Mordecai Brown
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1876 – 1948
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Who was Mordecai Brown?
Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown, nicknamed "Three Finger" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher at the turn of the 20th century. Due to a farm-machinery accident in his youth, Brown lost parts of two fingers on his right hand and eventually acquired his nickname as a result. Overcoming this handicap and turning it to his advantage, he became one of the elite pitchers of his era. He was known primarily for his exceptional curveball, which broke radically before reaching the plate.
Brown was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949.
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- Born
- Oct 19, 1876
Nyesville - Profession
- Lived in
- Indiana
- St. Louis
- Terre Haute
- Nyesville
- Died
- Feb 14, 1948
Terre Haute
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on July 23, 2013
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