 32 CHC NL 27 9 .750 1.31 50 34 15 32 8 7 342.2 246 78 50 1 53 172 7 0 9 1302 193 0.873 6.5 0.0 1.4 4.5 3.25
1910 33 CHC NL 25 14 .641 1.86 46 31 14 27 6 7 295.1 256 95 61 3 64 143 4 0 6 1188 155 1.084 7.8 0.1 2.0 4.4 2.23
1911 34 CHC NL 21 11 .656 2.80 53 27 24 21 0 13 270.0 267 110 84 5 55 129 6 0 5 1108 117 1.193 8.9 0.2 1.8 4.3 2.35 MVP-17
1912 35 CHC NL 5 6 .455 2.64 15 8 6 5 2 0 88.2 92 35 26 2 20 34 1 0 0 366 125 1.263 9.3 0.2 2.0 3.5 1.70
1913 36 CIN NL 11 12 .478 2.91 39 16 21 11 1 6 173.1 174 79 56 7 44 41 1 1 1 702 111 1.258 9.0 0.4 2.3 2.1 0.93 MVP-27
1914 37 TOT FL 14 11 .560 3.52 35 26 8 18 2 0 232.2 235 106 91 8 61 113 5 1 5 973 94 1.272 9.1 0.3 2.4 4.4 1.85
1914 37 SLM FL 12 6 .667 3.29 26 18 7 13 2 0 175.0 172 73 64 7 43 81 5 1 4 724 102 1.229 8.8 0.4 2.2 4.2 1.88
1914 37 BTT FL 2 5 .286 4.21 9 8 1 5 0 0 57.2 63 33 27 1 18 32 0 0 1 249 76 1.405 9.8 0.2 2.8 5.0 1.78
1915 38 CHI FL 17 8 .680 2.09 35 25 9 17 3 4 236.1 189 75 55 2 64 95 7 0 6 952 133 1.071 7.2 0.1 2.4 3.6 1.48
1916 39 CHC NL 2 3 .400 3.91 12 4 7 2 0 0 48.1 52 27 21 0 9 21 4 0 2 203 74 1.262 9.7 0.0 1.7 3.9 2.33
14 Seasons 239 130 .648 2.06 481 332 138 271 55 49 3172.1 2708 1044 725 43 673 1375 63 4 59 12642 138 1.066 7.7 0.1 1.9 3.9 2.04
162 Game Avg. 20 11 .648 2.06 40 28 12 23 5 4 265 226 87 61 4 56 115 5 0 5 1057 138 1.066 7.7 0.1 1.9 3.9 2.04
CHC (10 yrs) 188 86 .686 1.80 346 241 98 206 48 39 2329.0 1879 679 465 19 445 1043 44 2 41 9135 153 0.998 7.3 0.1 1.7 4.0 2.34
SLM (1 yr) 12 6 .667 3.29 26 18 7 13 2 0 175.0 172 73 64 7 43 81 5 1 4 724 102 1.229 8.8 0.4 2.2 4.2 1.88
BTT (1 yr) 2 5 .286 4.21 9 8 1 5 0 0 57.2 63 33 27 1 18 32 0 0 1 249 76 1.405 9.8 0.2 2.8 5.0 1.78
STL (1 yr) 9 13 .409 2.60 26 24 2 19 1 0 201.0 231 105 58 7 59 83 6 0 6 880 126 1.443 10.3 0.3 2.6 3.7 1.41
CHI (1 yr) 17 8 .680 2.09 35 25 9 17 3 4 236.1 189 75 55 2 64 95 7 0 6 952 133 1.071 7.2 0.1 2.4 3.6 1.48
CIN (1 yr) 11 12 .478 2.91 39 16 21 11 1 6 173.1 174 79 56 7 44 41 1 1 1 702 111 1.258 9.0 0.4 2.3 2.1 0.93
NL (12 yrs) 208 111 .652 1.93 411 281 121 236 50 45 2703.1 2284 863 579 33 548 1167 51 3 48 10717 146 1.048 7.6 0.1 1.8 3.9 2.13
FL (2 yrs) 31 19 .620 2.80 70 51 17 35 5 4 469.0 424 181 146 10 125 208 12 1 11 1925 109 1.171 8.1 0.2 2.4 4.0 1.66

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1906 29 CHC NL WS L CHW 1 2 .333 3.66 3 3 0 2 1 0 19.2 14 9 8 0 4 0 12 0 0 1 76 0.915 6.4 0.0 1.8 5.5 3.00
1907 30 CHC NL WS W DET 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 7 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 34 0.889 7.0 0.0 1.0 4.0 4.00
1908 31 CHC NL WS W DET 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 1 1 1 0 11.0 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 40 0.636 4.9 0.0 0.8 4.1 5.00
1910 33 CHC NL WS L PHA 1 2 .333 5.50 3 2 1 1 0 0 18.0 23 16 11 0 7 0 14 0 0 1 86 1.667 11.5 0.0 3.5 7.0 2.00
4 Seasons (4 Series) 5 4 .556 2.97 9 7 2 5 3 0 57.2 50 26 19 0 13 0 35 1 0 2 236 1.092 7.8 0.0 2.0 5.5 2.69
4 WS 5 4 .556 2.97 9 7 2 5 3 0 57.2 50 26 19 0 13 0 35 1 0 2 236 1.092 7.8 0.0 2.0 5.5 2.69

