Chief Bender vs Mordecai Brown

Chief Bender Mordecai Brown

Chief Bender and Mordecai Brown compared on their MLB careers: Chief Bender played 16 seasons, 1903 to 1925, Mordecai Brown 14 seasons, 1903 to 1916. Chief Bender has 212 wins to Mordecai Brown's 239. Chief Bender won 3 titles, Mordecai Brown won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Chief Bender and Mordecai Brown career totals

459	GP	481
212	W	239
127	L	130
2.5	ERA	2.1
3,017	IP	3172.1
1,711	K	1,375
712	BB	673
1.1	WHIP	1.1
34	SV	49

How do they compare in the postseason?

Chief Bender and Mordecai Brown postseason

10	GP	9
0	R	0
64	H	50

Where each stands all time

Chief Bender and Mordecai Brown all-time places

155th (1,711)	Strikeouts (pitching)	291st (1,375)
91st (212)	Wins (pitching)	57th (239)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Chief Bender: 3 championships; none on file
Mordecai Brown: 2 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Chief Bender and Mordecai Brown season by season

1st	1903	17	14	3.07	1903	9	13	2.60
2nd	1904	10	11	2.87	1904	15	10	1.86
3rd	1905	18	11	2.83	1905	18	12	2.17
4th	1906	15	10	2.53	1906	26	6	1.04
5th	1907	16	8	2.05	1907	20	6	1.39
6th	1908	8	9	1.75	1908	29	9	1.47
7th	1909	18	8	1.66	1909	27	9	1.31
8th	1910	23	5	1.58	1910	25	14	1.86
9th	1911	17	5	2.16	1911	21	11	2.80
10th	1912	13	8	2.74	1912	5	6	2.64
11th	1913	21	10	2.21	1913	11	12	2.91
12th	1914	17	3	2.26	1914	14	11	3.52
13th	1915	4	16	3.99	1915	17	8	2.09
14th	1916	7	7	3.74	1916	2	3	3.91
15th	1917	8	2	1.67	—	—	—	—
16th	1925	0	0	18.00	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA