Craig Breslow
Craig Andrew Breslow
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 8, 1980 in New Haven, CT
High School: Trumbull (Trumbull, CT)
School: Yale University
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 26th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 2005
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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
2005 24 SDP NL 0 0 2.20 14 0 3 0 0 0 16.1 15 6 4 1 13 0 14 1 0 1 78 175 1.714 8.3 0.6 7.2 7.7 1.08
2006 25 BOS AL 0 2 .000 3.75 13 0 3 0 0 0 12.0 12 5 5 0 6 1 12 1 1 2 55 127 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
2008 27 TOT AL 0 2 .000 1.91 49 0 13 0 0 1 47.0 34 12 10 1 19 2 39 0 1 4 189 219 1.128 6.5 0.2 3.6 7.5 2.05
2008 27 CLE AL 0 0 3.24 7 0 3 0 0 0 8.1 10 3 3 1 5 0 7 0 0 0 40 132 1.800 10.8 1.1 5.4 7.6 1.40
2008 27 MIN AL 0 2 .000 1.63 42 0 10 0 0 1 38.2 24 9 7 0 14 2 32 0 1 4 149 257 0.983 5.6 0.0 3.3 7.4 2.29
2009 28 TOT AL 8 7 .533 3.36 77 0 9 0 0 0 69.2 48 31 26 8 29 0 55 3 1 3 281 130 1.105 6.2 1.0 3.7 7.1 1.90
2009 28 MIN AL 1 2 .333 6.28 17 0 5 0 0 0 14.1 11 11 10 3 11 0 11 1 0 3 64 70 1.535 6.9 1.9 6.9 6.9 1.00
2009 28 OAK AL 7 5 .583 2.60 60 0 4 0 0 0 55.1 37 20 16 5 18 0 44 2 1 0 217 168 0.994 6.0 0.8 2.9 7.2 2.44
4 Seasons 8 11 .421 2.79 153 0 28 0 0 1 145.0 109 54 45 10 67 3 120 5 3 10 603 154 1.214 6.8 0.6 4.2 7.4 1.79
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .421 2.79 68 0 12 0 0 0 64 48 24 20 4 30 1 53 2 1 4 268 154 1.214 6.8 0.6 4.2 7.4 1.79
MIN (2 yrs) 1 4 .200 2.89 59 0 15 0 0 1 53.0 35 20 17 3 25 2 43 1 1 7 213 147 1.132 5.9 0.5 4.2 7.3 1.72
SDP (1 yr) 0 0 2.20 14 0 3 0 0 0 16.1 15 6 4 1 13 0 14 1 0 1 78 175 1.714 8.3 0.6 7.2 7.7 1.08
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 3.24 7 0 3 0 0 0 8.1 10 3 3 1 5 0 7 0 0 0 40 132 1.800 10.8 1.1 5.4 7.6 1.40
OAK (1 yr) 7 5 .583 2.60 60 0 4 0 0 0 55.1 37 20 16 5 18 0 44 2 1 0 217 168 0.994 6.0 0.8 2.9 7.2 2.44
BOS (1 yr) 0 2 .000 3.75 13 0 3 0 0 0 12.0 12 5 5 0 6 1 12 1 1 2 55 127 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
AL (3 yrs) 8 11 .421 2.87 139 0 25 0 0 1 128.2 94 48 41 9 54 3 106 4 3 9 525 151 1.150 6.6 0.6 3.8 7.4 1.96
NL (1 yr) 0 0 2.20 14 0 3 0 0 0 16.1 15 6 4 1 13 0 14 1 0 1 78 175 1.714 8.3 0.6 7.2 7.7 1.08

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
2005 24 SDP NL 14 78 63 6 15 2 0 1 0 0 13 14 .238 .372 .317 .689 .286 20 2 1 0 1 0
2006 25 BOS AL 13 55 46 5 12 5 0 0 2 0 6 12 .261 .345 .370 .715 .333 17 0 1 0 2 1
2008 27 CLE AL 7 40 35 3 10 1 0 1 2 0 5 7 .286 .375 .400 .775 .333 14 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 MIN AL 42 149 133 9 24 1 0 0 0 5 14 32 .180 .259 .188 .446 .238 25 1 0 2 0 2
2008 27 TOT AL 49 189 168 12 34 2 0 1 2 5 19 39 .202 .283 .232 .516 .258 39 1 0 2 0 2
2009 28 MIN AL 17 64 50 11 11 1 0 3 1 2 11 11 .220 .371 .420 .791 .222 21 1 1 2 0 0
