Mordecai Brown, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMordecai Brown
Major League Baseball player
Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1876
Place of Birth: Nyesville, Indiana, United States
Date of Death: 14-Feb-1948
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Mordecai Brown
- Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown (October 19, 1876 – February 14, 1948), nicknamed Three Finger or Miner, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and manager during the first two decades of the 20th century (known as the "dead-ball era").
- Due to a farm-machinery accident in his youth (April 17, 1888), Brown lost parts of two fingers on his right hand, and in the process gained a colorful nickname.
- He turned this handicap into an advantage by learning how to grip a baseball in a way that resulted in an exceptional curveball (or knuckle curve), which broke radically before reaching the plate.
- With this technique he became one of the elite pitchers of his era. Brown was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949.
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