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Craig Breslow

Craig Andrew Breslow

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 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
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Twins/Padres/RedSox/Indians 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.4M (11), 1 yr/$1.8M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.088, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Robert Baratta [*]
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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
2002	21	MIL-min	Rk	6	2	.750	1.82	23	0	6	0	0	2	54.1	42	15	11	2	24	0	56	1	0	7	223		1.215	7.0	0.3	4.0	9.3	2.33	OGD · PION
2003	22	MIL-min	A	3	4	.429	5.12	33	0	12	0	0	2	65.0	64	43	37	4	27	0	80	1	0	1	286		1.400	8.9	0.6	3.7	11.1	2.96	BEL · MIDW
2004	23	MIL-min	A+	1	3	.250	7.19	23	0	9	0	0	0	41.1	54	39	33	5	24	0	41	2	0	4	203		1.887	11.8	1.1	5.2	8.9	1.71	HDS · CALL
2005	24	SDP-min	AA,AAA	2	2	.500	2.93	47	0	11	0	0	0	61.1	49	20	20	4	18	2	56	1	0	2	240		1.092	7.2	0.6	2.6	8.2	3.11	MOB,POR · SOUL,PCL
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	179	1.714	8.3	0.6	7.2	7.7	1.08
2006	25	BOS-min	AAA	7	1	.875	2.69	39	0	21	0	0	7	67.0	49	21	20	3	24	0	77	4	1	6	278		1.090	6.6	0.4	3.2	10.3	3.21	PAW · IL
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	130	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	223	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	137	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	259	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	133	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	71	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	171	0.994	6.0	0.8	2.9	7.2	2.44
2010	29	OAK	AL	4	4	.500	3.01	75	0	23	0	0	5	74.2	53	26	25	9	29	4	71	0	1	0	304	137	1.098	6.4	1.1	3.5	8.6	2.45
2011	30	OAK	AL	0	2	.000	3.79	67	0	10	0	0	0	59.1	69	29	25	4	21	1	44	2	0	3	261	107	1.517	10.5	0.6	3.2	6.7	2.10
6 Seasons				12	17	.414	3.06	295	0	61	0	0	6	279.0	231	109	95	23	117	8	235	7	4	13	1168	138	1.247	7.5	0.7	3.8	7.6	2.01
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.414	3.06	68	0	14	0	0	1	64	53	25	22	5	27	2	54	2	1	3	269	138	1.247	7.5	0.7	3.8	7.6	2.01

OAK (3 yrs)				11	11	.500	3.14	202	0	37	0	0	5	189.1	159	75	66	18	68	5	159	4	2	3	782	134	1.199	7.6	0.9	3.2	7.6	2.34
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	149	1.132	5.9	0.5	4.2	7.3	1.72
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	130	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
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	179	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	137	1.800	10.8	1.1	5.4	7.6	1.40

AL (5 yrs)			AL	12	17	.414	3.12	281	0	58	0	0	6	262.2	216	103	91	22	104	8	221	6	4	12	1090	137	1.218	7.4	0.8	3.6	7.6	2.13
NL (1 yr)			NL	0	0		2.20	14	0	3	0	0	0	16.1	15	6	4	1	13	0	14	1	0	1	78	179	1.714	8.3	0.6	7.2	7.7	1.08

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
2005	24	SDP	NL	16.1	0	6	9	0	.3	3	0.1	$
2006	25	BOS	AL	12.0	0	5	8	0	.7	3	0.2	$

2008	27	CLE	AL	8.1	0	3	5	0	.1	2	0.1	$392,000
2008	27	MIN	AL	38.2	0	9	23	-1	.8	14	1.1	$
2009	28	MIN	AL	14.1	0	11	9	0	.7	-2	-0.3	$422,000
2009	28	OAK	AL	55.1	0	20	37	-2	1.0	17	1.3	$
2010	29	OAK	AL	74.2	0	26	38	2	1.3	12	1.4	$425,000
2011	30	OAK	AL	59.1	0	29	35	-1	.8	6	0.5	$1,400,000
6 Seasons				279.0	0	109	163	-2	.9	54	4.4	$2,639,000

