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Breslin		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 160
 
Born: June 24, 1909 in Pulaski, IL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
WORLD SERIESs Won 1928   
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1931    1932    1935    1936    1937    1938    1939    1940    1941    1943   
All-Star Selections 1933    1935    1936    1938    1939   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1927 18 WSH AL 51 187 14 45 4 2 2 23 7 13 2 31 .241 .257 .316 .572 11.1 0.0
    AA   51 200 18 62 11 1 2 16 5 8 8 27 .310 .337 .405 .742 23.7  
1928 19 WSH AL 18 64 7 16 1 3 0 15 0 1 1 3 .250 .258 .359 .617 5.5 0.2
    AAA   88 315 31 76 11 4 0 25 11 6 9 50 .241 .262 .302 .564 22.8  
1929 20 WSH AL 44 122 10 31 4 5 1 16 2 3 5 18 .254 .273 .393 .666 14.7 0.9
1930 21 WSH AL 91 359 64 130 19 8 3 59 11 11 23 24 .362 .397 .485 .882 60.5 9.3
1931 22 WSH AL 136 541 83 185 31 10 1 60 13 12 21 43 .342 .367 .442 .809 75.7 14.3
1932 23 WSH AL 133 539 87 178 22 9 1 60 13 17 29 40 .330 .368 .410 .778 68.1 11.0
1933 24 WSH AL 139 513 78 181 27 16 4 72 1 4 42 41 .353 .403 .491 .894 91.8 26.6
1934 25 WSH AL 115 435 60 156 23 8 1 64 0 4 26 29 .359 .397 .455 .852 69.3 14.1
1935 26 WSH AL 134 515 75 175 33 9 5 82 1 3 35 29 .340 .381 .468 .849 83.7 18.5
1936 27 WSH AL 131 528 92 176 27 13 8 109 0 4 24 37 .333 .362 .479 .841 84.3 16.0
1937 28 WSH AL 133 520 70 161 36 7 3 74 2 9 25 46 .310 .338 .423 .761 69.7 10.3
1938 29 WSH AL 142 527 88 174 37 12 7 102 0 4 40 47 .330 .376 .486 .862 86.8 15.2
1939 30 WSH AL 139 524 75 154 30 13 5 83 0 3 40 47 .294 .343 .429 .773 73.3 10.1
1940 31 WSH AL 118 425 58 109 24 7 4 57 2 3 29 49 .256 .301 .374 .675 47.4 5.0
1941 32 WSH AL 135 471 44 132 25 3 3 76 0 1 33 29 .280 .322 .365 .687 54.5 7.0
1942 33 WSH AL 50 194 35 64 12 3 2 23 1 0 11 23 .330 .365 .454 .819 29.1 8.3
1943 34 WSH AL 140 494 46 106 17 3 4 48 0 1 27 64 .215 .256 .285 .541 33.6 0.0
1944 35 WSH AL 136 468 42 118 14 6 4 62 2 4 28 69 .252 .295 .333 .628 39.7 2.9
1945 36 WSH AL 50 78 11 15 1 0 2 7 0 0 8 11 .192 .264 .282 .546 6.1 0.0
19 Years Sim 2035 7504 1039 2306 387 137 60 1092 55 97 449 680 .307 .346 .419 .765 1005.0 169.8
1 Years AAA 88 315 31 76 11 4 0 25 11 6 9 50 .241 .262 .302 .564 22.8  
1 Years AA 51 200 18 62 11 1 2 16 5 8 8 27 .310 .337 .405 .742 23.7  
2 Years Minors 139 515 49 138 22 5 2 41 16 14 17 77 .268 .291 .342 .633 46.4  
162 Game Average 597 82 183 30 10 4 86 4 7 35 54 .307 .346 .419 .765 80.0  
Career Highs 142 541 92 185 37 16 8 109 13 17 42 69 .362 .403 .491 .894 91.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4933 701 1605 264 100 33 772 40 68 300 403 .325 .363 .439 .802 713.6
vs LH   2571 338 701 123 37 27 320 15 29 149 277 .273 .313 .381 .694 287.5
Home 1018 3711 516 1158 209 78 18 555 25 55 223 343 .312 .349 .425 .774 501.7
Away 1017 3793 523 1148 178 59 42 537 30 42 226 337 .303 .342 .414 .756 499.4
RISP   2199 0 674 111 38 16 958 0 0 174 209 .307 .350 .413 .763 309.7
Pinch Hitting   112 15 30 3 3 1 20 0 0 6 11 .268 .300 .375 .675 12.4
Close/Late   826 135 260 41 14 10 119 0 1 50 71 .315 .355 .435 .790 118.3
Mar/Apr 209 782 92 243 37 18 3 101 5 16 40 75 .311 .345 .416 .761 99.8
May 402 1458 219 439 92 29 18 232 11 11 94 127 .301 .346 .441 .787 204.9
June 356 1280 167 410 55 23 13 173 8 19 79 117 .320 .359 .430 .789 180.4
July 350 1294 183 412 65 23 10 184 14 22 92 102 .318 .360 .427 .787 184.2
August 380 1397 199 407 77 30 11 223 7 12 85 141 .291 .329 .413 .742 178.3
Sep/Oct 338 1293 179 395 61 14 5 179 10 17 59 118 .305 .337 .386 .723 153.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1927 18 WSH AL C 51 51 444.3 237 35 4 1 .986 5.51 59 30 .508 8 2.6
1928 19 WSH AL C 17 16 139.0 43 11 0 0 1.000 3.50 16 8 .500 1 0.5
1929 20 WSH AL C 35 30 271.3 130 23 0 0 1.000 5.08 32 14 .438 5 1.6
1930 21 WSH AL C 87 85 752.0 370 51 4 2 .991 5.04 75 33 .440 6 5.8
