Mordecai Brown

[Fred]

I know this is going to sound weird. All my life I wondered what Mordecai Browns pitching hand looked like. Finally! There's a picture of it in Hunt Auctions May 14, 2011 auction catalog. Page 33, item 102. Now for the others that are curious, go take a look and deny you were interested in seeing it.

[PolarBear]

It's a common image. This is on his wikipedia page.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Fred

I know this is going to sound weird. All my life I wondered what Mordecai Browns pitching hand looked like. Finally! There's a picture of it in Hunt Auctions May 14, 2011 auction catalog. Page 33, item 102. Now for the others that are curious, go take a look and deny you were interested in seeing it.

The example from the Hunt auction:

[DixieBaseball]

Interesting photo's of 3 Finger Brown. Out of curiousity, how did he lose his finger and what happened to the other fingers ? (They middle finger is terribly crooked...)

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by NashvilleBaseball

Interesting photo's of 3 Finger Brown. Out of curiousity, how did he lose his finger and what happened to the other fingers ? (They middle finger is terribly crooked...)

Check out the pinky, too

[Vintagecatcher]

If I remember correctly, his hand was damaged at a young age as a result of an accident with farm equipment.


Patrick

[shammus]

If I remember the story correctly, there was two seperate incidents, there was the accident with the farm equipment but there was a seperate time altogether where he slipped while running and broke a one of his remaining fingers, the middle one I believe. It never healed properly and appears crooked in the photos as a result.