[Highlander]

Moedecai Brown- Three Finger was drafted with the 8th overall pick by the New York Highlanders in 1902. He made his debut in 1903 and stayed with NY until his 1913 retirement at age 36.

Brown's numbers were-

172-152, 2923.2, 2.76 ERA (T-64th), 1.19 WHIP (T-68th), 1242 K, 3.8 K/9, 51.1 WAR

Mordecai had a pretty short career, with only 10 full seasons. He won 20+ games 4 times and 19 games twice, so he was very effective. His best season was 1906, when he went 23-13 with a 2.02 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 168 Ks and 6.9 WAR in 361.1 IP. He only had an ERA over 2.91 once in his career.

Brown won two World Series, but was only and All-Star one time in his career. He also won one Cy Young Award. Strangely, those two things happened in different years and neither was in 1906! Another strange fact is that after the Yankees released him after the 1913 season, he actually signed a contract with the Cubs....then decided to retire a month later. He stayed on the HOF ballot 3 years, but never got more than 9.8% of the vote.