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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1943 29 STL NL 8 2 .800 1.53 13 9 2 8 1 0 88.0 74 18 15 0 29 26 0 0 2 352 220 1.170 7.6 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.90
1946 32 STL NL 11 10 .524 3.29 37 15 8 6 2 0 153.1 152 69 56 1 55 58 2 0 5 651 105 1.350 8.9 0.1 3.2 3.4 1.05
1947 33 STL NL 14 8 .636 2.84 44 19 11 7 0 4 168.0 186 65 53 7 48 85 2 0 4 713 146 1.393 10.0 0.4 2.6 4.6 1.77
1948 34 STL NL 10 6 .625 3.80 42 23 9 6 2 1 156.1 171 77 66 8 50 55 0 1 2 673 107 1.414 9.8 0.5 2.9 3.2 1.10
1949 35 STL NL 14 8 .636 3.18 39 25 7 9 1 0 206.1 208 85 73 18 61 75 6 0 2 869 131 1.304 9.1 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.23
1950 36 STL NL 11 9 .550 4.10 46 12 20 3 0 6 164.2 188 81 75 12 80 47 4 0 1 732 105 1.628 10.3 0.7 4.4 2.6 0.59
1951 37 STL NL 6 5 .545 3.09 56 8 28 5 0 7 154.1 139 61 53 13 60 66 5 1 1 650 128 1.289 8.1 0.8 3.5 3.8 1.10
1952 38 STL NL 12 5 .706 2.72 46 6 32 3 1 16 109.1 75 38 33 7 42 55 1 1 3 433 136 1.070 6.2 0.6 3.5 4.5 1.31 MVP-36
1953 39 STL NL 6 7 .462 4.21 60 0 33 0 0 18 92.0 101 47 43 8 43 57 2 0 0 417 101 1.565 9.9 0.8 4.2 5.6 1.33
1954 40 STL NL 5 4 .556 4.16 58 0 28 0 0 8 84.1 93 48 39 10 24 30 3 0 2 363 99 1.387 9.9 1.1 2.6 3.2 1.25
10 Seasons 97 64 .602 3.31 441 117 178 47 7 60 1376.2 1387 589 506 84 492 554 25 3 22 5853 120 1.365 9.1 0.5 3.2 3.6 1.13
162 Game Avg. 12 8 .602 3.31 54 14 22 6 1 7 168 169 72 62 10 60 68 3 0 3 713 120 1.365 9.1 0.5 3.2 3.6 1.13

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1943 29 STL NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 3.68 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 5 6 3 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 31 0.955 6.1 0.0 2.5 4.9 2.00
1946 32 STL NL WS W BOS 0 1 .000 5.40 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 5 4 1 6 4 4 0 0 0 33 1.950 9.5 1.4 8.1 5.4 0.67
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 2 .000 4.50 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.0 12 11 7 1 8 5 8 0 0 0 64 1.429 7.7 0.6 5.1 5.1 1.00
2 WS 0 2 .000 4.50 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.0 12 11 7 1 8 5 8 0 0 0 64 1.429 7.7 0.6 5.1 5.1 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 40 STL NL 58 361 321 48 93 8 2 10 2 1 24 30 .290 .341 .421 .761 .291 135 17 3 9 4
1 Season 58 361 321 48 93 8 2 10 2 1 24 30 .290 .341 .421 .761 .291 135 17 3 9 4
162 Game Avg. 68 423 376 56 109 9 2 12 2 1 28 35 .290 .341 .421 .761 .291 158 20 4 11 5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 40 STL NL 58 58 28 5 4 14 8 6 57% 18 2 52 21 40% 1.295 24 7 15 19 6 21 24 22 26 19 23 18 4.4
1 Season 58 58 28 5 4 14 8 6 57% 18 2 52 21 40% 1.295 24 7 15 19 6 21 24 22 26 19 23 18 4.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1943 29 STL NL
1946 32 STL NL
1947 33 STL NL
1948 34 STL NL
1949 35 STL NL
1950 36 STL NL
1951 37 STL NL
1952 38 STL NL
1953 39 STL NL
1954 40 STL NL 362 68% 2.8% 8.3% 6.7% 5.5% 22% 1.44 79% 65 17 26%
10 Seasons 362 68% 23.3% 153.5% 136.3% 5.5% 1% 1.44 79% 65 17 26%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1943 29 STL NL 74 0 2
1946 32 STL NL 152 1 5
1947 33 STL NL 186 7 4
1948 34 STL NL 171 8 2
1949 35 STL NL 208 18 2
1950 36 STL NL 188 12 1
1951 37 STL NL 139 13 1
1952 38 STL NL 75 7 3
1953 39 STL NL 101 8 0
1954 40 STL NL 297 93 10 0 10 5 4 5 4 24 16 0 67% 6 2 1 115 2 1 67% 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 65
10 Seasons 297 1387 84 0 10 5 4 5 4 24 16 0 67% 6 22 1 115 2 1 67% 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 65
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1943 29 8 2 .800 1.53 13 9 2 8 1 0 88.0 74 18 15 0 29 26 0 0 2 352 220 1.170 7.6 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.90 220
1944 30 8 2 .800 1.53 13 9 2 8 1 0 88.0 74 18 15 0 29 26 0 0 2 352 220 1.170 7.6 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.90 220
1945 31 8 2 .800 1.53 13 9 2 8 1 0 88.0 74 18 15 0 29 26 0 0 2 352 220 1.170 7.6 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.90 220
1946 32 19 12 .613 2.65 50 24 10 14 3 0 241.1 226 87 71 1 84 84 2 0 7 1003 129 1.285 8.4 0.0 3.1 3.1 1.00 129
1947 33 33 20 .623 2.73 94 43 21 21 3 4 409.1 412 152 124 8 132 169 4 0 11 1716 136 1.329 9.1 0.2 2.9 3.7 1.28 136
1948 34 43 26 .623 3.02 136 66 30 27 5 5 565.2 583 229 190 16 182 224 4 1 13 2389 126 1.352 9.3 0.3 2.9 3.6 1.23 126
1949 35 57 34 .626 3.07 175 91 37 36 6 5 772.0 791 314 263 34 243 299 10 1 15 3258 127 1.339 9.2 0.4 2.8 3.5 1.23 127
1950 36 68 43 .613 3.25 221 103 57 39 6 11 936.2 979 395 338 46 323 346 14 1 16 3990 123 1.390 9.4 0.4 3.1 3.3 1.07 123
1951 37 74 48 .607 3.23 277 111 85 44 6 18 1091.0 1118 456 391 59 383 412 19 2 17 4640 123 1.376 9.2 0.5 3.2 3.4 1.08 123
1952 38 86 53 .619 3.18 323 117 117 47 7 34 1200.1 1193 494 424 66 425 467 20 3 20 5073 124 1.348 8.9 0.5 3.2 3.5 1.10 124
1953 39 92 60 .605 3.25 383 117 150 47 7 52 1292.1 1294 541 467 74 468 524 22 3 20 5490 122 1.363 9.0 0.5 3.3 3.6 1.12 122
1954 40 97 64 .602 3.31 441 117 178 47 7 60 1376.2 1387 589 506 84 492 554 25 3 22 5853 120 1.365 9.1 0.5 3.2 3.6 1.13 120

