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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 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

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 IBB 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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1943 STL NL 29 P 13 23 3 20 0 1 1.000 1.77 .961 1.16
1946 STL NL 32 P 37 40 5 33 2 1 .950 1.03 .960 1.01
1947 STL NL 33 P 44 52 4 47 1 1 .981 1.16 .965 0.91
1948 STL NL 34 P 42 50 5 45 0 1 1.000 1.19 .962 0.91
1949 STL NL 35 P 39 45 4 39 2 1 .956 1.10 .953 0.91
1950 STL NL 36 P 46 41 6 31 4 3 .902 0.80 .963 0.97
1951 STL NL 37 P 56 25 4 19 2 1 .920 0.41 .964 0.96
1952 STL NL 38 P 46 19 5 13 1 0 .947 0.39 .953 0.98 MVP-36
1953 STL NL 39 P 60 27 3 24 0 0 1.000 0.45 .956 0.87
1954 STL NL 40 P 58 0 84.1 18 4 13 1 2 .944 1.81 0.29 .961 2.07 0.87
10 Seasons P 441 0 84.1 340 43 284 13 11 .962 34.90 0.74 .960 2.07 0.94
10 Seasons TOT 441 0 84.1 340 43 284 13 11 .962 34.90 0.74 .922 2.07 0.94

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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 (370), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 57 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1036), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Dick Hall (908)
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  10. Tom Burgmeier (899)
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  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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.

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Name and misspellings: Alpha Cotton alphonse Al allen allan alberto alan Eugene Brazle

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