M. Brown Chicago

Mordecai Peter Centennial "Three Finger" Brown (1876–1948) earned his nickname after a childhood farm accident mangled his right hand — a deformity that, he later admitted, helped him impart unhittable break on his curveball. The T206 White Border Chicago issue captures him in Cubs uniform during his prime, when he anchored the rotation that took the franchise to four pennants and two World Series titles between 1906 and 1910. Born October 19, 1876 in Nyesville, Indiana, the right-hander broke in with St. Louis in 1903 and pitched fourteen big-league seasons through 1916, posting six straight twenty-win campaigns from 1906 through 1911 and a career ERA under 2.10. He spent his last years in the Federal League with the Chicago Whales and Brooklyn Tip-Tops before closing out back where he started, with the Cubs in 1916. He died February 14, 1948 in Terre Haute, Indiana and is buried at Roselawn Memorial Park there. The Hall of Fame elected him in 1949.