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.

Harry Brecheen

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

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

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
133	92	318	240	125	25	18	1907.7	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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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	3.3	2	0	2	4	0.00	—	0.0
1943	SLN	NL	9	6	29	13	8	1	4	135.3	98	34	39	68	2.26	3.50 (+35%)	1884.4
1944	SLN	NL	16	5	30	22	13	3	0	189.3	174	60	46	88	2.85	3.57 (+20%)	2465.1
1945	SLN	NL	15	4	24	18	13	3	2	157.3	136	44	44	63	2.52	3.67 (+31%)	1639.6
1946	SLN	NL	15	15	36	30	14	5	3	231.3	212	64	67	117	2.49	3.59 (+31%)	3921.5
1947	SLN	NL	16	11	29	28	18	1	1	223.3	220	82	66	89	3.30	3.97 (+17%)	-102.9
1948	SLN	NL	20	7	33	30	21	7	1	233.3	193	58	49	149	2.24	4.10 (+45%)	9907.9
1949	SLN	NL	14	11	32	31	14	2	1	214.7	207	80	65	88	3.35	4.12 (+19%)	1856.1
1950	SLN	NL	8	11	27	23	12	2	1	163.3	151	69	45	80	3.80	4.36 (+13%)	1860.2
1951	SLN	NL	8	4	24	16	5	0	2	138.7	134	50	54	57	3.25	4.04 (+20%)	576.8
1952	SLN	NL	7	5	25	13	4	1	2	100.3	82	37	28	54	3.32	3.70 (+10%)	-234.0
1953	SLA	AL	5	13	26	16	3	0	1	117.3	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

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

Career Arc

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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

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

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

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	1	7	3	0	32.7	28	3	12	18	0.83

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	3.7	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

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

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

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

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

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	318	0	78	376	8	22

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

Position Diamond

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Position	Games
Pitcher	318

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

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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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.