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Tom Brookens
Thomas Dale Brookens

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.
School Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Debut July 10, 1979
  vs. MIN 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1990
Born August 10, 1953 in Chambersburg, PA

Cousin of Ike Brookens

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 25 DET AL  60  190   23   50   5  2   4   21  10  3  11  40  .263  .309  .374   82   71   4   1   0   2   3
 1980 26 DET AL 151  509   64  140  25  9  10   66  13 11  32  71  .275  .315  .418   98  213   2   7   3   1  10
 1981 27 DET AL  71  239   19   58  10  1   4   25   5  3  14  43  .243  .284  .343   78   82   4   6   0   2   5
 1982 28 DET AL 140  398   40   92  15  3   9   58   5  9  27  63  .231  .277  .352   72  140   2   5   0   0   9
 1983 29 DET AL 138  332   50   71  13  3   6   32  10  4  29  46  .214  .276  .325   68  108   5   6   2   2   3
 1984 30 DET AL 113  224   32   55  11  4   5   26   6  6  19  33  .246  .306  .397   94   89   8   1   0   1   2
 1985 31 DET AL 156  485   54  115  34  6   7   47  14  5  27  78  .237  .277  .375   77  182   9   1   0   0   8
 1986 32 DET AL  98  281   42   76  11  2   3   25  11  8  20  42  .270  .319  .356   84  100   6   2   0   1   4
 1987 33 DET AL 143  444   59  107  15  3  13   59   7  4  33  63  .241  .295  .376   80  167   9   2   3   2   8
 1988 34 DET AL 136  441   62  107  23  5   5   38   4  4  44  74  .243  .313  .351   89  155   6   4   2   3   9
 1989 35 NYY AL  66  168   14   38   6  0   4   14   1  3  11  27  .226  .272  .333   71   56   3   1   1   0   3
 1990 36 CLE AL  64  154   18   41   7  2   1   20   0  0  14  25  .266  .322  .357   90   55   1   3   1   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1336 3865  477  950 175 40  71  431  86 60 281 605  .246  .296  .367   82 1418  59  39  12  14  67
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        469   58  115  21  5   9   52  10  7  34  73  .246  .296  .367   82  172   7   5   1   2   8
 Career High    156  509   64  140  34  9  13   66  14 11  44  78  .275  .319  .418   98  213   9   7   3   3  10
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1979 25 DET AL  208  151   23   4.1   104| .263  .273| .309  .338| .374  .414| .683  .752|  82  .432  -5.8  -0.6  76%
 1980 26 DET AL  551  399   64   4.3   100| .275  .271| .315  .334| .418  .403| .733  .737|  98  .471  -2.7  -0.3  54%
 1981 27 DET AL  265  199   23   3.1    92| .243  .261| .284  .326| .343  .379| .627  .705|  78  .376  -7.2  -0.8  62%
 1982 28 DET AL  432  331   36   2.9    98| .231  .264| .277  .328| .352  .402| .629  .730|  72  .304 -16.2  -1.6  35%
 1983 29 DET AL  374  279   32   3.1    95| .214  .262| .276  .324| .325  .395| .601  .719|  68  .327 -14.4  -1.4  71%
 1984 30 DET AL  253  186   27   3.9    97| .246  .264| .306  .326| .397  .398| .703  .724|  94  .432  -2.5  -0.2  50%
 1985 31 DET AL  522  393   50   3.4    99| .237  .261| .277  .327| .375  .406| .652  .733|  77  .366 -16.5  -1.6  73%
 1986 32 DET AL  310  225   32   3.8   100| .270  .262| .319  .330| .356  .408| .675  .737|  84  .407  -6.4  -0.6  57%
 1987 33 DET AL  490  360   49   3.6   102| .241  .260| .295  .328| .376  .418| .671  .746|  80  .360 -13.4  -1.3  63%
 1988 34 DET AL  498  357   49   3.7    92| .243  .256| .313  .320| .351  .385| .664  .706|  89  .417  -5.8  -0.6  50%
 1989 35 NYY AL  183  140   14   2.7    92| .226  .260| .272  .324| .333  .382| .605  .707|  71  .292  -6.9  -0.7  25%
