Harry Brecheen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: October 14, 1914 in Broken Bow, OK us

Died: January 17, 2004 in Bethany, OK

Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, OK

High School: Ada HS (Ada, OK)

School: East Central University (Ada, OK)

Debut: April 22, 1940 (Age 25-191d, 8,873rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 13, 1953 (Age 38-334d)
vs. PHA 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Harry David Brecheen

Nicknames: Harry The Cat

Pronunciation: \bruh-KEEN\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.2

133

ERA

2.92

318

240

1907.2

901

WHIP

1.188

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-13 / in Starts: 17-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 84 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	43 (25-17-1) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 84 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	56 (29-18-9)

Most Driven In
S Hemus	1
R Nelson	0
E Sauer	0

Most Driven In By
S Musial	2
N Jones	1
M Marion	1
C Diering	1
R Schoendienst	1
E Slaughter	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	187	1	Apr 19	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.24	-0.067	3.24	-0.11%	-0.53	P
2	188	6 (4)	Apr 25	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.31	0.061	.72	0.08%	-0.11	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	189	11 (4)	May 1	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
4	190	16 (4)	May 7	STL	@	NYG	L,1-9	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.72	-0.037	1.86	-0.06%	-0.35	P
5	191	20 (3)	May 13	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	9	.63	-0.003	1.33	0.00%	-0.01	P
6	192	24 (3)	May 18	STL		PHI	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	9	.52	0.033	1.07	0.04%	0.26	P
7	193	30 (5)	May 24	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9						P
8	194	35 (4)	May 29	STL		PIT	L,2-4	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	9	.84	0.020	1.95	0.03%	0.21	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	195	39 (3)	Jun 2	STL	@	BRO	W,7-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.238	.476	9	1.12	-0.058	3.45	-0.11%	-0.50	P
10	196	44 (4)	Jun 7	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.55	-0.060	2.46	-0.16%	-1.06	P
11	197	49 (4)	Jun 12 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.207	.207	.414	9	.68	-0.048	3.04	-0.13%	-0.25	P
12	198	54 (4)	Jun 17	STL		PHI	L,0-8	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.194	.194	.194	.387	9						P
13	199	59 (4)	Jun 22	STL		NYG	W,11-8	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.219	.219	.219	.438	9						P
14	200	62 (2)	Jun 25	STL		BSN	L,6-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.212	.212	.424	9	.44	-0.011	2.59	-0.04%	-0.11	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	201	68 (5)	Jul 1	STL		CIN	L,2-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.212	.212	.424	9						P
16	202	73 (4)	Jul 5	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.65	-0.032	2.92	-0.09%	-0.26	P
17	203	78 (4)	Jul 10 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.179	.179	.359	9	1.89	-0.193	9.46	-0.58%	-1.58	P
18	204	82 (3)	Jul 16	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.195	.175	.370	9	1.25	0.004	6.82	0.01%	0.09	P
19	205	87 (4)	Jul 21	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.178	.159	.337	9	1.05	-0.110	6.31	-0.39%	-1.20	P
20	206	92 (4)	Jul 26	STL		PHI	W,9-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.149	.184	.149	.333	9	.81	-0.060	5.19	-0.23%	-0.86	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	207	98 (5)	Aug 1	STL		BSN	L,1-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.146	.180	.146	.326	9	1.77	-0.047	11.83	-0.19%	-0.45	P
22	208	106 (7)	Aug 9	STL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.173	.204	.212	.415	9	.97	-0.020	6.04	-0.07%	-0.03	P
23	209	111 (4)	Aug 15	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.241	.268	.509	9	.72	0.086	4.49	0.32%	0.98	P
24	210	117 (5)	Aug 21 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-8	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.211	.250	.263	.513	9						P
25	211	124 (6)	Aug 27 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,11-2	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.210	.246	.274	.520	9						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	212	130 (5)	Sep 3	STL		CIN	T,9-9	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.258	.286	.543	9	.63	0.025	4.75	0.11%	0.39	P
27	213	136 (5)	Sep 8	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	4	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.286	.328	.614	9	.33	0.091	2.91	0.49%	1.37	P
28	214	139 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.286	.328	.614	9						P
29	215	142 (2)	Sep 14	STL		NYG	W,9-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.246	.288	.319	.607	9	.53	-0.048	4.46	-0.25%	-0.22	P
30	216	149 (6)	Sep 21 (2)	STL		BRO	L,0-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.284	.314	.598	9	.48	-0.012	7.59	-0.12%	-0.11	P
31	217	152 (2)	Sep 25	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.284	.321	.351	.672	9						P
32	218	156 (3)	Oct 1	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.309	.338	.646	9	1.65	-0.118	35.80	-1.54%	-1.06	P
							18-13		84	77	8	21	3	1	0	6	4	0	15	0	3		2	1	0	0	.273	.309	.338	.646		.84	-0.604	5.70	-2.97%	-5.38

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