What years did Harry Brecheen play?

Harry Brecheen played in Major League Baseball from 1940 to 1953.

Was Harry Brecheen a pitcher?

Yes. Harry Brecheen pitched in the major leagues, recording 133 wins and 901 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Harry Brecheen hit?

Harry Brecheen hit 2 career home runs with 129 hits.

What teams did Harry Brecheen play for?

Harry Brecheen played for 2 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (1940, 1943–1952) and the St. Louis Browns (1953).

What awards did Harry Brecheen win?

Harry Brecheen was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Harry Brecheen's career stats?

In 318 games, Harry Brecheen went 133-92 with a 2.92 ERA, 901 strikeouts, 1,907.2 innings pitched, and 18 saves. At the plate he had 129 hits and 2 home runs.

What position did Harry Brecheen play?

Harry Brecheen played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Harry Brecheen and how much did he weigh?

Harry Brecheen was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 160 pounds.

What was Harry Brecheen's career ERA?

Harry Brecheen finished with a 2.92 career ERA, going 133-92 with 901 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Harry Brecheen have?

Harry Brecheen recorded 901 career strikeouts.

Is Harry Brecheen in the Hall of Fame?

No. Harry Brecheen has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Harry Brecheen make?

Harry Brecheen was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

Harry Brecheen

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1940-1953)

Harry Brecheen was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1940 to 1953 for the St. Louis Cardinals and the St. Louis Browns, a span of 14 seasons. Across 318 career appearances, he went 133-92 with a 2.92 ERA and 901 strikeouts. He also batted .192 with 2 home runs. Harry Brecheen was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 25733.7.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 133–92

ERA 2.92

WHIP 1.19

SO 901

Pitcher PIV 25733.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 160 lb
Born: 10/14/1914 in Broken Bow, OK, USA
Died: 1/17/2004 in Bethany, OK, USA
MLB Debut: 1940-04-22
Last Game: 1953-09-13
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Harry David Brecheen

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Career Pitching Statistics

Harry Brecheen — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
133	92	318	240	125	25	18	1907.2	1,731	618	117	536	901	2.92	25733.7

Career ERA 2.92 vs. league average 3.90 across their career seasons — 25.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Harry Brecheen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1940	SLN	NL	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	2	4	0.00	—	0.0
1943	SLN	NL	9	6	29	13	8	1	4	135.1	98	34	39	68	2.26	3.50 (+35%)	1884.4
1944	SLN	NL	16	5	30	22	13	3	0	189.1	174	60	46	88	2.85	3.57 (+20%)	2465.1
1945	SLN	NL	15	4	24	18	13	3	2	157.1	136	44	44	63	2.52	3.67 (+31%)	1639.6
1946	SLN	NL	15	15	36	30	14	5	3	231.1	212	64	67	117	2.49	3.59 (+31%)	3921.5
1947	SLN	NL	16	11	29	28	18	1	1	223.1	220	82	66	89	3.30	3.97 (+17%)	-102.9
1948	SLN	NL	20	7	33	30	21	7	1	233.1	193	58	49	149	2.24	4.10 (+45%)	9907.9
1949	SLN	NL	14	11	32	31	14	2	1	214.2	207	80	65	88	3.35	4.12 (+19%)	1856.1
1950	SLN	NL	8	11	27	23	12	2	1	163.1	151	69	45	80	3.80	4.36 (+13%)	1860.2
1951	SLN	NL	8	4	24	16	5	0	2	138.2	134	50	54	57	3.25	4.04 (+20%)	576.8
1952	SLN	NL	7	5	25	13	4	1	2	100.1	82	37	28	54	3.32	3.70 (+10%)	-234.0
1953	SLA	AL	5	13	26	16	3	0	1	117.1	122	40	31	44	3.07	4.14 (+26%)	1958.9
Career · 12 seasons			133	92	318	240	125	25	18	1,907.2	1,731	618	536	901	2.92	—	25,734

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Harry Brecheen — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
321	673	48	129	13	5	2	44	0	45	121	.192	.247	.235	.481	-2,836

Career AVG .192 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 26.6% below league average.

