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Mordecai Brown
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what happened to the Cubs in the 1932 and 1938 World Series, it’s probably best not to go there.
C U B S
YEAR WINS LOSSES TIES WIN % UP World Series 1906 116 36 3 .762 20 L 2-4 Chi WS 1907 107 45 3 .709 17 W 4-0-1 Det T 1908 99 55 4 .642 1 W 4-1 Det T 1909 104 49 2 .680 -1 Finished 2nd 1910 104 50 0 .675 13 L 1-4 Phi A’s
TOT 530 235 12 .693 N/A N/A
M B R O W N
YEAR W L WIN % ERA IP ER 1906 26 6 .813 1.04 277.1 32 1907 20 6 .769 1.39 233.0 36 1908 29 9 .763 1.47 312.1 51 1909 27 9 .750 1.31 342.2 50 1910 25 14 .641 1.86 295.1 61
TOT 127 44 .743 1.42 1460.2 230
Brown’s winning percentage outpaced the greatest team of all time in total and in every individual year except the last, while always being called upon to go against the other’s best.
