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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Team Record in Appearances: 4-3 / in Starts: 3-0

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1943	WS g1	Oct 5	STL	@	NYY	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.65	5	17	9	3	2	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.011	14.52	0.31%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
2	1943	WS g3	Oct 7	STL	@	NYY	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.25	2	6	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.008	8.69	-0.25%	-0.17	8b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 4
3	1943	WS g4	Oct 10	STL		NYY	L,1-2	8-GF	L(0-1)	2	2.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.45	3.47	10					3	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.50	-0.176	98.40	-7.54%	-0.07	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
1944 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1944	WS g4	Oct 7	STL	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	11	9.0	9	1	1	4	4	0	0	1.00	3.13	38					11	10	1	0	9	65			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	.64	0.278	41.17	11.68%	3.37	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
1946 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	1946	WS g2	Oct 7	STL		BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	0.00	2.69	33					13	10	1	1	3	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	.93	0.431	47.63	12.11%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
6	1946	WS g6	Oct 13	STL		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	0.50	2.31	32					4	13	1	5	7	73			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	3	0	0	.92	0.369	83.64	18.27%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	1946	WS g7	Oct 15	STL		BOS	W,4-3	8-GF	BW(3-0)	1	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.45	2.23	9					2	3	1	1	3		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.22	0.137	702.96	12.52%	0.39	8t -23 0 out a2	9t end a 1
											32.2	28	3	3	12	18	0	0	0.83		129																			3

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