Career OBP .247 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — 26.2% below league average.

Career SLG .235 vs. league average .374 across their career seasons — 37.2% below league average.

Career OPS .481 vs. league average .708 across their career seasons — 32.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Harry Brecheen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1940	SLN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1943	SLN	NL	29	42	4	8	2	0	0	3	2	8	.190	—	—	—	—	0.0
1944	SLN	NL	31	68	8	11	0	1	0	4	9	12	.162	.261 (-38%)	.325 (-20%)	.357 (-47%)	.683 (-34%)	-337.2
1945	SLN	NL	24	57	1	7	2	0	0	7	4	11	.123	.260 (-53%)	.328 (-41%)	.354 (-56%)	.683 (-49%)	-423.1
1946	SLN	NL	37	83	2	11	1	0	0	6	3	17	.133	.256 (-48%)	.328 (-51%)	.358 (-60%)	.687 (-55%)	-707.4
1947	SLN	NL	29	83	5	20	2	1	0	8	7	7	.241	.262 (-8%)	.336 (-9%)	.376 (-23%)	.712 (-16%)	-208.4
1948	SLN	NL	33	82	4	12	1	1	0	2	5	20	.146	.263 (-44%)	.340 (-40%)	.379 (-52%)	.719 (-46%)	-612.6
1949	SLN	NL	32	77	8	21	3	1	0	6	4	14	.273	.262 (+4%)	.343 (-10%)	.384 (-12%)	.727 (-11%)	-155.6
1950	SLN	NL	27	58	8	14	0	1	1	2	5	6	.241	.265 (-9%)	.346 (-13%)	.401 (-18%)	.747 (-16%)	-156.3
1951	SLN	NL	24	55	4	12	2	0	1	3	1	11	.218	.260 (-16%)	.336 (-31%)	.385 (-20%)	.721 (-25%)	-235.1
1952	SLN	NL	25	29	3	6	0	0	0	1	4	5	.207	—	—	—	—	0.0
1953	SLA	AL	27	39	1	7	0	0	0	2	1	10	.179	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			321	673	48	129	13	5	2	44	45	121	.192	—	—	—	—	-2,836

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Harry Brecheen — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
7	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.083

Playoff Batting by Year

Harry Brecheen — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	AVG
1946	WS	SLN	3	8	2	1	1	1	.125
1944	WS	SLN	1	4	0	0	0	1	.000
1943	WS	SLN	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Harry Brecheen — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	1	7	3	0	32.2	28	3	12	18	0.83

Playoff Pitching by Year

Harry Brecheen — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1946	WS	SLN	3	0	3	2	20.0	14	1	5	11	0.45
1944	WS	SLN	1	0	1	1	9.0	9	1	4	4	1.00
1943	WS	SLN	0	1	3	0	3.2	5	1	3	3	2.45

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Harry Brecheen — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	161	323	22	66	0	23	.204
Away	159	350	25	63	2	21	.180

Pitching — Home / Away

Harry Brecheen — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	159	956.1	872	316	253	482	2.97
Away	158	950.1	858	300	280	423	2.84

Last 10 Games — Batting

Harry Brecheen — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	BB	SO
1953-09-13	SLA	PHA	L	2	0	0	0
1953-09-07	SLA	CLE	L	1	0	1	1
1953-09-02	SLA	NYY	L	0	0	0	0
1953-08-21	SLA	CLE	L	4	1	0	2
1953-08-16	SLA	CLE	W	2	1	0	1
1953-08-12	SLA	DET	L	1	0	0	0
1953-08-07	SLA	MIN	L	1	0	0	0
1953-08-01	SLA	NYY	W	3	1	0	1
1953-07-25	SLA	BOS	L	3	1	0	0
1953-07-19	SLA	MIN	W	3	1	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Harry Brecheen — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1953-09-13	SLA	PHA	L	7.0	7	2	2	0	1	0
1953-09-07	SLA	CLE	L	7.0	3	1	1	1	6	0
1953-09-02	SLA	NYY	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1953-08-21	SLA	CLE	L	11.2	11	3	2	2	2	1
1953-08-16	SLA	CLE	W	3.2	0	0	0	0	3	0
1953-08-12	SLA	DET	—	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	0
1953-08-07	SLA	MIN	L	4.0	5	4	4	1	0	1
1953-08-01	SLA	NYY	W	9.0	10	2	2	2	1	1
1953-07-25	SLA	BOS	—	7.0	8	5	5	1	4	1
1953-07-19	SLA	MIN	W	7.2	9	4	4	2	1	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Harry Brecheen — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	318	0	78	376	8	22

