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Chuck Brinkman

Charles Ernest Brinkman

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 16, 1944 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 16th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1969
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Pirates 1969-1974

Final Game: August 4, 1974
Relatives: Brother of Ed Brinkman
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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
1969 24 CHW AL 14 18 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -46 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
1970 25 CHW AL 9 23 20 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .250 .348 .300 .648 80 6 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1971 26 CHW AL 15 24 20 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .200 .304 .200 .504 44 4 0 0 1 0 1 2
1972 27 CHW AL 35 56 52 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 .135 .196 .135 .331 -1 7 3 0 0 0 0 2
1973 28 CHW AL 63 162 139 13 26 6 0 1 10 0 0 11 37 .187 .252 .252 .503 40 35 3 1 11 0 0 2
1974 29 TOT MLB 12 23 21 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .174 .143 .317 -9 3 1 0 0 1 0 2
1974 29 CHW AL 8 15 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .200 .143 .343 -1 2 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1974 29 PIT NL 4 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .125 .143 .268 -24 1 0 0 0 1 0 /2
6 Yrs 148 306 267 22 46 7 0 1 12 0 0 23 60 .172 .240 .210 .449 27 56 7 1 14 1 1
162 Game Avg. 162 335 292 24 50 8 0 1 13 0 0 25 66 .172 .240 .210 .449 27 61 8 1 15 1 1
CHW (6 yrs) 144 298 260 21 45 7 0 1 11 0 0 23 60 .173 .243 .212 .454 29 55 7 1 14 0 1
PIT (1 yr) 4 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .125 .143 .268 -24 1 0 0 0 1 0
AL (6 yrs) 144 298 260 21 45 7 0 1 11 0 0 23 60 .173 .243 .212 .454 29 55 7 1 14 0 1
NL (1 yr) 4 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .125 .143 .268 -24 1 0 0 0 1 0

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
1969 24 CHW AL 14 18 -2 -0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.2 .479 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 2
1970 25 CHW AL 9 23 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.3 1 4 0.4 .534 .502 0.3 0.2 2 $ /2
1971 26 CHW AL 15 24 -2 0 0 -2 0 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .476 .498 0.0 -0.2 -0 $ 2
1972 27 CHW AL 35 56 -6 -0 -1 0 1 -6 -0.8 2 -4 -0.6 .478 .495 -0.6 0.1 -4 $ 2
1973 28 CHW AL 63 162 -9 -0 -0 0 3 -7 -0.6 5 -2 -0.2 .488 .496 -0.2 0.4 -2 $ 2
1974 29 CHW AL 8 15 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .475 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /2
1974 29 PIT NL 4 8 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .469 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $19,000 /2
6 Seasons 148 306 -22 -0 -1 -1 5 -18 -2.1 10 -9 -1.1 .485 .498 -0.9 0.6 -8 $19,000
CHW (6 yrs) 144 298 -21 -0 -1 -1 5 -17 -1.9 9 -8 -1.0 .486 .498 -0.8 0.5 -7 $
PIT (1 yr) 4 8 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .469 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $19,000

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
1969 24 CHW AL 18 16 0 0.0 100 .100 .067 .261 .125 .339 .067 .394 .192 .733 -46 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .143 .067 .000
1970 25 CHW AL 23 15 2 3.6 98 .294 .250 .259 .348 .334 .300 .395 .648 .729 80 .418 -0.4 -0.0 .600 .200 .050
1971 26 CHW AL 24 17 1 1.6 95 .267 .200 .258 .304 .331 .200 .384 .504 .714 44 .153 -1.4 -0.2 .438 .150 .000
1972 27 CHW AL 56 48 1 0.6 85 .156 .135 .250 .196 .319 .135 .361 .331 .680 -1 .032 -6.7 -0.8 .229 .077 .000
1973 28 CHW AL 162 127 9 1.9 97 .248 .187 .264 .252 .333 .252 .388 .503 .722 40 .181 -11.4 -1.2 .405 .144 .065 .0
1974 29 TOT MLB 23 20 0 0.0 92 .158 .143 .260 .174 .327 .143 .375 .317 .703 -9 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .211 .048 .000
1974 29 CHW AL 15 13 0 0.0 92 .182 .143 .262 .200 .327 .143 .376 .343 .703 -1 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .231 .071 .000
1974 29 PIT NL 8 7 0 0.0 91 .125 .143 .258 .125 .329 .143 .372 .268 .701 -24 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
6 Yrs 306 243 13 1.4 94 .217 .172 .260 .240 .330 .210 .382 .449 .713 27 .126 -26.0 -2.7 .351 .124 .037 .0
162 Game Avg. 335 266 14 1.4 94 .217 .172 .260 .240 .330 .210 .382 .449 .713 27 .126 -26.0 -2.7 .351 .124 .037
CHW (6 yrs) 298 236 13 1.5 94 .221 .173 .260 .243 .330 .212 .383 .454 .713 29 .131 -24.9 -2.6 .356 .127 .038 .0
PIT (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 91 .125 .143 .258 .125 .329 .143 .372 .268 .701 -24 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
AL (6 yrs) 298 236 13 1.5 94 .221 .173 .260 .243 .330 .212 .383 .454 .713 29 .131 -24.9 -2.6 .356 .127 .038 .0
NL (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 91 .125 .143 .258 .125 .329 .143 .372 .268 .701 -24 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .167 .000 .000

