Fred Breining
Fred Lawrence Breining
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 15, 1955 in San Francisco, CA
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1980
Final Game: May 6, 1984
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1980 24 SFG NL 0 0 5.40 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 8 4 4 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 30 66 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 4.1 0.75
1981 25 SFG NL 5 2 .714 2.55 45 1 15 0 0 1 77.2 66 28 22 4 38 8 37 2 3 3 326 134 1.339 7.6 0.5 4.4 4.3 0.97
1982 26 SFG NL 11 6 .647 3.08 54 9 16 2 0 0 143.1 146 61 49 6 52 10 98 1 1 1 613 116 1.381 9.2 0.4 3.3 6.2 1.88
1983 27 SFG NL 11 12 .478 3.82 32 32 0 6 0 0 202.2 202 97 86 15 60 11 117 5 1 4 868 93 1.293 9.0 0.7 2.7 5.2 1.95
1984 28 MON NL 0 0 1.35 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 4 1 1 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 27 256 1.350 5.4 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
5 Seasons 27 20 .574 3.34 140 42 32 8 0 1 437.0 426 191 162 25 159 30 260 9 5 8 1864 106 1.339 8.8 0.5 3.3 5.4 1.64
162 Game Avg. 10 7 .574 3.34 52 16 12 3 0 0 163 159 71 61 9 59 11 97 3 2 3 696 106 1.339 8.8 0.5 3.3 5.4 1.64
SFG (4 yrs) 27 20 .574 3.37 136 42 32 8 0 1 430.1 422 190 161 25 154 30 255 9 5 8 1837 105 1.338 8.8 0.5 3.2 5.3 1.66
MON (1 yr) 0 0 1.35 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 4 1 1 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 27 256 1.350 5.4 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 24 SFG NL 5 30 24 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 4 3 .333 .448 .375 .823 .381 9 1 1 1 0 1
1981 25 SFG NL 45 326 272 28 66 6 1 4 9 5 38 37 .243 .334 .316 .651 .263 86 8 2 9 5 8
1982 26 SFG NL 54 613 542 61 146 22 0 6 12 12 52 98 .269 .333 .343 .676 .317 186 14 1 15 3 10
1983 27 SFG NL 32 868 779 97 202 36 5 15 25 5 60 117 .259 .312 .376 .688 .284 293 5 5 13 11 11
1984 28 MON NL 4 27 21 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 .190 .346 .190 .537 .250 4 2 0 1 0 0
5 Seasons 140 1864 1638 191 426 65 6 25 49 22 159 260 .260 .325 .353 .678 .292 578 30 9 39 19 30
162 Game Avg. 52 696 612 71 159 24 2 9 18 8 59 97 .260 .325 .353 .678 .292 216 11 3 15 7 11
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1981 25 SFG NL 45 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 52 52 52 17 8 0 1 4.5 2.3 4.3
1982 26 SFG NL 54 9 5 3 1 2 0 6 3 .667 0 1 2 0 4 44% 52 76 20 19 6 1 2 4.7 5.0 6.3
1983 27 SFG NL 32 32 11 12 9 1 5 18 14 .563 3 7 6 0 21 66% 52 81 13 30 15 5 12 4.4 4.2 6.3
3 Seasons 131 42 16 15 11 3 5 25 17 .595 3 8 8 0 25 60% 52 81 13 66 29 6 15 4.5 4.3 6.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1980 24 SFG NL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.231 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 2 1 2 1 4.0
1981 25 SFG NL 45 44 15 5 2 1 1 0 100% 4 3 39 12 31% 7 0.970 15 10 19 9 8 27 19 25 25 9 28 12 5.0
1982 26 SFG NL 54 45 16 6 3 1 0 1 0% 3 2 40 16 40% 7 0.895 12 12 21 5 6 34 22 23 27 8 28 10 5.8
1984 28 MON NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 0.642 1 0 3 0 0 4 3 1 3 1 3 1 5.0
4 Seasons 108 98 32 11 5 2 1 1 50% 7 5 83 29 35% 0.893 28 22 48 14 14 70 44 54 57 19 61 24 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1980 24 SFG NL 30 33% 0.0% 10.0% 13.3% 3.3% 13% 3.25 70% 7 1 14%
1981 25 SFG NL 326 43% 1.2% 11.4% 11.7% 3.4% 17% 1.49 72% 70 8 11%
1982 26 SFG NL 613 49% 1.0% 16.0% 8.5% 4.6% 19% 1.45 72% 141 14 10%
1983 27 SFG NL 868 48% 1.7% 13.5% 6.9% 6.5% 28% 0.82 76% 130 5 4%
1984 28 MON NL 27 44% 0.0% 18.5% 18.5% 0.0% 0% 2.75 59% 5 2 40%
5 Seasons 1864 47% 1.3% 14.0% 8.5% 5.2% 23% 1.13 74% 353 30 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1980 24 SFG NL 30 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 14 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 25 SFG NL 326 66 4 0 13 3 1 2 2 26 13 3 50% 4 3 0 136 9 5 64% 9 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 15 0
1982 26 SFG NL 613 146 6 1 26 2 4 5 1 45 23 5 51% 10 1 1 254 12 12 50% 11 11 1 1 0 0 4 1 10 0
1983 27 SFG NL 868 202 15 0 19 10 5 8 7 48 29 3 60% 11 4 1 292 25 5 83% 23 5 1 0 1 0 4 1 18 0
1984 28 MON NL 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1864 426 25 1 58 15 10 15 10 121 66 11 55% 25 8 2 710 49 22 69% 46 20 2 2 1 0 9 3 43 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1980 24 0 0 5.40 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 8 4 4 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 30 66 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 4.1 0.75 66
1981 25 5 2 .714 2.77 50 1 16 0 0 1 84.1 74 32 26 4 42 9 40 3 3 3 356 124 1.375 7.9 0.4 4.5 4.3 0.95 124
1982 26 16 8 .667 2.96 104 10 32 2 0 1 227.2 220 93 75 10 94 19 138 4 4 4 969 119 1.379 8.7 0.4 3.7 5.5 1.47 119
1983 27 27 20 .574 3.37 136 42 32 8 0 1 430.1 422 190 161 25 154 30 255 9 5 8 1837 105 1.338 8.8 0.5 3.2 5.3 1.66 105
1984 28 27 20 .574 3.34 140 42 32 8 0 1 437.0 426 191 162 25 159 30 260 9 5 8 1864 106 1.339 8.8 0.5 3.3 5.4 1.64 106

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1980 24 0 0 7.50 6.0 8 6 5 0 4 3 1 2.000 12.0 6.0 4.5 0.75 0.0 5
1981 25 7 4 .636 3.28 107.0 107 43 39 6 62 51 3 1.579 9.0 5.2 4.3 0.82 0.5 45
1982 26 8 7 .533 3.51 136.0 151 59 53 6 54 93 1 1.507 10.0 3.6 6.2 1.72 0.4 54
1983 27 10 11 .476 4.32 196.0 213 104 94 16 63 113 5 1.408 9.8 2.9 5.2 1.79 0.7 32
1984 28 0 0 1.80 5.0 5 1 1 0 6 4 0 2.200 9.0 10.8 7.2 0.67 0.0 4
5 Seasons 25 22 .532 3.84 450.0 484 213 192 28 189 264 10 1.496 9.7 5.3 1.40 0.6 140

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1982 NL--.647--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1981 NL--45--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 NL--5--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  5. Satchel Paige (967) *
  6. Howie Krist (966)
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  10. Mel Queen (964)
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  3. Ed Head (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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