Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown

Baseball Player
Date Of Birth:
19 October 1876
Date Of Death:
14 February 1948
Place Of Birth:
Nyesville, Indiana
Best Known As:
The hotshot pitcher with a mangled hand

Name at birth: Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown

Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown is the professional baseball player who gained fame for pitching with a mangled hand. Mordecai Brown was only 7 when he lost part of his right hand to a corn shredder in a farming accident. (Brown actually lost only one finger, the index finger; two others were bent out of shape.) The misfortune turned into an advantage when, as a young man, Brown discovered that his reconfigured hand gave him an excellent grip for throwing curveballs. Known as "Three Finger" Brown, he became a dominant major league pitcher of the early 20th century, winning 239 games and compiling a remarkably low career ERA of 2.06. He played on the Chicago Cubs championship teams of 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1910 -- the same Cubs teams which featured the famous Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance double-play combination. Mordecai Brown was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 1949.
Extra Credit:

According to the Library of Congress, Mordecai Brown was also called “Miner” Brown because “before he was a ballplayer he worked in a coal mine for several years.”

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