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Al Brazle

Alpha Eugene Brazle (Cotton)

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

Born: October 19, 1913 in Loyal, OK
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1943
Team: Cardinals 1943-1954

Final Game: September 24, 1954
Died: October 24, 1973 in Grand Junction, CO
Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Yellow Jacket, CO
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1943 29 STL NL 13 32 32 4 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 .281 .281 .375 .656 84 12 0 0 0 1
1946 32 STL NL 37 55 52 5 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .212 .212 .212 .423 18 11 1 0 2 1
1947 33 STL NL 44 68 64 6 14 1 0 0 5 0 1 5 .219 .231 .234 .465 22 15 0 0 3 1
1948 34 STL NL 45 56 55 5 8 1 0 0 7 0 1 9 .145 .161 .164 .324 -14 9 1 0 0 1
1949 35 STL NL 39 83 82 7 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 .134 .134 .134 .268 -29 11 5 0 1 1
1950 36 STL NL 47 61 61 6 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 8 .213 .213 .213 .426 11 13 2 0 0 1
1951 37 STL NL 56 46 46 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .109 .109 .109 .217 -41 5 0 0 0 1
1952 38 STL NL 46 33 32 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .156 .281 -22 5 2 0 1 1 MVP-36
1953 39 STL NL 60 17 15 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .400 .733 90 6 0 0 2 1
1954 40 STL NL 58 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 1 1
10 Yrs 445 466 453 37 80 5 1 0 31 0 0 2 40 .177 .180 .192 .372 -1 87 12 0 9 1
162 Game Avg. 162 170 165 13 29 2 0 0 11 0 1 15 .177 .180 .192 .372 -1 32 4 0 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1943 29 STL NL 13 32 -1 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .517 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1946 32 STL NL 37 55 -6 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1947 33 STL NL 44 68 -7 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $ 1
1948 34 STL NL 45 56 -9 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1949 35 STL NL 39 83 -14 0 -0 0 9 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.6 .486 .497 -0.6 0.0 -2 $ 1
1950 36 STL NL 47 61 -8 -1 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 -0.0 0 $ 1
1951 37 STL NL 56 46 -9 0 0 0 4 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .493 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1952 38 STL NL 46 33 -5 0 -0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1 MVP-36
1953 39 STL NL 60 17 0 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 -0.0 3 $ 1
1954 40 STL NL 58 15 -4 0 -0 0 2 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.3 .495 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $ 1
10 Seasons 445 466 -62 -1 -0 0 49 -13 -1.4 16 2 -1.4 .497 .499 -1.4 -0.1 2 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1943 29 STL NL 32 23 3 3.5 94 .300 .281 .272 .281 .341 .375 .368 .656 .710 84 .448 -1.0 -0.1 .522 .094 .094
1946 32 STL NL 55 44 2 1.2 96 .220 .212 .267 .212 .343 .212 .374 .423 .717 18 .100 -5.9 -0.6 .262 .000 .000
1947 33 STL NL 68 53 3 1.5 109 .237 .219 .279 .231 .355 .234 .413 .465 .768 22 .113 -7.5 -0.7 .320 .031 .016
1948 34 STL NL 56 48 1 0.6 107 .174 .145 .276 .161 .351 .164 .408 .324 .760 -14 .021 -9.2 -0.9 .208 .036 .018
1949 35 STL NL 83 77 1 0.4 107 .145 .134 .275 .134 .349 .134 .412 .268 .761 -29 .009 -15.5 -1.6 .145 .000 .000
1950 36 STL NL 61 50 3 1.6 111 .245 .213 .274 .213 .352 .213 .425 .426 .777 11 .121 -8.2 -0.8 .260 .000 .000
1951 37 STL NL 46 41 1 0.7 103 .114 .109 .268 .109 .342 .109 .405 .217 .747 -41 .029 -9.3 -0.9 .122 .000 .000
1952 38 STL NL 33 31 1 0.9 97 .133 .125 .262 .125 .334 .156 .389 .281 .724 -22 .053 -5.4 -0.6 .167 .031 .031
1953 39 STL NL 17 12 2 4.4 110 .357 .333 .274 .333 .345 .400 .427 .733 .773 90 .458 -0.2 -0.0 .600 .067 .067
1954 40 STL NL 15 16 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .274 .000 .345 .000 .424 .000 .769 -100 .000 -4.2 -0.4 .000 .000 .000
10 Yrs 466 395 17 1.2 105 .193 .177 .273 .180 .347 .192 .405 .372 .752 -1 .077 -66.4 -6.7 .231 .020 .015
162 Game Avg. 170 144 6 1.2 105 .193 .177 .273 .180 .347 .192 .405 .372 .752 -1 .077 -66.4 -6.7 .231 .020 .015

