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Mordecai Peter Centennial "Three Finger" Brown ( October 19, 1876 - February 14, 1948) was a 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.
Brown's career lasted from 1903 until 1916. His most productive period was when he played for the Chicago Cubs from 1904 until 1912 when he was among the best pitchers in the league. During this period, he won 20 or more games six times and was part of two World Series championships. He also played in the Federal League with the St. Louis Terriers , Brooklyn Tip-Tops and Chicago Whales . He was actually aided by the hand injury, which allowed him to throw an early split-finger fastball.
Brown finished his career with a 239-130 record, 1375 strikeoutIn baseball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by K or SO occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. Strikeouts are associated with dominance on the part of the pitcher and incompetence on the part of the batter, although for ps, and a 2.06 ERAIn baseball statistics, the earned run average (denoted by ERA is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by multiplying the number of earned runs allowed by nine, and dividing by the number of innings pitc. He was selected to the Baseball Hall of FameNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum based in Cooperstown, New York, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related a in 1949See also 1948 in sports, other events of 1949, 1950 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Auto racing The first 24 hours of Le Mans is held since the beginning of World War II. Luigi Chinetti and Lord Seldson win the race in a Ferrari 166M. Basebal.