Harry Brecheen
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1914 – 2004
Who was Harry Brecheen?
Harry David Brecheen, nicknamed "The Cat," was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the St. Louis Cardinals. In the late 1940s he was among the team's stars, becoming the first left-hander ever to win three games in a single World Series in 1946 and later leading the National League in several categories in 1948.
His career World Series earned run average of 0.83 was a major league record from 1946 to 1976. From 1951 to 1971 he held the Cardinals franchise record for career strikeouts by a left-hander, and he also retired with the fourth-highest fielding percentage among pitchers, then the top mark among left-handers.
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- Born
- Oct 14, 1914
Broken Bow - Profession
- Lived in
- Broken Bow
- Died
- Jan 17, 2004
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on July 23, 2013
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