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: 13-14 / in Starts: 12-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 3

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 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	217	4	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	3	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.25	1.58	28	9	7	1	3	3	73			0	1	0	26	0	2	0	0	0	0	.73	0.093	1.73	0.13%	2.14	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
2	218	10	Apr 30	STL		CHC	W,1-0	SHO(13)	W(1-1)	8	13.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	1	0.86	1.73	44	16	13	0	3	5	104			1	0	0	41	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.53	1.302	3.65	1.86%	7.08	1t start tie	13t 3 out tie
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
3	219	15	May 5	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	5	1	0	1.20	2.18	36	12	10	1	1	8	67			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.51	0.549	3.82	0.83%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	220	20	May 12	STL		CIN	L,1-3	GS-4	L(2-2)	6	4.0	6	3	3	0	3	0	0	1.85	2.05	18	2	7	2	0	6	41			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.138	2.91	-0.25%	-0.82	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
5	221	26	May 20	STL	@	BSN	W,7-4	GS-6		7	6.0	9	3	3	3	0	0	0	2.25	2.36	29	7	10	0	0	9	39			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.100	3.07	-0.15%	-0.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
6	222	32	May 27	STL	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.02	2.30	34	9	13	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.231	1.95	0.38%	3.71	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a8
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	223	38	Jun 2	STL		BRO	L,1-8	GS-6	L(3-3)	5	5.2	5	6	3	3	0	2	0	2.30	2.97	25	8	12	4	0	2	38			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.240	4.47	-0.74%	-2.85	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d5
8	224	43	Jun 8	STL		BSN	W,18-6	GS-1		5	0.1	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	2.62	2.97	6	2	0	0	0	4	31			1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.297	4.56	-0.73%	-3.68	1t start tie	1t 1-3 1 out d3
9	225	48	Jun 13	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	6	3	3	0	4	1	0	2.67	2.99	33	11	12	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.200	3.28	0.75%	1.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
10	226	53	Jun 20	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(4-4)	6	8.0	8	3	3	3	5	2	0	2.75	3.29	35	12	7	1	1	8	56			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.100	3.75	-0.27%	1.23	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
11	227	68	Jul 4(2)	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	W(5-4)	13	9.0	7	3	3	1	7	0	0	2.78	3.08	35	18	2	0	0	7	67			1	0	0	34	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.421	6.46	1.40%	1.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	228	72	Jul 8	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	5-GF	L(5-5)	3	3.2	5	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.08	3.22	16	4	5	0	1	5		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	-0.729	7.73	-2.29%	-1.79	5b -2- 2 out a1	9b end d 1
13	229	75	Jul 14	STL		PHI	W,4-2	GS-		5	4.0	6	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.15	3.29	18						44						18			0		0
14	230	82	Jul 19(2)	STL		NYG	W,10-3	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	6	3	3	6	7	0	1	3.13	3.30	40	7	13	2	2	6	64			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	.39	0.073	1.99	0.22%	1.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
15	231	87	Jul 23	STL		BSN	W,8-4	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	3.30	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.012	2.82	0.05%	0.46	9t 12- 2 out a4	9t end a 4
16	232	89	Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	GS-2	L(6-6)	2	1.1	5	5	5	0	2	2	0	3.53	3.51	9	1	3	2	0	3	26			0	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.293	4.14	-1.17%	-3.89	1b start tie	2b --3 1 out d4
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
17	233	96	Aug 2	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	L(6-7)	6	8.0	8	4	4	5	4	1	0	3.61	3.63	37						49						31			0		0
18	234	102	Aug 7	STL	@	PHI	L,0-9	GS-5	L(6-8)	4	4.1	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	3.71	3.77	21	10	2	0	0	5	38			0	0	0	17	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.06	-0.136	5.66	-0.44%	-1.71	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out d4
19	235	107	Aug 14	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-9	L(6-9)	6	8.0	10	7	7	2	4	1	0	3.99	3.78	36	10	10	0	2	10	36			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	-0.551	3.83	-0.94%	-2.21	1b start tie	9b 1-3 0 out a1
20	236	113	Aug 21	STL		BSN	W,9-2	CG	W(7-9)	6	9.0	7	2	1	2	3	0	0	3.78	3.70	34	14	8	0	0	7	68			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.68	0.102	1.78	0.16%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
21	237	118	Aug 26	STL		NYG	L,0-3	CG	L(7-10)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.73	3.70	35	8	13	1	5	8	61			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.066	.26	0.01%	1.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
22	238	122	Aug 30	STL		PHI	L,8-9	7-7	BS(1)	3	0.1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.72	3.72	5	2	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.68	-0.424	.43	-0.04%	-3.07	7t 12- 0 out a3	7t 123 1 out tie
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
23	239	125	Sep 3	STL	@	PIT	L,11-12	9-GF(10)	L(7-11)	3	1.2	3	3	3	1	0	2	0	3.87	3.92	9	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.92	-0.756	.00	0.00%	-2.26	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
24	240	130	Sep 6(2)	STL		CHC	W,7-3	GS-		2	7.0	4	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.87	3.99	27						55						24			0		0
25	241	136	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-3		7	3.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.91	3.98	14	4	5	1	0	4	42			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.46	1b start tie	3b 3 out d1
26	242	141	Sep 19	STL	@	BSN	L,7-8	GS-		4	4.2	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.02	4.04	21						34						18			0		0
27	243	148	Sep 27	STL		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-11)	7	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.80	3.90	30	8	12	1	0	3	86			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.777	.00	0.00%	4.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							13-14		W-L:8-11,Sv:1,BSv:1	4.8	163.1	151	77	69	44	80	18	3	3.80	3.90	676	1.06		5%	5%	121	55	5	40%	3	2	0	622	22	6	5	9	0	4	1.02	-0.025	3.02	-1.21%	9.89

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