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Fred Breining

Fred Lawrence Breining

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Giants/Expos 1980-1984

Final Game: May 6, 1984
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Standard Pitching

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 70 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 3 326 135 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 94 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 27 272 1.350 5.4 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
5 Yrs 27 20 .574 3.34 140 42 32 8 0 1 437.0 426 191 162 25 159 30 260 9 5 8 1864 107 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 3 696 107 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 106 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 27 272 1.350 5.4 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1980 24 SFG NL 6.2 5 0 4 5.40 4.00 -0.23 -0.31 96.0 3.76 -1 -0.1 .1 0.0 0.0 -1 .473 .499 $
1981 25 SFG NL 77.2 45 1 28 3.24 3.83 -0.19 -0.27 98.3 3.69 3 0.3 1.2 -0.1 0.9 9 .507 .502 $
1982 26 SFG NL 143.1 54 9 61 3.83 4.15 -0.41 -0.14 99.3 4.39 7 0.8 1.0 -0.2 1.8 23 .515 .505 $
1983 27 SFG NL 202.2 32 32 97 4.31 4.04 -0.22 0.14 98.1 4.32 -0 -0.1 -0.1 1.5 20 .498 .500 $
1984 28 MON NL 6.2 4 0 1 1.35 4.10 0.20 -0.32 95.3 3.41 1 0.2 .8 -0.0 0.2 2 .542 .501 $
5 Seasons 437.0 140 42 191 3.93 4.04 -0.27 -0.04 98.4 4.21 10 1.1 1.0 -0.4 4.4 52 .508 .501 $
SFG (4 yrs) 430.1 136 42 190 3.97 4.04 -0.28 -0.03 98.5 4.22 8 1.0 1.1 -0.3 4.2 50 .507 .501 $
MON (1 yr) 6.2 4 0 1 1.35 4.10 0.20 -0.32 95.3 3.41 1 0.2 .8 -0.0 0.2 2 .542 .501 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 0
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 4
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 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 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 0
5 Yrs 140 1864 1638 191 426 65 6 25 49 22 159 260 .260 .325 .353 .678 .292 578 30 9 39 19 30 25
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 9
MLB Averages .261 .324 .385 .709 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1980 24 SFG NL -1.0 -0.1 32 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .16 -0.1 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.16 -0.9 0 0 5
1981 25 SFG NL 6.3 0.7 346 0.1 4.9 -4.8 .91 0.2 -0.1 7.2 0.8 0.91 3.8 15 5 23
1982 26 SFG NL 5.6 0.6 642 0.5 9.0 -8.5 .87 0.4 0.2 1.9 0.2 0.87 3.3 12 10 23
1983 27 SFG NL -5.5 -0.6 903 -0.6 13.5 -14.2 .98 0.7 -1.3 -1.0 -0.1 0.98 6.5 0 0 0
1984 28 MON NL 1.9 0.2 28 0.1 0.3 -0.2 .55 0.2 0.1 2.1 0.2 0.55 1.5 1 0 3
5 Yrs 7.2 0.8 1951 0.1 27.8 -27.7 .91 1.4 -1.3 8.8 1.0 0.91 14.1 28 15 54

Starting Pitching*

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% 52.0 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% 52.4 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% 51.7 81 13 30 15 5 12 4.4 4.2 6.3
3 Yrs 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 .500 51% 50 98 -12 4.3 4.2 6.3

Reliever Pitching*

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 .160 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 .907 15 5 23 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 .866 12 10 23 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 .554 1 0 3 0 0 4 3 1 3 1 3 1 5.0
4 Yrs 108 98 32 11 5 2 1 1 50% 7 5 83 29 35% .850 28 15 54 14 14 70 44 54 57 19 61 24 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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 67% 0.0% 10.0% 13.3% 3.3% 13% 3.25 70% 7 1 14%
1981 25 SFG NL 326 57% 1.2% 11.4% 11.7% 3.4% 17% 1.49 72% 70 8 11%
1982 26 SFG NL 613 51% 1.0% 16.0% 8.5% 4.6% 19% 1.45 72% 141 14 10%
1983 27 SFG NL 868 52% 1.7% 13.5% 6.9% 6.5% 28% 0.82 76% 130 5 4%
1984 28 MON NL 27 56% 0.0% 18.5% 18.5% 0.0% 0% 2.75 59% 5 2 40%
5 Yrs 1864 53% 1.3% 14.0% 8.5% 5.2% 23% 1.13 74% 353 30 9%
MLB Averages 42% 2.0% 13.2% 8.3% 6.5% 28% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 3 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 3 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 Yrs 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 7 3 43 0
MLB Averages 54% 67%

Cumulative Pitching

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 70 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 4.1 0.75 70
1981 25 5 2 .714 2.77 50 1 16 0 0 1 84.1 74 32 26 4 42 9 40 3 3 3 356 125 1.375 7.9 0.4 4.5 4.3 0.95 125
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 106 1.338 8.8 0.5 3.2 5.3 1.66 106
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 107 1.339 8.8 0.5 3.3 5.4 1.64 107

Neutralized Pitching

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 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 9.00 5.0 9 6 5 0 4 2 1 2.600 16.2 7.2 3.6 0.50 0.0 5
1981 25 7 4 .636 3.20 107.0 107 42 38 6 62 51 3 1.579 9.0 5.2 4.3 0.82 0.5 45
1982 26 8 7 .533 3.60 135.0 153 60 54 6 54 92 1 1.533 10.2 3.6 6.1 1.70 0.4 54
1983 27 10 11 .476 4.32 196.0 211 104 94 16 63 113 5 1.398 9.7 2.9 5.2 1.79 0.7 32
1984 28 0 0 1.50 6.0 4 1 1 0 5 4 0 1.500 6.0 7.5 6.0 0.80 0.0 4
5 Yrs 25 22 .532 3.85 449.0 484 213 192 28 188 262 10 1.497 9.7 5.3 1.39 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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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