Mordecai P. C. Brown

(1876-1948) lived in Omaha. Professional baseball player, manager, played in the major leagues from 1903 to 1916 as a pitcher, compiling a won-loss record of 239-130 with a near-record 2.06 earned-run average and leading the Chicago Cubs to world championships in 1907 and 1908; he played for Omaha in 1902 in the Western League, and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949. Consult New York Times obituary, February 15, 1948, p. 61 and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: Sports Figures, Vol 1 (Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002) 120-121.

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