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1903 26 9 13 .409 2.60 26 24 2 19 1 0 201.0 231 105 58 7 59 83 6 0 6 880 126 1.443 10.3 0.3 2.6 3.7 1.41 126
1904 27 24 23 .511 2.22 52 47 5 40 5 1 413.1 386 179 102 8 109 164 12 0 11 1728 133 1.198 8.4 0.2 2.4 3.6 1.50 133
1905 28 42 35 .545 2.20 82 71 11 64 9 1 662.1 605 268 162 11 153 253 13 1 13 2725 134 1.144 8.2 0.1 2.1 3.4 1.65 134
1906 29 68 41 .624 1.86 118 103 15 91 18 4 939.2 803 324 194 12 214 397 17 2 15 3787 154 1.082 7.7 0.1 2.0 3.8 1.86 154
1907 30 88 47 .652 1.77 152 130 22 111 24 7 1172.2 983 375 230 14 254 504 23 2 19 4668 158 1.055 7.5 0.1 1.9 3.9 1.98 158
1908 31 117 56 .676 1.70 196 161 34 138 33 12 1485.0 1197 439 281 15 303 627 28 2 25 5848 158 1.010 7.3 0.1 1.8 3.8 2.07 158
1909 32 144 65 .689 1.63 246 195 49 170 41 19 1827.2 1443 517 331 16 356 799 35 2 34 7150 163 0.984 7.1 0.1 1.8 3.9 2.24 163
1910 33 169 79 .681 1.66 292 226 63 197 47 26 2123.0 1699 612 392 19 420 942 39 2 40 8338 162 0.998 7.2 0.1 1.8 4.0 2.24 162
1911 34 190 90 .679 1.79 345 253 87 218 47 39 2393.0 1966 722 476 24 475 1071 45 2 45 9446 154 1.020 7.4 0.1 1.8 4.0 2.25 154
1912 35 195 96 .670 1.82 360 261 93 223 49 39 2481.2 2058 757 502 26 495 1105 46 2 45 9812 153 1.029 7.5 0.1 1.8 4.0 2.23 153
1913 36 206 108 .656 1.89 399 277 114 234 50 45 2655.0 2232 836 558 33 539 1146 47 3 46 10514 149 1.044 7.6 0.1 1.8 3.9 2.13 149
1914 37 220 119 .649 2.02 434 303 122 252 52 45 2887.2 2467 942 649 41 600 1259 52 4 51 11487 141 1.062 7.7 0.1 1.9 3.9 2.10 141
1915 38 237 127 .651 2.03 469 328 131 269 55 49 3124.0 2656 1017 704 43 664 1354 59 4 57 12439 140 1.063 7.7 0.1 1.9 3.9 2.04 140
1916 39 239 130 .648 2.06 481 332 138 271 55 49 3172.1 2708 1044 725 43 673 1375 63 4 59 12642 138 1.066 7.7 0.1 1.9 3.9 2.04 138

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1903 26 18 7 .720 2.43 230.0 256 69 62 8 65 95 7 1.396 10.0 2.5 3.7 1.46 0.3 26
1904 27 18 5 .783 2.22 215.0 174 59 53 1 56 82 7 1.070 7.3 2.3 3.4 1.46 0.0 26
1905 28 20 7 .741 2.43 252.0 238 76 68 3 48 90 1 1.135 8.5 1.7 3.2 1.88 0.1 30
1906 29 27 3 .900 1.39 271.0 229 47 42 1 71 141 5 1.107 7.6 2.4 4.7 1.99 0.0 36
1907 30 19 5 .792 2.00 221.0 210 54 49 2 47 101 7 1.163 8.6 1.9 4.1 2.15 0.1 34
1908 31 26 7 .788 2.08 303.0 253 78 70 1 58 119 6 1.026 7.5 1.7 3.5 2.05 0.0 44
1909 32 31 6 .838 1.74 336.0 283 72 65 1 61 169 8 1.024 7.6 1.6 4.5 2.77 0.0 50
1910 33 24 8 .750 2.27 294.0 285 82 74 3 71 142 4 1.211 8.7 2.2 4.3 2.00 0.1 46
1911 34 18 11 .621 3.00 270.0 279 100 90 5 57 129 6 1.244 9.3 1.9 4.3 2.26 0.2 53
1912 35 7 3 .700 2.70 90.0 96 30 27 2 21 34 1 1.300 9.6 2.1 3.4 1.62 0.2 15
1913 36 11 7 .611 3.32 168.0 183 69 62 7 46 40 1 1.363 9.8 2.5 2.1 0.87 0.4 39
1914 37 13 12 .520 3.80 232.0 246 109 98 8 64 113 5 1.336 9.5 2.5 4.4 1.77 0.3 35
1915 38 17 8 .680 2.81 231.0 220 80 72 2 74 93 8 1.273 8.6 2.9 3.6 1.26 0.1 35
1916 39 2 3 .400 4.79 47.0 57 28 25 0 10 20 4 1.426 10.9 1.9 3.8 2.00 0.0 12
14 Seasons 251 92 .732 2.44 3160.0 3009 953 857 44 749 1368 70 1.189 8.6 3.9 1.83 0.1 481

