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Harry Brecheen
Harry David Brecheen (Harry The Cat)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.
School East Central University

Debut April 22, 1940
Final Game September 13, 1953
Born October 14, 1914 in Broken Bow, OK
Died January 17, 2004 in Bethany, OK

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1940 25 STL NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    3.3    2    1    0   0    2    4   0   0    14       0  0.00  4.00  inf 1.200
 1943 28 STL NL   9   6  29  13   8   1  12  4  135.3   98   41   34   4   39   68   3   2   527       0  2.26  3.37  149 1.012
 1944 29 STL NL  16   5  30  22  13   3   4  0  189.3  174   67   60   8   46   88   3   3   774       2  2.85  3.54  124 1.162
 1945 30 STL NL  15   4  24  18  13   3   6  2  157.3  136   48   44   5   44   63   5   0   629       0  2.52  3.76  149 1.144 MVP-12
 1946 31 STL NL  15  15  36  30  14   5   3  3  231.3  212   73   64   8   67  117   4   1   954       0  2.49  3.45  138 1.206 MVP-16
 1947 32 STL NL  16  11  29  28  18   1   1  1  223.3  220   92   82  20   66   89   3   3   927       0  3.30  4.15  126 1.281 AS
 1948 33 STL NL  20   7  33  30  21   7   1  1  233.3  193   62   58   6   49  149   2   2   931       1  2.24  4.07  182 1.037 MVP-5,AS
 1949 34 STL NL  14  11  32  31  14   2   1  1  214.7  207   96   80  18   65   88   7   3   906       0  3.35  4.16  124 1.267
 1950 35 STL NL   8  11  27  23  12   2   3  1  163.3  151   77   69  18   45   80   3   2   675       0  3.80  4.31  113 1.200
 1951 36 STL NL   8   4  24  16   5   0   7  2  138.7  134   54   50  11   54   57   1   0   582       1  3.25  3.96  122 1.356
 1952 37 STL NL   7   5  25  13   4   1   5  2  100.3   82   39   37  12   28   54   3   1   408       0  3.32  3.69  111 1.096
 1953 38 SLB AL   5  13  26  16   3   0   7  1  117.3  122   51   40   7   31   44   3   1   494       1  3.07  4.20  137 1.304
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .591 133  92 318 240 125  25  53 18 1907.7 1731  701  618 117  536  901  37  18  7821       5  2.92  3.89  133 1.188
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16  11  38  29  15   3   6  2  232.3  210   85   75  14   65  109   4   2   953   0   0  2.92  3.89  133 1.188
 Career High     20  15  36  31  21   7  12  4  233.3  220   96   82  20   67  149   7   3   954   0   2  2.24  4.31  182 1.012

