Fred Breining

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 185lb (193cm, 83kg)

Born: November 15, 1955 in San Francisco, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1974 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from College of San Mateo (San Mateo, CA).

High School: Abraham Lincoln HS (San Francisco, CA)

School: College of San Mateo (San Mateo, CA)

Debut: September 4, 1980 (Age 24-294d, 14,380th in major league history)
vs. MON 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 6, 1984 (Age 28-173d)
vs. ATL 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Full Name: Fred Lawrence Breining

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

ERA

3.34

140

437.0

260

WHIP

1.339

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1974	18	PIT-PHI-min	A-					11																										NFL,AUB NYPL
1975	19	PIT-min	A	3	8	.273	4.50	35	4		0	0	3	92.0	75	57	46	3	60	0	82	11	1	14				1.467	7.3	0.3	5.9	8.0	1.37	CHS WCRS
1976	20	PIT-min	A	9	4	.692	3.47	31	13		5	0	0	127.0	127	70	49	14	58	0	106	4	1	6				1.457	9.0	1.0	4.1	7.5	1.83	SAL CARL
1977	21	PIT-min	AA	3	4	.429	2.54	36	4		0	0	3	92.0	77	37	26	3	41	3	79	0	1	8				1.283	7.5	0.3	4.0	7.7	1.93	SHV TL
1978	22	PIT-min	AA,AAA	5	8	.385	5.03	37	12		4	1	1	111.0	107	80	62	15	54	0	84	5	2	10				1.450	8.7	1.2	4.4	6.8	1.56	SHV,CLB TL,IL
1979	23	PIT-SFG-min	AA	9	6	.600	2.03	22	20		8	3	0	142.0	127	51	32	6	58	2	123	1	0	9				1.303	8.0	0.4	3.7	7.8	2.12	BFL,SHV EL,TL
1980	24	SFG-min	AAA	6	13	.316	4.14	54	0		0	0	9	100.0	106	57	46	4	56	4	84	3	0	13				1.620	9.5	0.4	5.0	7.6	1.50	PHX PCL
1980	24	SFG	NL	0	0		5.40	5	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	8	4	4	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	30	70	4.10	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	4.1	0.75
1981	25	SFG	NL	5	2	.714	2.55	45	1	15	0	0	1	77.2	66	28	22	4	38	8	37	2	3	3	326	135	3.86	1.339	7.6	0.5	4.4	4.3	0.97
1982	26	SFG	NL	11	6	.647	3.08	54	9	16	2	0	0	143.1	146	61	49	6	52	10	98	1	1	1	613	116	3.00	1.381	9.2	0.4	3.3	6.2	1.88
1983	27	SFG	NL	11	12	.478	3.82	32	32	0	6	0	0	202.2	202	97	86	15	60	11	117	5	1	4	868	94	3.52	1.293	9.0	0.7	2.7	5.2	1.95
1984	28	MON	NL	0	0		1.35	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	4	1	1	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	27	273	3.52	1.350	5.4	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
1985	29	DET-MON-min	AA,AAA	8	4	.667	2.88	19	12	0	8	1	0	97.0	93	36	31	6	25	0	45	2	0	3				1.216	8.6	0.6	2.3	4.2	1.80	BIR,INA,NVL SOUL,AA
1986	30	DET-min	AAA	2	3	.400	6.18	11	7	2	0	0	0	39.1	43	31	27	5	21	3	24	0	0	3				1.627	9.8	1.1	4.8	5.5	1.14	NVL AA
5 Yrs				27	20	.574	3.34	140	42	32	8	0	1	437.0	426	191	162	25	159	30	260	9	5	8	1864	107	3.42	1.339	8.8	0.5	3.3	5.4	1.64
162 Game Avg.				10	7	.574	3.34	52	16	12	3	0	0	163	159	71	61	9	59	11	97	3	2	3	696	107	3.42	1.339	8.8	0.5	3.3	5.4	1.64

SFG (4 yrs)				27	20	.574	3.37	136	42	32	8	0	1	430.1	422	190	161	25	154	30	255	9	5	8	1837	106	3.42	1.338	8.8	0.5	3.2	5.3	1.66
MON (1 yr)				0	0		1.35	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	4	1	1	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	27	273	3.52	1.350	5.4	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00

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