Mordecai Brown

[PolarBear]

I've read his biography. Nothing special but a good read. He was a decent guy and there weren't that many in early sports just like there aren't that many today. He's one of my favorite players of the era, maybe my favorite, and an underrated HOFer.

Here's an excerpt from his biography, as quoted on his wikipedia page:

"According to his biography, he suffered two separate injuries to his right hand. The first and most famous trauma came when he was feeding material into the farm's feed chopper. He slipped and his hand was mangled by the knives, severing much of his index finger and damaging the others. A doctor repaired the rest of his hand as best he could. While it was still healing, the injury was further aggravated by a fall he took, which broke several finger bones. They were not re-set properly, especially the middle finger."