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 28 STL NL  29   42    4    8   2  0   0    3   0      2   8  .190  .244  .238   37   10   4           1   0
 1944 29 STL NL  31   68    8   11   0  1   0    4   0      9  12  .162  .260  .191   27   13   4           0   1
 1945 30 STL NL  24   57    1    7   2  0   0    7   0      4  11  .123  .194  .158   -3    9   2           1   0 MVP-12
 1946 31 STL NL  37   83    2   11   1  0   0    6   0      3  17  .133  .163  .145  -14   12   1           0   4 MVP-16
 1947 32 STL NL  29   83    5   20   2  1   0    8   0      7   7  .241  .308  .289   57   24   4           1   2 AS
 1948 33 STL NL  33   82    4   12   1  1   0    2   0      5  20  .146  .205  .183    3   15   2           1   3 MVP-5,AS
 1949 34 STL NL  32   77    8   21   3  1   0    6   0      4  14  .273  .309  .338   70   26   3           0   1
 1950 35 STL NL  27   58    8   14   0  1   1    2   0      5   6  .241  .302  .328   62   19   0           0   2
 1951 36 STL NL  24   55    4   12   2  0   1    3   0  0   1  11  .218  .232  .309   44   17   1           0   2
 1952 37 STL NL  25   29    3    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   4   5  .207  .303  .207   44    6   1           0   0
 1953 38 SLB AL  27   39    1    7   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  10  .179  .200  .179    2    7   2           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     321  673   48  129  13  5   2   44   0  0  45 121  .192  .247  .235   30  158  24   0   0   4  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        340   24   65   7  3   1   22   0  0  23  61  .192  .247  .235   30   80  12   0   0   2   8
 Career High     37   83    8   21   3  1   1    8   0  0   9  20                          26   4   0   0   1   4
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 28 STL NL   49   38    2   1.4    93| .190  .270| .244  .340| .238  .367| .482  .707|  37  .133  -3.5  -0.4     
 1944 29 STL NL   81   62    3   1.3    96| .162  .270| .260  .338| .191  .380| .451  .718|  27  .105  -6.7  -0.7     
 1945 30 STL NL   64   52    2   1.0    99| .123  .277| .194  .347| .158  .382| .352  .729|  -3  .069  -8.1  -0.8     
 1946 31 STL NL   87   77    2   0.7    96| .133  .267| .163  .343| .145  .374| .308  .717| -14  .039 -12.9  -1.4     
 1947 32 STL NL   95   69    7   2.7   109| .241  .279| .308  .355| .289  .413| .597  .768|  57  .270  -5.4  -0.5     
 1948 33 STL NL   90   75    3   1.1   107| .146  .276| .205  .351| .183  .408| .388  .760|   3  .068 -11.8  -1.2     
 1949 34 STL NL   84   60    8   3.6   108| .273  .276| .309  .351| .338  .413| .647  .764|  70  .388  -3.6  -0.4     
 1950 35 STL NL   63   46    6   3.5   112| .241  .275| .302  .353| .328  .427| .630  .780|  62  .363  -3.6  -0.3     
 1951 36 STL NL   57   46    4   2.3   104| .218  .269| .232  .343| .309  .407| .541  .750|  44  .231  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1952 37 STL NL   34   24    2   2.2    97| .207  .262| .303  .334| .207  .389| .510  .724|  44  .243  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1953 38 SLB AL   42   35    1   0.8   104| .179  .272| .200  .348| .179  .400| .379  .749|   2  .039  -5.6  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      746  584   40   1.8   103| .192  .273| .247  .347| .235  .398| .482  .744|  30  .168 -67.9  -7.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1940 25 STL NL   P    3      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  1.10  5.45  2.18    0    3.3
 1943 28 STL NL   P   29      8   28    0    3 1.000  .960  1.24  1.16  2.39  2.27   13  135.3
 1944 29 STL NL   P   30      3   36    0    2 1.000  .961  1.30  1.09  1.85  2.14   22  189.3
 1945 30 STL NL   P   24      6   26    1    2  .970  .964  1.33  1.06  1.83  2.18   18  157.3
 1946 31 STL NL   P   36     11   50    1    6  .984  .961  1.69  1.01  2.37  2.24   30  231.3
 1947 32 STL NL   P   29     11   47    1    0  .983  .967  2.00  0.91  2.34  2.12   28  223.3 AS
 1948 33 STL NL   P   33      5   45    0    2 1.000  .963  1.52  0.91  1.93  2.11   30  233.3 AS
 1949 34 STL NL   P   32      5   37    3    0  .933  .952  1.31  0.91  1.76  2.04   31  214.7
 1950 35 STL NL   P   27     11   25    0    1 1.000  .960  1.33  0.97  1.98  2.12   23  163.3
 1951 36 STL NL   P   24      5   25    2    1  .938  .962  1.25  0.96  1.95  2.14   16  138.7
 1952 37 STL NL   P   25      8   26    0    3 1.000  .952  1.36  0.98  3.05  2.18   13  100.3
 1953 38 SLB AL   P   26      5   29    0    2 1.000  .958  1.31  0.88  2.61  1.95   16  117.3

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1940 25 STL NL   P    3      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  1.10  5.45  2.18    0    3.3
 1943 28 STL NL   P   29      8   28    0    3 1.000  .960  1.24  1.16  2.39  2.27   13  135.3
 1944 29 STL NL   P   30      3   36    0    2 1.000  .961  1.30  1.09  1.85  2.14   22  189.3
 1945 30 STL NL   P   24      6   26    1    2  .970  .964  1.33  1.06  1.83  2.18   18  157.3
 1946 31 STL NL   P   36     11   50    1    6  .984  .961  1.69  1.01  2.37  2.24   30  231.3
 1947 32 STL NL   P   29     11   47    1    0  .983  .967  2.00  0.91  2.34  2.12   28  223.3
 1948 33 STL NL   P   33      5   45    0    2 1.000  .963  1.52  0.91  1.93  2.11   30  233.3
 1949 34 STL NL   P   32      5   37    3    0  .933  .952  1.31  0.91  1.76  2.04   31  214.7
 1950 35 STL NL   P   27     11   25    0    1 1.000  .960  1.33  0.97  1.98  2.12   23  163.3
 1951 36 STL NL   P   24      5   25    2    1  .938  .962  1.25  0.96  1.95  2.14   16  138.7
 1952 37 STL NL   P   25      8   26    0    3 1.000  .952  1.36  0.98  3.05  2.18   13  100.3
 1953 38 SLB AL   P   26      5   29    0    2 1.000  .958  1.31  0.88  2.61  1.95   16  117.3

