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Al Brazle
Alpha Eugene Brazle (Cotton)

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
Final Game: September 24, 1954
Died: October 24, 1973 in Grand Junction, CO
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Standard Batting

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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	Pos	Awards
1943	29	STL	NL	13	32	32	4	9	1	1	0	4	0		0	2	.281	.281	.375	.656	85	12	0	0	0		1

1946	32	STL	NL	37	54	52	5	11	0	0	0	2	0		0	2	.212	.212	.212	.423	18	11	6	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	10	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	-42	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 Seasons				445	465	453	37	80	5	1	0	31	0	0	2	40	.177	.180	.192	.372	-1	87	17	0	9	1
162 Game Avg.				162	169	165	13	29	2	0	0	11	0		1	15	.177	.180	.192	.372	-1	32	6	0	3

Advanced Batting

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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
1943	29	STL	NL	32	23	3	3.5	93	.300	.281	.270	.281	.340	.375	.367	.656	.707	85	.447	-0.9	-0.1	.522	.094	.094

1946	32	STL	NL	54	49	2	1.1	96	.220	.212	.267	.212	.343	.212	.374	.423	.717	18	.083	-5.9	-0.6	.234	.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	.759	-14	.021	-9.2	-0.9	.208	.036	.018
1949	35	STL	NL	83	77	1	0.4	108	.145	.134	.276	.134	.351	.134	.413	.268	.764	-29	.009	-15.6	-1.6	.145	.000	.000
1950	36	STL	NL	61	50	3	1.6	112	.245	.213	.275	.213	.353	.213	.427	.426	.780	10	.121	-8.3	-0.8	.260	.000	.000
1951	37	STL	NL	46	41	1	0.7	104	.114	.109	.269	.109	.343	.109	.407	.217	.750	-42	.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 Seasons				465	400	17	1.1	105	.193	.177	.273	.180	.348	.192	.405	.372	.753	-1	.076	-66.5	-6.6	.228	.020	.015
162 Game Avg.				169	146	6	1.1	105	.193	.177	.273	.180	.348	.192	.405	.372	.753	-1	.076	-66.5	-6.6	.228	.020	.015

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1943	29	STL	NL	32	0.0%	6.3%	0.0%	6.3%	22%		16.0	8.0		94%

1946	32	STL	NL	54	0.0%	3.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		26.0	26.0		93%
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		82%
1949	35	STL	NL	83	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		13.7	41.0		92%
1950	36	STL	NL	61	0.0%	13.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.6	12.2		87%
1951	37	STL	NL	46	0.0%	4.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		23.0	23.0		96%
1952	38	STL	NL	33	0.0%	6.1%	0.0%	3.0%	25%		16.0	10.7		91%
1953	39	STL	NL	17	0.0%	5.9%	0.0%	5.9%	20%		15.0			82%
1954	40	STL	NL	15	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.7	14.0	0.67	80%
10 Seasons				465	0.0%	8.6%	0.4%	1.3%	8%	20.00	11.3	14.6	0.67	89%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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 Seasons				0	0	45%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1954	40	STL	NL	11	82%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	4	1	25%	10	1	10%	1	1	100%	0	0		4
10 Seasons				11	82%	80			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	900%	4	17	425%	4	1	25%	10	1	10%	1	1	100%	0	0		4
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1943	29	13	32	32	4	9	1	1	4		0	2	.281	.281	.375	.656	85	12	0	0
1944	30	13	32	32	4	9	1	1	4		0	2	.281	.281	.375	.656	85	12	0	0
1945	31	13	32	32	4	9	1	1	4		0	2	.281	.281	.375	.656	85	12	0	0
1946	32	50	86	84	9	20	1	1	6		0	4	.238	.238	.274	.512	43	23	6	2
1947	33	94	154	148	15	34	2	1	11		1	9	.230	.235	.257	.492	34	38	6	5
1948	34	139	210	203	20	42	3	1	18		2	18	.207	.215	.232	.446	20	47	7	5
1949	35	178	293	285	27	53	3	1	20		2	24	.186	.192	.204	.395	6	58	12	6
1950	36	225	354	346	33	66	3	1	25		2	32	.191	.195	.205	.401	7	71	14	6
1951	37	281	400	392	34	71	3	1	27	0	2	34	.181	.185	.194	.379	1	76	14	6
1952	38	327	433	424	35	75	4	1	30	0	2	36	.177	.181	.191	.372	-1	81	16	7
1953	39	387	450	439	37	80	5	1	30	0	2	37	.182	.186	.198	.384	2	87	16	9
1954	40	445	465	453	37	80	5	1	31	0	2	40	.177	.180	.192	.372	-1	87	17	9	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	33	33	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	13

1946	32	39	54	54	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	37
1947	33	46	66	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	85	85	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	39
1950	36	49	64	64	7	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	47
1951	37	58	48	48	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	56
1952	38	48	33	33	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	46
1953	39	62	16	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	60
1954	40	61	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	58
10 Seasons		464	472	469	36	20	2	0	0	34	0	2	40	.043	.047	.047	.094	18	445
162 Game Avg.		162	165	164	13	7	1	0	0	12	0	1	14	.043	.047	.047	.094	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 1954 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.

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 (1456th)

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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