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: 19-5 / in Starts: 15-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 2

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 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	63	2	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	2	2	4	3	1	0	2.00	4.81	37	11	12	0	3	7	64			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.097	1.31	0.15%	2.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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	64	10	May 2(1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(2-0)	12	9.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.00	3.48	34	9	13	2	2	7	68			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.13	0.395	3.11	0.66%	2.68	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
3	65	15	May 9	STL	@	BRO	L,4-6	GS-6	L(2-1)	6	5.0	7	4	4	1	4	0	0	3.13	3.09	22	6	5	0	0	6	40			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.285	3.01	-0.48%	-1.45	1b start tie	6b --3 0 out d1
4	66	31	May 26	STL		BRO	L,2-11	5-GF		16	5.0	8	3	3	3	0	0	1	3.54	3.45	25	5	8	0	0	8		0	0	0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.005	.05	-0.01%	-0.42	5t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 9
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
5	67	38	Jun 1	STL		NYG	W,4-3	8-GF	W(3-1)	5	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.60	3.27	9	0	4	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.018	1.99	-0.03%	0.03	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
6	68	42	Jun 7	STL		CHC	W,6-4	6-GF	S(1)	5	3.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.51	3.24	13	5	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.196	5.03	0.38%	0.99	6t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 2
7	69	45	Jun 10(1)	STL		PIT	L,6-8	7-GF(10)	BL(3-2)	2	4.0	6	4	4	0	3	1	0	4.10	3.37	18	4	6	0	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	-0.463	8.17	-0.98%	-2.55	7t 1-- 0 out a3	10t end d 2
8	70	50	Jun 16	STL	@	PIT	W,13-10	GS-1		5	0.2	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	5.21	3.52	9	1	1	0	0	5	20			0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	-0.354	3.22	-0.60%	-4.93	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d5
9	71	56	Jun 23	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-3		6	2.1	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	5.58	3.42	11	2	2	2	0	6	34			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.164	4.59	-0.37%	-1.71	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 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
10	72	69	Jul 5	STL	@	NYG	W,7-5	7-GF	S(2)	11	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.19	3.23	10	2	4	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.264	7.16	0.73%	1.52	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
11	73	79	Jul 16	STL		BSN	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-2)	10	9.0	6	0	0	4	3	0	0	4.30	3.25	34						74						30	0	0			0
12	74	85	Jul 21	STL		BRO	W,8-7	GS-5	W(5-2)	4	4.1	8	4	2	1	2	0	0	4.29	3.19	21	5	5	0	0	8	36			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.022	5.95	-0.07%	-1.01	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out a4
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
13	75	99	Aug 4	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	8-GF	W(6-2)	13	2.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.14	3.23	10	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.24	0.316	12.78	0.75%	1.04	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
14	76	103	Aug 9	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	1	2	0	3.99	3.69	36	15	9	2	0	7	58			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.311	5.24	0.68%	1.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
15	77	109	Aug 14	STL	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.64	3.67	37	13	11	1	1	4	72			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.65	0.590	6.38	1.37%	3.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
16	78	114	Aug 19(1)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	L(8-3)	4	8.0	9	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.51	3.66	34						54						29	4	0			0
17	79	118	Aug 24	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	5	4	0	0	3.17	3.64	35	11	12	2	2	3	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.44	0.808	12.72	4.29%	4.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
18	80	123	Aug 31	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(10-3)	6	9.0	2	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.98	3.65	29	22	2	0	1	1	81			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.434	9.98	2.99%	3.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Sept				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
19	81	130	Sep 5	STL		BSN	W,4-2	CG	W(11-3)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	2	2.90	3.54	32	17	2	0	0	6	72			0	0	1	29	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.02	0.351	5.92	1.22%	2.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	82	136	Sep 10	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	W(12-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	1	2.76	3.49	33	11	9	3	0	6	73			0	2	1	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	0.591	10.57	2.39%	3.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	83	141	Sep 15	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(13-3)	4	9.0	5	1	0	1	5	0	1	2.57	3.40	33	13	8	0	0	5	79			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.494	8.01	2.07%	3.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
22	84	147	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(14-3)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.40	3.33	33	10	16	2	5	3	77			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.622	15.74	4.53%	4.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	85	150	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-7	L(14-4)	4	6.1	8	6	5	4	3	0	0	2.61	3.35	31	7	9	1	1	8	34			0	0	0	25	0	0	2	0	0	1	1.62	-0.339	40.19	-5.05%	-2.13	1b start a 2	7b 123 1 out d1
24	86	155	Sep 30	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG(12)	W(15-4)	4	12.0	9	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.52	3.25	44	17	14	0	0	9	80			1	1	0	44	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.57	0.929	.00	0.00%	3.88	1b start a 1	12b 3 out a1
							19-5		W-L:15-4,Sv:2,BSv:1	4.4	157.0	136	48	44	44	63	5	5	2.52	3.25	630	1.20		5%	5%	113	61	3	33%	1	5	2	573	22	3	5	13	0	6	1.27	4.748	8.11	14.62%	25.98

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