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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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1974	18	PIT-PHI-min	A-	3	2	.600	4.97	11	6		3	0	1	38.0	47	33	21	2	35	2	16	2	0	8			2.158	11.1	0.5	8.3	3.8	0.46	NFL,AUB · NYPL
1975	19	PIT-min	A	3	8	.273	4.50	35	4		0	0	3	92.0	75	57	46	3	60	0	82	11	1	14			1.467	7.3	0.3	5.9	8.0	1.37	CHS · WCRS
1976	20	PIT-min	A	9	4	.692	3.47	31	13					127.0	127	70	49	14	58								1.457	9.0	1.0	4.1			SAL · CARL
1977	21	PIT-min	AA	3	4	.429	2.54	36	4		0	0	3	92.0	77	37	26	3	41	3	79	0	1	8			1.283	7.5	0.3	4.0	7.7	1.93	SHV · TL
1978	22	PIT-min	AA,AAA	5	8	.385	5.03	37	12		4	1	1	111.0	107	80	62	15	54	0	84	5	2	10			1.450	8.7	1.2	4.4	6.8	1.56	SHV,CLB · TL,IL
1979	23	PIT-SFG-min	AA	9	6	.600	2.03	22	20		8	3	0	142.0	127	51	32	6	58	2	123	1	0	9			1.303	8.0	0.4	3.7	7.8	2.12	BFL,SHV · EL,TL
1980	24	SFG-min	AAA	6	13	.316	4.14	54	0		0	0	9	100.0	106	57	46	4	56	4	84	3	0	13			1.620	9.5	0.4	5.0	7.6	1.50	PHX · PCL
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
1985	29	WSN-DET-min	AA,AAA	9	6	.600	3.36	19	16	1	8	1	0	128.2	133	54	48	9	39	1	60	2	0	5			1.337	9.3	0.6	2.7	4.2	1.54	BIR,INA,NVL · SOUL,AA
1986	30	DET-min	AAA	2	3	.400	6.18	11	7	2	0	0	0	39.1	43	31	27	5	21	3	24	0	0	3			1.627	9.8	1.1	4.8	5.5	1.14	NVL · AA
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	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1980	24	SFG	NL	6.2	0	4	4	0	.2	0	-0.1	$
1981	25	SFG	NL	77.2	1	28	40	-1	.9	12	0.8	$
1982	26	SFG	NL	143.1	9	61	85	-6	.9	24	2.0	$
1983	27	SFG	NL	202.2	32	97	112	-5	1.0	15	1.7	$
1984	28	MON	NL	6.2	0	1	3	0	.6	2	0.2	$
5 Seasons				437.0	42	191	244	-12	.9	53	4.6	$

SFG (4 yrs)				430.1	42	190	241	-12	.9	51	4.4	$
MON (1 yr)				6.2	0	1	3	0	.6	2	0.2	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1974	18	PIT-PHI-min	A-	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	NFL,AUB · NYPL
1975	19	PIT-min	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CHS · WCRS
1976	20	PIT-min	A	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0						SAL · CARL
1977	21	PIT-min	AA	36	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.083	.083	.083	.167		1		0	2	0		SHV · TL
1978	22	PIT-min	AA,AAA	37	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		SHV,CLB · TL,IL
1979	23	SFG-PIT-min	AA	22	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364		2		0	0	0		SHV,BFL · TL,EL
1980	24	SFG-min	AAA	54	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		PHX · PCL
1980	24	SFG	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1981	25	SFG	NL	45	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	-74	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1982	26	SFG	NL	54	38	29	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	.207	.303	.207	.510	46	6	0	0	5	0	0	1
1983	27	SFG	NL	32	78	67	1	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	31	.149	.219	.164	.383	10	11	4	0	5	0	0	1
1984	28	MON	NL	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1985	29	DET-WSN-min	AA,AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	BIR,NVL,INA · SOUL,AA
1986	30	DET-min	AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	NVL · AA
5 Seasons				140	130	108	5	16	1	0	0	4	0	0	11	53	.148	.227	.157	.384	10	17	4	0	11	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	150	125	6	19	1	0	0	5	0	0	13	61	.148	.227	.157	.384	10	20	5	0	13	0	0

SFG (4 yrs)				136	129	107	5	16	1	0	0	4	0	0	11	52	.150	.229	.159	.388	11	17	4	0	11	0	0
MON (1 yr)				4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1981	25	SFG	NL	13	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1982	26	SFG	NL	38	-2	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1
1983	27	SFG	NL	78	-8	0	-1	-1	0	7	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1984	28	MON	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
4 Seasons				130	-13	0	-1	-1	0	11	3	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$

SFG (3 yrs)				129	-13	0	-1	-1	0	11	3	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$
MON (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1980	SFG	NL	24	P	5	0	0	6.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.35	0.20	.950	1.89	1.92	2	0	0%	0
1981	SFG	NL	25	P	45	1	0	77.2	15	3	12	0	0	1.000	1.74	0.33	.959	1.97	1.98	9	5	36%	1
1982	SFG	NL	26	P	54	9	2	143.1	41	12	25	4	2	.902	2.32	0.69	.952	1.96	1.97	12	12	50%	2
1983	SFG	NL	27	P	32	32	6	202.2	47	21	24	2	0	.957	2.00	1.41	.952	1.92	1.91	25	5	17%	3
1984	MON	NL	28	P	4	0	0	6.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.89	1.88	1	0	0%	0
	5 Seasons			P	140	42	8	437.0	104	36	62	6	2	.942	2.02	0.70	.953	1.94	1.95	49	22	31%	6
	5 Seasons			TOT	140	42	8	437.0	104	36	62	6	2	.942	2.02	0.70	.953	1.94	1.95	49	22	31%	6

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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)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1982 NL 4 (5th)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 1981 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 4 (1971), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

January 9, 1974: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
June 28, 1979: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Al Holland and Ed Whitson to the San Francisco Giants for Bill Madlock, Lenny Randle and Dave Roberts.
February 27, 1984: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Max Venable to the Montreal Expos for Al Oliver. The San Francisco Giants sent Andy McGaffigan (March 31, 1984) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

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