Mordecai Brown

Mordecai Peter Centennial "Three Finger" Brown — also called Miner — (1876–1948) anchored the Chicago Cubs rotation through their early-1910s prime. Born October 19, 1876 in Nyesville, Indiana, he debuted in 1903 and pitched fourteen MLB seasons through 1916, with a brief 1914 stint as manager. The 1911 line: 21–11, 2.80 ERA, working through age 34 with the famous mangled pitching hand. A 5’10”, 175-pound switch-hitting right-handed pitcher, Brown appears in T204 Ramly, E93 Standard Caramel, and E103 Williams Caramels among our 1909-era holdings. He died February 14, 1948 in Terre Haute, Indiana and is buried at Section J, Lot 218, Grave 1 of Roselawn Memorial Park in the same city. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1949.