OAK (3 yrs)				189.1	0	75	109	-1	1.1	34	3.2	$1,825,000
MIN (2 yrs)				53.0	0	20	32	-1	.8	12	0.8	$422,000
BOS (1 yr)				12.0	0	5	8	0	.7	3	0.2	$
SDP (1 yr)				16.1	0	6	9	0	.3	3	0.1	$
CLE (1 yr)				8.1	0	3	5	0	.1	2	0.1	$392,000

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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
2002	21	MIL-min	Rk	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OGD · PION
2003	22	MIL-min	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BEL · MIDW
2004	23	MIL-min	A+	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	HDS · CALL
2005	24	SDP-min	AA,AAA	47	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	MOB,POR · SOUL,PCL
2005	24	SDP	NL	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	25	BOS-min	AAA	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	PAW · IL
2006	25	BOS	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2008	27	TOT	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	27	CLE	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2008	27	MIN	AL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	28	TOT	AL	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	28	MIN	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	28	OAK	AL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	29	OAK	AL	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	30	OAK	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
6 Seasons				233	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

OAK (3 yrs)				140	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (2 yrs)				59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				219	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.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
2005	24	SDP	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1

2010	29	OAK	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$425,000	1
2011	30	OAK	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$1,400,000	1
3 Seasons				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,825,000

OAK (2 yrs)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$1,825,000
SDP (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
2005	SDP	NL	24	P	14			16.1	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0.00	0.00	.960	1.76	1.73
2006	BOS	AL	25	P	13			12.0	1	0	1	0	1.000			0.75	0.08	.960	1.58	1.54
2008	TOT	AL	27	P	49	0	0	47.0	12	1	11	0	1.000	1	4	2.30	0.24	.952	1.61	1.59	2	5	71%	3
2008	CLE	AL	27	P	7	0	0	8.1	0	0	0	0		-2	-48	0.00	0.00		1.62	1.59	2	0	0%	0
2008	MIN	AL	27	P	42	0	0	38.2	12	1	11	0	1.000	3	16	2.79	0.29	.952	1.61	1.59	0	5	100%	3
2009	TOT	AL	28	P	77	0	0	69.2	12	5	7	0	1.000	2	5	1.55	0.16	.953	1.52	1.51	8	5	38%	3
2009	MIN	AL	28	P	17	0	0	14.1	3	0	3	0	1.000	2	28	1.88	0.18	.953	1.51	1.51	1	2	67%	2
2009	OAK	AL	28	P	60	0	0	55.1	9	5	4	0	1.000	0	0	1.46	0.15	.953	1.53	1.51	7	3	30%	1
2010	OAK	AL	29	P	75			74.2	5	2	2	1	.800	-2	-5	0.48	0.05	.952	1.63	1.61
2011	OAK	AL	30	P	67	0	0	59.1	10	0	9	1	.900	0	0	1.37	0.13	.949	1.59	1.59	3	7	70%	5
	6 Seasons			P	295	0	0	279.0	41	8	30	3	.927	1	0	1.23	0.13	.952	1.60	1.58	13	17	57%	11
	6 Seasons			TOT	295	0	0	279.0	41	8	30	3	.927	1	4	1.23	0.13	.952	1.60	1.58	13	17	57%	11

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played s c a p y 2009 AL 77 (2nd) 2010 AL 75 (2nd)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 2009 AL 77 (2nd) 2010 AL 75 (2nd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2009 AL 1.000 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
2009 AL 77 (2nd)
2010 AL 75 (2nd)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2009 AL 77 (2nd)
2010 AL 75 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2009 AL 1.000 (1st)

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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 26th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2002.
July 6, 2004: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
March 3, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
December 21, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
February 4, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
March 23, 2008: Selected off waivers by the Cleveland Indians from the Boston Red Sox.
May 29, 2008: Selected off waivers by the Minnesota Twins from the Cleveland Indians.
May 20, 2009: Selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the Minnesota Twins.
December 9, 2011: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Trevor Cahill and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Ryan Cook, Collin Cowgill and Jarrod Parker.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2008	27	Cleveland Indians	$392,000
2009	28	Minnesota Twins	$422,000
2010	29	Oakland Athletics	$425,000
2011	30	Oakland Athletics	$1,400,000

2012	31	Arizona Diamondbacks	$1,795,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,639,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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