Mordecai Brown by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Mordecai Brown

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First Minor League Pitching Record

Year Age Team Lg W L W-L% ERA G

1901 24 Terre Haute IIIL 25 8 .758 2.79 37

1902 25 Omaha WL 27 15 .643 2.22 43

Total 52 23 2.45 80

First Minor League Hitting Record

Year Age Team Lg G AB H BA

1901 24 Terre Haute IIIL 36 130 29 .223

1902 25 Omaha WL 44 142 22 .155

Total 80 272 51 .188

In his playing days, Mordecai Brown was 5 feet 10 and weighed 175 pounds. Although not considered a large man by today’s standards, he was often referred to as “big” by contemporary baseball commentators. Brown was a switch hitter.

After a spectacular minor league career commencing in Terre Haute of the Three-I League in 1901, Brown came to the majors rather late, at age 26, in 1903, and lasted until 1916 when he was close to 40.