2009 28 OAK AL 60 217 194 20 37 6 0 5 7 3 18 44 .191 .265 .299 .564 .219 58 5 2 2 1 0
2009 28 TOT AL 77 281 244 31 48 7 0 8 8 5 29 55 .197 .289 .324 .613 .220 79 6 3 4 1 0
4 Seasons 153 603 521 54 109 16 0 10 12 10 67 120 .209 .303 .298 .601 .251 155 9 5 6 4 3
162 Game Avg. 68 268 232 24 48 7 0 4 5 4 30 53 .209 .303 .298 .601 .251 69 4 2 3 2 1
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2005 24 SDP NL 14 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 11% 8 0.282 2 2 9 4 1 9 5 9 6 6 7 1 3.5 23
2006 25 BOS AL 13 13 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 12 4 33% 6 0.707 4 1 8 3 2 8 7 6 4 5 5 3 2.8 17
2008 27 TOT AL 49 49 13 0 2 2 1 1 50% 7 5 47 9 19% 0.649 11 11 26 13 5 31 24 25 13 23 15 11 2.9 14
2008 27 CLE AL 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 6 0.065 0 0 7 1 0 6 2 5 4 3 4 1 3.6 22
2008 27 MIN AL 42 42 10 0 2 2 1 1 50% 7 5 42 8 19% 7 0.806 11 11 19 12 5 25 22 20 9 20 11 10 2.8 13
2009 28 TOT AL 77 77 9 8 7 2 0 2 0% 20 15 50 12 24% 0.993 26 17 33 29 13 35 33 44 19 31 27 25 2.7 14
2009 28 MIN AL 17 17 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 8 1 13% 7 0.734 3 2 11 4 2 11 6 11 4 7 6 3 2.5 15
2009 28 OAK AL 60 60 4 7 5 2 0 2 0% 18 13 42 11 26% 8 1.070 23 15 22 25 11 24 27 33 15 24 21 22 2.8 14
4 Seasons 153 153 28 8 11 4 1 3 25% 31 24 118 26 22% 0.767 43 31 76 49 21 83 69 84 42 65 54 40 2.8 15

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%
2005 24 SDP NL 78 73% 1.3% 18.0% 16.7% 3.9% 20% 0.85 0.84 63% 16% 4.8% 22% 22 2 9%
2006 25 BOS AL 55 64% 0.0% 21.8% 10.9% 9.1% 42% 0.52 1.00 65% 25% 0.0% 17% 12 0 0%
2008 27 TOT AL 189 53% 0.5% 20.6% 10.1% 1.6% 9% 0.74 0.76 68% 17% 1.7% 19% 40 1 3%
2008 27 CLE AL 40 73% 2.5% 17.5% 12.5% 5.0% 20% 0.87 0.64 68% 11% 8.3% 20% 7 0 0%
2008 27 MIN AL 149 48% 0.0% 21.5% 9.4% 0.7% 4% 0.70 0.80 68% 18% 0.0% 19% 33 1 3%
2009 28 TOT AL 281 55% 2.9% 19.6% 10.3% 5.3% 31% 0.48 0.55 65% 18% 7.8% 20% 52 6 12%
2009 28 MIN AL 64 56% 4.7% 17.2% 17.2% 6.3% 36% 0.46 0.58 56% 15% 15.0% 23% 13 1 8%
2009 28 OAK AL 217 54% 2.3% 20.3% 8.3% 5.1% 30% 0.48 0.55 67% 18% 6.1% 20% 39 5 13%
4 Seasons 603 58% 1.7% 19.9% 11.1% 4.3% 24% 0.60 0.68 66% 18% 5.0% 20% 126 9 7%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 24 SDP NL 78 316 4.05 172 54% 24% 15% 31% 29% 76% 0% 41% 80% 46% 10% 8 2 12% 9 3 0 21% 1 6 0 0 0
2006 25 BOS AL 55 226 4.11 133 59% 26% 13% 35% 27% 74% 1% 44% 83% 55% 2% 1 0 20% 11 7 1 17% 2 0 0 0 0
2008 27 TOT AL 189 696 3.68 418 60% 24% 19% 26% 31% 76% 3% 46% 75% 57% 7% 13 7 17% 32 14 0 15% 4 4 0 0 0
2008 27 CLE AL 40 152 3.80 90 59% 28% 13% 28% 31% 72% 0% 43% 82% 58% 5% 2 1 23% 9 5 0 14% 2 1 0 0 0
2008 27 MIN AL 149 544 3.65 328 60% 23% 20% 25% 31% 77% 4% 46% 73% 56% 7% 11 6 15% 23 9 0 16% 2 3 0 0 0
2009 28 TOT AL 281 1107 3.94 698 63% 26% 16% 30% 28% 74% 0% 47% 78% 59% 7% 20 16 29% 81 53 6 18% 12 4 0 0 0
2009 28 MIN AL 64 250 3.91 146 58% 24% 16% 32% 28% 76% 0% 44% 78% 58% 9% 6 4 17% 11 7 2 0% 3 2 0 0 0
