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Hal Breeden

Harold Noel Breeden

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 28, 1944 in Albany, GA
High School: Albany HS (Albany, GA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1971
Teams (by GP): Expos/Cubs 1971-1975

Final Game: September 11, 1975
Relatives: Brother of Danny Breeden
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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
1971 27 CHC NL 23 39 36 1 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .139 .184 .250 .434 16 9 0 0 1 0 0 /3
1972 28 MON NL 42 96 87 6 20 2 0 3 10 0 0 7 15 .230 .281 .356 .638 80 31 1 0 0 2 1 3/79
1973 29 MON NL 105 290 258 36 71 10 6 15 43 0 1 29 45 .275 .353 .535 .888 140 138 7 2 1 0 3 3
1974 30 MON NL 79 215 190 14 47 13 0 2 20 0 1 24 35 .247 .330 .347 .678 87 66 7 0 0 1 0 3
1975 31 MON NL 24 44 37 4 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 5 .135 .273 .189 .462 28 7 1 0 0 0 3 3
5 Yrs 273 684 608 61 148 28 6 21 76 0 2 69 107 .243 .321 .413 .734 101 251 16 2 2 3 7
162 Game Avg. 162 406 361 36 88 17 4 12 45 0 1 41 63 .243 .321 .413 .734 101 149 9 1 1 2 4
MON (4 yrs) 250 645 572 60 143 27 6 20 74 0 2 67 100 .250 .329 .423 .752 106 242 16 2 1 3 7
CHC (1 yr) 23 39 36 1 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .139 .184 .250 .434 16 9 0 0 1 0 0

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
1971 27 CHC NL 23 39 -4 -0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .479 .497 -0.4 0.0 -4 $ /3
1972 28 MON NL 42 96 -2 0 -0 1 -1 -2 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .493 .498 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ 3/79
1973 29 MON NL 105 290 13 0 -0 3 -3 13 1.4 8 21 2.2 .513 .509 1.9 -0.0 18 $ 3
1974 30 MON NL 79 215 -3 0 -1 -1 -2 -7 -0.8 6 -1 -0.2 .490 .495 -0.1 -0.3 -0 $ 3
1975 31 MON NL 24 44 -5 0 0 2 -0 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.2 .485 .498 -0.4 0.2 -4 $ 3
5 Seasons 273 684 -1 0 -1 6 -8 -4 -0.5 20 15 1.4 .498 .499 0.9 -0.1 10 $
MON (4 yrs) 250 645 3 0 -1 5 -7 -0 -0.0 19 18 1.8 .500 .500 1.3 -0.2 13 $
CHC (1 yr) 23 39 -4 -0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .479 .497 -0.4 0.0 -4 $

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
1971 27 CHC NL 39 32 2 1.7 102 .143 .139 .274 .184 .342 .250 .401 .434 .744 16 .166 -4.4 -0.5 .355 .167 .111 .0
1972 28 MON NL 96 70 9 3.5 93 .239 .230 .258 .281 .326 .356 .381 .638 .707 80 .429 -2.4 -0.3 .559 .207 .126 .0
1973 29 MON NL 290 196 47 6.5 99 .283 .275 .266 .353 .336 .535 .396 .888 .731 140 .680 12.8 1.3 .862 .368 .260 .0
1974 30 MON NL 215 152 21 3.7 99 .292 .247 .268 .330 .341 .347 .388 .678 .728 87 .440 -2.9 -0.3 .589 .221 .100 .0
1975 31 MON NL 44 33 2 1.6 99 .156 .135 .270 .273 .342 .189 .390 .462 .732 28 .144 -3.5 -0.4 .424 .243 .054
5 Yrs 684 483 81 4.5 98 .263 .243 .266 .321 .337 .413 .391 .734 .728 101 .530 -0.5 -0.1 .669 .280 .169 .0
162 Game Avg. 406 287 48 4.5 98 .263 .243 .266 .321 .337 .413 .391 .734 .728 101 .530 -0.5 -0.1 .669 .280 .169
MON (4 yrs) 645 451 79 4.7 98 .270 .250 .266 .329 .336 .423 .390 .752 .727 106 .549 3.9 0.4 .691 .287 .173 .0
CHC (1 yr) 39 32 2 1.7 102 .143 .139 .274 .184 .342 .250 .401 .434 .744 16 .166 -4.4 -0.5 .355 .167 .111 .0

