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, 16,334th in MLB history)
vs. PHI 1.2 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

2019 Contract Status: Free Agent

Service Time (01/2019): 9.113 • Free Agent: 2019

Agents: Robert Baratta

Full Name: Craig Andrew Breslow

Pronunciation: \BREHZ-loh\

Twitter: @CraigBreslow

2013 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.3

W

L

ERA

3.45

G

576

GS

SV

IP

570.2

SO

442

WHIP

1.335

Projections

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	4.67	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	2.90	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00

2007	26	BOS-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.06	49	1	14	0	0	1	68.2	70	38	31	6	25	0	73	2	0	8	301			1.383	9.2	0.8	3.3	9.6	2.92	PAW IL
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	222	2.96	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	136	4.81	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	2.56	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	132	4.39	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	6.79	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	169	3.77	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	3.91	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	106	3.58	1.517	10.5	0.6	3.2	6.7	2.10
2012	31	TOT	MLB	3	0	1.000	2.70	63	0	16	0	0	0	63.1	52	22	19	5	22	2	61	2	0	2	261	154	3.33	1.168	7.4	0.7	3.1	8.7	2.77
2012	31	ARI	NL	2	0	1.000	2.70	40	0	12	0	0	0	43.1	38	15	13	5	13	0	42	1	0	1	180	152	3.63	1.177	7.9	1.0	2.7	8.7	3.23
2012	31	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	2.70	23	0	4	0	0	0	20.0	14	7	6	0	9	2	19	1	0	1	81	159	2.70	1.150	6.3	0.0	4.1	8.6	2.11
2013	32	BOS-min	AAA,AA	0	0		9.82	5	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	4	4	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	20			3.000	17.2	0.0	9.8	9.8	1.00	PAW,PRT IL,EL
2013	32	BOS	AL	5	2	.714	1.81	61	0	13	0	0	0	59.2	49	16	12	3	18	0	33	2	0	2	237	229	3.60	1.123	7.4	0.5	2.7	5.0	1.83
2014	33	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	11			1.125	3.4	0.0	6.8	3.4	0.50	PAW IL
2014	33	BOS	AL	2	4	.333	5.96	60	0	16	0	0	1	54.1	73	40	36	8	28	1	37	2	1	3	260	67	5.34	1.859	12.1	1.3	4.6	6.1	1.32
2015	34	BOS	AL	0	4	.000	4.15	45	2	18	0	0	1	65.0	69	33	30	12	23	5	46	2	0	2	280	104	5.27	1.415	9.6	1.7	3.2	6.4	2.00
2016	35	FLA-TEX-min	AAA	1	3	.250	7.01	17	0	6	0	0	2	25.2	39	21	20	3	13	0	29	0	0	0	128			2.026	13.7	1.1	4.6	10.2	2.23	NOR,RRK PCL
2016	35	MIA	NL	0	2	.000	4.50	15	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	21	9	7	1	4	0	7	0	0	2	63	90	3.93	1.786	13.5	0.6	2.6	4.5	1.75
2017	36	CLE-MIN-min	AAA	0	0		3.68	10	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	6	3	3	0	3	1	6	1	0	0	31			1.227	7.4	0.0	3.7	7.4	2.00	CLB,ROC IL
2017	36	TOT	AL	1	1	.500	5.09	37	0	9	0	0	0	35.1	41	21	20	4	14	2	23	2	0	1	159	89	4.69	1.557	10.4	1.0	3.6	5.9	1.64
2017	36	MIN	AL	1	1	.500	5.23	30	0	8	0	0	0	31.0	38	19	18	4	12	2	18	2	0	1	143	86	5.03	1.613	11.0	1.2	3.5	5.2	1.50
2017	36	CLE	AL	0	0		4.15	7	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	3	2	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	16	118	2.23	1.154	6.2	0.0	4.2	10.4	2.50
2018	37	TOR-min	AAA,AA,Rk	1	1	.500	5.40	33	0	5	0	0	1	28.1	34	18	17	3	24	0	30	1	0	0	148			2.047	10.8	1.0	7.6	9.5	1.25	BFL,MAN,BJY IL,EL,GULF
12 Yrs				23	30	.434	3.45	576	2	137	0	0	8	570.2	536	250	219	56	226	18	442	17	5	25	2428	122	4.10	1.335	8.5	0.9	3.6	7.0	1.96
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.434	3.45	68	0	16	0	0	1	67	63	29	26	7	27	2	52	2	1	3	286	122	4.10	1.335	8.5	0.9	3.6	7.0	1.96
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BOS (5 yrs)				8	12	.400	3.80	202	2	54	0	0	2	211.0	217	101	89	23	84	9	147	8	2	10	913	111	4.44	1.427	9.3	1.0	3.6	6.3	1.75
MIN (3 yrs)				2	5	.286	3.75	89	0	23	0	0	1	84.0	73	39	35	7	37	4	61	3	1	8	356	116	4.20	1.310	7.8	0.8	4.0	6.5	1.65
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	133	3.76	1.199	7.6	0.9	3.2	7.6	2.34
CLE (2 yrs)				0	0		3.55	14	0	4	0	0	0	12.2	13	5	5	1	7	0	12	0	0	0	56	129	3.93	1.579	9.2	0.7	5.0	8.5	1.71
ARI (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	2.70	40	0	12	0	0	0	43.1	38	15	13	5	13	0	42	1	0	1	180	152	3.63	1.177	7.9	1.0	2.7	8.7	3.23
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	4.67	1.714	8.3	0.6	7.2	7.7	1.08
MIA (1 yr)				0	2	.000	4.50	15	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	21	9	7	1	4	0	7	0	0	2	63	90	3.93	1.786	13.5	0.6	2.6	4.5	1.75

AL (10 yrs)				21	28	.429	3.53	507	2	118	0	0	8	497.0	462	220	195	49	196	18	379	15	5	21	2107	120	4.13	1.324	8.4	0.9	3.5	6.9	1.93
NL (3 yrs)				2	2	.500	2.93	69	0	19	0	0	0	73.2	74	30	24	7	30	0	63	2	0	4	321	138	3.92	1.412	9.0	0.9	3.7	7.7	2.10

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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GS

SV

IP

SO

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