Craig Breslow

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: August 8, 1980 in New Haven, CT us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 26th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Yale University (New Haven, CT).

High School: Trumbull HS (Trumbull, CT)

School: Yale University (New Haven, CT)

Debut: July 23, 2005 (Age 24-349d, 18,726th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1.2 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 28, 2017 (Age 37-051d)
vs. MIN 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: Robert Baratta

Full Name: Craig Andrew Breslow

Pronunciation: \BREHZ-loh\

Twitter: @CraigBreslow

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2013 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.2

ERA

3.45

576

570.2

442

WHIP

1.335

Summary of 56 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 4 walk-off, 1 tying, 16 go ahead

7 Tms
BOS	23
OAK	18
MIN	7
ARI	5
SDP	1
CLE	1
MIA	1

Platoon
vs RHB	37
vs LHB	19

Home/Road
Home	29
Away	27

Outs
1	21
0	19
2	16

19 Opps
SEA	8
NYY	8
TOR	8
LAA	4
CHW	4
BAL	3
CLE	3
HOU	3
TBR	2
OAK	2
KCR	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
SFG	1
STL	1
CIN	1
BOS	1
LAD	1
MIA	1

50 Batters
Sean Rodríguez	2
Alex Rodriguez	2
Danny Valencia	2
Brett Gardner	2
Torii Hunter	2
Brian McCann	2
Carlos Correa	1
Tyler Flowers	1
Alexei Ramírez	1
Matt Davidson	1
Austin Kearns	1
Brendan Ryan	1
Ryan Raburn	1
Carlos Gómez	1
Chone Figgins	1
Carlos Santana	1
Kyle Seager	1
Justin Morneau	1
Bobby Abreu	1
Jim Thome	1
Kolten Wong	1
Luke Scott	1
Chris Carter	1
Billy Butler	1
Edwin Encarnación	1
Chris Colabello	1
Seth Smith	1
Andre Ethier	1
Hernán Pérez	1
Shin-Soo Choo	1
Caleb Joseph	1
Colby Rasmus	1
Brett Lawrie	1
José Reyes	1
Mike Zunino	1
José Bautista	1
Mark Teixeira	1
Jose Altuve	1
Manny Machado	1
Ryan Langerhans	1
José López	1
John Buck	1
David Ortiz	1
Russell Martin	1
Jorge Posada	1
Yuniesky Betancourt	1
Aubrey Huff	1
Ryon Healy	1
Josh Hamilton	1
Michael Saunders	1

19 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	11
RingCentral Col (OAK)	10
Target Field (MIN)	4
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	4
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	4
Progressive (CLE)	3
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	3
Chase Field (PHO)	3
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	21
89	11
78	11
9	10
8	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	12
2	12
5	10
1	7
6	6
4	6
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	50
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	32
1--	11
12-	5
-2-	3
1-3	2
123	1
--3	1
-23	1

90 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	32
1 on	15
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	24

Inning
2	1
4	2
5	8
6	7
7	13
8	16
9	5
Extra	4

1-3	1
4-6	17
7-end	38

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	5
+2	8
+1	3
Tied	13
-1	2
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	7

Ahead	26
Tied	13
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-2	13
0-1	8
0-0	7
1-1	7
2-1	5
1-0	4
2-0	4
3-1	3
0-2	2
3-2	2
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
DH	9
3B	9
C	8
LF	7
RF	6
SS	5
1B	4
2B	4
CF	2
PH	1
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
4th	11
5th	8
3rd	7
2nd	7
6th	6
7th	5
8th	5
9th	4
1st	3