Season-by-Season Fielding

Harry Brecheen — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1940	SLN	P	3	0	2	0	0
1943	SLN	P	29	8	28	0	3
1944	SLN	P	30	3	36	0	2
1945	SLN	P	24	6	26	1	2
1946	SLN	P	36	11	50	1	6
1947	SLN	P	29	11	47	1	0
1948	SLN	P	33	5	45	0	2
1949	SLN	P	32	5	37	3	0
1950	SLN	P	27	11	25	0	1
1951	SLN	P	24	5	25	2	1
1952	SLN	P	25	8	26	0	3
1953	SLA	P	26	5	29	0	2

Career Games by Position

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Harry Brecheen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	318

Awards & Honors

Harry Brecheen — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3
1948	TSN All-Star	P
1946	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3
1945	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P2
1945	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P1

Award Voting History

Harry Brecheen — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1948	Most Valuable Player	NL	5th	61.0	336
1946	Most Valuable Player	NL	16th	14.0	336
1945	Most Valuable Player	NL	12th	31.0	336

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Harry Brecheen: the record in brief

According to the bio, Harry Brecheen debuted on April 22, 1940 and played a final game on September 13, 1953. Brecheen played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1940 to 1952) and the St. Louis Browns (1953). Brecheen is listed as a pitcher at 5'10" and 160 pounds. Brecheen threw and hit left-handed, per the bio block. Brecheen was born on October 14, 1914, in Broken Bow, OK, USA. Brecheen's death is recorded on January 17, 2004, in Bethany, OK, USA. The bio lists the given name Harry David.

Across 318 games (240 starts), Brecheen recorded 133 wins against 92 losses with a 2.92 ERA. The totals include 901 strikeouts, 125 complete games, 25 shutouts, and 18 saves. That 2.92 ERA compares with a 3.90 league average across the same seasons, 25.3% better. No season topped the 20 wins of 1948. In 1948, one of the busiest seasons, Brecheen posted a 2.24 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.10.

Frequently Asked Questions about Harry Brecheen

What years did Harry Brecheen play?: Harry Brecheen played in Major League Baseball from 1940 to 1953.
Was Harry Brecheen a pitcher?: Yes. Harry Brecheen pitched in the major leagues, recording 133 wins and 901 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Harry Brecheen hit?: Harry Brecheen hit 2 career home runs with 129 hits.
What teams did Harry Brecheen play for?: Harry Brecheen played for 2 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (1940, 1943–1952) and the St. Louis Browns (1953).
What awards did Harry Brecheen win?: Harry Brecheen was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Harry Brecheen's career stats?: In 318 games, Harry Brecheen went 133-92 with a 2.92 ERA, 901 strikeouts, 1,907.2 innings pitched, and 18 saves. At the plate he had 129 hits and 2 home runs.
What position did Harry Brecheen play?: Harry Brecheen played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Harry Brecheen and how much did he weigh?: Harry Brecheen was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 160 pounds.
What was Harry Brecheen's career ERA?: Harry Brecheen finished with a 2.92 career ERA, going 133-92 with 901 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Harry Brecheen have?: Harry Brecheen recorded 901 career strikeouts.
Is Harry Brecheen in the Hall of Fame?: No. Harry Brecheen has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Harry Brecheen make?: Harry Brecheen was selected to 2 All-Star Games.