Ed Brinkman
Edwin Albert Brinkman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 8, 1941 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Western Hills (Cincinnati, OH)
School: University of Cincinnati
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1961
Final Game: September 28, 1975
Relatives: Brother of Chuck Brinkman
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 WSA AL 19 3B 3 3 25.1 9 2 6 1 1 .889 0.4 18.9 0.4 0.4 -0.1 0 2.84 2.67 .956 3.16 2.80
1962 WSA AL 20 SS 38 31 280.2 154 64 81 9 20 .942 -5.3 -22.7 -4.3 -0.2 -4.1 -1 4.65 3.82 .963 4.84 4.47
1962 WSA AL 20 3B 10 8 81.0 22 7 15 0 2 1.000 1.1 16.3 1.1 1.7 -0.7 0 2.44 2.20 .950 3.08 2.79
1963 WSA AL 21 SS 143 143 1262.1 740 241 462 37 97 .950 4.2 4.0 3.2 2.2 1.0 1 5.01 4.92 .966 4.78 4.56
1964 WSA AL 22 SS 125 119 1061.1 617 234 364 19 75 .969 -4.1 -4.6 -5.1 -5.6 0.5 1 5.07 4.78 .968 4.78 4.55
1965 WSA AL 23 SS 150 131 1177.1 686 292 369 25 76 .964 -2.1 -2.1 -3.1 -2.5 -0.6 1 5.05 4.41 .962 4.74 4.38
1966 WSA AL 24 SS 158 157 1381.2 792 263 501 28 83 .965 20.8 18.1 20.8 6.6 14.2 0 4.98 4.84 .960 4.79 4.41
1967 WSA AL 25 SS 109 95 867.1 479 160 309 10 54 .979 9.4 13.0 7.4 6.0 1.4 2 4.87 4.30 .962 4.62 4.09
1968 WSA AL 26 SS 74 66 557.2 304 97 197 10 28 .967 3.3 7.1 3.3 0.6 2.7 0 4.74 3.97 .962 4.79 4.07
1968 WSA AL 26 2B 2 0 3.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 5.10 4.35
1968 WSA AL 26 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1968 WSA AL 26 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1969 WSA AL 27 SS 150 149 1306.1 778 248 511 19 92 .976 21.3 19.6 21.3 6.8 14.5 0 5.23 5.06 .966 4.96 4.43 MVP-20
1970 WSA AL 28 SS 157 157 1400.1 893 301 569 23 103 .974 19.9 17.1 19.9 11.5 8.4 0 5.59 5.54 .967 4.94 4.39
1971 DET AL 29 SS 159 158 1395.2 763 235 513 15 91 .980 5.9 5.1 4.9 -1.3 6.2 1 4.82 4.70 .964 4.90 4.32
1972 DET AL 30 SS 156 156 1370.1 735 233 495 7 81 .990 6.8 6.0 7.8 3.5 4.3 -1 4.78 4.67 .966 4.99 4.51 MVP-9,GG
1973 DET AL 31 SS 162 159 1390.2 753 249 480 24 89 .968 -6.7 -5.8 -6.7 -4.6 -2.0 0 4.72 4.50 .963 5.10 4.43 AS
1974 DET AL 32 SS 151 151 1310.0 751 237 493 21 88 .972 6.3 5.8 5.3 4.2 1.1 1 5.02 4.83 .965 4.98 4.24
1974 DET AL 32 3B 2 2 15.0 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 0.9 72.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 4.20 3.50 .957 3.12 2.75
1975 TOT MLB 33 SS 63 43 378.2 204 70 122 12 28 .941 -2.8 -8.9 -2.8 -1.3 -1.5 0 4.56 3.05 .962 4.92 4.13
1975 TOT AL 33 3B 4 0 18.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -26.7 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 2.00 1.00 .975 3.20 2.80
1975 STL NL 33 SS 24 24 196.1 115 40 69 6 15 .948 -1.8 -11.0 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 -1 5.00 4.54 .963 4.99 4.21
1975 TEX AL 33 3B 1 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 3.24 2.80
1975 NYY AL 33 SS 39 19 182.1 89 30 53 6 13 .933 -1.0 -6.6 -2.0 -1.6 -0.4 1 4.10 2.13 .961 4.85 4.09
1975 NYY AL 33 2B 3 0 11.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.7 74.1 0.7 0.5 0.2 0 3.18 1.33 .975 5.40 4.73
1975 NYY AL 33 3B 3 0 13.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -9.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.08 1.00 .967 3.18 2.80
14 Seasons SS 1795 1715 15140.1 8649 2924 5466 259 1005 .970 76.9 6.1 71.9 25.9 46.1 5 4.99 4.67 .964 4.88 4.38
4 Seasons 3B 19 13 139.1 42 12 29 1 4 .976 2.0 17.2 2.0 2.7 -0.9 0 2.65 2.16 .955 3.11 2.79
2 Seasons 2B 5 0 14.1 6 0 5 1 0 .833 0.4 33.5 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 3.14 1.00 .983 5.34 4.58
1 Season LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1 Season OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
15 Seasons TOT 1820 1728 15296.0 8697 2936 5500 261 1009 .970 79.1 6.2 74.1 28.4 45.6 0 5 4.96 4.64 .934 4.86 4.36
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 WSA AL 19 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 WSA AL 20 54 39 54 54 0 0 0 0 10 38 0 0 0 0 0 8
1963 WSA AL 21 145 143 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 2 0
1964 WSA AL 22 132 119 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 8 3