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 318     78  376    8   22  .983  .960  1.43  0.99  2.14  2.14  240 1907.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       318     78  376    8   22  .983  .960  1.43  0.99  2.14  2.14  240   1908
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1943   WS    STL NYY     L   3   0   2.45  0  1  0  0   3.2   5   1   3   3 
 1944   WS    STL SLB     W   1   1   1.00  1  0  0  1   9     9   1   4   4 
 1946   WS    STL BOS     W   3   2   0.45  3  0  0  2  20    14   1   5  11 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1   7   3   0.83  4  1  0  3  32.2  28   3  12  18 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1943   WS    STL NYY     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1944   WS    STL SLB     W   1   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1946   WS    STL BOS     W   3   8   2   1  0  0  0   1   0   1  .125  .125  .125   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1   7  12   2   1  0  0  0   1   0   2  .083  .083  .083   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1947   STL NL      0  0  0   3     5   1   1   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  2  0  0 
 1948   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1947   STL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1948   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1947 *
1948

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1945-NL-12-0.09
1946-NL-16-0.04
1948-NL-5-0.18
Car-571-0.31 shares

ERA
1944 NL-2.85-7
1945 NL-2.52-3
1946 NL-2.49-5
1948 NL-2.24-1

Wins
1944 NL-16-8
1945 NL-15-8
1946 NL-15-4
1947 NL-16-8
1948 NL-20-2

Won-Loss %
1944 NL-.762-3
1945 NL-.789-2
1948 NL-.741-2

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1944 NL-1.162-7
1945 NL-1.144-2
1946 NL-1.206-6
1947 NL-1.281-8
1948 NL-1.037-1
1949 NL-1.267-8
1950 NL-1.200-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1944 NL-8.27-9
1945 NL-7.78-2
1948 NL-7.44-3
1950 NL-8.32-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1946 NL-2.61-7
1947 NL-2.66-7
1948 NL-1.89-4
1950 NL-2.48-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1944 NL-4.18-9
1945 NL-3.60-10
1946 NL-4.55-4
1948 NL-5.75-1

Saves
1943 NL-4-7

Innings
1946 NL-231.3-4
1948 NL-233.3-7

Strikeouts
1944 NL-88-10
1946 NL-117-5
1948 NL-149-1

Games Started
1946 NL-30-5
1948 NL-30-6
1949 NL-31-8

Comp. Games
1946 NL-14-6
1947 NL-18-6
1948 NL-21-2
1949 NL-14-10

Shutouts
1944 NL-3-8
1945 NL-3-6
1946 NL-5-1
1948 NL-7-1
1950 NL-2-9

Home Runs Allow.
1947 NL-20-6

Hits Allowed
1946 NL-212-5
1947 NL-220-10

SO to Walk
1944 NL-1.91-3
1945 NL-1.43-6
1946 NL-1.75-3
1947 NL-1.35-10
1948 NL-3.04-1
1949 NL-1.35-10
1950 NL-1.78-5

Losses
1946 NL-15-2
1953 AL-13-6

Hit Batsmen
1945 NL-5-9
1946 NL-4-8
1949 NL-7-3

Batters Faced
1946 NL-954-4
1948 NL-931-9

Adjusted ERA+
1944 NL-124-8
1945 NL-149-2
1946 NL-138-4
1948 NL-182-1
1949 NL-124-10
Car-133-27

Oldest Player
1950 NL-35-10
1951 NL-36-6
1952 NL-37-3
1953 AL-38-6

  

Black Ink: Pitching - 10 (230) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 98 (213) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 27.0 (171) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 66.0 (176) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1937 Season: Sent from the Galveston (Texas) to the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.

Before 1938 Season: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago Cubs.

October 30, 1952: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 30, 1952: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

January 26, 1954: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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