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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1971	CHC	NL	27	1B	8	5	5	54.0	56	48	7	1	2	.982	0	11	9.17	6.88	.992	9.88	9.88
1972	MON	NL	28	1B	26	23	7	152.0	170	159	10	1	12	.994	1	10	10.01	6.50	.992	9.73	9.76
1972	MON	NL	28	LF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-120	9.00	1.00	.970	1.80	1.90
1972	MON	NL	28	OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-60	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.20
1972	MON	NL	28	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
1973	MON	NL	29	1B	66	56	35	497.1	565	515	45	5	50	.991	3	7	10.13	8.48	.992	9.83	9.83
1974	MON	NL	30	1B	56	50	23	373.0	459	422	31	6	43	.987	-1	-3	10.93	8.09	.991	9.94	9.93
1975	MON	NL	31	1B	12	8	5	70.0	89	84	4	1	5	.989	2	33	11.31	7.33	.990	9.96	9.96
	5 Seasons			1B	168	142	75	1146.1	1339	1228	97	14	112	.990	6	6	10.40	7.89	.992	9.86	9.86
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-60	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.20
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-120	9.00	1.00	.970	1.80	1.90
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
	5 Seasons			TOT	169	142	75	1148.1	1339	1228	97	14	112	.990	6	6	10.38	7.84	.992	9.85	9.82

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof
1971	CHC	NL	27	1B	0	11	0	0	0	0
1972	MON	NL	28	1B	1	10	1	1	0	0
1972	MON	NL	28	LF	-0	-120	-0	0	-0		0
1972	MON	NL	28	RF	0	0	0	0	0
1973	MON	NL	29	1B	3	7	2	-1	3	1
1974	MON	NL	30	1B	-1	-3	-1	0	-1	0
1975	MON	NL	31	1B	2	33	2	1	1	0
	5 Seasons			1B	6	6	5	2	3	1
	1 Season			RF	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			LF	-0	-120	-0	0	-0		0
	5 Seasons			TOT	6	6	5	2	3	1	0

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	LF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1971	CHC	NL	27	23	5	23	8	8	0	0	0	15	0
1972	MON	NL	28	42	23	42	26	26	1	1	1	18	0
1973	MON	NL	29	106	56	106	66	66	0	0	0	48	0
1974	MON	NL	30	79	50	79	57	57	0	0	0	29	0
1975	MON	NL	31	24	8	24	12	12	0	0	0	15	1
	5 Seasons			274	142	274	169	169	1	1	1	125	1

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1971	CHC	NL	27	237	71%	83%	27%	15	100%	0	49	3	45	1	6	6	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	100%
1972	MON	NL	28	592	60%	78%	29%	41	95%	0	159	7	151	1	25	8	3	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	12	2	0	0	10	2	2	0	2	2	100%
1973	MON	NL	29	2135	54%	79%	29%	125	94%	1	516	19	495	2	55	50	30	13	2	2	5	0	5	0	5	50	5	0	2	49	7	1	0	1	7	100%
1974	MON	NL	30	1577	52%	82%	31%	86	93%	2	421	15	403	4	37	29	23	4	1	2	6	2	4	0	3	43	0	0	0	41	0	2	0	2	3	67%
1975	MON	NL	31	304	55%	81%	28%	23	100%	0	84	4	79	1	15	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	0
	5 Seasons			4845	55%	80%	29%	290	94%	3	1229	48	1173	9	138	97	64	22	4	4	14	2	12	0	9	112	7	0	2	104	9	8	1	7	14	93%
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	28%		94%																											90%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1972	MON	NL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	5	60%	80%	40%	2	50%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	5	60%	80%	40%	2	50%
	MLB Averages																														59.8%			2.9%			63%	81%	27%		48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1972	MON	NL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4	25%	100%	25%	0
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4	25%	100%	25%	0
	MLB Averages																														41.8%			3.3%			63%	81%	27%		53%

* 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

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y 1973 NL 3 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1973 NL 3 (2nd)

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