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Marv Breuer

Marvin Howard Breuer (Baby Face)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 29, 1914 in Rolla, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1939
Team: Yankees 1939-1943

Final Game: August 28, 1943
Died: January 17, 1991 in Rolla, MO
Buried: Rolla Cemetery, Rolla, MO
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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
1939 25 NYY AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 65 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1940 26 NYY AL 8 9 .471 4.55 27 22 2 10 0 0 164.0 175 89 83 20 61 71 0 0 3 722 89 1.439 9.6 1.1 3.3 3.9 1.16
1941 27 NYY AL 9 7 .563 4.09 26 18 4 7 1 2 141.0 131 73 64 10 49 77 2 1 4 595 97 1.277 8.4 0.6 3.1 4.9 1.57
1942 28 NYY AL 8 9 .471 3.07 27 19 6 6 0 1 164.1 157 67 56 11 37 72 1 0 0 668 112 1.181 8.6 0.6 2.0 3.9 1.95
1943 29 NYY AL 0 1 .000 8.36 5 1 4 0 0 0 14.0 22 16 13 0 6 6 0 0 0 70 40 2.000 14.1 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
5 Yrs 25 26 .490 4.03 86 60 16 23 1 3 484.1 487 246 217 41 154 226 3 1 7 2061 94 1.323 9.0 0.8 2.9 4.2 1.47
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .490 4.03 40 28 7 11 0 1 226 227 115 101 19 72 105 1 0 3 960 94 1.323 9.0 0.8 2.9 4.2 1.47

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
1939 25 NYY AL 1.0 1 0 1 9.00 5.46 0.87 0.00 90.0 4.13 -1 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .451 .500 $
1940 26 NYY AL 164.0 27 22 89 4.88 4.94 0.27 0.00 95.4 4.46 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 0.2 8 .468 .495 $
1941 27 NYY AL 141.0 26 18 73 4.66 4.74 0.40 0.00 95.8 4.16 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 0.1 5 .468 .495 $
1942 28 NYY AL 164.1 27 19 67 3.67 4.14 0.46 0.00 97.7 3.60 -2 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.6 10 .491 .498 $
1943 29 NYY AL 14.0 5 1 16 10.29 3.92 0.25 0.00 100.7 3.70 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -9 .305 .494 $
5 Seasons 484.1 86 60 246 4.57 4.58 0.37 0.00 96.4 4.06 -31 -3.0 1.0 -0.3 0.0 13 .465 .496 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1941 27 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1942 28 NYY AL WS L STL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 15 2.000 15.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
2 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 15 2.000 15.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00

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%
1939 25 NYY AL 6 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 50%
1940 26 NYY AL 723 2.8% 9.8% 8.4% 4.8% 20% 78%
1941 27 NYY AL 595 1.7% 12.9% 8.2% 2.9% 13% 76%
1942 28 NYY AL 668 1.7% 10.8% 5.5% 2.0% 8% 81%
1943 29 NYY AL 70 0.0% 8.6% 8.6% 81%
5 Yrs 2062 2.0% 11.0% 7.5% 3.2% 13% 79%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.9% 2.9% 13% 79%

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+
1939 25 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 65 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 65
1940 26 8 9 .471 4.58 28 22 2 10 0 0 165.0 177 90 84 20 62 71 0 0 3 728 88 1.448 9.7 1.1 3.4 3.9 1.15 88
1941 27 17 16 .515 4.35 54 40 6 17 1 2 306.0 308 163 148 30 111 148 2 1 7 1323 92 1.369 9.1 0.9 3.3 4.4 1.33 92
1942 28 25 25 .500 3.90 81 59 12 23 1 3 470.1 465 230 204 41 148 220 3 1 7 1991 98 1.303 8.9 0.8 2.8 4.2 1.49 98
1943 29 25 26 .490 4.03 86 60 16 23 1 3 484.1 487 246 217 41 154 226 3 1 7 2061 94 1.323 9.0 0.8 2.9 4.2 1.47 94

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
1939 25 0 0 9.00 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 3.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1940 26 8 10 .444 4.42 171.0 180 93 84 21 63 74 0 1.421 9.5 3.3 3.9 1.17 1.1 27
1941 27 8 8 .500 4.06 144.0 134 72 65 10 50 79 2 1.278 8.4 3.1 4.9 1.58 0.6 26
1942 28 10 8 .556 3.59 163.0 175 72 65 12 41 72 1 1.325 9.7 2.3 4.0 1.76 0.7 27
1943 29 0 1 .000 10.29 14.0 25 18 16 0 7 6 0 2.286 16.1 4.5 3.9 0.86 0.0 5
5 Yrs 26 27 .491 4.22 493.0 516 256 231 43 162 231 3 1.375 9.4 4.2 1.43 0.8 86

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1942 AL  1.181 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL  2.026 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 AL  3.896 (9th)
1942 AL  3.943 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1940 AL  20 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1942 AL  1.946 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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