Harry Brecheen
St. Louis Cardinals 1940; St. Louis Cardinals 1943–1952; St. Louis Browns 1953
Percentile snapshot
1950 season — qualified pitchers
of 61 qualified 1950 pitchers (min 153 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 |
| 1943 | 29 | 49 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .244 | .238 | .483 | 31.4 | 39.4 | .237 | 3.3 |
| 1944 | 31 | 81 | 68 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .260 | .191 | .451 | 31.4 | 29.5 | .232 | 3.5 |
| 1945 | 24 | 64 | 57 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .194 | .158 | .351 | -5.1 | -1.3 | .181 | 3.7 |
| 1946 | 37 | 87 | 83 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .163 | .145 | .307 | -34.6 | -13.2 | .152 | 4.7 |
| 1947 | 29 | 95 | 83 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .308 | .289 | .597 | 56.1 | 57.6 | .285 | 4.8 |
| 1948 | 33 | 90 | 82 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .205 | .183 | .387 | -5.4 | 3.9 | .190 | 7.2 |
| 1949 | 32 | 84 | 77 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .309 | .338 | .646 | 67.5 | 71.5 | .298 | 4.5 |
| 1950 | 27 | 63 | 58 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .302 | .328 | .629 | 60.0 | 63.2 | .290 | 2.8 |
| 1951 | 24 | 57 | 55 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .218 | .232 | .309 | .541 | 33.3 | 44.4 | .243 | 2.7 |
| 1952 | 25 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .303 | .207 | .510 | 46.8 | 44.1 | .257 | 1.6 |
| 1953 | 27 | 42 | 39 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .200 | .179 | .379 | -11.7 | 2.6 | .181 | 2.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.3 | 0.00 | 1.200 | 10.80 | 2.15 | 53.8 | — | 0.2 |
| 1943 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 98 | 34 | 39 | 68 | 4 | 135.3 | 2.26 | 1.012 | 4.52 | 2.78 | 82.4 | 149.4 | 3.3 |
| 1944 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 174 | 60 | 46 | 88 | 8 | 189.3 | 2.85 | 1.162 | 4.18 | 2.93 | 82.5 | 124.3 | 3.5 |
| 1945 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 136 | 44 | 44 | 63 | 5 | 157.3 | 2.52 | 1.144 | 3.60 | 3.18 | 84.4 | 149.9 | 3.7 |
| 1946 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 212 | 64 | 67 | 117 | 8 | 231.3 | 2.49 | 1.206 | 4.55 | 2.68 | 77.2 | 139.3 | 4.7 |
| 1947 | 29 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 220 | 82 | 66 | 89 | 20 | 223.3 | 3.30 | 1.281 | 3.59 | 3.86 | 92.9 | 125.8 | 4.8 |
| 1948 | 33 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 193 | 58 | 49 | 149 | 6 | 233.3 | 2.24 | 1.037 | 5.75 | 2.28 | 55.8 | 182.4 | 7.2 |
| 1949 | 32 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 207 | 80 | 65 | 88 | 18 | 214.7 | 3.35 | 1.267 | 3.69 | 3.81 | 92.3 | 122.9 | 4.5 |
| 1950 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 151 | 69 | 45 | 80 | 18 | 163.3 | 3.80 | 1.200 | 4.41 | 3.79 | 89.1 | 111.9 | 2.8 |
| 1951 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 134 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 11 | 138.7 | 3.25 | 1.356 | 3.70 | 3.78 | 95.6 | 121.8 | 2.7 |
| 1952 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 82 | 37 | 28 | 54 | 12 | 100.3 | 3.32 | 1.096 | 4.84 | 3.82 | 102.9 | 112.0 | 1.6 |
| 1953 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 122 | 40 | 31 | 44 | 7 | 117.3 | 3.07 | 1.304 | 3.38 | 3.46 | 85.8 | 131.4 | 2.3 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949-09-25 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1949-09-08 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1949-08-15 | STL @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1945-08-31 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1949-08-09 | CIN @ STL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946-08-18 | CIN @ STL Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1948-07-21 | SF @ STL Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 1948-09-09 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1943-07-28 | PHI @ STL Gameday | 7.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 1950-04-30 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 13.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.