 1990 36 CLE AL  172  120   18   4.0    95| .266  .259| .322  .327| .357  .388| .679  .715|  90  .460  -1.8  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4258 3140  417   3.6    98| .246  .263| .296  .328| .367  .400| .663  .727|  82  .388 -99.6  -9.9  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1979 25 DET AL 3B 42 39 99 8 11 .945 .953 3.29 2.66 3.67 3.07 38 338.0 2B 19 37 42 3 10 .963 .978 4.16 4.80 5.27 5.50 17 135.0 DH 1 1980 26 DET AL 3B 138 112 279 29 27 .931 .951 2.83 2.59 3.11 3.01 129 1133.0 2B 9 13 26 0 10 1.000 .980 4.33 4.91 5.66 5.60 8 62.0 SS 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .952 4.00 4.30 7.20 5.04 0 5.0 DH 1 1981 27 DET AL 3B 71 58 139 10 13 .952 .950 2.77 2.52 3.02 2.95 70 587.7 1982 28 DET AL 3B 113 72 206 18 20 .939 .954 2.46 2.62 3.19 3.07 80 784.3 2B 26 37 57 2 7 .979 .981 3.62 4.70 5.10 5.35 18 166.0 SS 9 7 13 0 0 1.000 .966 2.22 4.17 5.34 4.86 4 33.7 CF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 2.50 4.50 2.85 0 6.0 1983 29 DET AL 3B 103 54 164 17 21 .928 .955 2.12 2.57 2.78 3.07 72 706.0 SS 30 35 62 4 9 .960 .963 3.23 4.15 5.24 4.75 17 166.7 2B 10 8 28 1 4 .973 .981 3.60 4.77 5.68 5.35 8 57.0 DH 1 1984 30 DET AL 3B 68 32 63 3 10 .969 .950 1.40 2.19 2.88 2.75 22 297.0 SS 28 38 76 5 11 .958 .962 4.07 3.93 5.34 4.76 22 192.0 2B 26 28 48 4 14 .950 .979 2.92 4.45 4.69 5.24 19 145.7 DH 1 1985 31 DET AL 3B 151 123 261 23 26 .943 .953 2.54 2.38 2.90 2.85 134 1191.0 SS 8 3 9 1 1 .923 .968 1.50 3.92 4.50 4.65 1 24.0 2B 3 2 6 0 1 1.000 .988 2.67 4.47 3.73 5.27 2 19.3 C 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 8.00 5.00 14.40 6.12 0 5.0 0 0 2 0 DH 1 1986 32 DET AL 3B 35 26 59 4 4 .955 .948 2.43 2.37 2.78 2.74 31 274.7 2B 31 67 61 2 18 .985 .981 4.13 4.34 5.11 5.10 25 225.3 SS 14 13 24 1 4 .974 .966 2.64 3.94 3.54 4.53 9 94.0 DH 14 OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.07 0.00 2.43 1 10.0 RF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.14 1 8.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1987 33 DET AL 3B 122 85 208 14 15 .954 .952 2.40 2.31 2.73 2.77 110 965.7 SS 16 14 28 2 8 .955 .970 2.62 4.02 3.57 4.59 11 106.0 2B 11 20 20 3 10 .930 .980 3.64 4.48 5.81 5.12 5 62.0 1988 34 DET AL 3B 136 101 234 17 16 .952 .954 2.46 2.36 2.64 2.71 126 1140.7 SS 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.13 0.00 4.80 0 3.0 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.40 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 1989 35 NYY AL 3B 51 17 70 7 4 .926 .943 1.71 2.34 2.43 2.73 36 322.3 SS 7 2 7 0 2 1.000 .968 1.29 4.11 4.33 4.81 1 18.7 2B 5 4 7 0 1 1.000 .982 2.20 4.50 3.81 5.23 1 26.0 RF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.90 2.81 2.31 2 16.0 DH 3 1990 36 CLE AL 3B 35 9 51 5 4 .923 .943 1.71 2.32 2.92 2.75 19 184.7 2B 21 40 48 1 14 .989 .984 4.19 4.53 5.17 5.23 18 153.3 SS 3 5 4 0 1 1.000 .978 3.00 4.00 8.10 4.77 1 10.0 1B 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.35 4.93 9.62 1 7.3 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1990 36 CLE AL 1B 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.35 4.93 9.62 1 7.3 1979 25 DET AL 2B 19 37 42 3 10 .963 .978 4.16 4.80 5.27 5.50 17 135.0 1980 26 DET AL 2B 9 13 26 0 10 1.000 .980 4.33 4.91 5.66 5.60 8 62.0 1982 28 DET AL 2B 26 37 57 2 7 .979 .981 3.62 4.70 5.10 5.35 18 166.0 1983 29 DET AL 2B 10 8 28 1 4 .973 .981 3.60 4.77 5.68 5.35 8 57.0 1984 30 DET AL 2B 26 28 48 4 14 .950 .979 2.92 4.45 4.69 5.24 19 145.7 1985 31 DET AL 2B 3 2 6 0 1 1.000 .988 2.67 4.47 3.73 5.27 2 19.3 1986 32 DET AL 2B 31 67 61 2 18 .985 .981 4.13 4.34 5.11 5.10 25 225.3 1987 33 DET AL 2B 11 20 20 3 10 .930 .980 3.64 4.48 5.81 5.12 5 62.0 1988 34 DET AL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.40 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 1989 35 NYY AL 2B 5 4 7 0 1 1.000 .982 2.20 4.50 3.81 5.23 1 26.0 1990 36 CLE AL 2B 21 40 48 1 14 .989 .984 4.19 4.53 5.17 5.23 18 153.3 1979 25 DET AL 3B 42 39 99 8 11 .945 .953 3.29 2.66 3.67 3.07 38 338.0 1980 26 DET AL 3B 138 112 279 29 27 .931 .951 2.83 2.59 3.11 3.01 129 1133.0 1981 27 DET AL 3B 71 58 139 10 13 .952 .950 2.77 2.52 3.02 2.95 70 587.7 1982 28 DET AL 3B 113 72 206 18 20 .939 .954 2.46 2.62 3.19 3.07 80 784.3 1983 29 DET AL 3B 103 54 164 17 21 .928 .955 2.12 2.57 2.78 3.07 72 706.0 1984 30 DET AL 3B 68 32 63 3 10 .969 .950 1.40 2.19 2.88 2.75 22 297.0 1985 31 DET AL 3B 151 123 261 23 26 .943 .953 2.54 2.38 2.90 2.85 134 1191.0 1986 32 DET AL 3B 35 26 59 4 4 .955 .948 2.43 2.37 2.78 2.74 31 274.7 1987 33 DET AL 3B 122 85 208 14 15 .954 .952 2.40 2.31 2.73 2.77 110 965.7 1988 34 DET AL 3B 136 101 234 17 16 .952 .954 2.46 2.36 2.64 2.71 126 1140.7 1989 35 NYY AL 3B 51 17 70 7 4 .926 .943 1.71 2.34 2.43 2.73 36 322.3 1990 36 CLE AL 3B 35 9 51 5 4 .923 .943 1.71 2.32 2.92 2.75 19 184.7 1985 31 DET AL C 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 8.00 5.00 14.40 6.12 0 5.0 0 0 2 0 1982 28 DET AL CF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 2.50 4.50 2.85 0 6.0 1986 32 DET AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1979 25 DET AL DH 1 1980 26 DET AL DH 1 1983 29 DET AL DH 1 1984 30 DET AL DH 1 1985 31 DET AL DH 1 1986 32 DET AL DH 14 1989 35 NYY AL DH 3 1990 36 CLE AL DH 1 1982 28 DET AL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.20 4.50 2.40 0 6.0 1986 32 DET AL OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.07 0.00 2.43 1 10.0 1989 35 NYY AL OF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.13 2.81 2.42 2 16.0 1986 32 DET AL RF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.14 1 8.0 1989 35 NYY AL RF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.90 2.81 2.31 2 16.0 1980 26 DET AL SS 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .952 4.00 4.30 7.20 5.04 0 5.0 1982 28 DET AL SS 9 7 13 0 0 1.000 .966 2.22 4.17 5.34 4.86 4 33.7 1983 29 DET AL SS 30 35 62 4 9 .960 .963 3.23 4.15 5.24 4.75 17 166.7 1984 30 DET AL SS 28 38 76 5 11 .958 .962 4.07 3.93 5.34 4.76 22 192.0 1985 31 DET AL SS 8 3 9 1 1 .923 .968 1.50 3.92 4.50 4.65 1 24.0 1986 32 DET AL SS 14 13 24 1 4 .974 .966 2.64 3.94 3.54 4.53 9 94.0 1987 33 DET AL SS 16 14 28 2 8 .955 .970 2.62 4.02 3.57 4.59 11 106.0 1988 34 DET AL SS 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.13 0.00 4.80 0 3.0 1989 35 NYY AL SS 7 2 7 0 2 1.000 .968 1.29 4.11 4.33 4.81 1 18.7 1990 36 CLE AL SS 3 5 4 0 1 1.000 .978 3.00 4.00 8.10 4.77 1 10.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total 3B*1065 728 1833 155 171 .943 .952 2.40 2.44 2.91 2.89 867 7925.0 2B* 162 256 344 16 89 .974 .981 3.70 4.57 5.13 5.28 121 1052.7 SS* 119 119 225 13 37 .964 .965 2.89 4.04 4.74 4.70 66 653.0 DH 23 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF* 7 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.14 2.11 2.25 2.42 3 32.0 0 2 6# RF* 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.85 1.88 2.25 3 24.0 1B* 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.35 4.93 9.62 1 7.3 CF* 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 2.50 3.38 2.81 0 8.0 C* 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 8.00 5.00 14.40 6.12 0 5.0 0 0 2 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1356 1120 2405 184 298 .950 .958 2.60 2.85 3.28 3.27 1058 9675
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1984   ALCS  DET KCR     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    DET SDP     W   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1987   ALCS  DET MIN     L   5  13   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   7  15   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   2-1  10  18   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   5  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   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.

Doubles
1985 AL-34-9

Triples
1980 AL-9-6

Sac. Flies
1981 AL-6-9

Caught Stealing
1980 AL-11-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1990) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.9 (1700) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2117) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 9, 1975: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

January 22, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

February 9, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

March 23, 1989: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Charles Hudson.

November 20, 1989: Released by the New York Yankees.

December 8, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Detroit Tigers$250,000
1986Detroit Tigers$325,000
1987Detroit Tigers$360,000
1988Detroit Tigers$350,000
1989New York Yankees$475,000
1990Cleveland Indians$425,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,185,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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