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Mordecai Brown (1)

Mordecai Brown

#85 PITCHER ALL-TIME
1903—1916
Starting Pitcher
BORN
October 19, 1876, in Nyesville, IN
THROWS
Right-Handed
PRIMARY TEAM
Chicago Cubs

What Pitches Did Mordecai Brown Throw?

Overhand Curve
Fastball
Change
Sidearm Curve
Submarine Curve
239
WINS
INC
QUALITY START PCT
58.3
WAR
130
LOSSES
138
ERA+
40.8
WAR7
2.06
ERA
2.04
K / BB RATIO
24.0
WAR3
1375
STRIKEOUTS
WHIP
3.7
WAR PER SEASON
Mangled hand from a farm injury when he was a child helped Brown produce a natural curveball.
Hall of Fame
Cubs
ALL-TIME TEAM
1907, 1908
WORLD SERIES CHAMPION

Mordecai Brown Compared to Hall of Fame Pitcher

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 JAWS WAR PER SN
Brown
CAREER
58.3
WAR7
40.8
WAR5C
35.7
WAR3
24.0
JAWS
49.6
WAR PER SN
3.7
AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER
CAREER
73.0
WAR7
49.8
WAR5C
30.3
WAR3
21.5
JAWS
61.4
WAR PER SN
4.5

Where Does Mordecai Brown Rank Among Pitchers?

RANKING CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS
RANKING
85
CAREER
61
LONG PEAK
62
PRIME
34
SHORT PEAK
41
JAWS
58
RANKING
EGG RANKING
CAREER
WAR
LONG PEAK
WAR7
PRIME
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
SHORT PEAK
WAR3
JAWS
JAWS