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Marv Breeding
Marvin Eugene Breeding

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School Samford University

Debut April 19, 1960
  vs. WSH 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 29, 1963
Born March 8, 1934 in Decatur, AL
Died December 31, 2006 in Decatur, AL

Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 26 BAL AL 152  551   69  147  25  2   3   43  10  4  35  80  .267  .313  .336   77  185   2   3   2   3   8
 1961 27 BAL AL  90  244   32   51   8  0   1   16   5  2  14  33  .209  .250  .254   38   62   1   2   1   0   2
 1962 28 BAL AL  95  240   27   59  10  1   2   18   2  2   8  41  .246  .273  .321   64   77   3   0   0   1   1
 1963 29 TOT     78  233   26   60   7  2   1   15   2  1   9  26  .258  .285  .318   71   74   3   0   0   0   1
         WSA AL  58  197   20   54   7  2   1   14   1  1   7  21  .274  .299  .345   81   68   1   0   0   0   1
         LAD NL  20   36    6    6   0  0   0    1   1  0   2   5  .167  .211  .167   14    6   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      415 1268  154  317  50  5   7   92  19  9  66 180  .250  .288  .314   66  398   9   5   3   4  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        495   60  124  20  2   3   36   7  4  26  70  .250  .288  .314   66  155   4   2   1   2   5
 Career High    152  551   69  147  25  2   3   43  10  4  35  80  .267  .313  .336   77  185   3   3   2   3   8
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1960 26 BAL AL  594  421   59   3.8   100| .267  .262| .313  .336| .336  .401| .649  .737|  77  .422 -18.2  -1.8  71%
 1961 27 BAL AL  261  200   16   2.1   100| .209  .259| .250  .334| .254  .403| .504  .737|  38  .193 -21.4  -2.1  71%
 1962 28 BAL AL  252  187   21   3.0    97| .246  .256| .273  .327| .321  .399| .594  .726|  64  .320 -12.4  -1.2  50%
 1963 29 TOT     245  178   22   3.3    93| .258  .254| .285  .319| .318  .390| .603  .709|  71  .402  -9.7  -1.0  66%
         WSA AL  205  146   20   3.7    95| .274  .255| .299  .322| .345  .394| .644  .716|  81  .442  -5.8  -0.6  50%
         LAD NL   40   32    2   1.7    84| .167  .246| .211  .307| .167  .368| .378  .675|  14  .176  -3.9  -0.4 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1352  986  118   3.2    98| .250  .259| .288  .331| .314  .399| .602  .730|  66  .354 -61.6  -6.1  67%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1960 26 BAL AL 2B 152 359 422 18 116 .977 .979 5.14 4.66 5.51 5.46 151 1276.0 1961 27 BAL AL 2B 80 179 179 11 53 .970 .978 4.47 4.72 5.43 5.24 62 593.7 1962 28 BAL AL 2B 73 146 196 8 47 .977 .980 4.68 4.87 5.62 5.25 56 548.0 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.80 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 1963 29 TOT 2B 39 67 80 5 14 .967 .979 3.77 4.64 4.94 5.12 29 268.0 TOT 3B 30 24 50 7 1 .914 .948 2.47 2.84 3.00 3.02 25 222.0 TOT SS 3 1 4 1 0 .833 .980 1.67 4.43 6.43 4.89 0 7.0 WSA AL 3B 29 24 50 7 1 .914 .948 2.55 2.85 3.03 3.02 25 220.0 2B 22 52 60 4 14 .966 .980 5.09 4.68 5.66 5.08 21 178.0 SS 2 1 3 1 0 .800 .976 2.00 4.55 7.20 4.86 0 5.0 LAD NL 2B 17 15 20 1 0 .972 .975 2.06 4.59 3.50 5.21 8 90.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.20 4.50 4.95 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1960 26 BAL AL 2B 152 359 422 18 116 .977 .979 5.14 4.66 5.51 5.46 151 1276.0 1961 27 BAL AL 2B 80 179 179 11 53 .970 .978 4.47 4.72 5.43 5.24 62 593.7 1962 28 BAL AL 2B 73 146 196 8 47 .977 .980 4.68 4.87 5.62 5.25 56 548.0 1963 29 TOT 2B 39 67 80 5 14 .967 .979 3.77 4.64 4.94 5.12 29 268.0 WSA AL 2B 22 52 60 4 14 .966 .980 5.09 4.68 5.66 5.08 21 178.0 LAD NL 2B 17 15 20 1 0 .972 .975 2.06 4.59 3.50 5.21 8 90.0 1962 28 BAL AL 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.80 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1963 29 TOT 3B 30 24 50 7 1 .914 .948 2.47 2.84 3.00 3.02 25 222.0 WSA AL 3B 29 24 50 7 1 .914 .948 2.55 2.85 3.03 3.02 25 220.0 LAD NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1962 28 BAL AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 1963 29 TOT SS 3 1 4 1 0 .833 .980 1.67 4.43 6.43 4.89 0 7.0 WSA AL SS 2 1 3 1 0 .800 .976 2.00 4.55 7.20 4.86 0 5.0 LAD NL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.20 4.50 4.95 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 344 751 877 42 230 .975 .979 4.73 4.72 5.46 5.34 298 2685.7 3B* 31 24 50 8 1 .902 .948 2.39 2.84 2.99 3.02 25 223.0 SS* 4 1 4 1 0 .833 .980 1.25 4.45 5.62 4.84 0 8.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 379 776 931 51 231 .971 .977 4.50 4.56 5.27 5.16 323 2917
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1960 AL-152-5

Strikeouts
1960 AL-80-9

Singles
1960 AL-117-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1955 Season: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

December 5, 1962: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Art Quirk and Barry Shetrone to the Washington Senators for Bob Johnson and Pete Burnside.

July 30, 1963: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ed Roebuck.

August 19, 1964: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 29, 1965: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

May 5, 1966: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with $15,000 to the San Francisco Giants for Gil Garrido.

Before 1967 Season: Sent from the San Francisco Giants to the Atlanta Braves in an unknown transaction.

June 1, 1967: Purchased by the Houston Astros from the Atlanta Braves. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 27, 1967: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Chicago Cubs for Arnold Earley.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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