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Al Brazle
Alpha Eugene Brazle (Cotton)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut July 25, 1943
Final Game September 24, 1954
Born October 19, 1913 in Loyal, OK
Died October 24, 1973 in Grand Junction, CO

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1943 29 STL NL   8   2  13   9   8   1   2  0   88.0   74   18   15   0   29   26   0   2   352       0  1.53  3.37  220 1.170
 1946 32 STL NL  11  10  37  15   6   2   8  0  153.3  152   69   56   1   55   58   2   5   651       0  3.29  3.45  105 1.350
 1947 33 STL NL  14   8  44  19   7   0  11  4  168.0  186   65   53   7   48   85   2   4   713       0  2.84  4.15  146 1.393
 1948 34 STL NL  10   6  42  23   6   2   9  1  156.3  171   77   66   8   50   55   0   2   673       1  3.80  4.07  107 1.414
 1949 35 STL NL  14   8  39  25   9   1   7  0  206.3  208   85   73  18   61   75   6   2   869       0  3.18  4.16  131 1.304
 1950 36 STL NL  11   9  46  12   3   0  20  6  164.7  188   81   75  12   80   47   4   1   732       0  4.10  4.31  105 1.628
 1951 37 STL NL   6   5  56   8   5   0  28  7  154.3  139   61   53  13   60   66   5   1   650       1  3.09  3.96  128 1.289
 1952 38 STL NL  12   5  46   6   3   1  32 16  109.3   75   38   33   7   42   55   1   3   433       1  2.72  3.69  136 1.070 MVP-36
 1953 39 STL NL   6   7  60   0   0   0  33 18   92.0  101   47   43   8   43   57   2   0   417       0  4.21  4.24  101 1.565
 1954 40 STL NL   5   4  58   0   0   0  28  8   84.3   93   48   39  10   24   30   3   2   363       0  4.16  4.11   99 1.387
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .602  97  64 441 117  47   7 178 60 1376.7 1387  589  506  84  492  554  25  22  5853       3  3.31  3.98  120 1.365
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11   7  53  14   5   0  21  7  167.7  169   71   61  10   59   67   3   2   713   0   0  3.31  3.98  120 1.365
 Career High     14  10  60  25   9   2  33 18  206.3  208   85   75  18   80   85   6   5   869   0   1  1.53  4.31  220 1.070

