Harry Brecheen

Full Name: Harry David Brecheen	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/160	First Game: April 22, 1940
Birthdate: October 14, 1914	Final Game: September 13, 1953
Birthplace: Broken Bow, Oklahoma	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: January 17, 2004
Deathplace: Bethany, Oklahoma
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on October 14, 1914 in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, Harry Brecheen (Harry David Brecheen) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 12 year career. Brecheen broke into the bigs on April 22, 1940 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 2.26 ERA in 135.1 innings pitched in 1943, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Harry Brecheen's best season was 1948, when he posted a 2.24 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 149 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1940	STL	N	3	0	0	0	.00	4	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	2	0	0
1943	STL	N	29	13	9	6	2.26	68	41	34	8	1	4	135.1	98	4	39	2	3
1944	STL	N	30	22	16	5	2.85	88	67	60	13	3	0	189.1	174	8	46	3	3
1945	STL	N	24	18	15	4	2.52	63	48	44	13	3	2	157.1	136	5	44	0	5
1946	STL	N	36	30	15	15	2.49	117	73	64	14	5	3	231.1	212	8	67	1	4
1947	STL	N	29	28	16	11	3.30	89	92	82	18	1	1	223.1	220	20	66	3	3
1948	STL	N	33	30	20	7	2.24	149	62	58	21	7	1	233.1	193	6	49	2	2
1949	STL	N	32	31	14	11	3.35	88	96	80	14	2	1	214.2	207	18	65	3	7
1950	STL	N	27	23	8	11	3.80	80	77	69	12	2	1	163.1	151	18	45	2	3
1951	STL	N	24	16	8	4	3.25	57	54	50	5	0	2	138.2	134	11	54	0	1
1952	STL	N	25	13	7	5	3.32	54	39	37	4	1	2	100.1	82	12	28	1	3
1953	STL	A	26	16	5	13	3.07	44	51	40	3	0	1	117.1	122	7	31	1	3
Total	NL		292	224	128	79	2.91	857	650	578	122	25	17	1790.1	1609	110	505	17	34
Total	AL		26	16	5	13	3.07	44	51	40	3	0	1	117.1	122	7	31	1	3
Total			318	240	133	92	2.92	901	701	618	125	25	18	1907.2	1731	117	536	18	37

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1940	STL	N	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000
1943	STL	N	P	29	8	28	0	3	1.000
1944	STL	N	P	30	3	36	0	2	1.000
1945	STL	N	P	24	6	26	1	2	.970
1946	STL	N	P	36	11	50	1	6	.984
1947	STL	N	P	29	11	47	1	0	.983
1948	STL	N	P	33	5	45	0	2	1.000
1949	STL	N	P	32	5	37	3	0	.933
1950	STL	N	P	27	11	25	0	1	1.000
1951	STL	N	P	24	5	25	2	1	.938
1952	STL	N	P	25	8	26	0	3	1.000
1953	STL	A	P	26	5	29	0	2	1.000
Total			P	318	78	376	8	22	.983

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1940	STL	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1943	STL	N	29	42	4	8	0	3	.190	.244	.238	2	0	2	8	1	4	0
1944	STL	N	31	68	8	11	0	4	.162	.260	.191	0	1	9	12	0	4	1
1945	STL	N	24	57	1	7	0	7	.123	.194	.158	2	0	4	11	1	2	0
1946	STL	N	37	83	2	11	0	6	.133	.163	.145	1	0	3	17	0	1	4
1947	STL	N	29	83	5	20	0	8	.241	.308	.289	2	1	7	7	1	4	2
1948	STL	N	33	82	4	12	0	2	.146	.205	.183	1	1	5	20	1	2	3
1949	STL	N	32	77	8	21	0	6	.273	.309	.338	3	1	4	14	0	3	1
1950	STL	N	27	58	8	14	1	2	.241	.302	.328	0	1	5	6	0	0	2
1951	STL	N	24	55	4	12	1	3	.218	.232	.309	2	0	1	11	0	1	2
1952	STL	N	25	29	3	6	0	1	.207	.303	.207	0	0	4	5	0	1	0
1953	STL	A	27	39	1	7	0	2	.179	.200	.179	0	0	1	10	0	2	1
Total	NL		294	634	47	122	2	42	.192	.249	.238	13	5	44	111	4	22	15
Total	AL		27	39	1	7	0	2	.179	.200	.179	0	0	1	10	0	2	1
Total			321	673	48	129	2	44	.192	.247	.235	13	5	45	121	4	24	16

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals (1938).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 30, 1952).
Signed by St. Louis Browns (October 30, 1952).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (January 26, 1954).

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