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
1971 27 CHC NL 39 2.6% 18.0% 5.1% 5.1% 40% 3.50 5.1 36.0 18.0 0.79 72%
1972 28 MON NL 96 3.1% 15.6% 7.3% 5.2% 25% 2.14 5.8 29.0 8.7 0.82 74%
1973 29 MON NL 290 5.2% 15.5% 10.0% 10.7% 44% 1.55 5.7 17.2 6.0 1.13 68%
1974 30 MON NL 215 0.9% 16.3% 11.2% 7.0% 32% 1.46 5.4 95.0 9.5 0.92 72%
1975 31 MON NL 44 0.0% 11.4% 15.9% 4.6% 40% 0.71 7.4 37.0 0.87 73%
5 Yrs 684 3.1% 15.6% 10.1% 8.0% 37% 1.55 5.7 29.0 8.0 0.97 71%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.8% 8.7% 5.9% 26% 1.58 6.5 47.1 9.0 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 27 CHC NL -4.4 -0.5 39 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 .96 -0.5 0.0 -5.6 -0.6 1.00 -5.2 1.04 14
1972 28 MON NL -2.4 -0.3 92 -0.2 1.5 -1.7 1.12 -0.1 0.0 -2.9 -0.3 0.96 -2.0 1.27 17
1973 29 MON NL 12.8 1.3 292 0.5 6.6 -6.1 1.23 1.4 -1.0 12.2 1.2 0.99 16.8 1.36 42
1974 30 MON NL -2.9 -0.3 217 0.6 4.8 -4.2 1.15 -0.2 0.7 -4.3 -0.4 1.03 -3.2 1.59 25
1975 31 MON NL -3.5 -0.4 45 -0.9 0.4 -1.3 1.53 -0.4 -0.2 -4.6 -0.5 1.05 -4.2 1.96 12
5 Yrs -0.5 -0.1 685 -0.5 13.6 -14.0 1.20 0.1 -0.5 -5.2 -0.5 1.01 2.2 1.42 110

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
1971 27 CHC NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 28 MON NL 1 0 13% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1973 29 MON NL 3 0 24% 73 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 48% 15 9 6 2 1 1 4 1 3
1974 30 MON NL 2 0 17% 67 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 62% 8 4 4 2 0 2 3 1 2
1975 31 MON NL 0 0 33% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2
5 Yrs 6 0 20% 180 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 11 48% 27 17 10 6 3 3 11 3 8

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
1971 27 CHC NL 39 49% 5 14 0 0 0 1.04 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 4 1 25% 25 1 4% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1972 28 MON NL 96 65% 20 17 5 0 2 1.27 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 17 1 6% 7 2 29% 63 7 11% 6 4 67% 1 0 0% 0
1973 29 MON NL 290 71% 71 42 12 4 8 1.36 15 0 8 5 10 4 11 0 1 1 100% 61 7 11% 29 5 17% 203 30 15% 15 5 33% 9 2 22% 0
1974 30 MON NL 215 85% 47 25 6 0 1 1.59 2 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 52 7 13% 23 2 9% 176 19 11% 10 3 30% 10 4 40% 0
1975 31 MON NL 44 73% 5 12 3 0 1 1.96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 5 2 40% 32 2 6% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 0
5 Yrs 684 74% 148 110 26 4 12 1.42 21 0 22 7 14 6 15 0 2 2 100% 145 16 11% 68 12 18% 499 59 12% 37 13 35% 22 7 32% 0
MLB Averages 55% 74% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%

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
1971 27 23 39 36 1 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .139 .184 .250 .434 16 9 0 0 1 0 0
1972 28 65 135 123 7 25 3 0 4 12 0 0 9 22 .203 .254 .325 .579 61 40 1 0 1 2 1
1973 29 170 425 381 43 96 13 6 19 55 0 1 38 67 .252 .322 .467 .789 115 178 8 2 2 2 4
1974 30 249 640 571 57 143 26 6 21 75 0 2 62 102 .250 .324 .427 .752 106 244 15 2 2 3 4
1975 31 273 684 608 61 148 28 6 21 76 0 2 69 107 .243 .321 .413 .734 101 251 16 2 2 3 7

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
1971 27 23 40 37 1 6 1 0 1 2 0 2 7 .162 .205 .270 .475 2 23
1972 28 44 102 92 7 22 2 0 3 12 0 8 16 .239 .294 .359 .653 10 42
1973 29 105 293 260 37 73 10 6 15 45 0 30 45 .281 .360 .538 .898 50 105
1974 30 79 215 190 14 47 13 0 2 20 0 24 35 .247 .330 .347 .678 22 79
1975 31 24 44 37 4 5 2 0 0 1 0 7 5 .135 .273 .189 .462 2 24
5 Yrs 275 694 616 63 153 28 6 21 80 0 71 108 .248 .327 .416 .742 86 273
162 Game Avg. 162 409 363 37 90 16 4 12 47 0 42 64 .248 .327 .416 .742 51 273

* 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.

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