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
1969 24 CHW AL 18 0.0% 27.8% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 5.00 3.0 1.25 56%
1970 25 CHW AL 23 0.0% 13.0% 13.0% 4.4% 20% 1.00 6.7 1.50 74%
1971 26 CHW AL 24 0.0% 20.8% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 1.67 4.0 20.0 0.71 63%
1972 27 CHW AL 56 0.0% 12.5% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 1.75 7.4 1.41 80%
1973 28 CHW AL 162 0.6% 22.8% 6.8% 4.3% 27% 3.36 3.8 139.0 13.9 1.24 62%
1974 29 TOT MLB 23 0.0% 13.0% 4.4% 0.0% 0% 3.00 7.0 21.0 2.40 83%
1974 29 CHW AL 15 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.7 4.00 73%
1974 29 PIT NL 8 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.0 1.33 100%
6 Yrs 306 0.3% 19.6% 7.5% 2.6% 17% 2.61 4.5 267.0 22.3 1.32 68%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.3% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.63 6.2 44.3 9.0 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1969 24 CHW AL -3.1 -0.3 18 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .68 -0.1 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.91 -1.8 0.00 1
1970 25 CHW AL -0.4 -0.0 24 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .79 0.1 -0.2 0.8 0.1 0.86 0.9 0
1971 26 CHW AL -1.5 -0.2 26 -0.0 0.4 -0.4 1.04 -0.1 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.90 -0.9 0.55 1
1972 27 CHW AL -6.7 -0.8 56 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 .65 -0.6 -0.2 -7.7 -0.9 0.95 -6.7 0.34 3
1973 28 CHW AL -11.6 -1.2 163 -0.4 2.0 -2.4 .86 -1.0 0.5 -4.1 -0.4 0.92 -9.1 0
1974 29 TOT MLB -3.0 -0.3 23 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 .51 -0.2 -0.2 -4.0 -0.4 0.91 -3.5 0.03 1
1974 29 CHW AL -1.9 -0.2 15 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .41 -0.2 -0.2 -2.3 -0.2 0.82 -2.2 0.03 1
1974 29 PIT NL -1.1 -0.1 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .69 -0.1 -0.0 -1.7 -0.2 1.08 -1.3 0
6 Yrs -26.2 -2.8 310 -1.3 3.0 -4.4 .79 -1.9 0.2 -16.6 -1.8 0.92 -21.1 0.27 6

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
1969 24 CHW AL 1 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1970 25 CHW AL 2 0 50% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 67% 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1971 26 CHW AL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 27 CHW AL 0 0 9% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1973 28 CHW AL 5 0 32% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 31% 5 4 1 2 2 0 6 3 3
1974 29 TOT MLB 0 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1974 29 CHW AL 0 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 29 PIT NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
6 Yrs 8 0 30% 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 35% 8 5 2 3 2 1 9 5 4

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
1969 24 CHW AL 18 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 8 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1970 25 CHW AL 23 65% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 9 1 11% 0 0 0 0 0
1971 26 CHW AL 24 54% 4 1 0 0 0 0.55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 13 1 8% 0 0 0 0 0
1972 27 CHW AL 56 46% 7 3 1 0 0 0.34 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 5 0 0% 30 0 0% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1973 28 CHW AL 162 54% 26 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 12 11 92% 40 3 8% 15 9 60% 95 12 13% 6 2 33% 7 4 57% 0
1974 29 TOT MLB 23 65% 3 1 0 0 0 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 9 1 11% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1974 29 CHW AL 15 87% 2 1 0 0 0 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1974 29 PIT NL 8 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 306 53% 46 6 1 0 0 0.27 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 16 14 88% 63 7 11% 26 11 42% 164 15 9% 10 3 30% 12 6 50% 0
MLB Averages 54% 74% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

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
1969 24 14 18 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -46 1 0 0 2 0 0
1970 25 23 41 35 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 .171 .256 .200 .456 27 7 0 0 2 0 0
1971 26 38 65 55 6 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 13 .182 .274 .200 .474 33 11 0 0 3 0 1
1972 27 73 121 107 7 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 20 .159 .237 .168 .406 17 18 3 0 3 0 1
1973 28 136 283 246 20 43 7 0 1 11 0 0 22 57 .175 .245 .215 .461 30 53 6 1 14 0 1
1974 29 148 306 267 22 46 7 0 1 12 0 0 23 60 .172 .240 .210 .449 27 56 7 1 14 1 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
1969 24 14 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 14
1970 25 9 23 20 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 .250 .348 .300 .648 2 9
1971 26 15 24 20 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 .200 .304 .200 .504 1 15
1972 27 37 61 56 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 .161 .230 .161 .390 2 35
1973 28 63 163 140 14 27 6 0 1 10 0 11 37 .193 .257 .257 .514 9 63
1974 29 12 24 22 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 .182 .208 .182 .390 1 12
6 Yrs 150 313 273 24 49 7 0 1 13 0 24 60 .179 .247 .216 .464 15 148
162 Game Avg. 162 338 295 26 53 8 0 1 14 0 26 65 .179 .247 .216 .464 16 148

* 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.

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