Fred Breining

Fred Lawrence Breining (born November 15, 1955) is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1980 through 1985 for the San Francisco Giants and the Montreal Expos. He had been traded along with Ed Whitson and Al Holland from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Giants for Bill Madlock, Lenny Randle and Dave Roberts on June 28, 1979.[1] Breining won 27 games at the MLB level, and on September 23, 1981, he picked up his only major league save against the Dodgers. Breining pitched three shutout innings to preserve an 8–4 victory over their rival Los Angeles Dodgers.[2]

Fred Breining
Breining in 1983
Pitcher
Born: (1955-11-15) November 15, 1955
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 4, 1980, for the San Francisco Giants
Last MLB appearance
May 6, 1984, for the Montreal Expos
MLB statistics
Win–loss record27–20
Earned run average3.34
Strikeouts260
Teams

His career was cut short when pitching to Ray Knight, when he fielded a bunt and threw it to first, only to blow out his shoulder. Breining never played another inning as a Major Leaguer. After that, he became an instructor at the Dusty Baker International Baseball Academy, and also offered private lessons in the Sacramento area along with Lloyd Moseby, who served as hitting coach.

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