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Marv Breuer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: April 29, 1914 in Rolla, MO us

Died: January 17, 1991 in Rolla, MO

Buried: Rolla Cemetery, Rolla, MO

School: Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla, MO)

Debut: May 4, 1939 (Age 25-005d, 8,660th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1943 (Age 29-152d)
vs. CLE 4.0 IP, 9 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 8 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Marvin Howard Breuer

Nicknames: Baby Face

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

4.03

484.1

226

WHIP

1.323

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-14 / in Starts: 11-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 2

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	2	7	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	L(0-1)	99	8.2	9	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.12	2.88	38	14	7	1	0	9	56			1	0	0	34	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.126	3.24	-0.18%	1.25	1b start a 1	9b 12- 2 out d1
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	3	12	May 3	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	10	4	3	3	1	1	0	3.06	4.07	41	15	12	1	0	10	51			1	0	0	38	3	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.389	1.94	0.46%	0.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	4	17	May 8	NYY		CLE	L,4-10	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	5.2	12	8	8	1	2	2	0	5.40	4.88	29	7	7	1	0	12	14			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.308	1.64	-0.29%	-4.01	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d6
4	5	22	May 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(2-2)	8	9.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	4.18	4.45	33	10	12	1	0	5	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.58	0.264	.51	0.14%	4.10	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
5	6	27	May 22	NYY	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	6	2	1	1	4	0	0	3.48	4.01	34	9	14	1	1	6	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	.34	0.222	.34	0.13%	3.50	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
6	7	32	May 28(2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.04	3.95	34	6	15	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.493	1.38	0.39%	3.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	8	38	Jun 2(2)	NYY		SLB	W,11-1	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	0	2.73	3.64	34	7	12	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.086	.25	0.09%	3.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
8	9	43	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	4	4	6	5	1	0	2.98	3.89	32	8	8	0	0	5	50			1	0	0	25	0	0	2	1	0	1	1.16	-0.109	2.70	-0.15%	-0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
9	10	47	Jun 12	NYY		DET	W,7-5	GS-2		4	2.0	5	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.42	4.02	11	1	4	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.261	1.69	-0.34%	-2.92	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
10	11	51	Jun 16(2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS-7		3	6.2	6	3	3	1	0	2	0	3.48	4.32	27	15	5	1	1	6	49			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.081	1.85	0.10%	0.53	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a2
11	12	57	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	L,2-9	GS-	L(5-3)	6	7.0	10	5	5	3	4	1	0	3.73	4.38	33						38						30					0
12	13	63	Jun 30(1)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(6-3)	6	9.0	8	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.66	4.21	38	9	12	1	0	8	62			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	-0.145	2.07	-0.10%	1.85	1t start tie	9t 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
13	14	71	Jul 7(1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	W(7-3)	6	9.0	12	3	3	0	5	2	0	3.60	4.26	37	14	6	0	0	12	56			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	3	0	1	.83	0.221	1.15	0.18%	1.90	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a3
14	15	77	Jul 15	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	L(7-4)	7	8.0	7	3	2	1	2	1	0	3.50	4.27	33	14	8	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.076	1.58	0.08%	1.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
15	16	83	Jul 21(1)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	GS-9	L(7-5)	5	8.1	13	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.56	4.25	39	6	15	0	0	13	44			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.023	2.92	-0.04%	1.40	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out a1
16	17	89	Jul 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG(12)	L(7-6)	5	11.1	9	6	4	6	1	1	0	3.52	4.37	49	15	18	1	0	9	55			0	0	0	42	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.49	0.041	1.50	0.02%	0.50	1b start a 1	12b --- 1 out d1
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	18	94	Aug 1	NYY	@	DET	L,2-11	GS-3	L(7-7)	4	2.0	5	6	6	3	2	1	0	3.89	4.49	14	2	2	0	0	5	21			0	0	0	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.262	.92	-0.18%	-4.18	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 out d5
18	19	100	Aug 7(1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-10	GS-5		5	4.1	7	5	5	6	0	2	0	4.10	4.77	25	10	2	0	0	7	23			0	0	0	18	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.23	-0.201	.32	-0.03%	-1.75	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out a2
19	20	105	Aug 11	NYY		PHA	W,7-6	9-9		3	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.14	4.85	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.090	.08	-0.01%	-0.71	9t --- 1 out d1	9t 3 out d2
20	21	107	Aug 13(2)	NYY		BOS	W,19-8	GS-3		1	2.1	7	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.40	4.87	16	5	2	0	0	7	21			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.012	.11	0.00%	-4.33	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out a6
21	22	109	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	L,1-11	6-8		1	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.31	4.80	12	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.62	6t --- 0 out d10	8t 3 out d10
22	23	111	Aug 18(2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-7	GS-4	L(7-8)	2	3.2	5	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.51	4.77	18	6	3	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.290	.48	-0.07%	-2.28	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d2
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	24	128	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	5-7		16	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.42	4.71	9	4	3	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.163	2.54	0.29%	1.92	5b 1-3 0 out tie	7b 3 out d1
24	25	136	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		7	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.41	4.72	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.029	4.20	-0.16%	-0.43	8b 1-3 2 out d2	8b end d 3
25	26	138	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,16-7	1-GF	W(8-8)	1	8.2	6	3	3	6	3	1	0	4.34	4.79	40	11	14	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	2	.62	0.133	1.96	0.25%	2.22	1b --- 1 out d4	9b end a 9
26	27	144	Sep 18(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-8	GS-1		3	0.1	3	5	5	4	0	0	0	4.62	4.86	8	0	1	0	0	3	21			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.500	.87	-0.17%	-5.91	1b start a 4	1b -23 1 out d1
27	28	153	Sep 28(1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(8-9)	9	8.0	9	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.61	4.75	33	11	10	0	1	8	50			1	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.275	.00	0.00%	0.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							13-14		W-L:8-9	4.5	164.0	175	89	84	61	71	19	0	4.61	4.75	723	1.06		2%	1%	163	47	4	50%	5	0	0	656	22	5	4	10	0	10	.97	-0.461	1.46	0.41%	4.09

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