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1911-NL-17-6%
1913-NL-27-2%
0.08 Career Shares (949th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1903 NL--2.597--8th
1904 NL--1.865--3rd
1905 NL--2.169--5th
1906 NL--1.038--1st
1907 NL--1.391--3rd
1908 NL--1.470--2nd
1909 NL--1.313--2nd
1910 NL--1.859--2nd
1915 FL--2.095--3rd
Career--2.057--6th

Wins s c a p y
1905 NL--18--9th
1906 NL--26--2nd
1907 NL--20--5th
1908 NL--29--2nd
1909 NL--27--1st
1910 NL--25--2nd
1911 NL--21--7th
Career--239--56th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1906 NL--.813--2nd
1907 NL--.769--2nd
1908 NL--.763--3rd
1909 NL--.750--3rd
1910 NL--.641--7th
1911 NL--.656--6th
1915 FL--.680--2nd
Career--.648--29th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1904 NL--.966--2nd
1905 NL--1.056--5th
1906 NL--.934--1st
1907 NL--.944--1st
1908 NL--.842--2nd
1909 NL--.873--2nd
1910 NL--1.084--1st
1911 NL--1.193--10th
1915 FL--1.071--3rd
Career--1.066--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1904 NL--6.570--1st
1906 NL--6.426--3rd
1907 NL--6.953--6th
1908 NL--6.167--1st
1909 NL--6.461--4th
1910 NL--7.801--8th
1915 FL--7.198--4th
Career--7.683--48th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1905 NL--1.590--2nd
1906 NL--1.980--6th
1907 NL--1.545--3rd
1908 NL--1.412--2nd
1909 NL--1.392--2nd
1910 NL--1.950--4th
1911 NL--1.833--4th
1914 FL--2.360--9th
Career--1.909--69th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 NL--4.673--7th
1907 NL--4.133--10th
1909 NL--4.518--7th
1910 NL--4.358--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1908 NL--44--5th
1909 NL--50--1st
1910 NL--46--3rd
1911 NL--53--1st

Saves s c a p y
1904 NL--1--7th
1906 NL--3--4th
1907 NL--3--2nd
1908 NL--5--1st
1909 NL--7--1st
1910 NL--7--1st
1911 NL--13--1st
1913 NL--6--2nd
1915 FL--4--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1908 NL--312.3--7th
1909 NL--342.7--1st
1910 NL--295.3--5th
1911 NL--270.0--10th
Career--3172.3--107th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1906 NL--144--8th
1908 NL--123--6th
1909 NL--172--4th
1910 NL--143--6th
1911 NL--129--9th
Career--1375--216th

Games Started s c a p y
1909 NL--34--2nd
1910 NL--31--9th
Career--332--213th

Complete Games s c a p y
1908 NL--27--6th
1909 NL--32--1st
1910 NL--27--1st
1911 NL--21--9th
Career--271--60th

Shutouts s c a p y
1904 NL--4--7th
1905 NL--4--6th
1906 NL--9--1st
1907 NL--6--4th
1908 NL--9--2nd
1909 NL--8--2nd
1910 NL--6--1st
Career--55--14th

Home Runs s c a p y
1903 NL--7--4th
1914 FL--8--5th

Hits s c a p y
1909 NL--246--3rd
1910 NL--256--7th
1911 NL--267--7th
Career--2708--178th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1905 NL--2.023--6th
1906 NL--2.361--4th
1907 NL--2.675--2nd
1908 NL--2.510--2nd
1909 NL--3.245--2nd
1910 NL--2.234--2nd
1911 NL--2.346--4th
1914 FL--1.853--8th
Career--2.043--236th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1904 NL--.042--6th
1906 NL--.033--5th
1908 NL--.029--4th
1909 NL--.026--4th
1910 NL--.091--8th
1915 FL--.076--5th
Career--.122--59th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1908 NL--6--8th
1909 NL--9--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Career--63--212th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1908 NL--1180--9th
1909 NL--1302--2nd
1910 NL--1188--5th
1911 NL--1108--10th
Career--12642--111th

Games Finished s c a p y
1905 NL--6--10th
1908 NL--12--5th
1909 NL--15--4th
1910 NL--14--6th
1911 NL--24--2nd
1913 NL--21--2nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1903 NL--126--10th
1904 NL--143--3rd
1905 NL--137--5th
1906 NL--253--1st
1907 NL--179--3rd
1908 NL--160--2nd
1909 NL--193--2nd
1910 NL--155--3rd
1915 FL--133--4th
Career--138--17th

Oldest s c a p y
1912 NL--born 1876-10-19--8th
1913 NL--born 1876-10-19--9th
1914 FL--born 1876-10-19--5th
1915 FL--born 1876-10-19--7th
1916 NL--born 1876-10-19--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 27 (39), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 108 (76), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 167 (34), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 56 (24), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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