Harry Brecheen
1940–1953 · bats L / throws L · NLS, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
321G
.192AVG
.247OBP
.235SLG
More career statistics
129H
2HR
44RBI
0SB
133–92W–L
1,907.2IP
901K
2.92ERA
240GS
18SV
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 121 | 122 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 746 | 745 |
| Batting · Runs | 48 | 47 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,821 | 7,829 |
| Pitching · p er | 618 | 616 |
| Pitching · p hr | 117 | 116 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,723 | 5,722 |
| Pitching · p k | 901 | 907 |
| Pitching · p w | 536 | 534 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321 | 746 | 673 | 48 | 129 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 45 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 158 | .192 | .247 | .235 | .482 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,907.7 | 318 | 240 | 125 | 133 | 92 | 18 | 1,731 | 701 | 618 | 117 | 536 | 901 | 0 | 0 | 2.92 | 1.188 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1950-05-20 to 1950-07-08
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1950-04-30 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1947-05-04 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1948-05-08 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 161 | 360 | 66 | 0 | 23 | 24 | 49 | .204 | .250 | .226 |
| Away | 160 | 385 | 63 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 73 | .180 | .218 | .243 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 23 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | .058 | .103 | .058 |
| May | 49 | 109 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 19 | .194 | .239 | .226 |
| June | 55 | 116 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | .162 | .198 | .216 |
| July | 62 | 144 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 22 | .203 | .257 | .227 |
| August | 70 | 177 | 38 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 26 | .237 | .266 | .306 |
| September | 59 | 138 | 26 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 23 | .206 | .254 | .254 |
| October | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 62 | 169 | 34 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 32 | .218 | .260 | .256 |
| boston-braves | 43 | 116 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 17 | .238 | .267 | .287 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 42 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | .091 | .120 | .130 |
| cincinnati-reds | 41 | 88 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .188 | .227 | .225 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 39 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | .159 | .216 | .183 |
| new-york-giants | 37 | 95 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 18 | .235 | .274 | .329 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 30 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | .170 | .250 | .208 |
| cleveland-guardians | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .333 | .400 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 |
| 1943 | St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 42 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .190 | 135 | 68 |
| 1944 | St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | 68 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .162 | 189 | 88 |
| 1945 | St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 57 | 7 | – | 7 | – | .123 | 157 | 63 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 83 | 11 | – | 6 | – | .133 | 231 | 122 |
| 1947 | St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 83 | 20 | – | 8 | – | .241 | 223 | 90 |
| 1948 | St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 82 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .146 | 233 | 148 |
| 1949 | St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 77 | 21 | – | 6 | – | .273 | 214 | 88 |
| 1950 | St. Louis Cardinals | 27 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 2 | – | .241 | 163 | 80 |
| 1951 | St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 3 | – | .218 | 138 | 57 |
| 1952 | St. Louis Cardinals | 25 | 29 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .207 | 100 | 55 |
| 1953 |  St. Louis Browns | 27 | 39 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .179 | 117 | 44 |