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Harry Brecheen

Harry David Brecheen (Harry The Cat)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 14, 1914 in Broken Bow, OK
High School: Ada HS (Ada, OK)
School: East Central University (Ada, OK)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1940
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Browns 1940-1953

Final Game: September 13, 1953
Died: January 17, 2004 in Bethany, OK
Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, OK
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1940 25 STL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1943 28 STL NL 29 48 42 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 2 8 .190 .244 .238 .483 36 10 0 1 4 1
1944 29 STL NL 31 81 68 8 11 0 1 0 4 0 9 12 .162 .260 .191 .451 27 13 1 0 4 1
1945 30 STL NL 24 64 57 1 7 2 0 0 7 0 4 11 .123 .194 .158 .351 -3 9 0 1 2 1 MVP-12
1946 31 STL NL 37 87 83 2 11 1 0 0 6 0 3 17 .133 .163 .145 .307 -14 12 4 0 1 1 MVP-16
1947 32 STL NL 29 95 83 5 20 2 1 0 8 0 7 7 .241 .308 .289 .597 57 24 2 1 4 1 AS
1948 33 STL NL 33 90 82 4 12 1 1 0 2 0 5 20 .146 .205 .183 .387 3 15 3 1 2 1 AS,MVP-5
1949 34 STL NL 32 84 77 8 21 3 1 0 6 0 4 14 .273 .309 .338 .646 70 26 1 0 3 1
1950 35 STL NL 27 63 58 8 14 0 1 1 2 0 5 6 .241 .302 .328 .629 63 19 2 0 0 1
1951 36 STL NL 24 57 55 4 12 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 11 .218 .232 .309 .541 44 17 2 0 1 1
1952 37 STL NL 25 34 29 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 .207 .303 .207 .510 44 6 0 0 1 1
1953 38 SLB AL 27 42 39 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .179 .200 .179 .379 2 7 1 0 2 1
12 Yrs 321 745 673 48 129 13 5 2 44 0 0 45 121 .192 .247 .235 .481 30 158 16 4 24
162 Game Avg. 162 376 340 24 65 7 3 1 22 0 23 61 .192 .247 .235 .481 30 80 8 2 12
STL (11 yrs) 294 703 634 47 122 13 5 2 42 0 0 44 111 .192 .249 .238 .487 32 151 15 4 22
SLB (1 yr) 27 42 39 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .179 .200 .179 .379 2 7 1 0 2
NL (11 yrs) 294 703 634 47 122 13 5 2 42 0 0 44 111 .192 .249 .238 .487 32 151 15 4 22
AL (1 yr) 27 42 39 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .179 .200 .179 .379 2 7 1 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1940 25 STL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1943 28 STL NL 29 48 -4 0 0 0 4 0 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1944 29 STL NL 31 81 -7 0 0 0 7 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1945 30 STL NL 24 64 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1 MVP-12
1946 31 STL NL 37 87 -12 0 0 0 9 -3 -0.4 3 -0 -0.4 .489 .498 -0.4 0.0 -0 $ 1 MVP-16
1947 32 STL NL 29 95 -5 0 0 0 10 5 0.5 3 8 0.5 .518 .503 0.5 0.0 8 $ 1 AS
1948 33 STL NL 33 90 -12 -1 -0 0 10 -3 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 0 $ 1 AS,MVP-5
1949 34 STL NL 32 84 -4 0 0 0 9 6 0.6 3 9 0.6 .518 .504 0.6 0.0 9 $ 1
1950 35 STL NL 27 63 -3 -0 0 0 7 5 0.4 2 7 0.4 .517 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 $ 1
1951 36 STL NL 24 57 -4 -1 -0 0 6 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1952 37 STL NL 25 34 -2 0 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .509 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1953 38 SLB AL 27 42 -6 -0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
12 Seasons 321 745 -67 -1 0 0 76 8 0.8 24 33 0.7 .503 .500 0.9 0.0 33 $
STL (11 yrs) 294 703 -61 -1 0 0 71 10 0.9 23 33 0.9 .503 .501 1.1 0.0 33 $
SLB (1 yr) 27 42 -6 -0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1943 28 STL NL 48 38 2 1.4 94 .235 .190 .272 .244 .341 .238 .368 .483 .710 36 .133 -3.6 -0.4 .382 .095 .048
1944 29 STL NL 81 62 3 1.3 97 .196 .162 .272 .260 .339 .191 .381 .451 .721 27 .105 -6.8 -0.7 .379 .162 .029
1945 30 STL NL 64 52 2 1.0 99 .152 .123 .277 .194 .347 .158 .382 .351 .729 -3 .069 -8.1 -0.8 .280 .105 .035
1946 31 STL NL 87 77 2 0.7 96 .167 .133 .267 .163 .343 .145 .374 .307 .717 -14 .039 -12.9 -1.4 .197 .048 .012
1947 32 STL NL 95 69 7 2.7 109 .263 .241 .279 .308 .355 .289 .413 .597 .768 57 .270 -5.4 -0.5 .492 .133 .048
1948 33 STL NL 90 75 3 1.1 107 .194 .146 .276 .205 .351 .183 .408 .387 .760 3 .068 -11.8 -1.2 .288 .098 .037
1949 34 STL NL 84 60 8 3.6 107 .333 .273 .275 .309 .349 .338 .412 .646 .761 70 .388 -3.5 -0.4 .526 .117 .065
1950 35 STL NL 63 46 6 3.5 111 .255 .241 .274 .302 .352 .328 .425 .629 .777 63 .364 -3.5 -0.3 .522 .172 .086 .0
1951 36 STL NL 57 46 4 2.3 103 .256 .218 .267 .232 .342 .309 .405 .541 .747 44 .231 -4.5 -0.5 .400 .109 .091 .0
1952 37 STL NL 34 24 2 2.2 97 .250 .207 .262 .303 .334 .207 .389 .510 .724 44 .243 -2.1 -0.2 .435 .138 .000
1953 38 SLB AL 42 35 1 0.8 104 .241 .179 .272 .200 .349 .179 .400 .379 .749 2 .039 -5.6 -0.6 .242 .026 .000
12 Yrs 745 584 40 1.8 103 .231 .192 .273 .247 .347 .235 .398 .481 .744 30 .168 -67.8 -7.0 .370 .110 .043 .0
162 Game Avg. 376 295 20 1.8 103 .231 .192 .273 .247 .347 .235 .398 .481 .744 30 .168 -67.8 -7.0 .370 .110 .043
STL (11 yrs) 703 549 39 1.9 103 .230 .192 .273 .249 .347 .238 .397 .487 .744 32 .178 -62.2 -6.4 .378 .115 .046 .0
SLB (1 yr) 42 35 1 0.8 104 .241 .179 .272 .200 .349 .179 .400 .379 .749 2 .038 -5.6 -0.6 .242 .026 .000
NL (11 yrs) 703 549 39 1.9 103 .230 .192 .273 .249 .347 .238 .397 .487 .744 32 .178 -62.2 -6.4 .378 .115 .046 .0
AL (1 yr) 42 35 1 0.8 104 .241 .179 .272 .200 .349 .179 .400 .379 .749 2 .038 -5.6 -0.6 .242 .026 .000

