Harry Brecheen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: October 14, 1914 in Broken Bow, OK us

Died: January 17, 2004 in Bethany, OK

Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, OK

High School: Ada HS (Ada, OK)

School: East Central University (Ada, OK)

Debut: April 22, 1940 (Age 25-191d, 8,873rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 13, 1953 (Age 38-334d)
vs. PHA 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Harry David Brecheen

Nicknames: Harry The Cat

Pronunciation: \bruh-KEEN\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.2

133

ERA

2.92

318

240

1907.2

901

WHIP

1.188

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-10 / in Starts: 21-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 1

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	152	4	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.00	1.76	36	8	12	2	0	9	74			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.85	0.729	5.07	1.20%	4.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	153	9	May 1	STL		CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-0)	7	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	2.09	32						77						30	3	0	0		0
3	154	14	May 8	STL		PHI	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-0)	6	9.0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0.00	1.72	28	6	13	1	4	1	93			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.474	2.09	0.87%	4.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
4	155	19	May 15	STL		PIT	W,8-3	CG	W(4-0)	6	9.0	7	3	3	0	8	0	0	0.75	1.54	35	6	14	0	0	7	69			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	.48	0.243	1.63	0.50%	1.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
5	156	24	May 21	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	GS-6	L(4-1)	5	6.0	4	2	0	2	6	0	0	0.64	1.57	27	8	7	0	0	4	64			0	0	0	24	0	1	1	0	0	3	.92	0.032	4.30	0.09%	0.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
6	157	31	May 28	STL	@	PIT	T,1-1	CG(6)		6	6.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	0.75	1.61	22	6	8	0	0	3	65			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.206	5.42	0.65%	2.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	158	38	Jun 3	STL		BRO	W,4-1	CG	W(5-1)	5	9.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	0.79	1.81	34	9	18	3	0	0	76			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.476	4.60	1.08%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	159	44	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,7-5	GS-5	W(6-1)	4	5.0	8	5	5	2	2	0	1	1.45	1.97	26	8	5	0	4	8	31			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.259	5.13	-0.66%	-2.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
9	160	49	Jun 13(1)	STL		NYG	L,7-8	GS-	L(6-2)	4	2.0	6	4	4	4	2	0	0	1.97	2.12	16						26						12	3	0	1		0
10	161	50	Jun 13(2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2		S(1)	-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.95	2.09	2												2	0	0	0		0
11	162	52	Jun 17	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	GS-7	W(7-2)	3	7.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	1.88	2.00	29	5	9	2	0	7	65			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	0.201	3.77	0.43%	2.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
12	163	58	Jun 22	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	1.90	2.01	35	11	13	1	0	8	66			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.330	5.64	0.94%	2.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
13	164	63	Jun 29	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(8-3)	6	8.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.03	2.08	34	10	11	4	0	8	55			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.119	4.93	-0.34%	0.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	165	68	Jul 4(2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	7	1	0	1.94	2.16	34	6	13	1	5	7	75			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.386	3.06	0.82%	3.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
15	166	74	Jul 9	STL		CIN	W,6-4	GS-5		4	5.0	5	4	4	6	2	0	0	2.19	2.33	24	7	4	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	17	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.08	-0.149	3.77	-0.31%	-1.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
16	167	77	Jul 15	STL		PHI	L,1-3	GS-8	L(9-4)	5	8.0	7	3	2	1	5	1	0	2.20	2.41	31	12	6	1	0	7	62			0	1	0	30	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.009	3.00	-0.02%	1.25	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
17	168	82	Jul 21	STL		NYG	W,8-4	CG	W(10-4)	5	9.0	8	4	4	1	10	1	0	2.33	2.41	37	7	11	0	3	8	64			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	0	1	.79	0.173	1.71	0.23%	0.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
18	169	88	Jul 25(2)	STL		BSN	L,6-8	GS-		3	7.1	7	4	4	2	6	0	0	2.48	2.38	31						52						29	2	0	0		0
19	170	92	Jul 30	STL	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	W(11-4)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	0	0	1	2.45	2.47	33						65						30	1	0	0		0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	171	97	Aug 4(2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	SHO	W(12-4)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.30	2.41	29	12	7	0	0	2	89			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.684	4.15	1.42%	4.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
21	172	102	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	W(13-4)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.28	2.41	34	11	11	1	0	8	65			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.260	3.03	0.68%	2.37	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
22	173	106	Aug 14	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	W(14-4)	4	9.0	12	3	3	5	3	0	0	2.32	2.49	43	12	11	1	0	12	49			0	0	0	38	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.05	0.177	4.94	0.50%	1.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
23	174	112	Aug 19	STL		CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(15-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.20	2.44	31	12	7	0	0	4	85			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.444	4.38	1.42%	4.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
24	175	116	Aug 24	STL		BSN	L,3-9	GS-7	L(15-5)	4	6.1	12	7	7	0	3	0	0	2.47	2.42	31	10	8	2	0	10	24			0	0	0	31	7	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.293	9.25	-1.75%	-2.99	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d4
25	176	122	Aug 29(1)	STL		BRO	L,7-12	GS-1	L(15-6)	4	0.0	3	4	3	0	0	2	0	2.62	2.56	4	1	2	2	0	1	30			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.324	9.01	-1.73%	-4.00	1t start tie	1t --- 0 out d4
26	177	123	Aug 29(2)	STL		BRO	L,4-6	6-9		-1	3.2	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.57	2.53	13	1	6	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.083	5.51	0.41%	1.81	6t 1-3 1 out d1	9t 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	178	128	Sep 4	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(15-7)	5	8.0	10	3	3	4	5	1	0	2.61	2.62	37	8	11	0	0	9	51			0	0	0	32	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.53	-0.024	9.12	-0.09%	0.88	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
28	179	134	Sep 9	STL		CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(16-7)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	2.49	2.52	32	14	2	0	0	6	85			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.456	1.36	0.44%	4.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
29	180	138	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	W,8-0	SHO	W(17-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.38	2.48	32	10	8	0	0	4	85			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.348	.81	0.26%	4.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
30	181	143	Sep 19(2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG(7)	W(18-7)	4	7.0	8	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.34	2.52	29	3	16	0	3	8	55			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.373	1.59	0.25%	2.55	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a2
31	182	147	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(19-7)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	1	2.29	2.50	33	14	8	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.350	.04	0.01%	3.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
32	183	152	Sep 30(2)	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(20-7)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.24	2.49	34						72						32	0	0	0		0
33	184	155	Oct 3	STL		CHC	L,3-4			2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	2.49	1												1	0	0	0		0
							22-10		W-L:20-7,Sv:1	4.1	233.1	193	62	58	49	148	6	3	2.24	2.49	929	0.90		5%	4%	151	63	2	50%	0	1	0	866	43	6	7	10	0	8	1.02	5.248	3.94	7.28%	49.04

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