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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-9 / in Starts: 16-5
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 81 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	54 (27-19-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 81 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (27-17-8)

Most Driven In
D Litwhiler	1
W Kurowski	1
E Verban	1

Most Driven In By
R Sanders	4
J Hopp	2
S Musial	1
A Bergamo	1

1944 Batting Game Log

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1944 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	33	3 (2)	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.56	-0.024	1.53	-0.04%	-0.71	P
2	34	9 (5)	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.68	-0.109	5.09	-0.20%	-1.18	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	35	14 (4)	May 4	STL	@	PIT	L,3-6	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
4	36	21 (6)	May 13	STL		BRO	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	1.17	-0.133	4.81	-0.33%	-1.95	P
5	37	26 (4)	May 17	STL		BSN	L,1-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	1.44	-0.054	6.66	-0.15%	-0.43	P
6	38	30 (3)	May 21 (1)	STL		NYG	W,10-3	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9						P
7	39	38 (7)	May 30 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,13-3	GS-6	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	9	.68	0.049	3.23	0.14%	1.03	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	40	50 (11)	Jun 14	STL		CHC	W,10-9	2-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.211	.118	.328	9	.88	-0.006	4.46	-0.02%	-0.31	P
9	41	56 (5)	Jun 21 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.150	.261	.150	.411	9	.53	0.054	2.41	0.15%	0.60	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	42	64 (7)	Jul 1	STL		BRO	W,8-3	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	1.78	0.014	8.13	0.04%	-0.17	P
11	43	68 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	STL		NYG	W,9-1	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.286	.130	.416	9	.37	0.043	1.26	0.09%	0.06	P
12	44	74 (5)	Jul 9 (2)	STL		BSN	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.148	.281	.148	.429	9						P
13	45	79 (4)	Jul 16 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.172	.294	.172	.467	9	1.35	0.061	3.50	0.10%	0.49	P
14	46	83 (3)	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.289	.242	.532	9	.58	-0.011	.78	-0.01%	-0.40	P
15	47	90 (6)	Jul 27 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.162	.262	.216	.478	9	.26	-0.020	.24	-0.01%	-1.03	P
16	48	95 (4)	Jul 30 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,9-7	6-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.154	.250	.205	.455	9	1.43	-0.091	.73	-0.03%	-0.64	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	49	100 (4)	Aug 4	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.250	.205	.455	1						P
18	50	102 (1)	Aug 9	STL		PHI	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.234	.190	.425	9	.90	-0.073	.09	0.00%	-1.08	P
19	51	107 (4)	Aug 13 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-3	GS-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.235	.178	.413	9	.17	0.012	.01	0.00%	-0.09	P
20	52	112 (4)	Aug 18	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.167	.259	.208	.468	9	.93	0.136	.04	0.00%	1.15	P
21	53	116 (3)	Aug 22 (1)	STL		BSN	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.176	.276	.216	.492	9						P
22	54	122 (5)	Aug 27 (2)	STL		PIT	T,1-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.290	.222	.513	9	1.57	0.023	.02	0.00%	0.46	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	55	128 (5)	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.290	.222	.513	9						P
24	56	132 (3)	Sep 7	STL		CHC	W,3-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.179	.281	.214	.496	9						P
25	57	138 (5)	Sep 13 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-7	GS-0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.193	.303	.228	.531	9						P
26	58	139	Sep 13 (2)	STL		PIT	L,5-10	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.186	.294	.220	.514	9						P
27	59	140	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.294	.220	.514	8						PR
28	60	144 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.177	.282	.210	.491	9						P
29	61	145	Sep 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.274	.203	.477	9	2.18	-0.113	.00	0.00%	-1.09	P
30	62	146	Sep 21 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-5	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.274	.203	.477	9						P
31	63	151 (4)	Sep 25	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.162	.260	.191	.451	9	2.14	-0.341	.00	0.00%	-1.75	P
							21-9		81	68	8	11	0	1	0	4	9	0	12	0	4		2	1	0	0	.162	.260	.191	.451		1.00	-0.583	1.97	-0.28%	-7.03

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