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1943 28 STL NL WS NYY L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 29 STL NL WS SLB W 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 31 STL NL WS BOS W 3 8 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 7 12 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .167 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 7 12 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .167 1 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 STL NL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 STL NL 33 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1943 28 STL NL 48 0.0% 16.7% 4.2% 4.2% 25% 4.00 5.3 14.0 71%
1944 29 STL NL 81 0.0% 14.8% 11.1% 1.2% 9% 1.33 5.7 17.0 69%
1945 30 STL NL 64 0.0% 17.2% 6.3% 3.1% 29% 2.75 5.2 8.1 72%
1946 31 STL NL 87 0.0% 19.5% 3.5% 1.2% 9% 5.67 4.9 13.8 76%
1947 32 STL NL 95 0.0% 7.4% 7.4% 3.2% 15% 1.00 11.9 10.4 80%
1948 33 STL NL 90 0.0% 22.2% 5.6% 2.2% 17% 4.00 4.1 41.0 3.67 69%
1949 34 STL NL 84 0.0% 16.7% 4.8% 4.8% 19% 3.50 5.5 12.8 0.82 75%
1950 35 STL NL 63 1.6% 9.5% 7.9% 3.2% 14% 1.20 9.7 58.0 29.0 3.00 81%
1951 36 STL NL 57 1.8% 19.3% 1.8% 5.3% 25% 11.00 5.0 55.0 18.3 2.22 75%
1952 37 STL NL 34 0.0% 14.7% 11.8% 0.0% 0% 1.25 5.8 29.0 1.67 71%
1953 38 SLB AL 42 0.0% 23.8% 2.4% 0.0% 0% 10.00 3.9 19.5 1.57 69%
12 Yrs 745 0.3% 16.2% 6.0% 2.7% 16% 2.69 5.6 336.5 15.3 1.85 74%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.5% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.02 9.3 57.4 8.4 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1940 25 STL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 28 STL NL -3.6 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 29 STL NL -6.8 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 30 STL NL -8.1 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 31 STL NL -12.9 -1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 32 STL NL -5.4 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 33 STL NL -11.8 -1.2 25 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .82 -0.2 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.92 -2.7 0
1949 34 STL NL -3.5 -0.4 43 -0.5 0.4 -0.8 .89 -0.2 -0.3 -3.3 -0.3 0.90 -2.5 0
1950 35 STL NL -3.5 -0.3 35 -0.2 0.5 -0.6 1.01 -0.2 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 0.86 -1.6 0
1951 36 STL NL -4.5 -0.5 46 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 1.08 -0.5 -0.1 -6.7 -0.7 0.91 -5.9 0
1952 37 STL NL -2.1 -0.2 28 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .86 -0.2 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.90 -1.9 0
1953 38 SLB AL -5.6 -0.6 33 -0.6 0.3 -1.0 1.39 -0.4 -0.0 -2.4 -0.2 0.96 -4.0 7.26 1
12 Yrs -67.8 -7.0 210 -2.3 2.1 -4.4 1.02 -1.7 -0.6 -18.9 -1.9 0.91 -18.4 7.26 1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 33 STL NL 0 0 22% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1949 34 STL NL 0 0 32% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1950 35 STL NL 0 0 39% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
1951 36 STL NL 0 0 25% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14% 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 1
1952 37 STL NL 0 0 30% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1953 38 SLB AL 0 0 13% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
12 Yrs 0 0 26% 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 24% 12 10 2 4 3 1 9 5 3

