Mordecai Brown by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Mordecai Brown

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victories; Mordecai Brown - 26, Jack Pfiester - 20, Ed Reulbach - 19, Carl Lundgren - 17, Orval Overall - 12, and Jack Taylor - 12. In addition, Mordecai Brown set a major league record with the lowest earned run average attained with at least 250 innings pitched - 1.04. The offensive star was third baseman Harry Steinfeldt, who led the NL in both hits and RBI.

The team's .763 winning percentage also set a modern era record, and was the best overall since 1885. However, it set neither a National League record nor even a franchise record, as the 19th century White Stockings finished with better records on three occasions - 1876, 1880, and 1885. The all time major league record belongs to the 1884 St. Louis Maroons of the Union Association at .832.

On August 9, Jack Taylor threw the last of a major league record 187 consecutive complete games that he pitched, not counting appearances as a relief pitcher, a streak that began in 1901 when Taylor was pitching for the Chicago Orphans. Taylor had been re-acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals on July 1, having been traded to the Cards after the 1903 season.