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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:36AM
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

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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
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 66 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 Seasons 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: 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 Awards
1939 25 NYY AL 1.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
1940 26 NYY AL 164.0 22 89 107 3 1.0 18 0.7 $
1941 27 NYY AL 141.0 18 73 87 5 1.0 14 0.6 $
1942 28 NYY AL 164.1 19 67 86 6 1.0 19 1.0 $
1943 29 NYY AL 14.0 1 16 7 0 1.0 -9 -1.2 $
5 Seasons 484.1 60 246 288 14 1.0 42 1.1 $

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 Seasons (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

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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 Awards
1939 25 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1940 26 NYY AL 27 65 54 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 24 .037 .119 .056 .174 -52 3 1 0 6 1
1941 27 NYY AL 26 52 46 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 21 .087 .125 .087 .212 -43 4 3 0 4 1
1942 28 NYY AL 27 62 54 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 24 .056 .105 .093 .198 -44 5 0 0 5 1
1943 29 NYY AL 5 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 145 1 0 0 0 /1
5 Seasons 86 183 157 7 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 11 69 .064 .125 .083 .208 -43 13 4 0 15
162 Game Avg. 162 345 296 13 19 2 2 0 8 0 0 21 130 .064 .125 .083 .208 -43 24 8 0 28

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 Awards
1940 26 NYY AL 65 -13 0 0 0 0 5 2 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ 1
1941 27 NYY AL 52 -10 0 0 0 0 4 1 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1
1942 28 NYY AL 62 -11 0 0 0 0 4 1 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $ 1
1943 29 NYY AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
4 Seasons 183 -34 0 0 0 0 13 4 -17 -1.8 -17 -1.7 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1941 27 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 28 NYY AL WS STL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1939 NYY AL 25 P 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .950 1.80 1.90
1940 NYY AL 26 P 27 22 10 164.0 32 5 26 1 2 .969 1.70 1.15 .956 2.04 2.01
1941 NYY AL 27 P 26 18 7 141.0 26 2 23 1 0 .962 1.60 0.96 .960 2.14 2.11
1942 NYY AL 28 P 27 19 6 164.1 38 12 22 4 2 .895 1.86 1.26 .957 2.31 2.30
1943 NYY AL 29 P 5 1 0 14.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.60 .963 2.25 2.30
5 Seasons P 86 60 23 484.1 100 19 75 6 4 .940 1.75 1.09 .958 2.17 2.15
5 Seasons TOT 86 60 23 484.1 100 19 75 6 4 .940 1.75 1.09 .958 2.17 2.15
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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