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<p><b>Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown</b><span> </span>(October 19, 1876 – February 14, 1948), nicknamed "<b>Three Finger Brown</b>" or "<b>Miner</b>", was an American<span> </span><a title="Major League Baseball" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball">Major League Baseball</a><span> </span><a title="Pitcher" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher">pitcher</a><span> </span>and<span> </span><a title="Manager (baseball)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(baseball)">manager</a><span> </span>during the first two decades of the 20th century (known as the "<a title="Dead-ball era" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead-ball_era">dead-ball era</a>"). Due to a farm-machinery accident in his youth (April 17, 1888), Brown lost parts of two fingers on his right hand,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Brown#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><span> </span>and in the process gained a colorful nickname. He turned this handicap into an advantage by learning how to grip a baseball in a way that resulted in an exceptional<span> </span><a title="Curveball" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curveball">curveball</a><span> </span>(or<span> </span><a title="Knuckle curve" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckle_curve">knuckle curve</a>), which broke radically before reaching the plate. With this technique he became one of the elite pitchers of his era.</p> <p>Brown was elected to the<span> </span><a title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a><span> </span>in 1949.</p>