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 33 STL NL 90 48% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 60% 6 0 0% 17 1 6% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1949 34 STL NL 84 42% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 150% 9 1 11% 8 0 0% 26 1 4% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1950 35 STL NL 63 60% 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 2 29% 8 0 0% 14 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1951 36 STL NL 57 46% 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 5 2 40% 7 1 14% 23 1 4% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1952 37 STL NL 34 64% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 3 2 67% 15 1 7% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1953 38 SLB AL 42 76% 7 1 0 0 0 7.26 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 1 14% 6 1 17% 19 2 11% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 0
12 Yrs 370 55% 129 1 0 0 0 7.26 2 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 6 24 400% 37 16 43% 38 4 11% 114 6 5% 9 3 33% 5 2 40% 0
MLB Averages 51% 254% 28% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1943 28 32 48 42 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 2 8 .190 .244 .238 .483 36 10 0 1 4
1944 29 63 129 110 12 19 2 1 0 7 0 11 20 .173 .254 .209 .463 30 23 1 1 8
1945 30 87 193 167 13 26 4 1 0 14 0 15 31 .156 .234 .192 .425 19 32 1 2 10
1946 31 124 280 250 15 37 5 1 0 20 0 18 48 .148 .211 .176 .387 8 44 5 2 11
1947 32 153 375 333 20 57 7 2 0 28 0 25 55 .171 .235 .204 .440 21 68 7 3 15
1948 33 186 465 415 24 69 8 3 0 30 0 30 75 .166 .229 .200 .429 17 83 10 4 17
1949 34 218 549 492 32 90 11 4 0 36 0 34 89 .183 .242 .222 .463 26 109 11 4 20
1950 35 245 612 550 40 104 11 5 1 38 0 39 95 .189 .248 .233 .481 30 128 13 4 20
1951 36 269 669 605 44 116 13 5 2 41 0 0 40 106 .192 .247 .240 .486 31 145 15 4 21
1952 37 294 703 634 47 122 13 5 2 42 0 0 44 111 .192 .249 .238 .487 32 151 15 4 22
1953 38 321 745 673 48 129 13 5 2 44 0 0 45 121 .192 .247 .235 .481 30 158 16 4 24

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1943 28 30 51 44 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 2 8 .182 .234 .227 .461 2 29
1944 29 32 83 70 7 11 0 1 0 4 0 9 12 .157 .253 .186 .439 3 31
1945 30 25 68 60 1 8 2 0 0 9 0 5 11 .133 .212 .167 .379 2 24
1946 31 39 91 87 2 12 1 0 0 6 0 3 18 .138 .167 .149 .316 2 37
1947 32 30 99 87 5 21 2 1 0 8 0 7 7 .241 .305 .287 .593 7 29
1948 33 34 94 86 4 13 1 1 0 2 0 5 21 .151 .207 .186 .393 3 33
1949 34 33 87 80 8 22 3 1 0 6 0 4 15 .275 .310 .338 .647 8 32
1950 35 28 65 60 7 14 0 1 1 2 0 5 6 .233 .292 .317 .609 5 27
1951 36 25 60 58 4 13 2 0 1 3 0 1 11 .224 .237 .310 .548 4 24
1952 37 26 37 31 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 .226 .333 .226 .559 2 25
1953 38 28 42 39 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 .154 .175 .154 .329 1 27
11 Yrs 330 777 702 46 135 13 5 2 45 0 47 124 .192 .247 .234 .481 39 318
162 Game Avg. 162 381 345 23 66 6 2 1 22 0 23 61 .192 .247 .234 .481 19 318

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1960 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1968 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1969 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1970 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1971 BBWAA ( 1.9%)
1972 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1973 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1945 NL (12, 9%)
1946 NL (16, 4%)
1948 NL (5, 18%)
0.31 Career Shares (598th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1946 NL  4.9 (8th)
1948 NL  8.3 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1950 NL  born 1914-10-14 (10th)
1951 NL  born 1914-10-14 (6th)
1952 NL  born 1914-10-14 (3rd)
1953 AL  born 1914-10-14 (6th)

                                         

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