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Jim
Breazeale		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: October 3, 1949 in Usa, TX, HOUSTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1976   
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
1969 19 NYA AL     4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
1970 20 NYA AL     4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1971 21 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 8 8
1972 22 NYA AL     4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1973 23 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 8
1974 24 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
1975 25 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 8 8
1976 26 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 8 8
1977 27 MIL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 8 8
1978 28 MIL NL $ 1,892,857   6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 8 8
1979 29 MIL NL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1980 30 MIL NL $ 1,000,000   5 5 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,892,857   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 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
1969 19 AA   31 119 24 31 4 0 9 19 1 0 18 12 .261 .358 .521 .879 22.7  
    A   105 404 63 124 12 5 36 71 0 3 58 33 .307 .394 .629 1.023 93.1  
1970 20 AAA   137 524 71 125 16 0 32 96 2 2 65 55 .239 .323 .452 .775 79.6  
1971 21 NYA AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   137 514 90 160 16 0 47 128 4 2 65 48 .311 .389 .617 1.005 115.9  
1972 22 AAA   55 201 25 47 7 0 10 30 0 0 19 17 .234 .300 .418 .718 26.1  
    AA   81 311 51 94 12 0 26 47 1 1 37 23 .302 .376 .592 .968 65.7  
1973 23 KCR AL 77 286 32 71 16 2 17 43 0 0 21 31 .248 .299 .497 .795 41.1 5.4
    AAA   81 332 60 83 12 0 26 63 2 0 38 33 .250 .327 .521 .848 58.0  
1974 24 KCR AL 95 274 30 71 7 0 11 40 0 0 18 23 .259 .307 .405 .712 32.5 3.8
1975 25 KCR AL 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.3 0.3
    AAA   109 424 75 138 19 0 34 104 1 0 40 40 .325 .384 .611 .994 91.5  
1976 26 KCR AL 25 61 5 10 1 0 2 6 0 0 7 6 .164 .246 .279 .525 3.7 0.0
1977 27 MIL NL 136 497 59 115 12 2 24 82 0 1 40 45 .231 .287 .408 .695 54.9 8.3
1978 28 MIL NL 152 568 64 125 14 1 23 80 1 0 54 65 .220 .284 .370 .654 60.5 7.8
1979 29 MIL NL 86 288 39 72 6 1 13 39 0 0 35 23 .250 .327 .413 .740 37.9 6.0
1980 30 MIL NL 54 83 6 15 0 0 2 10 0 0 6 17 .181 .231 .253 .484 4.9 0.0
1981 31 AAA   117 298 49 78 6 1 30 67 0 1 28 32 .262 .325 .591 .916 57.1  
9 Years Sim 629 2060 237 481 56 6 92 300 1 1 182 210 .233 .293 .400 .694 236.7 31.7
6 Years AAA 636 2293 370 631 76 1 179 488 9 5 255 225 .275 .346 .543 .889 428.2  
2 Years AA 112 430 75 125 16 0 35 66 2 1 55 35 .291 .370 .572 .942 88.4  
1 Years A 105 404 63 124 12 5 36 71 0 3 58 33 .307 .395 .629 1.024 93.1  
9 Years Minors 853 3127 508 880 104 6 250 625 11 9 368 293 .281 .356 .558 .914 609.6  
162 Game Average 530 61 123 14 1 23 77 0 0 46 54 .233 .293 .400 .694 61.0  
Career Highs 152 568 64 125 16 2 24 82 1 1 54 65 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 60.5  
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   1568 183 377 40 4 73 247 1 1 138 152 .240 .299 .411 .710 200.5
vs LH   492 54 104 16 2 19 53 0 0 44 58 .211 .275 .368 .643 52.2
Home 310 1005 113 244 24 4 44 134 1 1 88 109 .243 .301 .406 .707 127.5
Away 319 1055 124 237 32 2 48 166 0 0 94 101 .225 .286 .395 .682 125.2
RISP   532 0 114 11 2 16 195 0 0 54 48 .214 .277 .333 .610 53.8
Pinch Hitting   98 10 21 2 0 4 19 0 0 8 11 .214 .271 .357 .628 10.0
Close/Late   260 20 56 3 1 10 43 0 0 27 27 .215 .286 .350 .636 28.2
Mar/Apr 92 296 42 80 4 3 14 45 1 0 35 24 .270 .343 .446 .789 47.0
May 107 336 39 80 6 1 14 52 0 1 33 41 .238 .305 .387 .692 41.3
June 102 300 29 64 5 0 9 34 0 0 24 30 .213 .269 .320 .589 27.1
July 102 325 39 72 14 0 16 45 0 0 34 31 .222 .294 .412 .706 41.4
August 111 412 43 96 13 1 17 65 0 0 24 47 .233 .271 .393 .665 45.2
Sep/Oct 115 391 45 89 14 1 22 59 0 0 32 37 .228 .285 .437 .722 50.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 23 KCR AL 1B 53 51 431.7 491 30 3 46 .994 10.86 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 24 KCR AL 1B 14 6 61.7 73 10 0 11 1.000 12.11 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 14 0 23.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.66 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 5 0 12.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.71 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 6.0 1 4 0 2 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1975 25 KCR AL 1B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 26 KCR AL 1B 21 14 133.0 156 10 2 10 .988 11.23 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 27 MIL NL RF 9 4 43.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 0 8.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 28 MIL NL RF 1 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 29 MIL NL RF 6 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 1 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 3 0 .000 2 0.0
1980 30 MIL NL LF 7 3 31.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 2 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 6.3 12 0 0 1 1.000 17.06 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 94 71 642.7 741 50 5 69 .994 11.08 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  RF 25 6 90.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  LF 24 3 60.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 1 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 3 0 .000 2 0.0
  SS 2 0 7.0 1 4 0 2 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   148 81 814.3 778 54 5 71 .994 9.20 3 0 .000 2 1.6
Career Highs   54 51 432.7 491 30 3 46 1.000 11.04 3 0 .000 2  
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
1976 26 KCR AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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.
Homeruns
1977-8-24
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Joe Collins (953)
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  3. Norm Zauchin (930)
  4. Nate Colbert (928)
  5. Ray Barker (927)
  6. Paul O'Neill (922)
  7. Harry Agganis (921)
  8. Randy Milligan (915)
  9. Greg Brock (913)
  10. Jesse Barfield (913)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Colorado in 1969
Traded from Colorado to New York (A) on 2/21/1969 (Going to COL: SS Phil Linz, CF Ellis Burton. Going to NYA: 1B Jim Breazeale, 3B Wayne Garrett)
Traded from New York (A) to Kansas City on 2/3/1973 (Going to NYA: 3B Adolfo Phillips, 1B Rusty Staub, C Billy Bryan. Going to KCR: 1B Jim Breazeale, P Tom Qualters)
Had first career hit on 7/5/1973, off Rob Gardner (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 7/12/1973, off Jim Kaat (NYG)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1973, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976
Injured on 4/1/1977 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
9/1/1978: Signed a contract extension with Milwaukee, $1,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/15/1979 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 7/28/1981 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 4 days
Released by Milwaukee on 10/3/1981
 
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