Harry Brecheen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHarry Brecheen
American baseball player and coach
Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1914
Place of Birth: Broken Bow, Oklahoma, United States
Date of Death: 17-Jan-2004
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Harry Brecheen
- Harry David Brecheen (October 14, 1914 – January 17, 2004), 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, in 1946 becoming the first left-hander ever to win three games in a single World Series, and the only pitcher ever to win consecutive World Series games.
- He 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 (.983), then the top mark among left-handers.
Read more at Wikipedia