Where does Mordecai Brown rank among baseball greats?
Mordecai Brown ranks #18 among the Top 50 all-time at SP. Rankings ⇒ Mordecai Brown Teammates Johnny Kling Frank Chance Johnny Evers Harry Steinfeldt Joe Tinker Jimm Sheckard Max Flack Frank Schulte Ed Reulbach Red Ames George McConnell Hippo Vaughn Frank Chance Best Season: 1906 The Cubs allowed just 383 runs the entire season, with Brown’s 1.04 ERA leading the way. He won 26 games and allowed just one home run all season. Pitching Duels In an era of low scoring games, Brown was a staff ace who often faced the other team’s best arm. Consequently, Brown often faced the Giants’ Christy Mathewson, Pittsburgh’s Babe Adams, Philadelphia’s Pete Alexander, Brooklyn’s Nap Rucker and the Braves’ Vic Willis. A fantastic study would be to research the head-to-head record of these great pitching legends. Mathewson and Brown faced each other 25 times in their careers, “Three-Finger” posting a 13-10 record, Matty going 11-13. Here are some of their memorable moments: On June 13, 1905, Brown carried