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1943 29 STL NL WS NYY L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 32 STL NL WS BOS W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1943 29 STL NL 32 0.0% 6.3% 0.0% 6.3% 22% 16.0 8.0 94%
1946 32 STL NL 55 0.0% 3.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 26.0 26.0 91%
1947 33 STL NL 68 0.0% 7.4% 1.5% 1.5% 7% 5.00 12.8 12.8 87%
1948 34 STL NL 56 0.0% 16.1% 1.8% 1.8% 13% 9.00 6.1 7.9 3.00 82%
1949 35 STL NL 83 0.0% 7.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 13.7 41.0 2.22 92%
1950 36 STL NL 61 0.0% 13.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.6 12.2 0.76 87%
1951 37 STL NL 46 0.0% 4.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 23.0 23.0 0.75 96%
1952 38 STL NL 33 0.0% 6.1% 0.0% 3.0% 25% 16.0 10.7 1.57 91%
1953 39 STL NL 17 0.0% 5.9% 0.0% 5.9% 20% 15.0 2.33 82%
1954 40 STL NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.7 14.0 1.00 80%
10 Yrs 466 0.0% 8.6% 0.4% 1.3% 8% 20.00 11.3 14.6 1.34 89%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.7% 9.4% 6.2% 27% 1.03 9.1 54.5 8.4 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1943 29 STL NL -1.0 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 32 STL NL -5.9 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 33 STL NL -7.5 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 34 STL NL -9.2 -0.9 24 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 1.01 -0.3 0.1 -3.9 -0.4 1.27 -3.6 0
1949 35 STL NL -15.5 -1.6 33 -0.7 0.2 -1.0 1.29 -0.6 0.1 -7.9 -0.8 1.07 -7.2 0
1950 36 STL NL -8.2 -0.8 45 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 .96 -0.4 -0.1 -7.0 -0.7 1.03 -6.4 0
1951 37 STL NL -9.3 -0.9 25 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .92 -0.3 -0.0 -3.5 -0.4 0.91 -4.4 0
1952 38 STL NL -5.4 -0.6 23 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 .96 -0.2 -0.3 -1.9 -0.2 0.77 -2.5 0
1953 39 STL NL -0.2 -0.0 16 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 .69 -0.1 -0.2 -0.9 -0.1 0.89 -1.1 0
1954 40 STL NL -4.2 -0.4 15 -0.3 0.0 -0.4 1.06 -0.4 0.0 -3.9 -0.4 1.09 -3.9 0
10 Yrs -66.4 -6.7 181 -2.8 1.2 -4.0 1.01 -2.4 -0.4 -29.1 -2.8 1.01 -29.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 34 STL NL 0 0 56% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1949 35 STL NL 0 0 64% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1950 36 STL NL 0 0 46% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17% 2 2 0 1 0 1 3 2 0
1951 37 STL NL 0 0 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 38 STL NL 1 0 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 39 STL NL 1 0 40% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1954 40 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 2 0 45% 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 31% 8 6 2 2 1 1 6 3 2

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 34 STL NL 56 57% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 10 1 10% 12 0 0% 29 4 14% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1949 35 STL NL 83 48% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 5 71% 9 0 0% 27 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1950 36 STL NL 61 73% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% 13 0 0% 35 4 11% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
1951 37 STL NL 46 72% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 5 0 0% 15 1 7% 0 0 3 1 33% 0
1952 38 STL NL 33 96% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 100% 5 1 20% 10 2 20% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1953 39 STL NL 17 75% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1954 40 STL NL 15 73% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 1 20% 5 2 40% 12 1 8% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
10 Yrs 311 69% 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 225% 43 12 28% 51 4 8% 136 12 9% 13 4 31% 5 3 60% 0
MLB Averages 50% 181% 21% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1943 29 13 32 32 4 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 .281 .281 .375 .656 84 12 0 0 0
1944 30 13 32 32 4 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 .281 .281 .375 .656 84 12 0 0 0
1945 31 13 32 32 4 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 .281 .281 .375 .656 84 12 0 0 0
1946 32 50 87 84 9 20 1 1 0 6 0 0 4 .238 .238 .274 .512 43 23 1 0 2
1947 33 94 155 148 15 34 2 1 0 11 0 1 9 .230 .235 .257 .492 33 38 1 0 5
1948 34 139 211 203 20 42 3 1 0 18 0 2 18 .207 .215 .232 .446 20 47 2 0 5
1949 35 178 294 285 27 53 3 1 0 20 0 2 24 .186 .192 .204 .395 6 58 7 0 6
1950 36 225 355 346 33 66 3 1 0 25 0 2 32 .191 .195 .205 .401 7 71 9 0 6
1951 37 281 401 392 34 71 3 1 0 27 0 0 2 34 .181 .185 .194 .379 1 76 9 0 6
1952 38 327 434 424 35 75 4 1 0 30 0 0 2 36 .177 .181 .191 .372 -1 81 11 0 7
1953 39 387 451 439 37 80 5 1 0 30 0 0 2 37 .182 .186 .198 .384 3 87 11 0 9
1954 40 445 466 453 37 80 5 1 0 31 0 0 2 40 .177 .180 .192 .372 -1 87 12 0 9 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1943 29 14 34 34 5 10 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 .294 .294 .382 .676 4 13
1946 32 39 56 54 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .204 .204 .204 .407 2 37
1947 33 46 69 65 5 13 1 0 0 5 0 1 5 .200 .212 .215 .428 3 44
1948 34 47 57 56 4 7 1 0 0 5 0 1 9 .125 .140 .143 .283 1 45
1949 35 40 84 83 5 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .108 .108 .108 .217 1 39
1950 36 49 64 64 7 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 .219 .219 .219 .438 3 47
1951 37 58 50 50 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 .140 .140 .140 .280 1 56
1952 38 48 35 34 2 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 .147 .147 .176 .324 1 46
1953 39 62 17 15 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .400 .733 2 60
1954 40 61 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 58
10 Yrs 464 482 470 36 81 5 1 0 34 0 2 40 .172 .175 .187 .363 18 445
162 Game Avg. 162 168 164 13 28 2 0 0 12 0 1 14 .172 .175 .187 .363 6 445

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 NL (36, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Oldest s c a p y
1950 NL  born 1913-10-19 (8th)
1951 NL  born 1913-10-19 (4th)
1952 NL  born 1913-10-19 (2nd)
1953 NL  born 1913-10-19 (2nd)
1954 NL  born 1913-10-19 (1st)

                           

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