1965 WSA AL 23 154 131 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 3 6
1966 WSA AL 24 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 WSA AL 25 109 95 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 WSA AL 26 77 66 77 77 0 0 0 2 0 74 1 0 0 1 2 2
1969 WSA AL 27 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 WSA AL 28 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 DET AL 29 159 158 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 DET AL 30 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 DET AL 31 162 159 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 DET AL 32 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 2 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYY AL 33 45 19 45 45 0 0 0 3 5 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 STL NL 33 28 24 28 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1975 TEX AL 33 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 1846 1728 1846 1842 0 0 0 5 21 1794 1 0 0 1 0 22 21
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1962 WSA AL 20 1276 62% 78% 26% 122 84% 1 61 30 26 5 84 55 27 0 1 9 2 4 3 6 20 8 1 6 3 0 18 9 9 1 0 1
1963 WSA AL 21 5653 61% 79% 28% 617 88% 2 245 121 100 27 465 349 97 2 8 37 3 22 12 23 97 44 8 19 8 5 90 55 32 7 3 3
1964 WSA AL 22 4653 61% 79% 26% 461 91% 2 233 117 93 23 363 283 67 0 10 19 0 11 8 15 79 20 5 27 8 11 75 25 47 4 3 0
1965 WSA AL 23 5294 62% 76% 24% 528 89% 0 288 145 113 30 368 288 68 1 8 25 0 20 5 21 76 22 6 28 7 4 72 29 39 3 0 2
1966 WSA AL 24 5896 67% 78% 26% 650 90% 2 263 135 98 30 502 382 96 2 10 28 0 20 8 15 85 37 8 19 4 2 72 46 25 9 5 3
1967 WSA AL 25 3701 64% 77% 27% 402 90% 1 161 85 63 13 309 258 45 0 1 10 0 8 2 10 55 16 6 17 6 1 51 22 25 2 2 0
1968 WSA AL 26 2468 58% 78% 26% 284 90% 1 99 59 25 15 200 147 48 0 2 10 1 5 4 7 28 16 0 4 1 0 23 16 5 3 1 2
1969 WSA AL 27 5779 59% 76% 27% 650 91% 3 251 128 98 25 515 389 107 1 4 19 1 12 6 14 91 36 6 25 6 7 82 42 39 5 4 1
1970 WSA AL 28 6149 62% 77% 29% 705 92% 2 299 142 128 28 569 437 117 1 6 23 0 19 4 19 103 32 6 38 10 5 92 38 54 7 5 2
1971 DET AL 29 6132 67% 74% 26% 627 93% 7 228 117 88 23 517 370 125 1 6 15 0 10 5 13 92 42 5 24 6 4 84 48 35 4 4 0
1972 DET AL 30 5863 65% 75% 25% 572 97% 4 233 105 99 29 495 364 104 1 10 7 1 6 0 4 81 35 5 17 6 4 73 40 29 6 3 0
1973 DET AL 31 6135 65% 78% 25% 606 92% 5 249 112 111 26 493 374 98 2 4 24 0 21 3 19 93 33 8 29 7 5 86 43 41 6 2 4
1974 DET AL 32 5926 65% 77% 25% 605 92% 3 230 116 88 26 494 373 98 2 9 21 0 16 5 15 88 38 3 27 3 4 79 41 35 6 4 0
1975 NYY AL 33 777 68% 77% 23% 72 92% 1 27 14 11 2 56 41 13 1 0 6 0 6 0 5 13 6 1 3 0 2 13 8 5 0 0 0
1975 STL NL 33 864 54% 78% 27% 97 84% 0 40 19 19 2 71 56 14 0 0 6 0 5 1 4 15 5 1 4 3 1 15 6 8 0 0 0
14 Seasons 66566 63% 77% 26% 6998 91% 34 2907 1445 1160 304 5501 4166 1124 14 79 259 8 185 66 190 1016 390 69 287 78 55 925 468 428 63 36 18
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1961 WSA AL 19 111 61% 85% 26% 12 67% 1 2 1 0 1 7 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1962 WSA AL 20 338 67% 73% 23% 25 96% 0 8 8 0 0 16 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1974 DET AL 32 62 56% 77% 23% 6 100% 0 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1975 NYY AL 33 50 46% 94% 34% 4 100% 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TEX AL 33 21 62% 86% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 582 63% 78% 25% 48 90% 1 14 12 0 2 31 24 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1968 WSA AL 26 10 70% 70% 50% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYY AL 33 45 56% 71% 24% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 55 58% 71% 29% 7 86% 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1968 WSA AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 42% 83% 33% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 42% 83% 33% 1 0%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.6% 61% 77% 26% 48%

* 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.

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