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1943 29 7 2 .778 1.88 86.0 80 20 18 0 31 25 0 1.291 8.4 3.2 2.6 0.81 0.0 13
1946 32 8 8 .500 3.87 151.0 165 72 65 1 60 57 2 1.490 9.8 3.6 3.4 0.95 0.1 37
1947 33 12 6 .667 2.82 169.0 187 59 53 7 48 86 2 1.391 10.0 2.6 4.6 1.79 0.4 44
1948 34 9 8 .529 3.74 159.0 175 73 66 8 51 56 0 1.421 9.9 2.9 3.2 1.10 0.5 42
1949 35 14 9 .609 3.12 208.0 210 80 72 18 62 76 6 1.308 9.1 2.7 3.3 1.23 0.8 39
1950 36 9 9 .500 3.85 166.0 185 79 71 12 79 47 4 1.590 10.0 4.3 2.5 0.59 0.7 46
1951 37 10 7 .588 3.14 155.0 143 60 54 13 62 66 5 1.323 8.3 3.6 3.8 1.06 0.8 56
1952 38 8 4 .667 2.97 109.0 81 40 36 8 45 55 1 1.156 6.7 3.7 4.5 1.22 0.7 46
1953 39 5 5 .500 3.98 95.0 102 47 42 8 43 59 2 1.526 9.7 4.1 5.6 1.37 0.8 60
1954 40 4 5 .444 4.08 86.0 96 43 39 10 25 31 3 1.407 10.0 2.6 3.2 1.24 1.0 58
10 Seasons 86 63 .577 3.36 1384.0 1424 573 516 85 506 558 25 1.395 9.3 3.6 1.10 0.6 441

* 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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 NL--2.839--5th
1949 NL--3.184--9th
1951 NL--3.091--7th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 NL--.636--6th
1948 NL--.625--6th
1949 NL--.636--8th
1952 NL--.706--4th
Career--.602--105th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1951 NL--1.289--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL--8.106--8th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL--2.571--5th
1948 NL--2.878--8th
1949 NL--2.661--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL--4.554--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1947 NL--44--8th
1948 NL--42--9th
1950 NL--46--5th
1951 NL--56--5th
1952 NL--46--6th
1953 NL--60--2nd
1954 NL--58--2nd

Saves s c a p y
1947 NL--4--9th
1950 NL--6--5th
1951 NL--7--4th
1952 NL--16--1st
1953 NL--18--1st
1954 NL--8--6th
Career--60--211th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1947 NL--1.771--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL--.375--4th
1948 NL--.461--7th
1950 NL--.656--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1946 NL--5--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1949 NL--6--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1950 NL--20--4th
1951 NL--28--5th
1952 NL--32--5th
1953 NL--33--2nd
1954 NL--28--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 NL--146--5th
1949 NL--131--6th
1951 NL--128--4th
Career--120--113th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (249), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 25 (653), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1030), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Don Mossi (937)
  2. Hank Aguirre (925)
  3. Ellis Kinder (923)
  4. Pete Richert (919)
  5. Grant Jackson (913)
  6. Dick Hall (908)
  7. Billy O'Dell (903)
  8. Clyde Shoun (902)
  9. Johnny Murphy (900)
  10. Tom Burgmeier (899)
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  2. Bob Keegan (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lou Fette (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sal Maglie (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Sal Maglie (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Hank Aguirre (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ellis Kinder (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ellis Kinder (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ellis Kinder (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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