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Marv
Breeding		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 8, 1934 in Usa, AL, DECATUR
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 3 4 8 7 7
1961 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1962 28 WOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1963 29 WOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 8
1964 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
1965 31 CLE AL $ 350,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1966 32 CLE AL $ 552,857   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1967 33 OAK AL $ 552,857   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
1968 34 OAK AL $ 1,400,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1969 35 OAK AL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
1970 36 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1971 37 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
1972 38 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,400,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 5 4 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1960 26 PIT NL 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 1.000 1.750 1.5 0.5
    AAA   135 524 42 151 24 1 6 46 7 3 28 95 .288 .324 .372 .696 61.0  
1961 27 PIT NL 6 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .300 .400 0.2 0.0
    AAA   134 513 50 127 23 1 6 44 8 3 30 76 .248 .289 .331 .621 48.4  
1962 28 WOR AL 108 366 37 89 21 3 0 29 5 0 23 54 .243 .288 .317 .604 30.1 3.0
1963 29 WOR AL 131 290 27 89 20 3 2 28 0 1 18 32 .307 .345 .417 .762 38.7 7.9
1964 30 CLE AL 60 122 15 25 4 0 1 14 0 0 11 16 .205 .271 .262 .533 8.1 0.2
1965 31 CLE AL 83 206 25 64 10 1 2 34 1 0 14 22 .311 .355 .398 .753 27.5 6.8
1966 32 CLE AL 84 134 8 40 5 1 0 12 1 0 7 17 .299 .331 .351 .682 15.2 2.4
1967 33 OAK AL 153 528 48 139 28 4 3 58 0 1 31 70 .263 .303 .348 .651 52.9 8.6
1968 34 OAK AL 154 520 36 137 21 3 4 56 0 0 31 108 .263 .305 .338 .644 50.4 7.9
1969 35 OAK AL 46 171 13 39 5 0 0 14 0 0 9 30 .228 .271 .257 .528 11.0 0.3
    AAA   18 19 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 .158 .304 .158 .462 1.3  
1970 36 OAK AL 7 17 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 .059 .238 .059 .297 0.4 0.0
    AAA   71 84 10 25 4 0 1 13 0 0 7 15 .298 .352 .381 .733 11.0  
1971 37 OAK AL 76 207 19 48 8 0 1 16 0 0 14 35 .232 .281 .285 .566 15.4 0.9
1972 38 OAK AL 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
    AAA   94 124 11 38 5 0 1 15 1 0 15 22 .306 .381 .371 .752 18.1  
13 Years Sim 913 2577 232 675 123 16 13 263 7 2 163 395 .262 .305 .337 .643 251.7 38.5
5 Years AAA 452 1264 115 344 56 2 14 118 16 6 84 217 .272 .317 .353 .670 139.8  
162 Game Average 457 41 119 21 2 2 46 1 0 28 70 .262 .305 .337 .643 44.7  
Career Highs 154 528 48 139 28 4 4 58 5 1 31 108 .667 .750 1.000 1.750 52.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1221 103 297 49 10 5 126 4 0 64 198 .243 .281 .312 .593 103.2
vs LH   1356 129 378 74 6 8 137 3 2 99 197 .279 .327 .360 .687 155.7
Home 432 1227 102 326 53 6 7 117 2 1 69 192 .266 .304 .336 .640 121.5
Away 481 1350 130 349 70 10 6 146 5 1 94 203 .259 .306 .339 .645 137.4
RISP   603 0 174 28 2 5 227 0 0 40 96 .289 .327 .367 .694 71.4
Pinch Hitting   186 22 54 6 2 1 27 1 0 10 22 .290 .327 .360 .687 21.2
Close/Late   311 20 80 9 1 2 29 0 0 18 42 .257 .296 .312 .608 28.3
Mar/Apr 137 400 35 102 14 2 0 44 0 1 20 65 .255 .287 .300 .587 33.0
May 156 452 36 127 23 0 2 49 1 0 32 58 .281 .329 .345 .674 50.3
June 159 467 44 126 21 2 7 38 1 0 26 62 .270 .308 .368 .676 51.6
July 156 446 42 119 24 3 1 41 3 0 39 77 .267 .327 .341 .667 49.7
August 170 477 41 110 24 4 0 42 1 0 26 74 .231 .270 .298 .568 36.2
Sep/Oct 135 335 34 91 17 5 3 49 1 1 20 59 .272 .313 .379 .692 38.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1960 26 PIT NL 2B 2 1 9.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
1961 27 PIT NL 2B 2 1 12.0 4 6 0 3 1.000 7.50   0.1
1962 28 WOR AL 2B 93 91 779.7 173 372 9 71 .984 6.29   2.2
1963 29 WOR AL 2B 62 58 497.7 107 232 4 40 .988 6.13   2.6
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1964 30 CLE AL 2B 34 26 222.3 54 96 6 16 .962 6.07   1.5
    SS 2 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
1965 31 CLE AL 2B 61 56 456.3 99 216 6 42 .981 6.21   1.9
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 32 CLE AL 2B 27 24 188.3 49 89 2 25 .986 6.59   1.3
    SS 3 0 7.7 1 3 1 1 .800 4.70   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1967 33 OAK AL 2B 153 151 1242.0 272 504 26 105 .968 5.62   4.7
1968 34 OAK AL 2B 153 152 1257.0 278 462 13 105 .983 5.30   4.7
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.1
1969 35 OAK AL 2B 44 40 349.7 69 166 3 33 .987 6.05   1.9
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1970 36 OAK AL 2B 7 7 51.7 9 27 1 8 .973 6.27   0.4
1971 37 OAK AL 2B 75 57 525.7 101 234 4 45 .988 5.74   3.0
1972 38 OAK AL 2B 2 0 6.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 715 664 5597.3 1216 2409 74 494 .980 5.83   24.3
  SS 7 0 14.3 2 8 1 3 .909 6.28   0.1
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
  RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   727 664 5620.6 1223 2418 75 498 .980 5.83   24.4
Career Highs   154 152 1259.0 279 504 26 106 1.000 7.50    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1964 30 CLE AL 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
1965 31 CLE AL 2 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714
1967 33 OAK AL 5 19 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 .263 .364 .263 .627
1970 36 OAK AL 4 12 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833
Career Post-Season Batting 15 41 6 13 2 1 0 4 0 0 3 10 .317 .364 .415 .778
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  1. Jerry Lumpe (982)
  2. Al Kozar (967)
  3. Mickey Haslin (965)
  4. Bobby Knoop (964)
  5. Jose Oquendo (954)
  6. Stan Sperry (953)
  7. Freddy Spurgeon (952)
  8. Bob Johnson (952)
  9. Wally Kimmick (950)
  10. Bill Doran (949)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 54th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1960
Injured on 4/23/1960 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 9/21/1960, off Jim O'toole (MON)
Injured on 3/6/1962 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/25/1962 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
Hit first career homerun on 6/1/1963, off Karl Spooner (BRK)
Traded from Worcester to Cleveland (A) on 2/13/1964 (Going to WOR: C John Bateman. Going to CLE: 2B Marv Breeding)
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Had 6 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 5/3/1965
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $552,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $552,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Oakland on 3/3/1967 (Going to OAK: 2B Marv Breeding. Going to CLE: 3B Ed Charles, LF Alex Johnson, P Dwight Siebler)
9/1/1967: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $1,400,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/2/1970 to a minor league contract
9/1/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Oakland
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/2/1972 to a minor league contract
 
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