Mordecai Brown
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Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown (1876-1948) was a Major League pitcher, one of the dominant pitchers of the early twentieth century. He played from 1903 to 1916, playing mostly for the Chicago Cubs, with whom he won the World Series twice. Over his career he went 239-130, a .648 winning percentage. His career ERA was a very low 2.06. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame, posthumously, in 1949.
Mordecai Brown in Southern Victory
Mordecai was Chester Martin's foreman when Martin was working in construction in southern California . When two of his men fought on a worksite, Brown docked their pay--as well as the pay of the co-workers who watched them fight. The latter was seen as unfair by Martin, a Socialist who had been involved in strikes in the Toledo steel mills in 1918. In response to Brown's move, Martin organized a series of strikes that forced the building magnates of Southern California into labor talks with Martin's union.
Brown also served for a time in the U.S. Navy and helped repair the USS Dakota after the Battle of the Three Navies.