1931 22 WSH AL C 130 129 1127.7 538 72 14 2 .978 4.87 132 54 .409 13 7.9
1932 23 WSH AL C 131 128 1154.3 450 87 7 1 .987 4.19 152 71 .467 23 12.1
1933 24 WSH AL C 136 130 1156.0 484 82 12 0 .979 4.41 144 55 .382 14 7.9
1934 25 WSH AL C 111 106 949.7 479 73 10 0 .982 5.23 145 57 .393 15 7.9
1935 26 WSH AL C 131 124 1106.3 507 84 8 1 .987 4.81 175 62 .354 13 8.1
1936 27 WSH AL C 126 126 1126.7 535 96 13 1 .980 5.04 154 69 .448 19 8.2
1937 28 WSH AL C 129 128 1137.7 587 90 5 1 .993 5.36 152 68 .447 19 10.1
1938 29 WSH AL C 139 127 1136.3 618 76 8 3 .989 5.50 151 58 .384 19 8.4
1939 30 WSH AL C 134 133 1179.7 597 92 11 3 .984 5.26 169 76 .450 15 11.4
1940 31 WSH AL C 112 111 971.3 497 76 15 0 .974 5.31 136 60 .441 11 7.5
1941 32 WSH AL C 133 131 1176.3 668 102 9 2 .988 5.89 163 73 .448 14 11.4
1942 33 WSH AL C 49 47 424.0 241 33 5 1 .982 5.82 53 22 .415 6 2.9
1943 34 WSH AL C 132 126 1148.3 532 85 15 4 .976 4.84 152 56 .368 15 7.0
1944 35 WSH AL C 133 128 1140.0 457 90 12 3 .979 4.32 165 64 .388 10 9.3
1945 36 WSH AL C 32 19 185.0 75 17 1 0 .989 4.48 26 7 .269 1 0.4
Career Totals   1948 1875 16725.9 8045 1275 153 25 .984 5.01 2251 937 .416 227 130.7
Career Highs   139 133 1179.7 668 102 15 4 1.000 5.89 175 76 .508 23  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1936 27 WSH AL 7 29 4 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 3 .310 .355 .483 .838
1937 28 WSH AL 4 17 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .294 .294 .353 .647
1939 30 WSH AL 6 23 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 .261 .292 .304 .596
1942 33 WSH AL 5 19 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 .211 .286 .368 .654
Career Post-Season Batting 22 88 7 24 5 1 1 6 0 1 5 11 .273 .312 .386 .698
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1931-3-.342
1932-4-.330
1933-3-.353
1934-3-.359
1935-3-.340
1938-7-.330
 On-Base Pct
1933-3-.403
1934-9-.397
 Slugging Pct
1933-4-.491
1936-10-.479
 OPS
1933-3-.894
1934-10-.852
1938-10-.862
 OPS+
1933-3-153
1934-8-133
1935-8-131
1938-10-128
 XR
1933-8-91.8
Hits
1931-6-185
1932-8-178
1933-6-181
1935-8-175
1938-8-174
 Times on Base
1933-10-227
 Total Bases
1933-8-252
 Singles
1931-4-143
1932-2-146
1933-7-134
1935-8-128
 Triples
1931-10-10
1933-2-16
1936-3-13
1938-7-12
1939-4-13
 RBIs
1936-4-109
1938-6-102
Caught Stealing
1932-9-17
 Strikeouts
1943-8-64
1944-4-69
 At Bats per Strikeout
1941-7-16.2
 Offensive Win Shares
1933-3-27
1935-8-18.5
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 58    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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  1. Smitty Smith (884)
  2. Hector Pulaski (876)
  3. Joseph Grandi (873)
  4. Mo Love (862)
  5. Eddie Deal (862)
  6. Big Bob Hurley (850)
  7. Lois Hazel (844)
  8. Joe Diesel (837)
  9. Seymour Humphrey (834)
  10. Jack Stack (831)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Washington in 1927
Injured on 5/13/1927 with a Concussion, out for one week
Had first career hit on 6/17/1927, off Auggie Shun (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 8/31/1927, off Ed Rondthaler (SLA)
Won WORLD SERIES with Washington in 1928
Injured on 8/26/1930 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for full season
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Catcher in 1931
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Catcher in 1932
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1933, hitting .467 with 0 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1933, hitting .750 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1933, hitting .413 with 1 HR, 22 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 6/30/1934
Injured on 7/3/1934 with a Broken Jaw, out for 4-5 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 9/12/1934
 
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