Fred Lawrence Breining (born November 15, 1955) is an American former pitcher in

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who played from 1980 through 1985 for the

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and the

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. He had been traded along with

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and

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from the

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to the

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for

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and Dave Roberts on June 28, . 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

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. His career was cut short when pitching to

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, 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

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area along with Lloyd Moseby, who served as hitting coach.

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