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: 21-8 / in Starts: 16-5

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: 4

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 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	33	3	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.00	2.90	32	15	10	2	4	3	80			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.584	3.57	0.97%	4.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	34	9	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(2-0)	7	9.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	1.00	2.74	35	15	11	1	4	6	68			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.31	0.339	3.96	0.62%	2.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	35	14	May 4	STL	@	PIT	L,3-6	7-8		4	1.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.86	2.78	8	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.066	2.82	-0.15%	-1.92	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 12- 1 out d3
4	36	21	May 13	STL		BRO	W,8-4	CG	W(3-0)	8	9.0	9	4	3	1	3	0	0	2.22	2.65	36	9	14	1	0	9	57			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	1	.83	0.061	3.43	0.15%	0.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	37	26	May 17	STL		BSN	L,1-5	GS-7	L(3-1)	3	6.2	8	4	3	2	2	0	0	2.57	2.71	31	11	9	1	0	7	44			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.134	5.01	-0.37%	-0.90	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d3
6	38	30	May 21(1)	STL		NYG	W,10-3	GS-1		3	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.31	2.71	5	1	0	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.242	6.28	-0.68%	-2.69	1t start tie	1t 1-3 1 out d2
7	39	38	May 30(2)	STL	@	BSN	W,13-3	GS-6	W(4-1)	8	5.1	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.54	2.98	25	4	8	1	1	7	44			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.032	3.97	0.09%	-0.95	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a3
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
8	40	50	Jun 14	STL		CHC	W,10-9	2-8		14	5.2	9	4	3	2	1	0	0	3.69	3.03	27	9	7	1	2	8		2	0	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.273	8.05	-0.83%	-0.03	2t 12- 2 out d4	8t -23 1 out a1
9	41	56	Jun 21(2)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	W(5-1)	6	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	1	1	3.42	3.17	37	11	9	1	1	6	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	0.171	4.59	0.47%	2.23	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
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	42	64	Jul 1	STL		BRO	W,8-3	6-8	H(1)	9	2.0	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.61	3.15	10	1	1	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.132	7.18	0.36%	-1.02	6t 12- 0 out a1	8t 12- 0 out a3
11	43	68	Jul 4(2)	STL		NYG	W,9-1	CG	W(6-1)	2	9.0	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.26	3.09	34	12	9	1	1	8	68			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.189	1.24	0.39%	3.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
12	44	74	Jul 9(2)	STL		BSN	W,9-0	SHO	W(7-1)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	3.04	33						77						33	0	0			0
13	45	79	Jul 16(2)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	L(7-2)	6	9.0	6	3	2	1	4	0	0	2.77	2.94	32	9	12	1	0	6	68			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.105	3.05	-0.16%	1.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
14	46	83	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-2)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.51	2.88	34	11	9	0	1	5	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	1	0	0	.84	0.367	1.13	0.30%	4.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
15	47	90	Jul 27(1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	GS-9	W(9-2)	5	8.0	12	6	6	1	5	1	0	2.84	2.93	36	8	10	1	0	12	38			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.060	.38	0.03%	-1.73	1b start a 5	9b 1-- 0 out a3
16	48	95	Jul 30(2)	STL	@	BRO	W,9-7	6-GF(11)	BW(10-2)	2	5.2	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.86	3.05	22	6	10	2	3	4		1	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	-0.029	1.24	-0.01%	1.24	6b --3 1 out a1	11b end a 2
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	49	100	Aug 4	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	6-7		4	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.81	3.06	8	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.57	0.046	.12	0.01%	0.91	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
18	50	102	Aug 9	STL		PHI	W,4-2	GS-8		4	7.1	3	2	0	3	3	0	0	2.63	3.06	29	19	1	0	0	3	68			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.34	0.055	.13	0.00%	1.35	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a1
19	51	107	Aug 13(2)	STL		BRO	W,7-3	GS-8	W(11-2)	3	7.1	13	3	2	0	5	0	0	2.62	2.96	35	8	9	0	0	13	47			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	1	.50	0.092	.03	0.00%	0.01	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a4
20	52	112	Aug 18	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	W(12-2)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.58	2.91	33	12	9	1	3	8	65			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.336	.05	0.01%	2.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	53	116	Aug 22(1)	STL		BSN	W,7-4	CG	W(13-2)	3	9.0	12	4	4	0	6	0	0	2.67	2.82	38						53						38	3	0			0
22	54	122	Aug 27(2)	STL		PIT	T,1-1	CG(10)		4	10.0	6	1	1	4	5	0	0	2.55	2.82	38	9	15	0	6	5	77			0	1	0	34	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.53	0.704	.02	0.01%	3.89	1t start tie	10t 3 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	55	128	Sep 3(2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS-	L(13-3)	6	0.2	3	3	3	2	0	1	0	2.72	2.94	7						32						4					0
24	56	132	Sep 7	STL		CHC	W,3-2	GS-		3	7.0	4	2	2	4	4	1	0	2.71	3.04	28						61						24					0
25	57	138	Sep 13(1)	STL		PIT	L,3-7	GS-	L(13-4)	5	4.0	8	5	5	1	3	0	1	2.92	3.03	22						28						20					0
26	58	139	Sep 13(2)	STL		PIT	L,5-10			-1	2.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.05	3.11	9												8					0
27	59	144	Sep 17(2)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	L(13-5)	3	8.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.01	3.16	29						65						27	0	0			0
28	60	145	Sep 21(1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	5-GF	W(14-5)	3	5.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.98	3.13	18	5	6	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.27	0.389	.00	0.00%	2.09	5b -2- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
29	61	146	Sep 21(2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-5		W(15-5)	-1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.94	3.13	8												7					0
30	62	151	Sep 25	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	W(16-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.85	3.08	35	14	7	0	0	6	75			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.30	0.466	.00	0.00%	3.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							21-8		W-L:16-5,BSv:1,Hld:1	4.1	189.1	174	67	60	46	88	8	3	2.85	3.08	774	1.15		4%	7%	130	59	6	0%	3	2	0	719	23	0	7	13	0	7	1.12	3.174	2.30	1.20%	24.12

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