Mordecai Brown by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Mordecai Brown

Page 185

Cap Anson .399 (.39942) 1881 28

Lefty O'Doul .398 (.39812) 1929 29

Harry Heilmann .398 (.39802) 1927 30

Rogers Hornsby .397 (.39696) 1921 31

Ed Delahanty .397 (.39679) 1896 32

Jesse Burkett .396 (.39606) 1899 33

Joe Jackson .395 (.39510) 1912 34

Tony Gwynn .394 (.39379) 1994 35

Harry Heilmann .394 (.39369) 1921 36

Babe Ruth .393 (.39272) 1923 37

Harry Heilmann .393 (.39267) 1925 38

Babe Herman .393 (.39251) 1930 39

Joe Kelley .393 (.39250) 1894 40

From 1901-1919 teams averaged scoring more or less one run per game less than subsequent periods. Why this is credited to the supposed condition of the ball rather than superior pitching is yet to be explained anywhere.

Walter Johnson

Seven straight seasons below 2.00 ERA; 1910-1916

1910 – 1.36

1911 – 1.90