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2005-07-29	Edwin Encarnación	CIN	@	SDP	ahead 7-3	t 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	5	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2008-05-21	Jim Thome	CHW		CLE	ahead 6-2	b 7	2	---	5,(3-1) .BBFBX	1	5	DH	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2009-05-06	Luke Scott	BAL		MIN	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	6	DH	5%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
4	4	2	1	2009-05-10	José López	SEA	@	MIN	ahead 4-2	t 9	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	2	4	5%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	3	1	2009-05-16	Alex Rodriguez	NYY		MIN	tied 4-4	b 11	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	5	28%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Teixeira Scores
6	6	4	1	2009-07-03	Shin-Soo Choo	CLE		OAK	ahead 10-3	b 5	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Cabrera Scores; G. Sizemore Scores
7	7	5	1	2009-07-24	Jorge Posada	NYY		OAK	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	5	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	6	1	2009-07-30	David Ortiz	BOS		OAK	behind 3-5	b 7	2	12-	4,(2-1) .*BFBX	3	5	DH	52%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Youkilis Scores; J. Bay Scores
9	9	7	1	2009-08-14	Alexei Ramírez	CHW	@	OAK	tied 7-7	t 10	0	---	3,(0-2) .FFX	1	7	6	33%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
10	10	8	1	2009-08-25	Ryan Langerhans	SEA		OAK	tied 2-2	b 10	1	1--	5,(2-2) 1B11BFF1X	2	2	9	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Gutiérrez Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2010-04-20	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	@	OAK	ahead 3-0	t 5	1	12-	4,(2-1) .C2BBX	3	4	5	10%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); N. Johnson Scores; M. Teixeira Scores
12	12	2	1	2010-04-29	John Buck	TOR		OAK	ahead 5-3	b 6	1	---	6,(2-2) SFBBFX	1	8	2	7%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
13	13	3	1	2010-06-13	Aubrey Huff	SFG		OAK	ahead 4-2	b 8	0	1--	7,(2-2) BBSFFFX	2	3	7	4%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); P. Sandoval Scores
14	14	4	1	2010-07-09	Torii Hunter	LAA	@	OAK	tied 3-3	t 8	2	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	4	8	40%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); B. Abreu Scores
15	15	5	1	2010-07-11	Bobby Abreu	LAA	@	OAK	behind 1-5	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) .BBCX	1	3	9	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
16	16	6	1	2010-08-04	Yuniesky Betancourt	KCR	@	OAK	behind 2-4	t 8	1	---	5,(1-2) SBFFX	1	9	6	10%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	7	1	2010-08-21	Sean Rodríguez	TBR	@	OAK	behind 3-4	t 8	2	-2-	3,(1-1) .BCX	2	8	4	50%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Brignac Scores
18	18	8	1	2010-09-04	Torii Hunter	LAA	@	OAK	behind 0-3	t 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	9	5%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	9	1	2010-10-02	Michael Saunders	SEA		OAK	behind 2-5	b 9	1	---	5,(2-2) CFBBX	1	8	7	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	2011-04-01	Chone Figgins	SEA	@	OAK	tied 2-2	t 6	2	---	5,(2-2) F1BFB11.X	1	2	5	18%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	2	1	2011-05-19	Justin Morneau	MIN	@	OAK	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	4	DH	14%	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); J. Kubel Scores
22	22	3	1	2011-08-10	Brett Lawrie	TOR		OAK	behind 2-3	b 6	1	123	3,(2-0) BBX	4	9	5	34%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); E. Encarnación Scores; C. Rasmus Scores; A. Hill Scores
23	23	4	1	2011-09-05	Billy Butler	KCR	@	OAK	behind 4-6	t 7	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	3	DH	28%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Escobar Scores
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2012-04-30	Austin Kearns	MIA		ARI	behind 3-7	b 7	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	7	10%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Ramírez Scores/unER
25	25	2	1	2012-05-21	Andre Ethier	LAD	@	ARI	ahead 2-1	t 7	1	---	6,(2-2) BFFBFX	1	3	9	13%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	3	1	2012-06-08	Seth Smith	OAK	@	ARI	ahead 6-4	t 6	2	-2-	6,(2-2) FBSFBX	2	4	7	14%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Reddick Scores
27	27	4	1	2012-06-19	Brendan Ryan	SEA	@	ARI	tied 5-5	t 5	2	-23	4,(2-1) BC*BX	3	8	6	31%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Montero Scores; M. Saunders Scores
