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Mordecai Brown

Mordecai Brown

1903–1916  ·  Bats B  ·  Throws R  ·  5'10", 175 lb  ·  b. 1876 Nyesville, IN

Career 239–130 · 2.06 ERA · 1,375 SO · 3172.1 IP · 493 G · 235 H · 2 HR · 74 RBI · .206 AVG

Seasons leading his league
14
4 best in baseball 10 league only
41 Top-5 finishes
6 Title seasons
7 Categories led
1909 Best season

Spanning 1906–1911, peaking at 4 titles in 1909.

Led in Saves for 4 straight seasons (1908–1911) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 107th League titles 14
  • 215th Best in baseball 4
  • 158th Top-5 finishes 41

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Saves 4 1st 4 yrs (1908–1911) 1910 7 1911 13 1908 NL 5 1909 NL 7 1907 #2 1913 #2
Walks + Hits / IP 3 1st 2 yrs (1906–1907) 1907 0.94 1906 NL 0.93 1910 NL 1.08 1904 #2 1908 #2 1909 #2 1915 #3
Complete Games 2 1st 2 yrs (1909–1910) 1909 NL 32 1910 NL 27
Shutouts 2 1st — 1906 NL 9 1910 NL 6 1908 #2 1909 #2
Innings Pitched 1 1st — 1909 NL 342.2
Wins 1 1st — 1909 NL 27 1906 #2 1908 #2 1910 #2
Earned Run Average 1 1st — 1906 1.04 1904 #3 1907 #3 1908 #2 1909 #2 1910 #2 1915 #3

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1911 1 SV 13
1910 4 SV 7 WHIP 1.08 SHO 6 CG 27
1909 4 W 27 SV 7 IP 342.2 CG 32
1908 1 SV 5
1907 1 WHIP 0.94
1906 3 ERA 1.04 WHIP 0.93 SHO 9

Pitching

14 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1903 SLN NL 9 13 2.60 26 24 0 201.0 231 58 7 59 83 1.44
1904 CHN NL 15 10 1.86 26 23 1 212.1 155 44 1 50 81 0.97
1905 CHN NL 18 12 2.17 30 24 0 249.0 219 60 3 44 89 1.06
1906 CHN NL 26 6 1.04 36 32 3 277.1 198 32 1 61 144 0.93
1907 CHN NL 20 6 1.39 34 27 3 233.0 180 36 2 40 107 0.94
1908 CHN NL 29 9 1.47 44 31 5 312.1 214 51 1 49 123 0.84
1909 CHN NL 27 9 1.31 50 34 7 342.2 246 50 1 53 172 0.87
1910 CHN NL 25 14 1.86 46 31 7 295.1 256 61 3 64 143 1.08
1911 CHN NL 21 11 2.80 53 27 13 270.0 267 84 5 55 129 1.19
1912 CHN NL 5 6 2.64 15 8 0 88.2 92 26 2 20 34 1.26
1913 CIN NL 11 12 2.91 39 16 6 173.1 174 56 7 44 41 1.26
1914 SLF +1 FL 14 11 3.52 35 26 0 232.2 235 91 8 61 113 1.27
1915 CHF FL 17 8 2.09 35 25 4 236.1 189 55 2 64 95 1.07
1916 CHN NL 2 3 3.91 12 4 0 48.1 52 21 0 9 21 1.26
Career — — 239 130 2.06 481 332 49 3172.1 2,708 725 43 673 1,375 1.07

Batting

14 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1903 SLN NL 26 77 4 15 2 1 0 6 1 14 2 .195 .215 .247 .462
1904 CHN NL 31 89 8 19 3 1 0 8 2 19 0 .214 .231 .270 .501
1905 CHN NL 31 93 6 13 1 1 1 3 4 20 1 .140 .175 .204 .380
1906 CHN NL 36 98 11 20 1 0 0 4 6 16 0 .204 .250 .214 .464
1907 CHN NL 36 85 6 13 0 2 1 7 1 17 0 .153 .163 .235 .398
1908 CHN NL 46 121 5 25 0 0 0 4 2 20 2 .207 .220 .207 .426
1909 CHN NL 50 125 13 22 3 1 0 9 5 18 0 .176 .208 .216 .424
1910 CHN NL 46 103 9 18 1 2 0 6 6 17 1 .175 .220 .223 .444
1911 CHN NL 53 91 8 23 4 1 0 6 6 12 0 .253 .299 .319 .618
1912 CHN NL 16 31 3 9 1 0 0 5 2 6 1 .290 .333 .323 .656
1913 CIN NL 39 54 2 11 0 1 0 3 1 10 0 .204 .218 .241 .459
1914 SLF +1 FL 35 78 6 19 2 0 0 7 4 12 1 .244 .281 .269 .550
1915 CHF FL 36 82 10 24 2 1 0 6 3 14 0 .293 .318 .342 .659
1916 CHN NL 12 16 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 .250 .294 .250 .544
Career — — 493 1,143 93 235 20 11 2 74 44 199 8 .206 .236 .248 .483

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 481 171 843 36 43 .966
OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000
2B 1 0 0 0 0 —