2009 28 OAK AL 217 857 3.95 552 64% 26% 16% 30% 28% 74% 0% 48% 78% 59% 6% 14 12 32% 70 46 4 23% 9 2 0 0 0
4 Seasons 603 2345 3.89 1421 61% 25% 17% 29% 29% 75% 1% 45% 78% 56% 7% 42 25 22% 133 77 7 18% 19 14 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2005 24 SDP NL 78 15 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2006 25 BOS AL 55 12 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 4 3 67% 0 2 0 27 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2008 27 TOT AL 189 34 4 1 1 0 14 0 1 0 1 13 4 4 31% 2 4 1 73 2 5 29% 1 3 1 2 0 0 3 3 7 0
2008 27 CLE AL 40 10 2 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0% 0 0 0 16 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 MIN AL 149 24 2 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 4 4 40% 2 4 1 57 0 5 0% 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 3 7 0
2009 28 TOT AL 281 48 4 0 8 0 3 4 4 2 6 16 5 2 31% 4 3 1 102 8 5 62% 7 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 7 0
2009 28 MIN AL 64 11 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0% 1 3 0 25 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0
2009 28 OAK AL 217 37 4 0 5 0 3 2 3 1 4 14 5 2 36% 3 0 1 77 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
4 Seasons 603 109 11 2 10 0 21 5 5 3 7 36 14 9 39% 8 10 2 237 12 10 55% 9 8 3 2 0 0 7 6 25 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2005 24 0 0 2.20 14 0 3 0 0 0 16.1 15 6 4 1 13 0 14 1 0 1 78 175 1.714 8.3 0.6 7.2 7.7 1.08 175
2006 25 0 2 .000 2.86 27 0 6 0 0 0 28.1 27 11 9 1 19 1 26 2 1 3 133 148 1.624 8.6 0.3 6.0 8.3 1.37 148
2007 26 0 2 .000 2.86 27 0 6 0 0 0 28.1 27 11 9 1 19 1 26 2 1 3 133 148 1.624 8.6 0.3 6.0 8.3 1.37 148
2008 27 0 4 .000 2.27 76 0 19 0 0 1 75.1 61 23 19 2 38 3 65 2 2 7 322 185 1.314 7.3 0.2 4.5 7.8 1.71 185
2009 28 8 11 .421 2.79 153 0 28 0 0 1 145.0 109 54 45 10 67 3 120 5 3 10 603 154 1.214 6.8 0.6 4.2 7.4 1.79 154

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2005 24 1 0 1.000 2.25 16.0 16 4 4 1 14 14 1 1.875 9.0 7.9 7.9 1.00 0.6 14
2006 25 1 0 1.000 3.00 12.0 11 4 4 0 6 12 1 1.417 8.3 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 13
2008 27 4 1 .800 1.96 46.0 33 11 10 1 18 38 0 1.109 6.5 3.5 7.4 2.11 0.2 49
2009 28 4 3 .571 3.68 66.0 49 30 27 8 30 52 3 1.197 6.7 4.1 7.1 1.73 1.1 77
4 Seasons 10 4 .714 2.89 140.0 109 49 45 10 68 116 5 1.264 7.0 7.5 1.71 0.6 153

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2009 AL--77--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  5. Wally Ritchie (969)
  6. Larry Bradford (964)
  7. Diomedes Olivo (961)
  8. Dave Von Ohlen (960)
  9. Aubrey Gatewood (959)
  10. Bob Logan (957)
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  6. Damaso Marte (969)
  7. Jeff Calhoun (965)
  8. Rob Murphy (964)
  9. Ricardo Rincon (962)
  10. Rich Rodriguez (961)
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