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 29 STL NL  13   32    4    9   1  1   0    4   0      0   2  .281  .281  .375   85   12   0           0   0
 1946 32 STL NL  37   52    5   11   0  0   0    2   0      0   2  .212  .212  .212   18   11   2           0   6
 1947 33 STL NL  44   64    6   14   1  0   0    5   0      1   5  .219  .231  .234   22   15   3           0   0
 1948 34 STL NL  45   55    5    8   1  0   0    7   0      1   9  .145  .161  .164  -14    9   0           0   1
 1949 35 STL NL  39   82    7   11   0  0   0    2   0      0   6  .134  .134  .134  -29   11   1           0   5
 1950 36 STL NL  47   61    6   13   0  0   0    5   0      0   8  .213  .213  .213   10   13   0           0   2
 1951 37 STL NL  56   46    1    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   2  .109  .109  .109  -42    5   0           0   0
 1952 38 STL NL  46   32    1    4   1  0   0    3   0  0   0   2  .125  .125  .156  -22    5   1           0   2 MVP-36
 1953 39 STL NL  60   15    2    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .400   90    6   2           0   0
 1954 40 STL NL  58   14    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   1       0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     445  453   37   80   5  1   0   31   0  0   2  40  .177  .180  .192   -1   87   9   1   0   0  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        165   13   29   2  0   0   11   0  0   1  15  .177  .180  .192   -1   32   3   0   0   0   6
 Career High     60   82    7   14   1  1   0    7   0  0   1   9                          15   3   1   0   0   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 29 STL NL   32   23    3   3.5    93| .281  .270| .281  .340| .375  .367| .656  .707|  85  .447  -0.9  -0.1     
 1946 32 STL NL   54   49    2   1.1    96| .212  .267| .212  .343| .212  .374| .424  .717|  18  .083  -5.9  -0.6     
 1947 33 STL NL   68   53    3   1.5   109| .219  .279| .231  .355| .234  .413| .465  .768|  22  .113  -7.5  -0.7     
 1948 34 STL NL   56   48    1   0.6   107| .145  .276| .161  .351| .164  .408| .325  .759| -14  .021  -9.2  -0.9     
 1949 35 STL NL   83   77    1   0.4   108| .134  .276| .134  .351| .134  .413| .268  .764| -29  .009 -15.6  -1.6     
 1950 36 STL NL   61   50    3   1.6   112| .213  .275| .213  .353| .213  .427| .426  .780|  10  .121  -8.3  -0.8     
 1951 37 STL NL   46   41    1   0.7   104| .109  .269| .109  .343| .109  .407| .218  .750| -42  .029  -9.3  -0.9   0%
 1952 38 STL NL   33   31    1   0.9    97| .125  .262| .125  .334| .156  .389| .281  .724| -22  .053  -5.4  -0.6   0%
 1953 39 STL NL   17   12    2   4.4   110| .333  .274| .333  .345| .400  .427| .733  .773|  90  .458  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1954 40 STL NL   15   16    0   0.0   110| .000  .275| .000  .347| .000  .426| .000  .772|-100  .000  -4.2  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      465  400   17   1.1   105| .177  .273| .180  .348| .192  .405| .372  .753|  -1  .076 -66.5  -6.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 29 STL NL P 13 3 20 0 1 1.000 .962 1.77 1.16 2.35 2.27 9 88.0 1946 32 STL NL P 37 5 33 2 1 .950 .960 1.03 1.01 2.23 2.24 15 153.3 1947 33 STL NL P 44 4 47 1 1 .981 .966 1.16 0.91 2.73 2.12 19 168.0 1948 34 STL NL P 42 5 45 0 1 1.000 .963 1.19 0.91 2.88 2.11 23 156.3 1949 35 STL NL P 39 4 39 2 1 .956 .953 1.10 0.91 1.88 2.04 25 206.3 1950 36 STL NL P 46 6 31 4 3 .902 .961 0.80 0.97 2.02 2.12 12 164.7 1951 37 STL NL P 56 4 19 2 1 .920 .962 0.41 0.96 1.34 2.14 8 154.3 1952 38 STL NL P 46 5 13 1 0 .947 .952 0.39 0.98 1.48 2.18 6 109.3 1953 39 STL NL P 60 3 24 0 0 1.000 .957 0.45 0.87 2.64 2.06 0 92.0 1954 40 STL NL P 58 4 13 1 2 .944 .960 0.29 0.87 1.81 2.07 0 84.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 29 STL NL P 13 3 20 0 1 1.000 .962 1.77 1.16 2.35 2.27 9 88.0 1946 32 STL NL P 37 5 33 2 1 .950 .960 1.03 1.01 2.23 2.24 15 153.3 1947 33 STL NL P 44 4 47 1 1 .981 .966 1.16 0.91 2.73 2.12 19 168.0 1948 34 STL NL P 42 5 45 0 1 1.000 .963 1.19 0.91 2.88 2.11 23 156.3 1949 35 STL NL P 39 4 39 2 1 .956 .953 1.10 0.91 1.88 2.04 25 206.3 1950 36 STL NL P 46 6 31 4 3 .902 .961 0.80 0.97 2.02 2.12 12 164.7 1951 37 STL NL P 56 4 19 2 1 .920 .962 0.41 0.96 1.34 2.14 8 154.3 1952 38 STL NL P 46 5 13 1 0 .947 .952 0.39 0.98 1.48 2.18 6 109.3 1953 39 STL NL P 60 3 24 0 0 1.000 .957 0.45 0.87 2.64 2.06 0 92.0 1954 40 STL NL P 58 4 13 1 2 .944 .960 0.29 0.87 1.81 2.07 0 84.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 441 43 284 13 11 .962 .960 0.74 0.94 2.14 2.13 117 1376.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 441 43 284 13 11 .962 .960 0.74 0.94 2.14 2.13 117 1377
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1943   WS    STL NYY     L   1   1   3.68  0  1  0  0   7.1   5   3   2   4 
 1946   WS    STL BOS     W   1   0   5.40  0  1  0  0   6.2   7   4   6   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   2   1   4.50  0  2  0  0  14    12   7   8   8 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1943   WS    STL NYY     L   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1946   WS    STL BOS     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   2   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1952-NL-36-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

ERA
1947 NL-2.84-5
1949 NL-3.18-9
1951 NL-3.09-7

Won-Loss %
1947 NL-.636-8
1948 NL-.625-6
1949 NL-.636-10
1952 NL-.706-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1951 NL-1.289-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1951 NL-8.11-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1947 NL-2.57-5
1948 NL-2.88-8
1949 NL-2.66-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1947 NL-4.55-4

Games
1947 NL-44-8
1948 NL-42-9
1950 NL-46-5
1951 NL-56-5
1952 NL-46-6
1953 NL-60-2
1954 NL-58-2

Saves
1947 NL-4-9
1950 NL-6-5
1951 NL-7-4
1952 NL-16-1
1953 NL-18-1
1954 NL-8-6

SO to Walk
1947 NL-1.77-4

Wild Pitches
1946 NL-5-3

Hit Batsmen
1949 NL-6-6

Games Finished
1950 NL-20-4
1951 NL-28-5
1952 NL-32-5
1953 NL-33-2
1954 NL-28-7

Adjusted ERA+
1947 NL-146-5
1949 NL-131-6
1951 NL-128-4

Oldest Player
1950 NL-36-8
1951 NL-37-4
1952 NL-38-2
1953 NL-39-2
1954 NL-40-1

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 6 (368) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 57 (435) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 16.0 (423) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 8.0 (1012) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1936 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

September 5, 1940: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Ryba.

October 19, 1954: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

January 4, 1955: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

April 6, 1955: Released by the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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Name and misspellings: Alpha Cotton alphonse Al allen allan alberto alan Eugene Brazle

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