28	28	5	1	2012-06-30	Carlos Gómez	MIL		ARI	ahead 9-0	b 6	2	---	7,(3-2) BBCBFFX	1	2	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2013-06-30	José Reyes	TOR	@	BOS	behind 2-4	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	6	12%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	2	1	2013-07-06	Josh Hamilton	LAA		BOS	tied 7-7	b 11	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	9	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Hawpe Scores
31	31	3	1	2013-09-01	Tyler Flowers	CHW	@	BOS	behind 5-7	t 8	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	9	2	8%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	2014-05-25	Sean Rodríguez	TBR		BOS	tied 3-3	b 7	0	1-3	2,(0-1) .FX	3	3	PH/DH	15%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Jennings Scores; E. Longoria Scores
33	33	2	1	2014-06-27	Brian McCann	NYY		BOS	ahead 4-0	b 8	1	1--	5,(3-1) *BBFBX	2	6	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Teixeira Scores
34	34	3	1	2014-07-11	Chris Carter	HOU		BOS	behind 2-8	b 8	1	---	5,(2-2) CBBSX	1	5	DH	1%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
35	35	4	1	2014-08-02	Mark Teixeira	NYY	@	BOS	ahead 4-3	t 5	0	---	4,(2-1) .BCBX	1	4	3	12%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
36	36	5	1	2014-08-03	Brett Gardner	NYY	@	BOS	tied 7-7	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	1	7	17%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
37	37	6	1	2014-08-07	Kolten Wong	STL		BOS	ahead 4-2	b 7	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	4	6%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
38	38	7	1	2014-09-06	Colby Rasmus	TOR	@	BOS	behind 1-4	t 7	1	1--	4,(0-2) ..FFFX	2	8	PH	15%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Valencia Scores
39	39	8	1	2014-09-10	Caleb Joseph	BAL	@	BOS	ahead 6-0	t 5	2	-2-	8,(2-2) F*BFFFBFX	2	7	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Pearce Scores
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	2015-04-28	José Bautista	TOR	@	BOS	ahead 9-6	t 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	3	DH	4%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
41	41	2	1	2015-05-03	Brett Gardner	NYY	@	BOS	ahead 5-0	t 6	0	12-	6,(2-2) C*BSFBX	3	2	7	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Gregorius Scores; J. Ellsbury Scores
42	42	3	1	2015-05-17	Kyle Seager	SEA		BOS	ahead 3-0	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	5	5	2%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); N. Cruz Scores
43	43	4	1	2015-07-02	Russell Martin	TOR		BOS	behind 4-12	b 9	0	---	5,(2-2) ..BFCBX	1	6	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
44	44	5	2	2015-07-02	Danny Valencia	TOR		BOS	behind 5-12	b 9	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
45	45	6	1	2015-07-03	Carlos Correa	HOU	@	BOS	tied 7-7	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	6	24%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
46	46	7	1	2015-07-23	Jose Altuve	HOU		BOS	tied 4-4	b 9	1	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	1	4	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
47	47	8	1	2015-08-04	Brian McCann	NYY		BOS	ahead 5-3	b 7	1	12-	5,(2-2) C*BBFX	3	5	2	8%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Young Scores; A. Rodriguez Scores
48	48	9	1	2015-09-09	Chris Colabello	TOR	@	BOS	behind 1-10	t 8	2	1-3	6,(3-2) BSBFB>X	3	6	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Kawasaki Scores; M. Hague Scores
49	49	10	1	2015-09-15	Manny Machado	BAL		BOS	tied 4-4	b 5	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	2	5	15%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
50	50	11	1	2015-10-03	Carlos Santana	CLE		BOS	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	3	10%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
51	51	12	2	2015-10-03	Ryan Raburn	CLE		BOS	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	DH	10%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	2016-04-30	Hernán Pérez	MIL		MIA	behind 3-7	b 7	2	1--	6,(2-2) BF1BCFX	2	9	5	10%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Flores Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	2017-05-04	Ryon Healy	OAK	@	MIN	ahead 5-3	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	5	8%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
54	54	2	1	2017-06-12	Danny Valencia	SEA	@	MIN	ahead 10-3	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
55	55	3	2	2017-06-12	Mike Zunino	SEA	@	MIN	ahead 11-3	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
56	56	4	1	2017-06-22	Matt Davidson	CHW	@	MIN	ahead 7-0	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	6	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)