Mordecai Brown by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Mordecai Brown

Page 179

Legacy

Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown, best known today for his unusual name and his more or less descriptive nickname of “Three Finger,” was the ace right hander of the great dynasty Chicago Cub teams of the first decade or so of the Twentieth Century. With Brown leading an extraordinary pitching staff, the Cubs from 1906 through 1910 put together the greatest five year record of any team in baseball history. His battles with the Giants’ Christy Mathewson epitomized the bitter rivalry between two teams that just about matched each other man for man.

Speaking about Mordecai Brown and Ferguson Jenkins, Gordie Gillespie said; “Let’s hang their names from the flagpole at Wrigley to properly honor their greatness. Pitching has always been the ‘name of the game,’ and they certainly would add further grandeur to the Cubs at Wrigley Field.”

Brown was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949.

Brown's most productive period was when he played for the Chicago Cubs from 1904 through 1912. During this stretch, he won 20 or more games six times and was part of two World Series championships. He pitched World Series shutout games in 1906, 1907, and 1908. 55 of his 239 regular season wins were complete