Mordecai Brown
1903–1916 · bats B / throws R · Brooklyn Tip-Tops, Chicago Whales, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Terriers, St. Louis Cardinals
496G
.206AVG
.236OBP
.248SLG
More career statistics
235H
2HR
74RBI
8SB
239–130W–L
3,172.1IP
1,375K
2.06ERA
332GS
49SV
12Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,143 | 1,146 |
| Batting · Hits | 235 | 236 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 75 | 195 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,237 | 1,239 |
| Batting · Runs | 93 | 94 |
| Batting · RBI | 74 | 77 |
| Batting · Walks | 44 | 43 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 12,422 | 12,627 |
| Pitching · p er | 725 | 542 |
| Pitching · p hr | 43 | 41 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 9,517 | 9,489 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,375 | 1,388 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,044 | 1,046 |
| Pitching · p w | 673 | 677 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 496 | 1,237 | 1,143 | 93 | 235 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 74 | 44 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 283 | .206 | .236 | .248 | .484 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,172.3 | 481 | 332 | 271 | 239 | 130 | 49 | 2,708 | 1,044 | 725 | 43 | 673 | 1,375 | 0 | 0 | 2.06 | 1.066 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1906-09-13 to 1907-04-18
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1909-09-14 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1904-04-17 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1906-07-04 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 247 | 585 | 116 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 99 | .211 | .229 | .254 |
| Away | 249 | 654 | 120 | 1 | 48 | 25 | 96 | .202 | .222 | .242 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 36 | 93 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | .163 | .183 | .209 |
| May | 81 | 214 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 34 | .214 | .229 | .265 |
| June | 94 | 217 | 42 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 31 | .210 | .226 | .230 |
| July | 111 | 255 | 50 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 32 | .210 | .235 | .269 |
| August | 83 | 226 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 38 | .159 | .190 | .178 |
| September | 76 | 185 | 41 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 35 | .238 | .254 | .285 |
| October | 15 | 49 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | .304 | .286 | .391 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 80 | 202 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 49 | .147 | .163 | .174 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 63 | 160 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 26 | .174 | .194 | .181 |
| cincinnati-reds | 62 | 153 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 20 | .237 | .242 | .302 |
| boston-braves | 60 | 154 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 25 | .168 | .214 | .189 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 57 | 146 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 18 | .229 | .233 | .282 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 48 | 105 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 16 | .227 | .257 | .278 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 44 | 117 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 | .220 | .231 | .312 |
| buffalo-blues | 12 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | .194 | .182 | .258 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 26 | 77 | 15 | – | 6 | 2 | .195 | 202 | 83 |
| 1904 |  Chicago Cubs | 31 | 89 | 19 | – | 8 | – | .213 | 212 | 88 |
| 1905 | Chicago Cubs | 31 | 93 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .140 | 248 | 91 |
| 1906 | Chicago Cubs | 37 | 99 | 21 | – | 4 | – | .212 | 277 | 143 |
| 1907 | Chicago Cubs | 37 | 84 | 13 | 1 | 8 | – | .155 | 233 | 108 |
| 1908 | Chicago Cubs | 47 | 121 | 25 | – | 6 | 2 | .207 | 312 | 124 |
| 1909 | Chicago Cubs | 50 | 125 | 22 | – | 9 | – | .176 | 342 | 170 |
| 1910 | Chicago Cubs | 46 | 104 | 18 | – | 7 | 1 | .173 | 294 | 144 |
| 1911 | Chicago Cubs | 53 | 91 | 23 | – | 6 | – | .253 | 269 | 129 |
| 1912 | Chicago Cubs | 16 | 31 | 9 | – | 4 | 1 | .290 | 87 | 34 |
| 1913 |  Cincinnati Reds | 39 | 54 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .204 | 167 | 41 |
| 1914 | Brooklyn Tip-Tops, St. Louis Terriers | 35 | 80 | 19 | – | 8 | 1 | .237 | 231 | 116 |
| 1915 |  Chicago Whales | 36 | 82 | 24 | – | 6 | – | .293 | 236 | 96 |
| 1916 | Chicago Cubs | 12 | 16 | 4 | – | – | – | .250 | 47 | 21 |